Thanks, i just saw a charger for the Firebird XL avalible at my local rc shop, its only £10 so i might get it, along with those elastic bands i seem to have lost.
I want to get a perfectly calm day to fly on, problem is that they just dont happen. here is the area i want to fly in: http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cg...700&height=410

and yes my avatar is of my pet ragdoll