Solo my buddy I feel your pain all too well. I'm a man of limited budget and reworking my parts has always something I have had to deal with from day one. I will say that the stock eflite parts are junk! The CNC certainly do help the situation greatly! Since dropping my inverted exploits and flying it as Eflite intended my spares are back to normal. I'm really looking forward to my Xtreme goodies and that will help with the blade expense! I'll keep you posted on how much this is costing me once I'm fully upgraded