Ok, so, is there any way I can quit chopping my blades up in mid air when im doing hard carves and turns? I want to be able to thrash this thing and not have to worry about it falling out of the sky because of a blade strike. Does anyone no where i could get some parts for this?!?!?!

Thanks a bunch,

Kyle

You can't really thrash the twin rotor helis, Kyle. They all do that. If you're really motivated, microHeli and EFlite both make aluminum upgrade parts for it, and HeliHobby has stiffer blades for it IIRC. You might also find more suggestions on the multirotor forum at RCGroups.com.

Still-- if you want something to toss around you should move up. The BCX is a living room heli, not an aerobat.

That's weird cause I thought I was rough on mine and it has never done that, other than a really hard landing anyway.

Well, if you really want to, just take it outside and lay into some FFF. Beyond a point the top rotor intersects the bottom and they "interfere"-- i.e., hit each other. You can do it at will by accelerating hard and then pulling back for a crash stop. Ask me how I know.....

Seriously, I gave up flying mine outside a long time ago, because all it took was a moderate breeze and I'd clack just holding position into the wind. If you want to fly outside or start more ambitious maneuvering, the better answer is to take the money you'd spend on those upgrades and put it into an ESky HoneyBee FP3 (if you want to stay with simpler helis) or a King v2 (if you really want the whole experience). Either one is harder to learn, but ultimately flies a lot better. [edit] BTW, the FP3 is a pretty easy step up from the CX. [/edit]

The FP3 can do more strenuous maneuvers and it's built like a tank, but it's a motor tail heli with all the restrictions that implies. The King is a full CP main and tail heli and despite its price is a blast to fly.

My father has an Axe EZ, we also had numerous blade strikes when flying outside. We shortened the flybar by one inch on each side and added another flybar link to the other side. This makes the top blade much more stable and we have not had any further blade strikes when flying outside. The EZ does not like wind at all though, so be cautious.

not sure if the EZ is the same as a Blade CX, but I made some foams "T" 's to fit into the upper head, above and below the stabilizer. This dampens the stab as well as preventing blade strikes.

okay, just looked at the helimax website. make one T if you have the plastic head. i don't know if they make aluminum for these, i have the aluminum upgrade on my CX. that's why i need two.

jason

Yeah, I too found out the hard way, outside, that hard turns, sudden changes in throttle and the like, can get the blades and the flybar in the same space at the same time. Fortunately, in my case, no damage done other than (thankfully) the flybar came off. I continue to be amazed at how rugged the Helimax EZ is.