I don't know what everyone else thinks... but the reason I went with the blade is three main reasons. I like the fact that the e-flite has the 3-in-1 incased in plastic. The axe just has a circuit board covered in clear heat shrink. Another reason is the blade is more widely supported, and you can get parts for them at just about any hobby shop that sells electric heli's. The other reason is that the Tx on the e-flite has knobs to adjust the throttle curve on the idle up, and on the channel 5 for remote gyro gain, where the axe does not. The axe also comes with a NiMH, and a regular hiller head, and not the bell hiller. This makes the axe cp more comprible with the regular blade cp.

Some pro's for the axe. The Tx is trainer cord capable with futaba radio's. It costs less. It has a bigger tail motor (n60 instead of n30, although you can buy the tail for either one and put it on the other, so that's not really that big of a deal). It has an aluminum tail boom, which has it's pluses and minuses. Only a 5ch radio. A 380 main motor. And the axe has beefier stock landing gear than the blade, which is better for training, but probably is not quite as good for aerobatics.

All in all though they are really quite close