RE: New Blade SR: collective pitch!
The SR is tuned for the pilot who's ready to transition from coaxials & fixed-pitch machines to collective systems, which means the linkages & settings are all very tame. On collective, we've set it up so there's a reduced amount of negative pitch so that when the CCPM newbie tries to bail by pulling the collective stick all the way back it doesn't slam the heli into the ground. For this reason the inverted capability of the heli is significantly reduced over that of other CP helis like the CP Pro 2.
To tell you the truth, we've never even pushed the SR to see how far we can make it go aerobatically, that's how focused we were on delivering a CCPM "trainer" if you will. It has most of the right bits to form the foundation for a pretty cool, more advanced heli in the future, but for now, we wanted to fill the chasm that exists between coaxials and CP machines.