I bought my Axe CP about a month ago and from day one it’s been bad, but getting better. I love it. Before I even got off the ground the tail motor filter cap leads were bent together (shorted) and fried the tail drive of the ESC and the tail motor. It spun around and around and around then crashed. I ordered a new esc and tail motor from tower and also a new set of main and tail blades. Emailed HeliMax about it and they sent me a new tail motor and ESC. WOW. So far I like the company.

Got it back together and found that the servo links were all out of adj. The swash was tilted forward and left when all set at 90 deg. It wanted to pull forward and to the left. Got that reset and it is starting to hover. Still all over the place, left, right, forward, backwards. Put on a set of carbon fiber blades for the Venom Night Ranger 3D, very nice. Had to sand them down a bit to fit but what a diff they make. VERY SMOOOOOOOOTH.

My last crash took out the main rotor gear, tail boom, tail rotor axle, main blade grips and main rotor shaft. Just got it back together today and went through 4 bat packs before a micro burst (a little wind) pulled it into my grill on my deck. But I can hold it in a hover for 10 to 15 sec at a time now. It was great. It took out the feathering shaft and a blade grip and my new set of carbon fiber blades L.

I’ve gone through my fair share of parts but I’m HOOKED. Love it. The Axe is great. It will take time to learn how to fly it but I’m getting there. It’s nice to see the new lower prices on some of replacement parts too. Great to find this place so we can learn from each other. It’s been a big help for me.

While waiting on new parts to get here I did the HH mod from Heli-Max using an E-Flite G-90 gyro and a T-5 ESC. Have to wait for new parts to get here before I can try it out but on the bench it comes on when I try to turn the Axe by hand. Still using the OEM batt’s but LiPo’s will be the next step. This must be how a drugy feels. Got to get my fix. I’m high on heli’s.

Take care all.