Supposedly Futaba USA is going to start shipping product out as early as this coming week, more info here:
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...-USA-Interview

This would probably be the brand that I would personally go with given the budget constraint, however I don't currently run Futaba, I have been racing with Graupner for the past 2.5 years, it's a solid system too with Rx's as low at $25 after discount though initial cost for the system was $250.