E-Flite Blade CX's "4-in-1" units

[BladeCXMan]

First off, I'm as green as they get at RC helicopters. My past RC flying has been Air Hogs Aero Ace planes!
I recently got the nerve to delve into an RC helicopter and purchased a Blade CX. I am slowly getting there after many blades, skids, & front ends and 1, (ouch!) "4-in1" unit.
That's my question: Isn't this little $49.95 pain in the butt sorta' the Achillies' heel here? Seems like that when no other adjustments can aleviate an issue, it's always blamed on this part- (the brain itself), plus it's ugly habit of frying almost instantly if the blades are stopped with the throttle on. Why didn't the E-Flite folks engineer this thing a little differently and at least have some sort of little reset button in case of a overload instead of burning the whole thing out. I'm sure they like the idea of selling this $5 piece for $49.95, but after all, don't they sell enough other parts to newbies like me so that they could sell this item for less if it can't be manufactured re-settable?

[bluemooone]

Hello! Yep the CX was my first heli also , I think that you would find the blade CP a much better copter , the blades fold in and are wood (i know i went through a lot on the xp) and a tail boom is SO much better

[cowboychris]

Check out the thread on putting a fuse inline. Basically you put a 7.5 amp fuse inbetween the 4-1 and the motor(s). This way, if you hit something and haven't spooled down, the fuse will blow first. MUCH cheaper than a new 4-1.

[BladeCXMan]

How do I find this thread?

[capebob]

How do I find this thread?

To answer your question go to the search page and enter fuse in the query box and then select the E-Flite Blade CP and CX forum and press search. Oh but what the heck. I did it for you. Here's the thread.

http://www.helifreak.com/viewtopic.php?t=15321&highlight=fuse

Bob