I appreciate your input blade killer. But if I hadn't added weight to the nose I'd never have corrected my CG problem. Not without shortening my tail boom and I really didn't want to do that. I agree with keeping it as stock as possible. But the landing gear upgrade was a necessity that has paid off well in less breakage from crashes. That landing gear is tough, make no mistake. The stock landing gear is tinker toy material and breaks with the least impact. Anyone who has flown this little HB FP would agree unless they are extremely talented with hand to eye coordination and received an unusually well set up HB FP out of the box. That's just my opinion based on my limited experience.

I broke the other ball off of the fly paddle frame today while trying to perfect my hover technique. I guess I'm grounded till I wire that side like the other. Restinpieces, do you feel my pain old buddy? I'm tired of buying replacement parts and don't think I'm going to buy any more if I can get away with it. I'll jury rig this little chopper till it's no longer stock as long as it flies well. My next purchase will be for a bare bones HB FP and after that I'll probably throw in the towel and buy a good sim program. I love flying RC helis, but I can't afford buying replacement parts after almost every flight. I guess I'm just a weak sister but that's just the way I see it. I'm not a quitter by nature. But I know when to cut my losses and move on.