Thinking about giving up on my 400 in stock form?

[Evinrude150]

I learned to do more than hoover on a 400 and the 400 has a special place in my heli line up. I have always told myself that I would keep it 100% stock except maybe a odd canopy here and there.

BUT, I am so sick of the stripped servo's. I went for a quick flight this morning. I am fortunate enough to live on 5 acres and have a ton of room by just walking out my back door. I went to roll it to the right and it just twitched then rolled hard to the left into the ground.

I am looking at 2 stripped servo's, feathering shaft, main shaft, fly-bar, main gear and another canopy and possible new main blades. It is getting old fast. When I was just learning by practicing hoovering nose in and stuff it was fine but now that I can do some minor 3d I am constantly working on it. The fact that I have a Blade 450X V2 that just works without issue does not help. I am gonna keep it but I am going to upgrade it maybe with the servo's the 450X has if possible? Thanks for letting me vent guys

[Harbormaster]

The servos on the stock B400 are terrible. (So's the gyro.) Upgrading them makes it fly so much better. I understand wanting to keep your first heli stock (I kept my B400 stock for a long time, then took it all the way to flybarless, and it flew fantastic--very light so low disk loading), but if you're gonna fly it, you might as well make it a good, fun to fly bird.

My .02.

Originally Posted by Evinrude150

I learned to do more than hoover on a 400 and the 400 has a special place in my heli line up. I have always told myself that I would keep it 100% stock except maybe a odd canopy here and there.

BUT, I am so sick of the stripped servo's. I went for a quick flight this morning. I am fortunate enough to live on 5 acres and have a ton of room by just walking out my back door. I went to roll it to the right and it just twitched then rolled hard to the left into the ground.

I am looking at 2 stripped servo's, feathering shaft, main shaft, fly-bar, main gear and another canopy and possible new main blades. It is getting old fast. When I was just learning by practicing hoovering nose in and stuff it was fine but now that I can do some minor 3d I am constantly working on it. The fact that I have a Blade 450X V2 that just works without issue does not help. I am gonna keep it but I am going to upgrade it maybe with the servo's the 450X has if possible? Thanks for letting me vent guys