Thanks again. I was going to head down to the HS to see if the blade parts would work, but I decided I just didn't havethe time. It's close to an hour from me and that would have put me in their parking lot just before they locked the doors so I scrapped the mission; looks like it's have to be a Tower order and wait. []

Actually, your battery setup is very close to what I've been leaning toward, i.e. the Equinox and Triton Jr. I was originally thinking about the Electrifly 910 as well, to 'keep everything in the family', but I've read so much here about the TP1320 that I thought I could justify the extra expense for the battery. I was just hoping to find a charger/balancer/power supply combo for, well, less than I'm finding them for. But I'd forgotten about the computer PS option. That may be viable. I'll check out the instructions for that, as well as the parts list thread you mentioned. Thanks for the tips.

Actually, the spindle isn't as bad off as I thought. Maybe while I'm waiting for the new parts, I can make this one work enough to perform all of the other checks you suggested. BTW, the main rotor gear looks fine; no missing teeth. And there's no visible bend or other damage that I can detect on the main shaft either. I'll keep you posted.