Thread: Ahh i cant decide, Blade 120SR or just go for the Mcpx?

I had the same decision to make for my two lads who started with cx2/3.I went with full collective and got mcpx.They also had Phoenix to practice on but can't say they needed it just went on it when the weather was poor.The mcpx is a great little heli imo and my lads took to it like ducks to water so much so we now have a trex 450 pro .There are some good settings on the web for taming it if you find it a bit twitchy at first but you will advance a lot quicker and have more fun in the long run.

The easier helis like the msr and 120sr have flybars set at an angle so that they self correct a bit. This does make them easier to start with and some people may need these easier helis. With a good sim many people manage with the mcpx. If you don't you can always put it away for a bit, get the easier helis and then go back to the mcpx. The easier helis are not so good when you start to fly faster as the self correction makes them more difficult to fly.

Go for the mcpx ... its a brilliant piece of kit .... i went from a disastrous 450 ownership straight to an mcpx and i did the 1st few batteries over grass on VERY VERY still days and yes i crashed it a few times but on grass as long as you hit throttle hold rather than pulling the stick down the thing just survives

I can now hover the thing through batteries and can tweak the settings on my DX6i (a must in my honest opinion) to take the heli from very docile to the point now where i'm getting very very low on expo and stick movement is much more calm ... its been such a great learning platform for me.

Couple that with a Sim like Phoenix if you can afford and you're gonna be set for a while

I went the Coax / FP / MCPX route.

I'd say you can probably skip the FP if you get a Dx6i or something, and a copy of Phoenix. Just dial down the rates on the TX and the MCPX is fine if you take it slow.

Having said that you could pick up a DX6i and an MSRX, and then just a BNF MCPX later down the line.

Either or will work imo. Just take it slowly. Plus all I hear about the 120 is that it's too big for inside, and those micro flybars are crappy outside in any sort of wind.

i wouldnt suggest a MSRX my dadsfriend who is an experienced heli flyer had nothing but trouble with his he said it was uncontrolable and crazy but personally i think im going to go MCPX everyone seems to rate them also i already have an msr and dx6i the dx6 is a must buy if you dont already have one.

I'd go with the mcpx personally. I got my stepson a msrx at the same time and that seems a bit easy if I'm honest. With the combination of Phoenix and DX6i I can now hover my mcpx indoors for a full battery in each orientation and do circuits and banked turns outside and I've only been flying three weeks. The mcpx is also good as it doesn't cost much to repair.

The 120SR is fixed pitch and will self correct more than an mcpx so it won't feel the same as a bigger 'proper' heli like a 450.

I think you might outgrow the 120SR but it's all a matter of how confident you are and how quickly you get the hang of things. If you go for the mcpx two things are essential in my opinion- a computer controlled transmitter like a dx6i and Phoenix.

Let us know which way you go.

Cheers.

Rob.

What I forgot to mention about the 120sr was mine suffered from the toilet bowl effect. This is a common problem with the 120sr. When entering the hover it would prescribe big horizontal circles (holding the same heading) as if it was stuck in a tornado. I bought it second hand so there was probably lots of slop in the linkages. In the end I got rid of most of the TBE after spending £36 on the MicroHeli carbon flybar. If I was going the fixed pitch route now I'd go for the msrx.

Go for the mcpx, but dont expect to learn inside asnthey can scoot off fairly quick. I bash mine now and then doing inverted hover etc and it usually survives fine.