I charged my batteries and began to fly my MCX.
All seemed fine; I can pirouette to the right and to the left.
After 2 to 3 minutes, I can only pirouette clockwise. Attempting to pirouette counterclockwise will actually pirouette clockwise slowly...


Any bright ideas?

That happens to mine when the battery is starting to die. I get around 6 minutes flight to a charge.

My 7 month old mcx was doing exactly that and I replaced the motors...problem solved!!

burnt out motors. time to replace. Be sure to break in the brushes nicely with the water in a cup method and they will be good to go.

Ya I know

Mine does that when the battery is dead.

sorry for newbie questions, but what is pirouette? If you replace the motors, and you probably already know this, you should clean/lube all the other moving parts.

when you are hovering in place and use just the rudder to spin one direction or the other. (like a ballerina pirouette's on her toe)

ah...I have an mCX and it will do it both ways through the whole battery life, but counter-clockwise is a lot slower than clockwise. maybe it's because the heli controller just slows down/speeds up one motor instead of speeding up one and slowing the other at the same time.