kenbev here, glad to be new member of rc help. i started building and flying rc planes in 1960, we did not have digital then, the receivers were the reed type. i would build the receiver and transmiter from kits, build the planes from balsa wood kits the cover with silk and finish with dope that i would buy from the air port repair shop. i now fly a 450 dynam heli and use a fly sky th9x radio system. i also use a phoenix 4.0 flight sim. downloaded the upgrade to 5.0 and have had lots of trouble with it. will post about this later. i live in Lexington Alabama, about 50 miles from Huntsville Alabama, and 20 miles from Florence, Alabama. i used to fly on the old Courtland Army Air Base, great flying place everything was concrete, acres of flying space.