Thanks for the responses everyone. After I posted, Ipulled all the guts out of the plane and determined that there's a faulty connection somewhere between the switch (it has a connection to plug the charger into it) and the battery. When i plug the charger directly into the battery, the LED on the charger lights up, so Ithink I'm now getting a charge to the battery in the plane. However, the transmitter battery isn't showing any life at all after a night of charging. I think the transmitter battery needs to be replaced. I did a little poking around and found out that Ineed a 9.6V 8/450mAH Nickel Cadmium Battery for the transmitter. What's the best place to buy replacement batteries?

Also - is there a way to determine if the battery in the plane has in fact charged?

Thanks again everyone!!