well welcome to RCU =)

the carbon blades are probably not worth it for this heli since they run about 60 or 70 bucks because they are FP

As far as the brushless, I just posted it a few pages ago in the falcon 40 thread, it runs about 90 bucks for the setup you'll need.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4826535/tm.htm