I would have to agree with rc/nerd concerning my blade cp.I bought my first one about 2 months ago. I had no previous Rc heli or airplane expereince at all. I went threw a few flatbottom blades, and bent the main spindle. I then upgraded to li-po and the aerobatic kit to get longer flight times. after crashing several times I learned how to rebuild the heli and get it going again. I then decided to buy my second blade and was able to fly it right out of the box. By having 2 blades I can fly the other if one is broken done. Or I can swap parts to always keep one ready to fly. I like the fact that the parts are not real expensive, and all in all I have had a lot of fun with these 2 helis. my wife is going to get the blade CX when it comes out and is working on the G3 flight simulator. I did not write down how many times I crashed but it was never real hard to rebuild it or change the parts. I bought a see through parts box and stock a lot of the parts in the compartments eacxh have a p/n label over the top of the storage area. A few times I felt like tossing in the towel but my wife said to me if this was real easy you would get bored with it."THE JOY OF FLYING IS GREATER THEN THE SOUND OF CRASHING"
Randy