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Location: Ankeny, IA, USA.
| It's RTF now, hopefully I'll get a chance to get out this weekend. Here's the equipment list:
Xtreme 50 G10
Hyper 50
Funtech Pipe
3 x Ace DS1015
Hitec HS81 on throttle
GY601/9251 (Control box mounted with Zeal Gel to sit out over screws)
TJ Pro
Carbsmart/ Hitec HS55 (servo is going to be changed)
Spektrum AR7000
Align 2 in 1
3s 2100 Lipo
Radix 600mm
Align 95mm carbon tails
In all, it went together very easily, by far the hardest part was deciding where to put my electronics, I must have moved everything 20 times before being satisfied. It's nice how you can hide all the wires inside the frames, I've got them all wrapped in expandable sleeving, and they are well protected with no pulls or strain. If I were to build another one, I could have it in the air in the 7-8 hour range, now that I know how things go together, and where to put my stuff. I need to replace the servo horns with some wheels, but the ones I've got on there will be fine for the first day until I get a chance to go buy some wheels. I also need to strap down the battery better, and put together some sort of linkage for the Carbsmart.
Here's the things I'm sketchy on, one is that my kit is definitely not the same as some of the rest of the ones out there. My tail rod doesn't have the sleeves that are mentioned in this post:
http://runryder.com/helicopter/t409...?top=1203720885
Mine just has heat shrink, I've gone through all the boxes and bags, and they are not there, jsut heat shrink like the manual says. It's plenty strong the way it is JB welded up, but it's disappointing that I don't have the blingy bits. Maybe it's because I got the G10.
As I've said before, I'm not impressed with the manual. An experienced builder will get through without any real difficulty, but there will be some head scratching as not holes are depicted, and the drawings in general aren't the best on the frame assembly sections. Also, teh supplement included in the kit is nice, but why in the world isn't it part of the PDF? The whole justification that manufacturers give for not giving us paper manuals anymore is so that they can make easy changes and help us. If that's the case, then change the PDF.
Of course, I was disappointed in the tail grips being plastic with radial bearings, but I solved that with the $40 upgrade to metal thrust bearing grips.
Those are all very minor points, this is a great design. The heli is strong, well thought out, and the controls have no interactions that I can detect on the bench. There's no slop, and no evidence of cost cutting (other than those tail grips). I feel that the $600 I paid for the kit was a deal, Rusty @ RJX of USA has been great, and I'd gladly pay it again.
     
Nick Crego
Back off man, I'm a scientist. |
