So I'm slowly learning with my heli, charge by charge...

I had only flown an E-flite Blade CX before this. I knew it was going to be easier than the Axe, but wow, it takes a bit of effort.

Still getting used to the Tx too, I haven't used sticks in years and I'm completely new to RC flight.



I was flying indoors and knicked a rotor on a chair and broke a ballstud off of the upper piece of the swashplate... Luckily only 2 of the 4 ballstuds on that piece are used, so I was able to just switch to the other 2 without replacing the piece. The rotor wasn't damaged too bad, it just damaged the tip so I just smoothed it out with some CA and sandpaper...


Had much better luck in the garage than indoors, without a doubt you cant learn in small rooms with a heli this big. Once I get another battery I will take it to my work on weekends and have a nice 50' x 20' x 20' LxWxH warehouse to practice in.

I'm really tempted to buy the G3.5 simulator to help me learn and put the real thing away for a month. Next time I'm at my LHS I'm going to ask to check out the Axe CP on the simulator. They usually only have a plane sim going. We'll see how things go once I can practice in some decent space.