RE: receiver after crashes...
I don't have $50 right now. End of May and beginning of June are two of the hardest months (financially) for us full-time students. But thanks Chuck. You're absolutely right, there is a temptation to use it. But, now that I think about it, I had a problem on Wednesday. At WOT the plane started giving itself full up elevator and doing loops in the sky. I brought it in and found that the throttle push rod was hitting the bolts in the metal engine mount. Club instructor said that was the problem, creating 'noise'. I bent the wire so this wouldn't happen and the plane flew fine. I flew it the Sunday before, however, without a problem, which I thought was odd (why would it just start having a problem if it was fine the flying day before?) but maybe it's related to the crash. Maybe now it's just more prone to difficulties. I don't want to lose my new plane because of something stupid that I could have avoided. Luckily I'm still assembling the plane, and will have a full-time job starting on Monday to keep me distracted from assembling it too quickly. Maybe/hopefully I can get checked out or get another receiver before the plane is ready. (Doubt it, though, 'cause I'm apparently pretty obsessive with this plane!)