Aww thats unfortunate news on purolator! would have been great! oh well..

Those seem like a good starting point! every other tool you probably have from your planes or just around the house

Yeah the stock batteries are alright, 10-12 mins sounds about right, I bought a set of these http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...case_Pack.html great batteries, and they already come

with the proper connector, unless you've changed them, i want to convert to deans but dont have the soldering equipment to solder wires that thick.