Chuck, I believe what you are saying. I was talking about sending in my receiver, and literally EVERYONE at my club told me I was nuts to do so. I heard everything from "just do a really thorough range check" to "90% of the time it's just the crystal" (I got a new crystal) to "receivers are pretty tough." So it was easy for me to take the easy road and just range check the receiver several times. I'll have it checked out though, there's a link around here somewhere for $15.00, so I'll find it and have it checked.

But like you said, when the conditions are right...

I'm really having a tough time getting the plane to come in slow. Two clicks above idle and the plane is a pile of mush, needing lots of rudder and plummeting down out of the sky. 3 clicks above idle and my instructors are telling me that I need to work on coming in slower (don't understand what's wrong with faster landings though). So I was trying to practice coming in as slow as physically possible.