Dear Nong1965:

Congrats are your purchase...you wont be dissappointed...

Note that you will have two flybar weights in the kit. The ones that are installed are the heavier ones and will keep the heli a little slower with response. I recommend you leave those on for the first couple of flights. Then switch to the lighter ones. It makes it allot more sensitive to input and reacts a lot faster. This is how I have been using mine and I like it allot.

One thing I have learned over the last 5 months in this hobby is that even a cheap heli can fly pretty good when you find the sweet spot on all the mechanical setup. focus on the mechanical configuration first, then radio triming for finest tuning.

The other helis I have flown are the AXE CP (one stock and one with upgraded servos) and the Honey Bee King 2. I learned a great deal about RC helicopters from both of these and doing research about them. And like I said above, even a cheap heli can be pretty good, if set up well. Some minimal modifications and upgrades can make it easier to achieve a seemingly more stable machine, but just throwing money at it without understanding what it is supposed to do wont help. As you mentioned in one of your previous posts, there is a huge following for the HBK2, and I am one of them. There are those that have spent well over $200.00 on top of the cost of the heli to get it to fly where they are happy with theirs. I am still under that including the cost of the little bird. The only mod that really made difference was a $2.00 bearing for the belt guide. The other few things I have done a mostly bling and for longevity. I still use the stock rate gyro and the tail holds for up to around 10 seconds before a minor correction is needed.

I have a couple of friends who fly T-REXs and Thunder Tigers (450 size and up) with expensive radio gear and the legendary Futaba 401 gyro and they both have been very impressed with the stability I get out of my King 2. I even purchased my first AXE CP from one of them. He was also surprised that I was able to get his AXE CP to be a little bit more stable then when he had it.

What is the point of my previous comments? Well it’s not just to toot my own horn, but rather to emphasize that Ready-to-Fly only means that you have everything in one box to get you going. You can’t trust the setup from the factory. Even those loyal to the Walkera brand, for example, acknowledge the cheap quality but they claim if you tare them down and put them back together they actually fly pretty well. Also, even the most expensive, most stable machines can be difficult to fly if not setup properly.

I have enjoyed setting up and tweaking my models as much as I have had flying them, and in this hobby that almost seems to be a requirement.

One last word of wisdom, since you have already had experience with several different models, one of the first things I remember reading when I started getting into this hobby was that unlike any of the other RC hobbies, you have to want to fly helis. The desire to fly them is the only thing that will get you through the anger and frustration that is certain to come when enduring the large learning curve.

Thank you for reading my post and Sorry for my long-windedness.

I don’t consider myself an expert flyer, but I do consider myself to be a pretty good builder and tweaker. If you haven’t guessed already, I would be happy to answer any questions you might have. Feel free to PM me

Cheers! And happy flying.