Anybody else in the world got one of these? I got mine from Steve Webb Models having had to pre order it and wait a week or 2. What a joy to wizz around in the living room with. OK, so I have broken a few rotor blades (Steve Webb to the rescue) but I haven't stopped laughing since I got it and I am new to this heli lark and it is easy to fly not so easy to pinpoint land but what do you expect after a month or so and the novelty has never worn off. There are photos in RCME from the show and I would hope to see a report sometime soonin the mag.

Drew, glad you like it. Yes, we saw it at the show and I too was very impressed with the look of it. Will you see a review in RCM&E? If Helger send one in we'll probably feature it, although we won't be chasing one as from what I can tell it's mechanically very similar to all the other contra-rotating helis out there. This being the case the handling is undoubtedly similar as well. No less impressive though and it's a good looker, too. Anyway, welcome to helicopter flying. I hope the bug bites!

I just bought my Blade CX2 from Sussex Model Centre when their new stock eventually arrived. After flying fixed wing gliders and IC for 20 odd years this is a fantastic introduction to rotary wing. What a hoot! And oh so pretty that even she-who-must-be-obeyed appreciated the indoor demo in the lounge!

Yup, they do look sweet those CX2's.

Hi Guys, just got back in to the hobby again after about a four year break.Use to fly a leci koyosha,piccalo and ic concept 30 not to mention pretty much anything and everything with wings,electric or ic.I have just got a Blade to satisfy my yearnings and as an excuse to the wife that I am teaching my 9 year old son.Verdict great! As for the same as others I disagree. It,s a 2.4 GHz radio for start, no worries about mixed chanels or glitches. Comes with lipo instead of having to upgrade,has a lovely fuz and is the most stable one of it's type I have flown.The tail is as solid as a rock with no twitching at all and the throttle is smooth.I have tried nearly all of the current ones on the market through friends and this is without a doubt the best for performance and price.If you are thinking of one of these,don't, just get one.

Whilst struggling through the mud at Weston Park a couple of weeks ago, the lady in my life shook me rigid by suggesting I buy her a Blade!! Until that moment I hated helicopters but of course when we got it home I had to make sure it was ok for her to have a go. After a couple of hours flying time now, I still haven't got it trimmed right to be confident enough to let her get her non-aviation hands on it.
Serious though I do seem to have a problem getting the rudder trimmed. I get it roughly correct during one flying session then the next time I come to fly it it is way out again...beyond the range of the tansmitter trim facillity I also seem to have to adjust the trim pot on the 4 in one which is a swine to get at with the body shell on. Do I have a real problem here or is there something I should be doing which I'm not?

I had to make a small adjustment to the tail on the onboard pot and at first I did far too much,it just takes a tiny tweak to bring the trim from all the way out to just in the middle.Dont forget if you are hovering you will get ground affect as well as low speed torque.The tail adjustment is made by speeding up or slowing down of the upper and lower blades which are on seperate motors.If one is substantially faster than the other in a very low hover it will affect the tail all the way through the speed range so I have set mine to be streight in a mid height hover.I found it best to adjust it to around a four or five foot hover which adds a bit of speed after that It has been fine every time.If you keep getting seriouse probs what ever you do then take it back to where you got it and see if they can help. Good Luck.

Thanks Greg, I will follow up on your advice. I am still worried though about the radical change in trim from one session to another.

Doesn anyone know if you can get the CX2 without the TX - I have a DX6 and not much money!

This is perhaps aimed more at Messers Ashby.
Looking at the common story in this thread there seems to be a problem with the torque reaction and a steady hover.
The CX2 and other small e heli's are all sold as ready to fly and test flown. If this is the case why are we having to tweek the onboard pot to correctly adjust the hovering attitude. I personally don't have a problem with this but I can see where JETSOME is comming from.
I also have a Twister FP V2 and straight from the box, once batteries were charged, we had lift off. Immediatly back to the ground and out with screwdriver to do a small tweek. Ah that's better.
BUT WHY, - are these actually test flown prior to sale or is it and advertising gimmick.

It seems to be the luck of the draw with all electric RC helis, coaxial or otherwise. Some come out of the box & are spot on, others aren't. Torque reaction on take off is normal enough but the heli should be stable in flight. Tweaking the on board pots is a 'suck it & see' job, just make sure you make the adjustments on a fully charged battery.

one thing to rember gentlemen when ever you do an adjustment to the pots you must unplug the battery after the adjustments so that the modual will recognise the new setting.

Jason you can't use any other 2.4gig transmitter with the blade.all 2.4 gig receiver use it's own dedicated transmitter. g.u.id no ie global unique id.

Oldarf, you can use the Blade with a DX7 no problem, I do but not sure whether DX6 will work though. Also moving the control rods out 1 hole from standard on both servos makes it fly much more responsively, 2 out & it becomes very twitchy. For some great looking upgrades www.charlieshobbies.com is a good place to start.

Thanks David I have found out since I wrote my comment and as you say you can use the DX7 It binds OK but the DX6 Will not bind, I have just converted all my little helis to 2.4gig useing the bade receivers. great I can now use the mixing etc on the DX7.

Hi all,
just bought a Blade CX2, It's my first ever device and I'm totally hooked.
There is a little silver switch on the upper left side of the transmitter.. can't find any explanation in the manual as to it's function.Any clues?
I'm currently "in the hangar" after a big crash.. waiting for new bits to arrive. Where can I find the best and quickest supply of spares and upgrades? Looking forward to the rest of my airborne life!!
Phil.

Thanks Drew,
do you or does anyone know how to align the rear rod and grommet attachment for the forward body of the CX2? Having difficulty flying with the front body on. Should the body be extended to the very ends of the rod, or pinched all the way in to the tail section?

Had the same trouble with my twister hawk, from the box, it needed a tweak of right rudder. After two or three hovers-til-flat-batt, it needed to be tweaked back again. I assume that something had freed off slightly in the rotor drives.