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I don't know that I would go brushless with one. To me, the cost is still too high and benefits too limited to take out the gas engine.

It's not like nitro with the higher cost of fuel and annoyance of tuning constantly. I also figure than anywhere big enough to run one of these beasts will not have the issues with noise.

As for parts, I don't know about the others, but anything that is an HPI clone parts will interchange. You also start getting to the point where parts are big and beefy enough as to not be as major of an issue.