I'm probably going to keep on using Thunder Power 1320's.

The 3-in-1 occupies a 3-pin connection on channel 3, and on channel 4 a single pin connects to the signal wire for rudder control. By unplugging the 3-in-1 from channel 3, you remove the power source of the receiver and servos. Plug a brushless ESC into channel 3 and the ESC's BEC will power the receiver and servos. The 3-in-1 will just have one pin plugged into channel 4 and will act as the gyro/speed control for the tail motor. If the 3-in-1 needs the throttle input to function correctly (they call it a mixer/esc/gyro, but I'm not at all sure what it actually mixes), then I'll try a using a 'Y' on channel 3. Or I may get rid of the 3-in-1 and buy a small 2-amp or 5-amp brushed ESC and use it along with a Telebee HH gyro I have laying around. Not sure what motor I'll be going with yet, just aiming for 2000 rpms head speed and about 150 watts of power.

Can anyone tell me what the advantages/disadvantages of using [link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHHM6&P=ML]this motor[/link] as a direct drive tail might be? Other than being really inexpensive, I believe it will be a drop-in replacement.

***EDIT: retyped to clarify something inadvertently deleted.