Micro Micro heli bug has but me again

coolgabsi

Super Mod & DEAL KING!
Friend of mine gave me a mcpx-BL . it was in a pretty unfly-able shape. washers missing from the head, tail looking like it will fall off etc.

I put a little bit of $$ into it, and restored it to better than stock condition .. minimal upgrades: metal yoke, metal swash with a rear swash guide, longer boom , better tail motor holder , Lynx longer main, Rakon tail blades .. and ofcourse new stock plastic frame, and new feathering shaft

when I took off after this, I COULD NOT believe why I had never bought the Mcpx BL (factory BL) , not the converted mcpx v1 or v2. ..
The MCPX BL flies SO WELL!! it holds its tail so amazingly.. I was doing funnels, backward hurricanes, and the sucker kept its heading like a champ!!!

I have put 12 fllights on it total.. and the 12th flight... the SAGA of me and rooftops / treetop heli losses returned.. HAHAHA.. it got of of control as it climbed a bit high close to the building looking into the sun.. and i cut throttle , and it dropped onto the roof..

Luckily, there was a fire escape like access, BUT was locked, and that meant to involve people from my company, explaning what I had lost up there, and getting code for the ladder access HAHA

Anyway.. I got it back. broken main frame, and burnt tail motor as it hit pretty hard apparently on the side of the roof before going down.. here is a pic of me when I went up to retrieve it..

I bet people here know my other stories of when I lost my mcpx v1 on my apartment building rooftop 6 years ago..

Then my 450 on top a tree (involving fire engines) ... yeah... good memories came back :)

by the way....

this got me a bug.. and I now have on the way a nano cp S and another mcpx BL from another forum user, and ofcourse a tail motor for my current MCPX BL

my mcpx v1 converted to BL was too much to fly. it was twitchy, it broke crap everytime it crashed, and it was an angry hornet.. the stock mcpx BL is a nice bird meant for some awesome practice... :) LOVING IT

IMG_1632.JPG
 

Tony

Staff member
lmao, I never thought you would get into micros again. lol. I remember your brushless conversion, Didn't you go with the HP5 motor or something? I remember you stating that you didn't want to go with the HP05 like I did because it didn't need that much power lol.
 

coolgabsi

Super Mod & DEAL KING!
yeah.. I ended up sending the heli to a guy who did my BL conversion HP05 and what not.. and it was an angry hornet like I said! but!!! this mcpx BL is a lot more mangeable power but more than enough though!
 

Tony

Staff member
I think you should put an HP05 in your new one hahaha. It may have just been the fact that you were not used to it. If I can find a tail motor for mine I would put this one back in the air.
 

Tony

Staff member
And right now, that is 11.70 that I don't have. I can just barely pay for the server this month. Had some things hit that put us really behind and now we get to play catchup for the next few months.
 

Tony

Staff member
There is a thread about it in the News & Announcement section, but you can go directly to it by hovering over your name at teh top right of the page and going down to Account Upgrades. In there are 3 levels you can choose from. Hope this helps.
 

murankar

Staff member
I am seriously thinking about getting my 180cfx back up and running. Plus now with the mini goblins coming out I think I want one of those too.
 

coolgabsi

Super Mod & DEAL KING!
The Blade 180 is the best micro size bird I have flown.. It is cheap to fix, and with some easy modifications, you dont even break the expensive stuff like servos .. or the gears . I have not replaced Any set of gears on the blade 180 cfx since the slippable torque tube. I love the 180.. I recently put night blade setup on it.. lets c.. it will be fun to fly at night. have not tried it yet..

Align 150... tony.. bless your heart man.. I couldnt ever get that thing to run right.
 

Tony

Staff member
lol, I have had great luck with mine. Stable for what it is, way over powered and a blast. None of those gyro issues that everyone else had.
 

Admiral

Well-Known Member
The Blade 130X was my favorite before the 180 CFX came along, but I had issues with tail brown outs on both of them tail, would fire up OK but stop when you applied full power.

I've had no dramas with the 180 since a couple of minor upgrades, it's a great machine.
 
Top Bottom