Bill, no matter what you choose, there are deals out there that exlcude servos and you can use the servos you already have.

The best deal I've seen, is as Irish mentioned, and that's the Airtronics RDS8000 radio. You can get them with an extra receiver, without servos. I've seen Tower with them for $229, again with two receivers.

I have two Airtronics radios, both are 72 MHz, and both are fine radios, and RCKen uses them for his personal flying. He is all for the Airtronics. I like them. I also have two Spektrum radios, one DX6i and one DX7. I use them both and like them both.

Just remember that when you move to 2.4 GHz, you will be using an exclusive receiver for the radio you select, they are not interchangeable. You can buy some receivers for 72MHz applications that will work with several manufacturer radios, such as Castle Creations and Berg receivers, but not so with 2.4 GHz. So, that's a drawback. If you select Futaba, for instance, you are going to commit to Futaba. Same with Spektrum, although you can use the Spektrum receiver with their DX6i as well as the DX7, just keeping in mind the number of servo slots available in one is 6 (6i) and 7 for the DX7. The RDS8000, as Irish said, is 8 channels.

There are deals out there and good savings. And, all of the major manufacturers are great radio systems, (Airtronics, Futaba, JR, Spektrum) (if I left one out, I apologize to the critics) so if you stick with those, you are probably making the right decision no matter what you choose.

CGr.