I feel I need to update my first review after a flight yesterday, 31 May 2013. My original swashplate broke during the 2nd flight. The upper swash arms broke during that flight and I was able to land safely. I thought maybe I had gotten a lemon so I ordered 3 more swahplates. I put a new one on the helo.

On about the tenth flight with the new swashplate, I suddenly lost forward movement control of my V913. It did't crash or land but just stopped moving forward in the air. It was a normal flight doing oval circuits, nothing fancy. I landed safely and 1 of the upper swash arms had detached from the upper swash section. This is the 2nd swashplate to break inflight during normal flight.

The swashplate for the V913 is a VERY POOR DESIGN flaw and needs to be corrected by WL Toys or the company they bought the design from. I will pursue other avenues to get this bad design corrected but I will not be buying another V913 until this swashplate design is fixed.