RE: Crashed my TRANSMITTER looking for parts.
Excuse the indulgence of a story but the thread title doesn't allow resisting.
Many years ago we were flying from a field that allowed having cars backed up to the flight line. One of the fliers was up high with an aerobatic plane in a downward spin after a snap roll and he suddenly threw his transmitter about ten feet into his open trunk and turned back to watch the plane drill in.
Yep, the stick had collapsed inside the transmitter.