ORIGINAL: soop7667
You know - I have noticed that I tend to be conceited at times. My girlfriend got me my first heli last christmas. It was a CP Pro, her mom got her the CX2 at the same time. I had my CP Pro hovering after 4 days. I spent around $400. in parts for the Cp Pro within 3 weeks. It was a grueling process, and I broke lots of parts. Since then I've built and flown 2 MX400's, a T-rex 450 SE, and now have a Raptor 50 Titan. I got bored flying my girlfriends CX2 after about 4 batteries because it just doesn't do anything but hover and fly around. Anytime I tried to do hard cyclic inputs I got blade strikes. I beleive you should be able to fly the CX2 out of the box without that happening. I say you shouldn't have to mod it, to fly it! E-Flite has let everyone down in this area IMHO. Maybe they knew it was so easy to fly, that if they didn't make it do something to damage itself in mid air flight, they'd never get the parts business.
Not trying to bash anyone - I just think the CX2 is like a heli with built in training wheels.
I too must apologize to you personally soop7667........ I really took offense to your post without realizing that sometimes the meaning of what you are trying to get across is different that what I read. I have only been into Rc for about a year total and started with a lil Venom coaxial and jumped straight to a Blade CP....... I now own a TREX, a HBK2, a CX2, 3 stock blade Cp's and One CP Pro and one aluminum blinged out Blade CP pro.
I was only miffed because I had a bad experience at a local flying field early in the summer and dealt firsthand with someone who basically told me to come back when I got a real heli ( He was referring to my TREX) and I got a very sour taste in my mouth for anyone who sticks thier nose up in the air at anyone who is just breaking into the hobby. I want to thank you for coming back and explaining your point of view and I will try to keep my big mouth shut when I encounter posts that i don't neccesarily completly understand.
Its nice to see someone who like myself started small....and the hanger just keeps growing. I am really looking hard for a decent nitro heli to purchase and am sure i could find a good Raptor used locally. This winter should ber a very good christmas to myself as i figure winter is the time to make some of the better deals for Large helis.
The thing about modding the CX2's is that by just doing a couple simple mods (longer inner and outer shafts and a shorter flybar) one can almost completly eliminate blade strikes during aggresive manuvers. These are not true outdoor helis but one can add a few things, tweak a couple of pots on a simple 4 in 1 and be able to fly in reletively calm outdoor conditions without having the heli destroy itself in midflight. They are honestly built for beginners (aka n00bs) but can be manipulated into yeilding some pretty decent flight characteristics and also help train the reflexes for future helis........ be it CP's, or TREX's or even Raptors.......... I know not exactly the same, but learning orientation on a coaxial definately has helped me in my quest for the perfect circuit!
Again.......... I apologize for acting out and basically stamping my feet like a 2 year old. You are alright in my book soop, and my reaction to your opinion was basically unwarranted. I will leave my soapbox in the workvan from now on when sitting at the puter!
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