Whoa, shattered the tail boom? Ouch.

I managed to smack my finger into the CF blades today, I was holding the heli and checking its black tracking and holding it like I usually do, right when I shut off the throttle I tried wobbling the heli side to side which stops the blades faster, only to have my right pinky somehow raise up and get SMACKED by one of the rotor blades. It stopped the blades eventually, but a pinky doesn't stop rotor blades like the side of your arm does. IT HURT. Now it's all bruised and a little swollen on the side, aching right now so I'm not typing on it....but yea.

Oh, and about those glassy blades...sounds like you should just get the CF blades. They're quite durable (I was originally under the impression that they would shatter on impact with something) but they've already survived several crappy impacts, but they just keep pounding on through. And there's no visible damage either, still nice and sleek and no breaks. They weigh less and they look great too, and they're far more durable than the wooden blades. Really a sure winner I think.

That aside, my heli's doing great. I'm getting a lot better at controlling it, perfecting my throttle curves and such, and hopefully it'll be all nice and trimmed out to perfection soon. I still don't use Idle Up yet, but I think I should start using that mode for forward flight. I'll try it out tomorrow morning if I'm doing OK with the heli.

Oh, and when it comes to loops and rolls: Do you have to give negative collective pitch when the heli is in an upside-down orientation in these maneuvers, for example like the top of the loop and the 180° mark on the snap roll. Or do you just maintain neutral collective pitch? Something I hope to be doing soon =D