Well I took it back to the LHS and the best they can do is ship it off to Futaba. 2-3 weeks, and with the holidays maybe longer... talk about bad luck.

I was actually hoping they would swap it out for me. I bought it about 6 weeks ago, but this is the first time I had it out to use. I understand why they didn't but still on some level I was hoping they would realize that I'd be grounded until I get the tx back. Tuff break for a new flyer I guess.

Well we'll see what Futaba comes back with. After the detective work at the airfield today, I'm conviced its a defective Tx. Thanks for listening folks. Nice to vent a bit here...