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Old 10-08-2008 | 12:56 PM
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Default RE: Can you actually learn something from the MCX?


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I believe that the coax's are a great learning tool. It takes time for the eye-hand coordination to sink in and learning which way you need to move your fingers when the heli does x takes time. Will it teach you enough to be a perfect flier of more advanced birds, no. The only draw back to these coax helis is that they are inherently stable, while the bigger single rotor birds are inherently unstable. But they do make for a good starting point, just dont expect to transition from the coax to the cp birds in one giant step.
It's funny you say that, Michael, as that is exactly what I did! I had 2 CX2's modded up pretty heavily and then took the plunge and stepped up to the TREX 450 SE V2. It really was not that bad. Having said that, I did purchase a good simulator to practice on, which helped me a lot.