T. Edwards: This is exactly what I did with my heli. My current Blade is set up to use my JR 6102 radio. If you're planning on going taking this route, be forwarned that it can be expensive (you're going to at least need a 2-in-1 unit and a gyro, both of which are around $35 each, and I recommend a micro receiver but you can use the bigger JR receiver if you take off the case, and you'll probably have to go to a 900mah 3s LiPo for weight) but you will immediately realze that the heli is mucn more reliable, and that you have total control over every aspect, be it from mixing to throttle and pitch curves to dual rates and throttle hold. I'd be more than happy to tell you the settings I'm using on my 6102 if you're interested in doing this conversion.

And about the Throttle curve with the stock TX: I thought that upping the throttle trim increased only the head speed, not the pitch. I could be wrong though, but when I would fly this is what I noticed. The heli was more stable with the throttle trim at around 55%, but it didn't feel like it was increasing pitch, only the throttle. However I could be wrong, I didn't confirm this when I had the stock transmitter.