tyrick69
Posts: 69
Joined: 11/15/2007
From: Hopatcong,
NJ, USA
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Just wanted to add my $.02. When I was first looking at purchasing an RC heli, I too was worried about getting bored too quickly. I did a lot of reading on the forums before making my decision and even though some advised against it, I went out and purchased a Blade CP. I went through what seemed like an endless cycle of get the heli in the air, hover for 5 to 10 seconds, and then crash. I spent much more time fixing the heli than I actually did flying the thing. Finally, after a month or two, I lost interest and put it in the closet. I literally didn't fly the thing for almost a year. I was hanging out with a friend who had a Lama coax and he asked me if I wanted to try it one day. I found it much easier to handle than the CP. I decided that despite the fact that I would probably outgrow it pretty quick, I needed to have a coax heli. I went out the next day and bought a Blade CX2. I found it to be super stable, and all around, easier to fly than the CP. True, you really can't fly it that much outside, but it really does help your coordination and orientation. After a week or two of tooling around on the CX, I decided to bust out the CP again. To my amazement, I could actually fly the thing. Flying the CX2 for a couple of weeks had actually improved my overall ability by leaps and bounds. I still fly the CX2 occasionally, especially on rainy days. It's great for working on your nose in and side in orientations because it doesn't take off on you like the CP does and it's alot easier to recover if you do move sticks in the wrong direction. The point to all of this is, that while you probably will get bored with something like a CX within a couple of weeks but it's still a great heli to learn on. I probably spent more in parts for the CP in the first couple of weeks of attempting to hover, than the CX2 cost. In other words, I could've bought a CX2 first, and then a couple of weeks later, bought a CP with the same amount of money I originally spent on the CP and replacement parts.
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