I'd agree but I'm putting it into a "junk" ugly stik clone ARF that I've crash and patched up several times (with no particular elegance) and that I really just consider a training craft. If I can get 10 more flights out of it and a little learning experience fine. But a new Rx unit here in Japan might easily run me the same as an entire flight pack in the US -- and more than the cost of the model new. I tend to put my best/newest radio gear in my best/newest model and the junkers get "hand-me-downs."

Still it looks like this Rx is probably toast and I'll need to be picking up a replacement somewhere. I certainly wouldn't pay more than $25 to have it repaired.

--Don