I am building a Kadet LT 40 and Im on a tight budget. A friend at the field had an Alpha that he crashed last fall. Crash was pilot error as he was learning and confused his controls.[:@] He bought a new RTF Alpha and said he would sell me all of the radio equipment out of the dead plane for cheap. Anyways, I took everything home to check it out before buying it and it didnt work. Read that the Xtal can be damaged in a crash so I took everything to the LHS and we put a new Xtal in. Whallaaaa! It works. All the servos feel smooth. I am going to open each servo and inspect gears visually for damage. If all is good, then I am thinking about purchasing it from him. Radio is a JR Quatro and servos are JR 527's. So, the question is, Is there anything that I should be wary about with a radio setup that has been in a crash? I know that they recommend sending in radio equipment after a crash but is that just to ensure that the radio didn't cause the crash?

Thanks all,

Shaun