First, to the poster above, i dont think its been discontinued as you said unless you mean the kit, cause i just bought the arf in december.

Now i just finished building it and its ready to go but i am worried about flying it as is due to the heavy brushed 550 motor it comes with and my 2000mah 8.4v battery which is quite heavy. plus the existing speed control was just heating up testing it indoors. so i guess i am wondering if its safe to fly out of the box with the crappy brushed motor and esc or if i am better off buying a brushless lipo setup? I dont have much money to spend on it but dont want to waste money on crap. i checked out the motors listed above but its the speed controls that get expensive, that mega engine is only about $110 but the speed control is like $160. any other ideas of suitable inexpensive brushless setups that might be able to do the trick?