bob00
Veteran
Location: Toronto, ON
| Sharam:
I'll lend my opinion here as I've had both an N9 and an Aurora for the last little while - both of which I built, run a fair amount of fuel through and done some work on. While I can't give exact part numbers I convey my experience so far with some comparisons to Fury's which I've flown for the last 5 seasons.
N9:
First impression: "Damn that's a small box"... It went together with *significantly* less effort than my first Fury Extreme and in way less time. It was almost like building a Raptor - no super critical gear mesh settings. The run-out/collet thing was easily fixed by opening the slot in the collet which resulted in 0.0015 (1.5 thou) next shot. Basically bolt it up and go. I'd planned to build it over 2 evenings, but ended up going from kit to RTF in one long night.
I've had to drop the engine and it is easy enough if you follow the disassembly steps in the manual.
Aurora:
My first reaction on getting all the parts was "This CAN'T be everything, can it??!!" - well it was and it too was "Raptor easy" to assemble, again no critical meshes, bolt it up and go fly. The tail drive esp. is VERY VERY simple, very few parts.
The experience building and working on both helis has been very similar - easy. They are different machines but share a simple, no nonsense approach to design, are easy to work on and are more robust in the areas that matter than the current generation stuff on the market.
I am sure that most will NOT  be disappointed with either machine - pick the one that turns your crank and go fly.
- Rob |
