Haven't had mine long enough to worry about the brushes yet. I will ask my brother since he has used his for several years now...

And yes, I did mail order mine through Hobby Lobby Int.

Will get back to you...........

Had my maiden flight last week with my instructor. After he checked the LT-40 out, practice taxi's, he put it down the center line and it pulled up straight and true like a champ. It was fantastic seeing your first plane take to the air.

I got about 5 minutes on the first flight at the 3 high level ..

Have 3 total flights on it now and hope to try approaches this weekend to get the feel of it.......Keeping my fingers crossed (but still trying to figure out how to get me knees from knocking).