Hey. I am a total newbie. Well almost. So far I have flown toys, my only two semi real things are a JumpJet that I had a couple years and recently bought a Parrot Ar.Drone 2.0. I have also had Realflight 4.5 for a few years. Two years ago I bought a bunch of parts for a quadcopter build from scratch that I was to do with friends, but it is basically still in parts. I really want to get into this hobby with both feet and the Swappable series seems like a great, possible better start for me than the quadcopter that I am not savvy enough to build on my own.
Anyways, that is my background. My question is, what radio should I buy? My plan is to buy the right one now, instead of discovering after just a little experience, that I bought something cheap-bad-not-custom-enough etc. I have the money, so I would rather buy something now that will keep me for whatever next plan I decide to buy. I understand that there are radios out there that will let you program and store several configurations and is good to use for multiple planes, so that sounds like a smart idea to me. There seems to be a wide range however, and I just dont know how to start figuring out what to go for. The big issue is of course that I dont even own something for it to fly yet, so it has to be a very compatible thing. Like how many radios do you guys own? Is it feasible to have just one?
TL;DR : Starting out, hoping to have for a while, what radio (or is it transmitter, the thing with sticks!) should I buy? Expensive and reasonable examples with an explanation of what money buys you would be awesome too!
Anyways, that is my background. My question is, what radio should I buy? My plan is to buy the right one now, instead of discovering after just a little experience, that I bought something cheap-bad-not-custom-enough etc. I have the money, so I would rather buy something now that will keep me for whatever next plan I decide to buy. I understand that there are radios out there that will let you program and store several configurations and is good to use for multiple planes, so that sounds like a smart idea to me. There seems to be a wide range however, and I just dont know how to start figuring out what to go for. The big issue is of course that I dont even own something for it to fly yet, so it has to be a very compatible thing. Like how many radios do you guys own? Is it feasible to have just one?
TL;DR : Starting out, hoping to have for a while, what radio (or is it transmitter, the thing with sticks!) should I buy? Expensive and reasonable examples with an explanation of what money buys you would be awesome too!
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