ORIGINAL: Gizmo-RCU
Compare radio prices, sometimes a very basic 4-6 channel is not far from a better entry level computer setup that will last you thru at least the intermediate stages.
I started with a non computer radio when computer radios were still a little pricy........didn't really take long to upgrade as the multi plane ability is a real plus.
Good advice!
As a novice it is difficult to stomach paying more for a higher priced, more capable radio.
I WISH I had listened when that same advice was given to me. I - THOUGH - the prices was too high to do this.
After I tallied the costs of my string of increasingly more expensive TX's, purchased over time, I found that I could have spent the same money on at least a couple of the very top of the line radios.
Had I even purchased one of these, it would have replaced all of the TX's I did purchase and handled ALL of my planes.
It would have ultimately have cost me 1/2 the price, while giving me a much better radio to use.
The better radios also can do things that save you money in other hardware, such with reversers, etc.