I noticed all kinds of answers to your question. But what I really noticed was that you stated the antenna was ripped in half in your last plane. Does that mean it was crashed? If it was send it in to be checked, no telling if any other damage has been done internally to the other components. If you do repair it make sure you do a range check on the ground with the tranmitter antenna collapsed and pointed away from the model. If the receiver works adequately past 50' or more you should have no problems. It may be cheaper and safer to just replace the receiver if it was crashed. Think about it ![&:]