Thunder Tiger GT5 3 Flybarless system

[jasoncook]

Thunder Tiger GT5 3 just seen this advertised on fast lads price is dearer than a beast £159 VS £135 delivered for the beast. Has any one tried it or reviewed one I cant find much about them. I watched the set up vids and it looks like it will take 2 x sats ?? also has a touch feature to set it up .

http://www.fast-lad.co.uk/store/prod...ducts_id=16725

http://www.heliguy.com/Extras/Helico...ller-BXM76000/

[Stuart]

With it saying made in Germany on the side I wonder if Beastx or Mikado has been busy forging new partners...

[Paulo uk]

Looks interesting and a good peice for TT gear!


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[robgt]

In stock at Midland Helicopters too
Cheers,
Rob

[Paulo uk]

Wow now sold out!

[raptorheli2]

i believe it is made by rondo and has the same sensors as beastx and blue vbars.

cheers

[robgt]

...In stock at Midland Helicopters too
Cheers,
Rob

[jwatts007]

Mines on its way courtesy of Midlands been looking forward too getting one of these too try, the geometry on the G4 does not suit the BX as well as it could, and these look easy to set up................

[bish]

Had a look at one today in midland and its a very nice unit looks to me as it comes off the same production line as the beast,and midland have stock so fill yer boots guys.

[debrooker]

Its been a couple of months, anyone tried one of these yet?

[danch]

Nope but it's on my list as from all reports I have read it is absolutely brilliant

Dan

[J-S-Q]

I finally got to fly my TRex 500 EFL Pro with a GT-5 today. Sadly only got one flight in before it began to rain so it's hard to give a proper verdict at the moment. First impressions are very good though. Seemed very crisp, tail totally locked, no bounce on hard cyclic stops etc and I'd say it definitely had a faster flip rate than I managed to achieve with the Beast X that I've used in the past (on a 700N and a 500ESP). I did initially find the setup process on the GT-5 quite frustrating but once you get used to the touchscreen interface it's actually very good indeed. The manual is atrociously bad though and the explanations are very poor considering that this is quite a complex unit with many different parameters. I was left guessing at whether I had done the setup correctly but I was pleasantly surprised when I finally got it in the air. They have just released an updated version of the manual which I had a quick look at and it looks to be somewhat of an improvement but still not great.

By the way, I have seen some people complaining that you can't run a governor with the GT-5 if you are using satellites but in fact there is provision for a 7th radio channel and you can connect a governor without a problem.

So, early impressions are very positive and I will post again when I have got a bit more time on this heli although not sure how soon that will be as I have very little time to get out and fly at the moment.

[tourerjim]

Any more GT5 flyers yet I've not found any good reviews on it yet

[danch]

Any more GT5 flyers yet I've not found any good reviews on it yet

Just had mine delivered on Saturday, hoping to get it all setup by next weekend

Dan

[danch]

Well got it all connected up & powered it up, got used to the touch pad on it pretty quick, menu's quite straight forward on it.

Setup was quite easy & will be adjusting when ready for maiden as just waiting on Life pack to power electrics.

Will report back once maidened

Dan