If it is still flying well, why not just continue to fly it until it dies a natural death? Then prop it up with a minimum of parts and fly it again until it dies. I'll betcha it'll come close to outlasting you.

I'm guilty of driving old cars until they won't wiggle any longer. Then I buy a minimum number of parts (used if I can find some with some life left in them) and get the old clunker going again. Yes, I was an auto mechanic, so I did the work myself, saving labor costs too. Some of my R/C buddies used to kid me about some of the clunkers I drove and hounded me to buy a nicer car. I told them to all get together and figure out just how much money they could muster every month to make a car payment for me. That shut them up.

Sorry for going way off topic, but what I'm trying to convey is that if your engine is running well, why fix it? Just fly it.


Ed Cregger