Blade mCX S300

This was my first coaxial helicopter, but far from being my first helicopter. It bought it new on Halloween in 2009. I had been learning to fly single rotor helicopters for a few years so I bought this model just for fun, and to practice hovering inside over a long Minnesota Winter. It came ready to fly out of the box. One only has to charge the one-cell flight pack and bind a transmitter to it. I also purchased a Spektrum DX6i transmitter with it instead of buying the RTF version with a lesser featured transmitter. I created a new helicopter type model with a 90° swashplate, gave it a name, bound it to the model and I was ready to fly. I found that there was no special configuration of the default program necessary.

After binding I took to the air and was flying tail-in, nose-in and side-in orientations immediately. I even flew up and down a long and narrow stair case on the first flight. I found the model to be very stable and easy to fly. After a couple of months I did become bored with it. I found it difficult to get it to into fast forward or reverse flight. It was so easy to hover I didn't feel I was learning anything that would help me with my larger single rotor helicopters. After getting a Blade mSR this saw little use and I sold it in April 2010.

I think this would be a good first model for someone new to radio control or new to helicopters. Anyone that had experience flying other helicopters would probably have more fun with the more maneuverable mSR model.

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