ORIGINAL: DoctorS

Hi Jim;

I own both a CX2 & an MCX and love them both. It is kind of frustrating when you open an RTF heli expecting it to fly decently but doesn't. I had a similar experience with my CX2, but I'm not one to give up easily. I studied the heli, printed out the wiki guide noted above, and set forth to make my heli fly. I was able to figure out the control issues with it, and actually wore out the stock motors! I also broke my stock landing gear on a hard landing one summer day. I have been getting my replacement parts from BoomTownHobbies. I have their Extreme 180 motors in my CX2, and I replaced the stock landing gear with the Extreme ultra flex landing gear. The ultra flex landing gear is so tough, it comes with a lifetime warranty!

Here's their web site: http://www.boomtownhobbies.com

Here is the landing gear I use: http://www.boomtownhobbies.com/BoomT...s_p/bth002.htm

Good luck and don't give up!


Thanks again for all the help. You see the problem is that I thought it would get my son interested. But that was based on it being relatively easy to fly and be pretty stable out of the box. That is the only reason that I may give up. I'm in NY and he is in Arizona. I don't give up on my cars, but they were always what was advertised and I almost always worked on them to improve them.

What I will do is tune it and fix it as best I can, if it's not good enough I will let the Hobby shop refine the tune and send it to him with instructions.
I hope that will generate enough interest in him to keep it going.

thanks again for the encouragement.

Jim

DrS