One of the stupidest things about the hobby industry is the cost of flight packs. Hitec makes a great universal (shift selectable) flight pack with nice servos for $99.99. Tower sells the Futaba flight packs with NiCd for $109.99. Both of these flight packs require that you spend another $10 to $13 for a receiver crystal.

You can buy a complete 4-channel sport radio with everything the flight pack includes, plus the receiver crystal, transmitter, transmitter battery, wall charger, and (sometimes) a neckstrap all for $119.99. In the case of Futaba brand equipment, Futaba literally gives you $3.00 to take their 4YF transmitter with battery and charger. That's the cost difference between buying the whole radio or just a flight pack and rx crystal.

You can stretch your hobby budget a lot further by simply buying extra 4YFs, Laser 4s, VG400s, or Quattro 4s and then selling the transmitter, battery and charger here on RC Universe. Folks buy them as buddy boxes, spares, for replacement parts, or to use with flight simulators. Considering that buddy boxes sell for $40 new, this makes buying a complete extra radio system just good thinking.