I fly my heli 4-5 times a week. I don't doubt the parts are cheap, seems to be the case with everything these days. I must be one of the lucky ones as niteliter says. Never a problem with this bird until I tried installing the gyro and now I am doing what I can to get it back to the way it was before I tore into it.

At this point I would suggest you sell the cpv3 and get a trex or something a little bigger. I have 2 trex 450's along with my cpv3 and it is a world of difference.

Good Luck!