I am a trainer and have been giving thought to using my 9C for training. A lot of Futaba transmitters have the push button, which is a pain in the thumb. Especially if I have several trainees in a day. Your setup sounds like a good one and all or part of what you describe can be used. My thought is to get the synthesized module and use my 9C instead of the transmitter for the plane, so I can use my trainer switch-F which is a lever type instead of the push button. I can set up each plane - I have 6 planes that I can set up on a memory chip which is about as many as I have training at any one time, or get more memory if I have more training. I have a timer which is activated by throttle position and a low battery warning(I have extra packs). All trims will be remembered so that I don't have to worry about retrimming each time we start out and the student gets to use his own transmitter so he gets the feel of his own box right away. I have heard the synthesized module called 'dial-a-crash'. Am I on the wrong track? Any thoughts?