baby_zyklon
Key Veteran
Location: Singapore
| Can't comment on the evo vs raptor.
On the t-rex vs raptor...
The t-rex is a nice design, much newer than a raptor and much more appealing than the old and "pre-historic" raptor design. The t-rex is indeed lighter than a raptor, not by much, but significant. Anyone who doubts what performance improvement a slight weight decrease can try flying the raptor w/o the canopy, balanced by shifting the rx pack forward. However, being light does indeed brings about issues like less beefy parts, thinner canopy, which eventually leads to more parts distroyed in a crash. Plastic flex, carbon and fg breaks.
Although parts are cheaper for the t-rex because certain parts come in pack of 2 or 3, the price of the canopy and tail gear set is more than enough to make crashing it more expensive than a raptor. The raptor has got what is probably the most durable tail drive system design, no gear to strip and the belt usually survive crashes. It isn't the best. It does have issues like locking up the autohub when too tight, wearing the front idle pulley when too loose, but all in all, it is the most reliable and durable tail setup when you get it RIGHT. No gears to strip when the tail touch the ground, no gears to strip in crash.
There are issues with the raptor like autohub locking up, tail grip bearings disintegrating in flight, stock tail hub stripping, etc. However, the t-rex does have it set of issues too, clutch breaking, autohub issue, fan flexing stripping governor sensors. The issues on the raptors are probably non-existent once you get them fixed and will serve well w/o any maintaince for a few hundred flights. However, lets not forget that it took thundertiger MANY MANY years before they finally fixed issues like clutch shoes breaking ever so often, woof and poof and sloppy rotor grip with the release of the v2. In all fairness, I think we should give align some time to solve the issues.
As for flight performance, there is really no competition between the raptor and t-rex. The raptor head is an older design, quite lacking in pitch range. It first originated when 46 wasn't even common, not to mention hard 3d flying that everyone is trying to do today. Sure the kasama does fix it, but it isn't cheap.
My take is that the raptor is a reliable bird for day to day flying. While it lacks a bit in the performance sector, through the years, it has proven to be a very reliable and fuss free bird. Nothing to measure or balance, just slap it on and it will fly well. It survives crashes very well too. The t-rex on the other hand is a lot less durable in crash, but the flight enveloop possible with the newer design probably more than make up for it. In any case, you shouldn't be crashing much if you can feel a big difference between the 2. |
I noticed that you don't have a raptor so what the hell are you doing trolling the raptor forum for? I got a 600n so I can compair the two for myself 
