before buying anything. Find out what your instructor recommends, find out what radios most guys are using. for example if they use Futaba and you use JR, you may have trouble finding someone with a buddy box. At my field show up with a JR and you will most certainly need to bring your own buddy box. However there are always three or four futaba boxes at the field. So do some research not only here but also locally before your jump out and spend $300 only to find out ya gotta spend more finding a buddy box. I btw vote for the Superstar Select.

Terry