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Spockie-Tech
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Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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I'm not certain, but I'm pretty sure the Cx2 is mechanically identical to the CX1, and if thats the case, they are definitely prone to blade-clash when flown at high speed (FFF or Fast Forward Flight in Heli Speak), and pulling a few G's in a turn.
If you're gentle and fly around like a real Helicopter would, they're fine, but if you do anything that causes the lower controlled rotor disc to move fast, then the top stabilising rotor disc will get in its way, and you will land with your rotors a centimeter or so shorter..
Funny thing is, as long as they eat each other about equally and dont go too far out of balance, you can usually keep flying with just a bit of lift-loss until they get really bad. if one side gets broken more than the other side, then they develop the shakes, but you can usually put it down without major carnage.
I've been considering trying some of the CX Pro upgrades for mine, since its a lot more relaxing to fly it than the single rotor T-Rex (which you cant lose concentration for a second on since it can flip so fast), and I keep trying to fly it like the 'rex and clashing the blaldes. But I havent actually tried them yet, so I cant reccomend them personally as doing what they claim.
It has been often suggested the blade cx pro parts are just parts from a copied-and-improved (in some *design* areas, qc is supposed to be worse) model called the dynam vortex. lots of info on RC Groups - search for Blade CX Upgrades.
Good Advice that nearly all Heli newbies ignore (me included), is dont bling your Heli with upgrades until you can fly it *very* well. The more expensive parts you put on it, the more scared you will be to crash it, which will hold you back from learning to fly with confidence cause you dont want to wreck your nice shiny heli.
So I'd probably skip the Cx Pro upgrades until you find that you are clashing the rotors from flying it too hard and fast and you *need* them.
Of course, buying those glittery carbon fibre or anodised parts is half the fun for most people, so many ignore this advice until they have a gleaming gunship they're too scared to fly.. _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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