Make the mCX scoot.

I changed the servo center for the elevator to 125% forward & 70% reverse. This requires a REAL radio and not the stock one. You will need to tweak the sub-trim and change the push rod length.

Afterwards you can get some decent forward speed from the mCX.

Have fun CRASH'N! 

Hi Mark,

Sounds to me that maybe there is something going on with your battery?  Have you tried a new battery? 

Willowsway,

The batteries were the first thing I thought of too but since I was getting much longer flight times with the same batteries out of the MSR, I decided that it was not the batteries.

Chuck,

I did replace the motors and saw some improvement. I also removed the center shaft and cleaned it too. I was hopeful because there was a hairball that had wrapped around the shaft but when I put it all back together, I didn't see any improvement in the flight time.

I just got off the phone with Horizon Hobby and the tech said it was the 5 in 1 controller. I told him that I'd only had it since September and asked him if he thought it was normal for the 5 in 1 controller to quit on me after that length of time. I was hoping he would volunteer to send me a new controller but no such luck. So now I have to decide whether to get a new controller, or for a few dollars more, just go ahead and replace the whole thing since there is another part broken on it.

I'll probably pick up one of those new 150mAh batteries tonight and see what that does before I replace anything else.