arun 0 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I had no idea how many custom replaceable parts (5 pages!) are on the market for the MCPX! Custom frame: Or alu swash plate: I'm sure it would make no difference to my flying and very expensive, but I have to say it's cool! Or even canopies: Link to post Share on other sites
Club Members Bravedan 106 Posted April 18, 2012 Club Members Share Posted April 18, 2012 Yes, there are loads and loads of metal add ons, grips/swash/head/etc, just as there are for most Heli's, but in this case even more than usual of a complete and utter con..........pay lots of money for the thing to fly worse and the duration per battery to be reduced..........Super! At least there is no metal flybar cage.............. I have a fully metal modded Sceadu, one of my four.........the parts new cost £600 on top of the std kit, the "T" head alone was £325 at the time.........(and no I didn't pay ANY of it, the price I paid secondhand was the same as a std one, so the buyer lost ALL his money!!)...........looks nice, but weighs well over 1kg more, sapping power, adding inertia, and all that for NO advantage in feel over the very good quality light composite used std........... That Canopy's nice............ish............. Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Rich 26 Posted April 18, 2012 Administrators Share Posted April 18, 2012 Nice canopy, but the rest is naff... I like plastic, it bounces when it lands More plastic = More impact absorbtion, but yeah, I'm a sucker for the bling too, you should see my Tamiya Mini, that thing owes me some cash I did however get some nice bright yellow and pink blaes for my mCPX just so I can see it better when spending all night hovering in 1 place lol Link to post Share on other sites
arun 0 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 LOL, I'm not actually going to buy this stuff, was just amazed at the secondary market for a micro-heli Link to post Share on other sites
Club Members Bravedan 106 Posted April 18, 2012 Club Members Share Posted April 18, 2012 Several (many!!) years ago when the Twister Medevac(s) started impacting indoor flying (in more ways that one ) the bling market started with them. I was initially amazed how many people bought the bright blue anodised metal for fitting to a olive green (Army) scale appearance Heli.................. YUK!!! One infamous Swanley night had 30 plus of these all bobbing a foot from the ground because they could not climb any more if they tried.......briefly. I'd stripped mine of all non essential cosmetics, made the throws as much as possible, and as long as I remembered to avoid blade clash (which I did........most of the time) I was happily doing banked turns and getting a full twelve mins flying from a std 800mAh 2S. Each to their own, but clearly I was in error to consider flying important.......... Link to post Share on other sites
Administrators Rich 26 Posted April 18, 2012 Administrators Share Posted April 18, 2012 LOL, I'm not actually going to buy this stuff, was just amazed at the secondary market for a micro-heli lol, I know, boggles the mind though... £99 for the heli, then £600 to down-grade the living daylights out of it with crap.. Bit of bling does look good though Link to post Share on other sites
Club Members Bravedan 106 Posted June 18, 2013 Club Members Share Posted June 18, 2013 Well, my MCPX is still bog standard and is still going! I have worn several batteries out along the way though!!! Link to post Share on other sites
arun 0 Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 Yep, never modded mine and has seen plenty of abuse on two continents and still going strong! Link to post Share on other sites
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