ORIGINAL: werew
This is just a "in case you didn't know":
Aileron correction is a constant variable in heli-flying. So don't put too much "aileron" trim in to try and make this disappear TOTALLY. I think that's why they say a SUPERBLY tuned heli can hover "hands off" for 2-4 seconds. So there's some numbers to shoot for... and with the Axe being small and regular gyro'd, i'd call it "perfectly tuned" if you can hover it "hands off" for 1.5-2 seconds.
I totally agree with this, and most of the post, BUT my Axe was pretty smooth out of the box - I did nothing to it before getting into some pretty far out forward flight. Then again, manufacturing process always yeild variable results - there will always be 'stars' and 'lemons' despite decent QA. The Chinese manufactures have a long way to go on the science of QA. The Japanese are way ahead hear, but their costs are much higher too. Look for China to catch up in QA in the years to come.
RE: GY401 gyro. Supposed to be the king of HH gyros for small-med/lrg heli's. It's more stable to temperature fluctuations than other HH gyro's due to SMM technology. I'd probably go with a smaller sized gyro for the Axe. I got the Align HH gyro for my Trex 450 and it works great. After 1 adjustment to the remote gain in my radio the tail was "LOCKED" in HARD. Not a single twitch was noticed.
If I owned an Axe CP I wouldn't invest in ANY alloy upgrades, they're not going to make jack squat difference compared to using better servos and/or a HH gyro.
I agree here - just fly the Axe stock. Its a fine trainer for CCPM, arguably the best. Saving my hop-up monies for a TREX. When I am done crashing the snot out of my Axe
I am toying with the idea of a HH Gyro for the Axe. When I am done with the Axe, I will move the Gyro over to the TREX, so its OK if its high-end.
BUT - please explain - I read the Gyro manual, and it only covers the Gyro driving a servo which drives a variable-pitch (belt-driven) tail. How do you make it work with the stock Axe? I don't see that it can work unless you 'go separates' - and there is no freaking way I'm doing that...