Welcome to the MCPX Bible. This guide will help you to perform all the necessary tasks on a stock MCPX and hopefully develop into a collective knowledge resource for the whole community. This Article is split into several parts, Overview (An overview of the MCPX) Common Fault and Crash Checklist (Common repairs, Common Faults and a Crash Checklist) Repair Guide (Step by Step guides of repairs) Aftermarket Parts and Upgrades (Upgrading and “Hopping UP” your MCPX what they do and how they effect your MCPX)
Please feel free to contribute and develop this guide as intended. So… Lets get started!
I have also included the Manuals and some DX6i Settings here.
Manual Direct from Horizon —> Download the mCP X manual
Foreword
Also I would kindly like to thanks some suppliers for there generosity and contributions to this article, firstly Midland Helicopters, What fantastic service, support and all round service. Xtreme Production for the supply of upgrade parts, again another company with fantastic service and support. Micro Heli for the supply of their parts, a pleasure to deal with and quick service. KBDD for supply of the blades talked about later. Rakon Heli for the supply of aftermarket parts. Check them out!
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Want to get involved? PM me we are happy to feature your products as this is a collective knowledge resource for the community.
All my photos copyright to me, not to be used without consent Hi Res versions available on request. All reviews are the opinion of the writer and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the companies involved. All repairs are under taken at your own risk, and I do not take any responsibilities for your mistakes. (Bum covering complete.)
Overview – An overview of the MCPX
The MCPX by Eflite is distributed here in the UK by Horizon Hobby, My particular version was from Midland Helis, who kindly supported me!
The MCPX is a micro or Ultra Micro collective pitch helicopter developed with the intermediate to expert flyers in mind. Although in my opinion is a good little starter helicopter for those with a understanding of RC helicopters. It is developed to be cheap to fly and cheap to fix. Two things which will and have gone down well!
The helicopter measures in at a tiny 235mm long by 93mm high or 9.25 long by 3.65″ high, but don’t be put off by size this is a very capable helicopter. The micro size means that you can fly this indoors, and at the time of writing with the winter looming this is a great way to keep up with your flying indoors. It only weighs 45.5 grams from stock, this can be reduced or increased with aftermarket modifications. But this will be highlighted later.
Tech Specs
Type: Flybarless Ultra Micro Helicopter
Main: Rotor Diameter 245mm (9.65 in)
Length: 235mm (9.25 in)
Height: 93mm (3.65 in)
Tail Rotor: 36.5mm (1.4 in)
Weight: 45.5 g (1.6 oz)
Batteries: 1S 3.7V 200mAh 25C LiPo
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As previously stated my MCPX was from Midland Helicopters, here are some photos of my pair which will be used for testing and evaluating upgrades highlighted in the following sections.
In Your Box
What are all these bits? Well don’t panic its all highlighted here:
This photo shows the contents of the main bag, from left to right. Firstly the manual, a product notification card, a lipo safety sheet. Then we have the MCPX CD and the spare parts bag and tool kit. The spare parts include Fast Forward Flight Blades, spare links, spare tail blade and spare canopy grommets (You’ll be needing these later.)
This image shows the other items excluding the transmitter if you bought a rtf version and excluding the actual helicopter. You get 2 200mah batteries, a Century lipo charger, wall adapter and battery to charger adapter.
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