RE: help choosing new transmiter
Have you looked at the JR 6102? That's what I'm using, very nice tx for the price, if you ask me. It's pretty cheap too, I got mine from hobby-town for $250 and it came with 4 servo's, a reciever, a receiver battery pack, servo extension cord, and an on/off switch (plus all the usuall stuff like the frequency flags, servo horns, screws, etc.).