da Rock - Holy cow! That crock pot deal sounds really good to me right now. I had read mention of that somewhere, but had totally forgotten about it. What perfect timing. You da MAN and da Rock! What type of antifreeze am I after? Green or Orange? Or doesn't it make any difference?

Missleman, took your advice. 2 battery packs on order. Will try them out and go from there. I've heard of the Prop Shop, but never been there. Going to have to look them up some day. I've always dealt with a couple of shops over on this side of town (RC Hobbies and Joes) but did most of my stuff online. Even back then.

The extra room on frequency generated by guys going 2.4 makes a lot of sense. I hadn't considered that. I've always enjoyed having the latest and greatest, so I can see myself going that way someday, but not now, knowing my 72mhz stuff is still OK. Priority will be getting stick time, along with getting some of this stuff that's been hanging around waiting to be flown again for the past few years, airworthy again.

Went out to the club field this evening, first time in at least 15 years, and there were 3 guys flying. I recognized 2 of them, they recognizes me - as having helped them learn to fly. Pretty special. One mentioned he hated me for the thousands of dollars spent on this hobby since them....

This is going to be a lot less painfull than I ever imagined. Thanks for the help guys. Very much appreciated. -Al