Ha. I was just concerned that you'd get it and expect it to fly like the 450-- it doesn't. If you take it on its own merits it's a blast, and you can do a lot with it.

I mentioned the stuff I changed earlier: currently microHeli upgrade hub, EF 4200 brushless & ESC, G90 gyro, GWS 050 tail motor with ICS esc, microHeli mainshaft and autorotation gear. I had a minor dalliance with the microHeli head, also, that I've since sobered up from- I don't like the full head, but if you do just the Al hub it tightens the mains up a lot and it flies much better. Stay away from the EF Al swash, too-- it has less travel than the stock plastic one, believe it or not. If you wan't to upgrade the stock swash, get the microHeli one-- it's a good bit of kit.

You might be able to suggest an improvement for me once you get used to it-- latest complaint is that during high-cyclic maneuvers with it the tail kicks a LOT. I put the GWS motor driving a long prop directly on it last weekend to get some better control in backflips, loops and the like. I tried it in the garage and it worked better than stock, but I haven't been able to try it out yet. I also saw a thread where people were using a rate gyro after the HH gyro (!), which sounds wonky but actually makes some sense with the motor tail if you think about it.

Sometimes I hate it, but I'll never stop flying it .