Thinking about the Cx2 for playing in the house

[robl]

As the title says, I'd like something I can play with in my garage or around the house when its too windy to fly the trex450.

BUT, I can't really see the point of the coaxial heli, I know it will fly decent in the house as I see them flying them inside the hobby shops all the time. But will I learn anything or is it just a toy? I need to practice nose in more, I can do it now on the trex450 but need more practice and I need to learn side in hover. Can I learn that on one of these or is it really just a toy?

I bought a mini zoom pro to use in this fashion but frankly it seems a bit dangerous to use around the house and getting parts is a nightmare.

[Jermo]

I have the CX. It's fun inside. You'll learn orientation and some stick feel but it's drastically different than the T-Rex. I'm new and loving my Rex but I keep my CX around for inside fun. I've started my lovely bride and son flying so it gets use ;)
Jermo

[robl]

but does it help with orientation enough to be worth it for practice? I can flip and roll the 450 so I just basically need this to learn orientation, but not if its too easy to fly and not going to help on the other helis.

[ZX11]

My CX2 with a chipped blade and tiny bend in the flyrod is still stable enough to push around with my hand and not upset its hoover. Nose in hoover would not be a challenge

The only orientation training you will get is by instead of forward flight under the ceiling fan, over the dining table, down the stairs and back over the kitchen cross beams... trying it by flying the same coarse flying tail first (backwards) or with the heli sidesways. That is the only way I can cross myself up with a CX2.

[VKGT]

I've been considering one too.. sounds like a fun inside heli thing to do

[Buzzkill]

I've had a CX2 for about 2 weeks now. I love the little thing. Its great for inside, the head spead is low so you wont break the TV if you hit it :wow2: and my girlfriend flys it when I'm praticing with my CPP. FF is easy. I recommend it all the time.

[bcane98]

I am pretty sure we all can agree that it is more for the enjoyment of flying than anything else.

It does have a small amount of training, bot more of an ice breaker into helicopters. I am pretty sure if I didn't start with a BCX than I probably would still be talking about the hobby rather than being in it :mrgreen:

[robl]

well in theory, the movements made on this heli for side in hover and nose in hover should be the same as on a bigger heli right? i want something to fly around the house. But what if the blades fly off or you hit something, don't you damage things? Like the leather couches in the living room and mirrors and stuff. My wife would get pissed if things get damaged.

[Buzzkill]

I've never heard of a blade radomly flying off a CX2. As for breaking things, the blade will break before anything else usualy, unless you hit a vase or something fragile. Just my opinion.

[robl]

so how does it work, does it just hange in the air? I mean, if I take my hands off, does it just sit there, so no real corrections?

[Buzzkill]

Well if you have it trimmed right you'll get some hands free hovering at least for a few seconds. I get 10-20 sec. hands free without the ceiling fan on but, I dont recommend removing your hands from the sticks unless you really have the hang of the CX2. A lot of people dont realize that the CX2 is capable of wipping along at speeds to fast for inside if you push it. I fly mine all over my house all the time.

As far as learning value, if this will be your first RC heli then I highly recommend it. The CX2 taught me the basics for control and orientation. I bought a CPP four days ago at its a world apart from the CX2 but, if I hadnt got the CX I would'nt be able to fly the CPP.

[Heli_freak]

Get one you will like it. They are just fun to play with. I have crashed mine into everything in my house and haven't broken anything in the house yet. I have leather couches and the blades don’t even coming close to hurting the leather.

[robl]

yea, its a possibility, sounds like a fun toy. I just have so many helis already. I have a mini zoom pro, a trex 450, a trex 600 and a walkera 52(although I don't fly this one anymore), I also have an X400 thats in pieces. My wife says too many helis but I think you can always have one more.

[FearNot]

so how does it work, does it just hange in the air? I mean, if I take my hands off, does it just sit there, so no real corrections?

Yep, thats it ... I find it too easy and am selling mine ...

Its a fun toy but it gets boring after a while.

I tried to fly it without flybar weights but that just made it feel as if it was on a rubber band

Matt

[Taffey]

The CX is a lot of fun. I've had mine for a while now and I still fly it all the time. Yes, it's very tame out of the box, but it can be adjusted a bit. If you move the control rods out a few holes on the servo arms, it will get considerably more twitchy... relatively speaking, that is.

It's great for those bad weather days, and for practicing nose- and side-in hover. I highly recommend it, especially now that it comes with a Spektrum system.

[Taffey]

I've never heard of a blade radomly flying off a CX2x
It's happened to me before. Of course, that's because I forgot to reinstall the screws after changing a blade. :?

It was one of the funnier crashes I've ever seen. Pwing! And the upper blades are gone. Where did they go? LOL Gave me the giggles for a couple days. :mrgreen:

[Rick Rotorhead]

I got hold of a CX2, its great. Ok, its not a challenge for any one who can fly a bit, even if its just on a sim. But it is fun to buzz about and very stable. If you let go of the sticks and it is well trimmed it will slow to a hover on its own. You still got to keep an eye on the tail, cos it does tend to wander a bit (that's the only 'challenge' bit). Although it won't feel like a Trex, as far as nose-in goes, you still have to move all the sticks in the correct directions for the orientation if you want to hover it facing you, so in that sense it can teach nose-in hand to eye coordination.
Just don't expect too much from it, it doesn't bank into turns, it flys kinda flat. But c'mon! where else can you get a flying heli with all the proper controllable axis for just 200 bucks in the States. By comparison my Twister (Blade CP clone) cost in UK £200, thats about 400 bucks matey. So on a fun to cost basis can you afford not to get a CX2?

[ZX11]

So on a fun to cost basis can you afford not to get a CX2?

I also don't see how someone who likes helis could resist one of these. There isn't much penalty for getting the controls crossed since there is plenty of time to correct yourself. That is why I don't know if nose in hover could be trained on this. Lessons stick better if they cost you lost of $$ per mistake :arggg: The CX2 is excellent for clearing coffee tables of any paperwork. You should look up the movie of the CX2 attacking a box of foam peanuts :fly

[Taffey]

I learned nose-in hover on my CX. By the time I got Realflight 3.5 about 4 months later, nose- and side-in hover were no problem at all, even on the Dominion 3D.

And, as ZX11 mentioned, it's the perfect anti-paperweight. :wink:

[LJSG]

been considering a CX2 ever since i saw the video of it; looks so much easier to handle compared to the honeybee cp2 (which is still controlling me instead :arggg: )
anyone from hawaii knows of friendly hobby shop that sells the cx2?

[Rex-flyer]

If I didnt get a BCX my 450 would of for sure been in pieces by now. Like the others said it helps alot with basic stick movemnets and orientation and plus if you have a big indoor area like a shop they are a blast

[slikrx]

You should look up the movie of the CX2 attacking a box of foam peanuts :fly
Here 'tis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-mmRPndDVo

What happens to cause it to lose lift like that?

[Rick Rotorhead]

I have noticed a tendency for my little CX2 to get sucked into holes too. Just certain spaces between some sets of furniture that kinda pull her down. Its something to do with the way the downwash reacts against the surfaces (or lack of surfaces, maybe) beneath it. The foam peanuts all blew upwards back towards the heli and so you'd expect that updraft to raise the heli wouldn't you? But maybe, by redirecting the downwash back up its kinda acting like reverse thrust does on an airliners turbo fans, the air kicking upward is removing down thrust from the rotor disc. Spork's good at these conundrums, perhaps he can workout the logic of it!

[trouthunterHelifreak]

I just bought a cx2 this afternoon and love it. I got tired of not having anywhere to fly my trex and cpp indoors. Alot of the places around here have a 1# weight limit. So I bought a cx2 to practice with. If anything I want to learn how to hover. :lol:

[oasis]

DOES ANY ONE KNOW WHY MY CX2 SPIN AROUND THE FLOOR
YET NOT LIFT UP??