Could anyone tell me where the best place is to buy 450 parts? I looked on hobby king and the shipping just seems a bit much. And dealing with xheli left a bad taste in my mouth.
Best place i have found by far is RC Cars & Trucks, RC Helicopters & Planes - A Main Hobbies. If you spend $25 (lets face it, that's easy in this hobby), you get free shipping. Prices are very comparable with other online retailers. I have stopped using all of the others and ONLY use amainhobbies now. Fast shipping and great customer service if you need it.
Amain is IMO one of the top sites to order from. I was geeting parts shipped to me in South Korea through the military mail system in 5-10 days. The cool part was that my PO address was right down the road from them.