| date | location | item | price | notes | est unneccesary cost |
| 2/2/2005 | ebay | futaba 7c radio | $227.90 | Overpaid. List price is about 150 bucks. | $77.00 |
| 4/1/2005 | HeliHobby | the heli, the crappy motor, the esc, the first battery, the heli kit itself, battery charger, wrong crystal | $528.59 | I bought the wrong crystal accidentally. They sent me the wrong motor but said it would work and I believed them. | $52.00 |
| 4/6/2005 | HeliHobby | correct crystal, powerpole connectors | $36.51 | the powerpole connectors sucked, and I bought 3 sets | $15.00 |
| 4/11/2005 | Discount Hobbies | servo extension wires | $25.66 | bought too many, only needed 1 | $20.00 |
| 4/29/2005 | Radio Shack | voltmeter with wrong battery, molex connectors | $31.66 | voltmeter still doesn’t have battery. | $5.00 |
| 5/2/2005 | HeliHobby | TR Gearbox (original one broke) | $12.38 | broke it during assembly, my fault | $12.38 |
| 5/4/2005 | HeliHobby | Cyclic rods (original one broke), new landing gear | $26.38 | landing gear was good upgrade. I broke the original rods | $4.00 |
| 5/8/2005 | HeliHobby | another battery, wrong tail boom, unneccesary tailfin | $81.98 | bought \"short\" tail boom instead of long one. Also bought a carbon fiber tailfin even though plastic was fine | $20.00 |
| 5/8/2005 | Radio Shack | molex connectors | $4.31 | more good connectors | |
| 5/8/2005 | Cedar Park Hobbies | 12t pinion | $3.19 | good for versatility | |
| 5/9/2005 | Cedar Park Hobbies | another pinion and some more stuff | $8.77 | more versatility and some random stuff I prolly didn’t need | $3.00 |
| 5/13/2005 | HeliHobby | correct tail boom, and one blade (thought there were two) | $27.46 | broke the original tail boom in a crash, damaged the wings unnecessarily | $27.46 |
| 5/15/2005 | Radio Shack | connector for new battery | $4.31 | yay molex | |
| 5/18/2005 | Cedar Park Hobbies | servo gears, other stuff | $12.22 | broke servo gears | $12.22 |
| | | TOTAL | $1,031.32 | | $248.06 |
| | | TOTAL WITHOUT UNNEEDED CRAP | $783.26 | | |