I understand your thinking but there are two main types of 2.4 systems dsss and fhss. airtronics and futaba are the only 2 that i know of that use fhss, most others use some form of dsss but the 2.4 band is so wide and there is different variations so it would be pure luck to get a non matching reciever to work. So you will need an ae reciever, they used to be affiliated with airtronics, not sure if they still are or not. If you are still confused check out rcmodelreviews.com