pre-ordered a CX2 !:)
 

anyone know when the release date is ?all i heard is mid nov. i cant wait!!!!! hehe


here it is http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-E-Flite-Blad...QQcmdZViewItem

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I found myrcsupply.net shows the release date right on their home page, it says they should be shipping by Nov 30th and they are is selling the Blade CX2 for $159 ($30 off), shipping included.

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[:@]

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My local hobby shop said they would have a cx2 for me Nov.20th.I really can't wait!!!!!!!!Wonder how many people in RC Universe are gonna pick one up?

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Don't want to be a dark cloud on your sunny day guys, but Horizon changed their estimated ship date from "late November" to now read "early December". They did this at the beginning of this week.
To me that means we'll be lucky to actually see someone with a new BCX2 before Xmas!! I pre-ordered from Horizon way back on 10/16/06. Good thing about their policy is that they do not charge your credit card until they actually ship the product to you!

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[sm=angry.gif] very dark cloud...now what do i do with myself???????????????

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Here's what I'll be doing until then! :)

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thanks for the info. i have a cx and was not going to get a cx2.........but $159.00 AND no shipping i had to get one. i hate it when this happens...lol

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I stopped by Century Heli last Friday and asked when they expected the CX2-- They said just before Christmas-- but not to hold my breath !!! Soo- I wait !!

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:O that camo job is sweet!

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Best projection at the moment..... arriving in shops at the very beginning of December.... A few could appear in the very end of November, but most will still be 'in transit'.

Regards,
David
Horizon Hobby

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I just placed my pre-order on a CX-2 :-)

After all the reading and contemplation of CP Pro or CX-2, I decided the CX-2 was the simplest and most cost effective way to go.

Thanks to everyone here in this thread and others that helped me decide by offering plenty of info.

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wise decision! my CP is so hard to fly,when i flew my buddies CX i knew i had to have one. plus cx2s radio is so sweet.the reg cxs radio is cheap feeling. theres a link around here somewhere for learning to fly a heli like the CP, ive read it somewhat and am going to print it out right now. seems very interesting. but anyways the CX is instant gratification


heres the link,this thing should be stickied somewhere http://www.dream-models.com/eco/pre-Flight.html

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Thanks for the link. I've been reading ]RADD's[/color] and found it very helpfull.

I also went and purchased a few aluminum up grades. Not sure if it was a good idea to get all of them. I bought an aluminum swash plate, aluminum lower rotor head set and an inner shaft with aluminum head/hub. I think the aluminum head will not allow the flybar to pop off when it crashes. This means the flybar will be breaking alot :-/

I shoulda prolly stuck with the stock inner shaft and head. The other two upgrades I like though. Together they all look real sweet though :-)


edit: I forgot to plug the good people at www.myrcsupply.com
They got pretty decent prices and are good folks to deal with in general [sm=thumbup.gif]

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You may want to wait for upgrades until the CX2 really gets here, I compared all the part numbers and see the inner shaft part number has changed:

Old CX Listing
http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...rts%20Listing:
Inner Shaft with Hub & Main Gear Set: BCX
$8.99 [EFLH1212]

New CX2 Listing:
http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...arts%20Listing
Inner Shaft w/Head/Hub: BCX/2
$6.99 [EFLH1242]
Inner Shaft Main Gear: BCX/2
$2.99 [EFLH1243]

Funny though, they both have been tagged with the "BCX/2" saying they are supposably both compatible?
Note the CX2 shows separate part numbers for the shaft and gear, while the CX was one part number?

PS: I second the motion for the good guys at www.myrcsupply.com

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[&o] borriinnngggg, wheres me heli




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actualy, i called Horizon, and they are saying that they do expect them on the 30th. I asked the rep about the date showing early dec. and he told me that day has been changed back to Nov. 30th.
He sounded positive with his info... lets hope its true, i cant wait to get mine

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Wow......encouraging news! I pre-ordered from Horizon way back on Oct 16th!!

Hey Wickedklown! How do you stand it down there in that hot, wind blown, tumbleweed infested desert??? You should migrate north to God's country, green trees, green lawns and Lake Tahoe just up the road!!!! Hehe! ;)

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Well I called my LHS and myrcsupply.net to try and get the scoop on when the CX2 will ship. Between the two here is what I was able to figure out. They should be coming off the ship by the end of this week and E-Flite will start shipping them to the dealers. The dealers should start receiving them by Monday the 27th, or so, depending where they are located. It sounds like they will just get a few in per day as there is such a demand for them. That said, it sounded like they will receive some each day, so our orders should get filled soon.
Sounds like a reason to be thankful in this Thanksgiving Season, LOL

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Anyone had good experience with MYRCSUPPLY?

Just did not want to pre-order and then wait another 2 weeks for them to ship....

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I started buying from these guys as I heard about their outstanding customer service from the nitro car and truck guys. Also, here is a post in response to one of the guys ordering his Blade CX2:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showp...&postcount=128

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Great, well for all the cx2 has to offer, 159.00 is UNBELIEVABLE!

Learning on a CP PRO and doing well, just need one for truly indoors...

Thanks guys!

Go Cowboys!

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I am really chomping at the bit for my CX2, pre-ordered 2 weeks ago!@!@#

To keep me from going insane, I have been practicing on the FSOne RC flight sim.

The CX sim is so easy I got bored of it - it really is so docile - which is exactly what I want from the real thing!

Practicing with the CP sim is the opposite - ultra challenging... grrr... keep crashing, stable hover difficulty... much more practice required before I go get the real thing. But I am soooo ready for that CX2....

ack... waiting... is... killing... me.... gasp....

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I started with a cp pro, no sim.

After 8 batteries I was hovering well and when I use the sim in the LHS, it is harder to me that the real deal.

Going to symm. blades will get you the ability to really fly and heli.....

Just my experience.

RADD'S flight training is incredibly good! I used it the whole way through! www.dream-models.com/eco/flying-index.html

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The Blade cx2 is at the local hobby shop and I don't get paid till thursday [:@] I can't believe eflite didn't plan their release around my schedule:)

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yay! its in transit!!!!!!

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My Fedex tracker says mine will be here this FRIDAY!! I took that day off work!!! :D

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my hobby shop got 5 in early, i got the last one today.

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you lucky monkey [:'(] atleast i have a big shop to fly in right after work :) im off to buy a 2nd battery now!

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Ok, just got done with first battery charge, spent on successful hovering with my new Blade CX2!!

First impressions:

Hmm, my BCX2 canopy was cracked right by the lower right support grommet.

Everything else came out of the well designed box just fine. I think I'll inquire about a replacement canopy. I'm wondering if the yellow canopy from the BCX would look ok with the red fuselage of the BCX2. Hmm? :)

Read the instructions, checked out the CD, charged the battery. While charging, fixed the canopy with a little thick goey superglue, seems ok. Attached the training gear!

Went through all the startup tests - all pass. Excellent!

Went outside to try first flight - hmm, too much wind...

Oh, well - went for the bedroom, and set up on the bed. Went through the startup tests - all pass. Muhuhahah!!! [>:]

Then I powered up and hovered very nicely just over the queen sized bed!! Tracking looks very close if not as good as can be. WOW! I could actually keep it over the bed with little effort!! My wife was freaked and I hooted!

She runs pretty smooth, but I think could be smoother with the aluminum hop-ups on the way. Its like she needs to be broken in, even so she made a pleasant humm as she buzzed around over the confines of the bed. She needed almost maximum left rudder trim, oddly. Also very slight forward and left trim made her really easy to stabilize in hover. I was very light on the sticks after trimming.

Great job on a great toy, E-Flite!! I'm sure I'll get my $ worth of fun outta this!

PS: The canopy was tricky to mess with. To help this, I used light sandpaper to round off the canopy support bars so they could slip onto the grommets more easily.

Also, the flight battery was tricky to install, and kept binding somehow. I'll work on a fix for this later.

And finally, it appears the 4-in-1 unit needs a rubberband to help secure it. No problemo.


~Mark Indiveri
Test Engineer
NVIDIA Corp.
www.nvidia.com

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Thanks for the report... Us E-flite boys should work out a trade for some sweet video cards! :D
Maybe the executives wouldn't approve. [:@]

David

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I picked up a CX2 just now (battery charging) and the 4 in 1 was dangling inside the canopy too! Just repositioned it and gave it a squeeze. Seems to be stuck pretty good now!

The carbon rods holding canopy were cut flat as well. Hard to push grommets on easily.

Chucked them in a drill with some sand paper and rounded them off...

I will report back upon 1 st flight!

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Lookin forward to it! :D

I spent the second charge the same way - hovering over the confines of a queen sized bed - with no problems!

Except, maybe, that I need maximum left rudder trim, and I still have to push a left stick a little left to stay stable.

Oh, I now remember the book mentioning this; I'll report on how the fix goes.


I could easily and fairly precisely guide the CX2 to different locations all within the small space I was using. Amazing.

I am looking forward to flying in a larger area! [:-] duh!


PS: I did get NVIDIA approval to run FS One on the super new high end graphics card (G80 / GeForce 8800) on my high end Dell PC in the lab. Mostly, it runs at over 100 frames per seconds (FPS)!!! [8D]

~Mark Indiveri
Test Engineer
NVIDIA Corp.
www.nvidia.com

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Well, first flight in garage was as advertised.

I learned on my CP PRO. So, this thing is like a hot air balloon in comparison. Floats like a butterfly and is completely controlable, quick figure 8's in a two car right off the bat!

VERY stable, only tuning I need to do is a little less proportional for a dead still tail, had to trim left rudder a few clicks, but other than that it is rock solid stable.

Need tips on getting more response, it's too sluggish and stable if you will.

I bet removing the flybar weights will do it...

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This post tells how to adjust the servo linkage for a more responsive CX2:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5062404

There is also more discussion on this at rcgroups.com

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I am sure we would like to have one of the latest video cards for 'FS1 Development'! :)

Well, I will say that I have supported Nvidia well! Thanks for supporting E-Flite!
(I have a 7800 GT in this machine at home, and a Quadro 4 go in my laptop at work... and many others).

Hope you enjoy your CX2... dig into the manual and fine tune your Revo mixing and Gain.

David
Horizon Hobby

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Yep! Fine tuned the Proportional Mix pot - now the trim needs to be a bit to the right - good enough!

I spent the 3rd charge again hovering over the queen sized bed, just to make sure the trims were in order.

[link=http://new.photos.yahoo.com/[email protected]/album/576460762358436295/photo/294928803844774889/1]Hover[/link]

Its a very calm day today - I think I'll go out to the picnic area later! :D

PS: How do you attach photos to these postings? thanks!

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Hey I flew my cx2 for the first time, its great but the nose turns left in flight real slow. does any one have a fix for this issue thanks.

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I contacted myrcsupply.net to check on my CX2 order, here was their update:

All our remaining pre orders for the CX2 and the DX7's will be filled by Tuesday, 90% of these have already left our shipping dock. We will have large open stock for both starting Tuesday. All orders will be filled AHEAD of Schedule! ! !

If you are still interested in the DX7 the free-shipping cut off is going to be Friday the 8th.
Thanks,
MYRCS

Wow, I can't wait to get my hands on my CX2, now I have to see if Santa Claus is going to get me the DX7, LOL

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:D got it friday and LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!! yay! im still on the original blades too hehe. the radio is sweet,no stupid metal antenna is awesome! now im gonna sit back and wait for a way to get this radio to work with my CP so i can master that baby :)


the 5th channel...what 'add-ons' is that good for ?:S

*edit make sure your 4in1s are taped down properly from the factory!