I guess you didn't read my posts did you, or look at the pic I attached? adding the CF rods to the front of the heli so you can bring the LiPo up further for balance is sooooo simple and you have everything you need to do it if you ever broke a flybar.
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
I do own one and I agree the stock landing skids break easily, thats why I said get the BCP skids and forget the HB skids, the BCP skids fit right in and are stronger and don't add any weight. The key to this heli is setting it up correctly, you should never use trim to compensate for bad CG and if you looked at the pic I posted you would get a balanced heli without adding any weight. Mine was not "perfect" out of the box but with the knowledge I gained from my BCP and people here on this forum I was able to get it "right" out of the box (and my BCP did have superskids on it). All I had to do out of the box was level the swash plate and center the CG and it was good to go.
Anyway, the HBFP is a great heli to learn on, do you guys have training gear, do you know how to level your swash plate?