The only point I was making was that the free transmitter isn't really free. The OP is free to do what he wants. I just wanted to point out the costs involved so he can make an apples to apples comparison. I got into that situation as a new flyer. I bought a used transmitter, receiver and servos here on RCU. I "saved" about $70 off the price of a similar new one. But the receiver battery was bad which cost me a plane (my fault for not checking it) so that was $25 I needed to have spent extra, then the next year the transmitter battery was shot which cost $35 more. I had glitches occasionally and only had the most basic programming. So for an honest $10 more, I could have had a new system that I could trust and with the newer features instead of some other guy's retired radio. Even if the difference had been $40 or $50, the "bargain" would not have been worth it for the lack of features I could have had. After a couple years in the hobby I wised up and bought the new radio I really wanted and haven't had a problem since.