Trex T-rex 600 how much is this worth ?

[mrpedrosa]

T-REX 600 PRO
- T-REX 600 PRO SILVER CARBON FULLY BUILD

Usually the pro has black carbon frames. The silver frames are G10 glass fibre, less brittle and cheaper. Probably this heli is a sport and not a pro.
The sport comes with a plastic bendy canopy, the pro has a nice glass fibre one but folks buy them and put them on their sports.
If folks crasj a pro they might well buy the cheaper silver side frames to repair it - I probably would!

- TAIL BELT DRIVE SYSTEM (it this system better for beginners ?)

The belt drive tail is on the sport. The pro has a torque tube gear drive. The gear drive is more fragile and if you wack the tail on the gound it strips the gears. If you bend the boom then you bend the torque tube too - more expense. So yes the belt drive is better for a beginner.

- YS 50 PUMP ENGINE JUST HAS SERVICE AND NEW REAR BEARING
YS engines have a good rep, but are less popular than the OS. It might be fiddlier to set up.

- 3 x JR-DS8231 ON SWASH
Fine I've been running these on ccpm. Realraptors have spare gears for them so buy a few as the servos are an old design. Equivalent to a newer £30 servo.
- 1 x JR-DS8231 ON THORTTLE

- CSM 720 GYRO (is this better than the GY401?)
Excellent gyro and Uk made. easy to get fixed and serviced. Better than a 401 but only slightly more to buy new. You will never need to upgrade the gyro.

- JR 8700G TAIL SERVO
Should be OK. Rpughly like a 9254 but maybe more reliable.

- DURALITE 7.5 AMP REG 5.1V
- LIPO 7.4 1900mAh
for scale flying you don't really need a regulated system. The 1900 will last 4 flights. You will need a lipo charger to charge it.

- ALIGN PIPE
Good powerful pipe, louder than the hatori522 it is a copy of.

- QUICK UK HEADER TANK
- QUICK UK BLUE ALUMINIAM HEADER LOCK - not sure what this is - probably the header tank mounting.
- NHP 600MM CARBON MAIN BLADE - good
- NHP 95MM CARBON TAIL BLADE - good
-THIS HELI IS IN GOOD CONDITION BUT NOT AS NEW - At least he is honest rather than saying "excellent condition never crashed".

The confusion with this description is he calls it a pro and then describes a sport. Actually in the shops now the NSP overshadowed the pro, so the pro is only £20 more than a sport.
The head on the sport is exactly the same as a pro. The tail on a sport has a plastic tail case rather than ther pro metal one. The pro might auto better due to its less drag torque tube drive but there is very little difference in the way the two fly.

450 is quite steep and the equipment is good, especially the gyro, but not the best, usually a heli like this will have a governor too (£30-40 extra). Offer him a bit less than 450.

I paid a little over 420 for raptor 50 with similar spec 2 years ago and it was an excellent buy. since then the align helis came along and most things got a little cheaper.

For a scale heli look into which bodies fit - you might find there are more avaiable to fit the raptor - and you might find more choice in used raptors. The 600n is cheaper to run than a raptor but more biased toward aerobatic performance.

That's what i call a reply. never seen a better forum and nicier and quicker place than heliaddict with so many people willing to help.
Still deciding but quite sure will go for the Raptor 50.
As someone here said once. "Buy right to buy once"
Thanks Moyesboy.

[old gimmer]

You need to ask if it is a Pro that has been fitted with a belt tail drive I know several guys who have done this mod when at the early stages of learning because it will take a stab at the ground without getting damaged unlike the torque tube drive which they have fitted when confident of theyre ability

[old gimmer]

I was a bit late on this one but great post by Moyesboy

[sacko]

Dont buy helis off ebay

[Smoothound]

Now that is what you call an informed reply. Thanks Moyesboy. Found it interesting too.

Same here


Nice job Gordon

[moyesboy]

Thanks guys
sometimes its a quick post with hardly any thinking that is the most helpful

I was looking at used 600n recently and I bought a sport airframe off Robgt (yet to get my hands on it, or pay for it actually) so all the sport/pro differences are fresh in my mind.

good luck with the heli mrpedrosa!