Trex 500 + BeastX !!

[Gingerr6]

Well my 500 is now beasted!!
Only had a hover but good its so stable.
Have done a "DIY" head conversion so will be interesting to see how it performs in FF. will take pictures of head and a small right up if any body is interested?

James.

[tourerjim]

Nice one!!! Once you get her to the field then your see how good the beastx really performs, first thing your notice is the beastx will take out any uncontrolled clitches making 3d a solid performance, it's like flying on rails or should I say so locked-in

[Milamber]

I would be grateful if you could post the length and diameter of the links from swash to head. I have a BeastX and a FBL head, but want to keep the FB head and links for replacement if I don't get on with the FBL setup. Thanks in anticipation.

Maurice.

[waveydavey]

Were all interested so post away.

[J-S-Q]

I'd certainly be interested to see pics and a flight report. I've recently got my DIY 500 conversion in the air (also with a BeastX) and the results are superb. It definitely flies straighter and more accurately than before with a bit more power. It's amazingly stable and also very agile. I haven't noticed any negative flight characteristics so really it's a ten out of ten.

The only slight problem is that this setup inspires such confidence that it makes you push a bit harder with the flying. I ended up going a bit too far out of the comfort zone and lost orientation and ploughed it into the ground on the seventh flight. Ha ha. So it's temporarily grounded pending repairs but I'm considering doing the same conversion to my 700. I would certainly be very interested to hear from anyone that has flown a DIY head conversion and a purpose built flybarless head on the same heli.

A few pictures of the way I did mine...

[cupracing]

JSQ do you still fly at kempton?

Would love to check this out sometime.

[Jamin_00]

I agree, it does inspire confidence


For that conversion, was any drilling or anything required or was it just a straight case of buying some extra parts and changing some over??

[sacko]

Drill and tapped the washout by the looks of it.

Could just use 2 mainshaft collars to lock the washout in place though.

[Jamin_00]

Just thinking of what would be needed from me to do the 550??

[sacko]

Mikado 600 blade grip extension arms, then use 2 mainshaft collars clamped either side of the washout is the cheapest way.

Or just stick a 600 FBL on it, think they are the sam size mainshaft?

[Jamin_00]

I'd prefer to get an Align 550 FBL head of someone as someone said they are not exactly the same as the 600 one.

Wanted ad coming lol

[J-S-Q]

I agree, it does inspire confidence


For that conversion, was any drilling or anything required or was it just a straight case of buying some extra parts and changing some over??

Everything in this conversion is from the stock head parts except I used longer balls for the top of the mixing arm>swash linkage, to make the linkage nearly perfectly vertical. I don't have a part number for these as they were just from my spares box.

I drilled and tapped the washout base but as Sacko said, you could just use an extra main shaft collar to lock it in place if you don't have a tap set (although they're pretty cheap. Mine was 6 quid for the set on eBay).

Then I dremeled the ends off the washout arms (last picture). You could leave them uncut, it just doesn't look as neat.

[J-S-Q]

JSQ do you still fly at kempton?

Would love to check this out sometime.

Yes, I still fly at Kempton. I'll be there on Tuesday if the weather's ok but I doubt if I'll have my 500 repaired by then. I'll let you know when it's back in action though and you're welcome to give it a try if you like.

[J-S-Q]

Gingerr6... any update on this? Have you flown it properly yet?

[Gingerr6]

Update

Have now flown about 6 batteries and have the 500 BANG ON !!
Head conversion. as you will see the Blade grips have been rotated from trailing edge to leading edge. So as such the arms these link to have also been flipped.
Bought from fastlads 2 packs of H45121T Linkage Ball A.
Replaced where the numbers are. number 1 has 1 ball on both sides and number 2 is used to "lock" the swash plate.
Had to significantly reduce all 3 links from the servos to the swash to get +,-12 pitch.
All setting are as factory except C- swashplate pitching up behaviour which i had to set to Solid Blue to stop the heli nodding in FFF.
Pot 1 and 2 upped to 10 or 11 o'clock and pot 3 is fully right.
Tail gain on radio is set to 40 in travel adjust.
Have also set B Control behaviour to Solid Blue - Adjust per Transmitter.
Hope this helps some people
James.
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