Well, short story. I started with CX now almost a cx2 minus the 2.4g. Got a Blade CP, now a CP Pro (dual tail motors). Bought myself a Trex450SA back in July.
Anyway came down with Colon Cancer around Christmas and haven't had much time for heli's over the last 6 months. Halfway through Chemo all is well, chemo for CC isn't that bad anymore. No hair loss, a little tired for 2-3 days, blood counts down, stuff like that. Every 2 weeks for 6 months. So 6 of 12 treatments done. OK back to the heli, now that I have time, just don't want the hope you feel betters.
I totally butchered my CP for parts and decided midway to go the "good stuff" route.
Now my trex has:
430XL motor - OK a little underpowered I think, maybe be needing to change pinions.
35Amp Align ESC - OK
F S9650 Tail servo which works GREAT BTW.
HS-56HB Main Servos - A tad disappointed should have gone MG
Gy401 Which works great with S9650.
AR6100->DX7 Works great.
So I finally watched Finless videos WHILE putting her together, had to stop by lhs to find out everything I did was just plain wrong. Had ball links on wrong hole, the blades were going down when throttling up(wrong linkages on seesaw), the arms weren't at 90 on most, they shimmed up my back servo. Had I known how easy it was to remove one side of the metal frame I would have done it myself but I was going for ease.
Last night I spent about 2 hours adjusting my levels on the head. (just got the 9650 this morning) Adjusted the gyro/rudder/tail this morning.
WOW, that's all I can say, this flies like the CX as far as ease, just flip the throttle and straight up. I needed to make ZERO adjustments, OK maybe one touch on the right aileron trim. The heli flies with very little adjustments and can sit there for 2-3 seconds without touching the sticks, btw is you don't have heading hold, buy a chopper that's got it.
I can't believe the difference between the CP and the Trex. NIGHT AND DAY. This is fun, that was BS.
My key points:
1. Use "good stuff" don't cheap out on parts.
2. LEVEL and 90 is crucial.
3. Spend quality time with number 2. LOL
4. If you don't know, ask, we're all here to help.
5. Watch Finless videos if you need pictures/videos to put your bird together, and correctly
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DY