Sure, I could probably watch Youtube videos of the thing all night........ Has anyone here actually flown one of these yet?

 

i just ordered one yesterday. dont know why, but i am curious to try it

 

Ah! I'm anxious to hear how well it does.

 

yeah at $679 im really hoping its decent. it should arrive tomorrow or wednesday and ill put a few flights on it. im not expecting too much, but i think it will be decent. Ive always enjoyed the blade helis. will use this one as my park flyer.

 

Why so much? Are you buying RTF with radio? They list for $549.99 and are currently selling for $499.99 here as BNF. (US)

 

no its just the bnf version. Aus dollar is very bad at the moment. so $500US works out to roughly $670Aus

 

I should have figured that, knowing a majority of this forum's members are from "down there".

 

Well i did 4 flights on the 360cfx today. As usual the tail gain values in the manual are way too low and i had to up them to around 80 on my old dx7. I am use to vbar so i really need to play around with the settings a bit to get this heli more locked in. Overall i think its an improvement over previous models. It is really quick and agile. i did some mild 3D and it handled everything well. power is very good on 6s. Very capable heli.
I dont know its quite up to the standard of other higher end 450s though. For $679 i think i would rather build a mini protos or equivalent. But quality and equipment are getting better on these with every generation. the talon 35 works well, but I have ordered a koby 55 just as i prefer kontronik. I flew the 360cfx back to back with my protos 500. you cant compare the two, the 500 is just my favourite heli of all time, but the 360 just didnt quite have the same locked in feel as some of the other 450s ive had. i am not disappointed with it, its better then expected. As i said i just need to tweak it to my style of flying. I may end up putting a mini v bar on so I can use it with vbar control radio.

 

Its even owned by blokes "down there"

 

Sounds like it turned out the same way I expected it would...... acceptable but not exceptional. Tell us how it goes after you finish dialing it in.

 

Won't be any better than an align 450

 

well ive done another dozen flights on the heli. adjusted a few settings and im really enjoying it. Its a really quiet and smooth heli. power is very good and i cant really fault it. I havent put the koby in it yet but i may just leave it as is for now.
Will see how it holds up after a few more flights. i will bring it to wagga if anyone wants a try.