Welcome aboard rabidbandit!!

I fortunately haven't seen any issues with the tail pitch slider. It's very quick and responsive. Post some pics of that new tail when you put it in.

I am having a bit of an issue, I can't seem to track the blades. Every effort to find the problem has failed. I checked all the links and they are solid and not cracked. I measured the swashplate links to make sure they were as the manual describes. I balanced out the blades, I checked the head....nothing.

THe blade CP I had tracked perfectly. Now I have this $250 heli that won't track worth a damn. The closest I can get it is maybe 1/4 to 3/8 inches, but that's it. Even when I get it that close, buy the end of the flight pack it's way off.

Anyone having this problems or did I get the lemon?

Now I just fly it with the blades not tracked. I mean, nothing I do will make them track anyway so I might as well suck it up a fly the stupid thing. Man I am frustrated right now. GRRR[:@]