Yes, I should have said "hey" alot sooner than I did. doh!

The exact part I am using from philips is the 89C51RD2. I just happened to use it for other projects at work, so they are plentiful and I have several boards to fool around with them. It has 5 16-bit compare modules, (I never did figure out what to do with the 5th one) but I only ran them in 8 bit mode. I couldn't see needing any more than 8 bit resolution on the motors, and as I fooled around, it could amply control the motors. I am using an (2nd) external crystal on the micro to generate the PWM freqs, which I found from goofing around worked good at around 1 khz. I got 10 khz for free from the micro, and it worked, but the resolution was not good. The micro had no problem reading the radio info, and I have it decoding the tilt sensor as well. At that point, I started looking into making it go into the air, but haven't finished building the frame. The tilt sensor was nice, because it has digital outs and I didn't have to A/D anything. (That's where this micro comes up short, no A/D...) So, my next step is to choose a piezo, and add the A/D junk. Dang, I wish gravity wasn't an acceleration, because then I wouldn't have to beg for parts.
The sources for the Tokin gyros I got quotes on are from a rep in CA, called Bravo Electro components. The murata source is from a rep we use here in Utah. Both told me I could order any quanitity. that's why I was so happy to get firm pricing, because they deal in selling parts. I was told by the murata rep that the one reason the cost is so high is that the one-offs come from "sample stock" and they have always been able to get them for $30, take it or leave it. Yes, the western companies (Maxim is a prime example) don't even bat an eye asking for a couple of freebie parts. That's what's so frustrating from murata, I have got samples of their ultrasonic transducers before, I figured a stinkin piezo would be cake. silly me.