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Well for all you guys wondering about this new bird, I just recently put up a vid on youtube showing my first inpressions of this heli. I am happy to say that I am very pleased with my purchase. I new what I was getting into when I bought the heli, but the flight characteristics are far far better than what I had expected. In my fisrt vid I spoke on the fact I had issues with the HM 4000 gyro, well helimax did send me out another one wich had the exact same issue. I concluded that maybe it was'nt the gyro but something else. I finally figured it out and know the tail holds better than I could have imagined. Semi fast backwards flight did'nt blow out the tail and forward and reverse flips only need a touch of rudder to keep straight.

I did have a fellow flyer shot some video today but he was'nt the best camera guy so you really coul'nt follow the heli in flight. He did try though and I thank him for that. I will try again soon as long as the weather holds up.

As far as the way she flys? Very smooth and stable. Like I stated in my vid this is just a trex xl ccpm knockoff with upgraded servo linkage locations for a more direct and slope free setup. I actually went to the hobby store today (Willis Hobbies in Mineola) and flew the new G4.5 sim with the axe 400 3D installed, wow she flew just like st like mine. Also this is my first real heli after years of flying the sims and I am really impressed how comfortable I have already become with this bird in just a few days of flying, it also helps being around other heli pilots that fly so well, Once I figured out the gyro issue and took the time to go over the entire heli and make sure everything was tight and had locktight were ever it was needed. I was rewarded with a smooth vibration free heli.

I must note that like I said in the beginning of the post, I new what I was getting into before I purchase it, I new that there would probably be some issues that I would have to deal with for that low of a price ( I paid 254.00 dollars shipped from towerhobbies using coupons and such, plus I used there 3 pay plan wich brought the prce to 85.00 dollars a month for 2 months) but I had worked on a friends trex 450xl previously so I had pretty good knowledge of how to setup properly and how to trim corectly for smooth controled flight.
Also I must state that Helimax could have done a much better job in providing the consumer with a more detailed an informative manual. Th manual has no info at all on the gyro and its setup procedures. They also do not go into any detail abouth the ESC. I accidentaly plugged in th battery with the throttle in the full up position and the esc went into programming mode. Well the manual dosent speak about the ESC at all so I would'nt know how to change settings even if I wanted to. The esc does not come programmed with a soft start and I would like to be able to use this feature if it is available. I am going to give Heli-Max a call tommorrow and inquire about this.

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