Thanks for the info.I guess on my airplanes I was simply pumping too many amps through the brushed motors and burning them out too fast. If a brushed motor fails in flight at some altitide is that pretty much a guaranteed bad crash? I won't have my Blade until around Friday so that gives me 1 week to try to get some sim pratice. I have a cable and tried using the free FMS program but could never get the cable and radio to work together. I can get it to work with a joystick but not sure if that will be of much value to practice with a helicopter.