I had the sticky collecitve problem when I first got my CP a year ago, but once I got 3BB blade grips and got the washers in the right order, it left and never came back. I have since upgraded to a Bell-Hiller and LiPo and have hundreds of flights on my CP with zero problms with the head (I have to re-set tracking from time to time, but that's no big deal). Over the past year I have replaced a couple of spindle shafts and blade shafts, but other than that the Bell-Hiller mixer setup has held up great. I am flying with a slightly stripped front servo now and it still flies fine, the servo seems to recover nicely from the missing teeth. I have to get that fixed.

I also have to agree that I don't think my blade will be getting much air time now that I finally got my hands on a Falcon-3D. What a difference. As my wife said, "Now that's a helicopter!". I was out flying figure 8's last night and the stability is just outstanding. The tail won't move unless I move it period. I guess you might get this with the Pro and a HH gyro, but I love not having that silly tail motor.

Steve