Co-Pilot II started shipping April, 2009 and the results could not be better.
See what customers are saying:

"It's worth its weight in gold"
Hello, I'm Dolan Gallier from Polson Montana. It is just a small town at the south shores of the Flathead Lake. We have a small RC group of guys here that fly at the local airport. We do not have anyone to teach us heli flying, so I opted for the Co-Pilot II. I'm an Electrician of many years and also some computer repair as well. Well I've never seen anything like Co-Pilot II so this just blows me away. I have been trying to learn helis on my own, picking up bits of info here and there but the Co-Pilot II has been the best investment so far. I'm really at awe with its response time and the way it levels the heli unsupervised. Just Yesterday I took off using only the throttle and rudder. It ascended straight into the air and almost stayed in one spot. It's worth its weight in Gold (don’t jack up the price just because I said that!!).......... I think ever newbie heli flyer should have one of these units to start out with and a good investment for the more expensive scale helis. Sort of like “Heli Insurance”!! Anyway I just wanted to give you Guys and Gals a BIG A+ for this product. Keep up the Good work. – Heliwannabeflyier, Dolan "The Mann" Gallier

CPII - Best Modeling Investment I Have Made!
A quick update on my experience to date with the CP2 I have now done a heap of flying with the CP2 and tried all sorts of settings in relation to gains and trimming methods. For me, I have found it best to keep the CP2 interaction to a minimum. I have settled on using auto trim as setting up with angles can be very time consuming and I was never completely happy with the results. My model now flies very naturally with the CP2 off (auto trim on). I keep the auto trim nice and low (set on 2) and this helps the model track really well in fast forward flight without feeling like its trying to level the model. A high auto trim setting (CP2 off) tends to try and flatten the model off in fast forward flight and it always feels like you need to push the model forward to maintain speed. With CP2 on, I have the stick priority at 150% and the gains about 10% lower then default. I find that model trims up much better for some reason when these settings are lower. My trim is spot on now between CP2 on and off. Stability wise with the CP2 on, the model is very comfortable and feels much more like a damper that returns the model to level flight gently rather then snapping the model back to level. I find this setup great for practicing maneuvers that were way out of my comfort zone like backwards circuits, pirouetting circuits etc. Also find it just takes some of the stress out flying now and I tend to do more flights in a session then I use to. I am completely sold on this device and one of the best modeling investments I have made. – John Wessel Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Member of the Doncaster Aeromodellers Club

Co-Pilot II, Thanks
Howard, Hey, I just wanted to take a minute to thank you and FMA Direct for a job well done. Flying RC helicopters has been an interest of mine for almost 20 years now. It wasn't until I started using the CPII that I was truly able to enjoy the sport. My first heli was the Kalt Whisper electric heli. Every time I flew it I crashed it. It didn't take many crashes before I realized that I couldn't afford the hobby and quit. I kinda got interested again around three years ago. RTF electric helis had gotten cheap enough that I decide to try again. I bought the Walker 60 and had a similar experience with it. I called it quits after only 2 or 3 crashes. I guess it was 2 yrs after that when I gave the co-ax helis a try and really enjoyed it. I dusted off the Walkera 60 and was actually able to hover it fairly well after trying Radd's School of Rotary Flight. I fiddled with that for a few months before deciding to upgrade to a TREX 600. Wow, what a beast! It practically hovered on its own. But, I didn't have the confidence to do much more than hover it and do simple figure 8's. I crashed it a few times doing the figure 8's because I became nose-in and panicked. It was around this time that the CPII came out. Given the cost of the product and the cost of repairs from a typical crash it seemed like a good gamble. Well, that gamble was really paid off! I've only had maybe 8-10 flights so far but they have been incredible. I've been running with 100% stick priority so it really only kicks in when I want it too. It has been an absolute blast flying the TREX 600 now. I'm gaining confidence when nose-in and can fly pretty far out w\o worrying about losing orientation. I can simply center the cyclics, let the CPII level the heli, and then rudder to correct orientation if needed. I'm now considering getting into electric planes and another CPII will be one of my first purchases. Thanks! – Don Emmel

Man! ...it's been a great day.
Man! ...it's been a great day. Took the Raptor out and did 5-training-flights and I’ve got a gallon and a half of fuel through the engine now. The Roto-Pod training gear is still on and I was able to also use the CPII today. As a newbie, I've been doing hovering exercises and started out pretty much the same way today. However, I've been doing so while trying the CPII on and off. Wow! ...this thing sure adds stability to the bird. Some gusty winds on flight three and I was really working the cyclic, but doing good, half-way through the tank, I threw-on the CPII and I needed very little cyclic work to hold a steady hover. The added confidence I gained with the CPII, I did flight four with the CPII on at all times and I was able to move the bird around with confidence and authority, forward, back, right and left and turning the bird sideways to myself, hovering and forward flights at about 4 to 5 feet altitude. Flight five I did the same exercises but with the CPII deliberately off and I was able to accomplish it albeit with some additional stick work. Thanks FMA, this thing really works and has helped me accomplish a major leap in heli flight today! I intend to fly as much as possible without the CPII propping my performance, but any new moves will be practiced with the CPII engaged first. Five flights were about the extent of my concentration level, and the sun was going down anyways. Great day for me! – Cletus Berkeley Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago West Indies Clubs/Affiliations: Savannah Aero Concepts http://groups.google.com/group/sactt?hl=en AMA IRCHA

My Story!
Hi! First I thought of not writing what I think about the Co-Pilot II, but then I decided to write "my story"/review. So here I go! I started with RC helis in April 2008 when I ordered my Esky Belt CP RTF. After I got it I flew about 3 times and then I had my first crash! During the summer I flew about 15 times (never above 2m) and crashed about 10. In the end of the summer I had changed almost all parts twice. I got new servos, gyro, esc, blades and of course lots of other parts. On my last flight that summer I had just gotten my DX6i and it was my first time I managed to hover for about 3 minutes. As I was about to land something happened and in half a second my Belt was in pieces. At this point I started to wonder if maybe this hobby was not for me. I didn't fly anymore that year and in March this year I was thinking of selling my heli. In April I was going through old bookmarks on my computer and found a shop what sold some kind of autopilot for a heli!!! hmm this is interesting!! So I started to Google this and soon found the CPII. I ordered my CPII in May and got it in June. I put it on my Belt and went to a little parking lot to try it. And what happened? Well I crashed (but nothing broke)! I was so used to always trying to move the stick around to get the heli stable, so just letting go of the stick and centering it was new to me. I went to a big field and tried again. WHAT!! I was hovering!! I was flying forward! I was 2m up, I was 5m up and soon above the trees! It was amazing! Every time some thing started to go wrong I just centered the stick! I flew for one week every day with out a single crash. So, I was really happy that I finally could fly my heli but then again I felt like I had cheated in some way. I had read some where that you will get a bad habit using the CPII and you will never learn to fly. Well last week the weather was bad but I still wanted to try. The CPII said Warning Bad Weather. So I decided to turn it off (Auto Trim 0%). And guess what! I was hovering all by myself and the whole battery pack!! I had finally mastered the art of hovering!! All I really needed was some more self esteem and the CPII gave me just that!! I just want to say THANK YOU to all of you for helping me with my questions and of course THANK YOU all at FMA for this amazing product! I will soon be ordering another one for my Trex 450 that I also will order soon. This product is the best ever and I really recommend it to everybody. Pay for the CPII and you don't need to pay for spare parts!! Thank you all!! – Robert Ahlback, Helsinki, Finland Member of: RC-Kopterit Ry