Well I recieved my Axe CP. I watched the dvd, charged the batt's., ect.. I got it in a good hover. About a minute in, I started to lose it so I killed the throttle a little too fast. When it came down, the main blades came in contact with the tail boom. I was shocked to see how easy it bent. Oh well. I need practice repairing so that I can get to know my new machine. Did I mention that this is my first heli and this was my first flight?[:-]

That's awesome. That it was you hovered on your first flight, not about the crash. Killing the throttle is my favorite. Fortunately, I'm too scared to take it up too high so it just lands hard without damage. Although, I think I did bend my tail boom on my second or third flight, now that I think about it. This is my first month of flight also so I understand your excitement. Sounds like you don't need it, but if you move the servo links closer down to the center of the servo arm (one with the smallest radius), it's easier less sensitive and easier to control.

Yea i have heard that about the servo link's. I may as well learn to fly it the way it supposed to be. Just my opinion.

Congratulations.


When I first started on this hobby and bought me an Axe CP I could hardly hold a hover. Lucky for you, you were able to hover for a minute. Mine couldn't even last a millisecond. I just keep on hopping and do the ever popular "chop stick" where when I panic I suddenly cut off the throttle making my heli slam on the ground hard. It took me awhile to get a steady hover and an accomplishment like that is very rewarding. An RC Flight simulator is a "must-have" if you want to save up money from spending on spare parts everytime you crash.

One thing to look for based on my past experience with this helicopter is that it has a weak swashplate. What I mean is that during the times I've been practicing with this helicopter, after repairing a damaged head I noticed that the swashplate bearings easily separates. I bought a new one at my LHS because I thought that I damaged the swashplate too. So when I was about to install the brand new swash plate I tried a rigidity test on it and surprisingly I got the same result. Swashplate bearings came loose and separated and we're talking about a brand new item here. So a word of caution...watch out for that. I not sure about the CNC swashplate since I never tried it, but from what I'm hearing from my LHS it's not that great and customers still prefers the stock ones.