geisslf Heliman Location: Baton Rouge Louisiana, USA
| Pictures of my Voyager 50 IMZI bought it at ishiimokei.com. It's a Japanese mailorder RC place. Their prices are great and they are very reliable and nice. It costs 58000 Yen.(@130 Yen/$ that's $446....but you have to pay a 12% adder for using a credit card and then shipping is about $100 for a total price of $600!) You can get it with the IMZ engine and muffler for Y89000. I bought the engine mount for the OS50 separately because the IMZ is a little too expensive for me. What's great is that they send using Japanese EMS and it only takes about 5 - 7 business days before you get it! They may have to order it for you, although I think they stock all of the kits.
I'd rather buy it in the US.....but it's not available so Japan or some other overseas shop is your only option!
I bought the aluminum boom holders and the bottom carbon reinforcement plate. I have also ordered the KSJ double hold tail pitch lever because the tail lever doesn't have bearings....which is hard to believe for a high end machine like this! There are bearings everywhere else though and you get a full-metal head!(and yes it has thrust bearings and a 6mm spindle instead of 5mm as is stock in the Ergo/Voyager line) One other really neat item is the split gear. I think this is the first split gear JR has ever offered.(The new Sylphide 90 will have one also, but it's not due out until spring this year) They use the HG auto hub which has two regular bearings top and bottom and a large torrington.(As opposed to only a one-way bearing and two bushings like the XCell and Sceadu have) The gears are machined and super-smooth.
I don't know whether it will be offered in the US. Horizon doesn't import the whole JR heli line. In Japan they have many more models than we do in the US.(for example Ergo 50 type 2 reg and CCPM, Ergo 53 4-Stroke, Ergo 70 type 2 4-stroke reg and CCPM, Ergo 60 FAI, Ergo 60 FAI CCPM, Kazuyuki Special Superio, Sylphide 90, Voyager 30/50/gasser, Venture 60, Venture 30 etc.) I think the Voyager 50 IMZ is the best value high-end 50 available today. I wish Horizon would import, and sell at a reasonable price, a few more of these kits.
Florian
Florian |