I have been into rcing for many years but its all been cars/trucks/buggies. right now i race 1/8th scale buggy but was thinking about getting a blade cx2 but i have a question. with the battery that comes with it, how long of flight time can i get? also what is the range of the radio? i feel like a newbie all over again asking these questions lol

You can expect 10+ minutes on the stock battery. Other batteries might give you a couple more minutes. 15 is about tops

You can fly the cx2 until its just a little dot in the sky, much to far for you to have any idea which way it is facing and much to far away for any hope of bringing it back in one piece

thanks for the info. how much would some nicer batteries cost? could you link me to some? i know some of the lipo's for cars/trucks can range from $75 to $200 a pack.

again thanks for the info

I bought two more lipos for my cx2 from commonsenserc.com, they are the same battery as the stock but are half the price. For two battery's I paid $27.00 and that was with shipping. I suggest these battery's, you get the same flight time also. Good luck flying, one word of advice get the training gear when you buy the heli.

one last question, how long does the charger that comes with it take to charge these lipos?

lipos should be charged, at most, at a 1C. So it will take about an hour to charge.

and as long as you are already into racing - there are some aftermarket parts, including a racing canopy and cg tail boom. the cx2 is actually quite zippy once you get into it and make a few mods. check out some of soloboss's threads. hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

Hi, i have a problem w. my blade 400 and i hope you could help me. Basically what happens is, everything is working good on my heli it initializes and all. Then after a few seconds my tail servo goes all the way in and jams. then the servo starts to heat up and I cant control it at all.

with the stock charger that comes with the cx2 it will take about 1 hour and 50 minutes to charge

heres the vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rICpUZCrLJI
HELP!!! anyoneeeee

OMGGGGGG it sky roketted to the ceiling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bent tail boom. blocking blade holders mad bent. bent mail shaft. is this heli still ok? if i fix it?
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also i wanna ask you guys, my gf got me this heli from ebay. fully new when it came. Only tried to fly today for the first time.
tried centering all my servos n all. and yeaaa. should i contact horizon? i already emailed the ebay person.

First off you should start your own thread instead of hijacking this one, you will get more help. I am not sure why the tail servo did what it did. Has it done that since you took it out of the box? If so just another reason to support your LHS as they can help out with why. I have no idea why it would do that. With the tail all messed up like that why did you fly?
As for your crash, that is sweet! How did it throttle up inside? I would not throttle up a CP machine inside, they have too much head speed to be safe indoors.
You can fix your helicopter and it will fly like new. That appears to be about a $30 fix in parts. Could be more if you need a new gyro (gyro could be bad). Check your servos, likely they are all stripped. Push them through the motions with your hand and the power off, they should move smoothly, if it jumps or grinds the gears are shot and need replacing ($4 for gears).
Go to www.youtube.com and search for sokal11 he has lots of videos on how to set these back up.
If you don't have a LHS then www.rcslot.com has the best prices on parts.