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The wheel radio gives you both a fine and course turn ability depending on how you move your fingertips or shoulder. Like flying U-control when you lock your wrist and move the aircraft by moving your whole arm for straight flight and bend your wrist for stunts. With the boats you can react fast with the fingertips or move your arm at the shoulder and get small movements at the wheel. The method of holding the wheel and wrist still while moving at the shoulder makes for some fine driving at oval record trials where the slightest movement can put you off course or in a buoy. I started in u-control airplanes, went to sticks on boats and then the wheel. The wheel is the best for steering. As for the throttle.....Terry is right about being able to have that comfort level with the stick keeping the boat at a consistant speed, but how many people let go of the trigger after the race starts? That's an old farts view of it who has tried it all. One of Steve Speas tricks used to be to use a wheel radio and steer with his thumb on the wheel so he could drive with one hand and scratch his xxx with the other. Pretty impressive!I never had tried the stick but watching a well known racer the stick makes sense as having the throttle and steering on one stick leaving the other stick to run the third channel.The third channel had a needle vavle with full flow to no flow and could use the stick to dial it in then used the trim for fine tuning.With the setup you get the motor to run throw it to the water and go from there.You have the full effect without having to guess where your needle vavle is.Wonder why he wins so many US1.If i had some extra cash would like to try it.Just a tought? :blink: