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[dan2009]

hi guys new to the forum and fairly new to RC Heli's,
i have just swapped around about £650/700 worth of RC nitro truggy for aaround £750 of rc heli, well it would have been around that mark if i bought it new.
i have got the trex se v1, spektrum dx7, futaba gy401 gyro, 4x 2100mAh mystery lipos, trakpower pit pro charger and balancer, loads of spares novak charger for the transmitter batteries, 3x hitec hs65mg servos and i am about to order a new tail servo (it had a real rubbish one on there for whatever reason, it is my second heli, first one being a 4ch walkera dragonfly, which i could hover with and fly arounf very slowly and carefully lol (as you have to do in the begining)
so what do you guys reckong to the kit i have your thoughts would be appreciated even though its too late for return if you guys think its not too great...but i absolutely love it....many hours of fun will come from this.
i need to learn how to set the transmitter and heli up (it is already done but id like to know so i can ammend things if anything goes wrong) any one have any good tips for gyro setup with the type of gyro i have?
thanks for looking
Dan

[andylinney]

Dan, welcome to the forum! There's loads of info here that will keep you occupied for many hours so make friends with the search function where there must be countless posts on setting up a trex on a DX7.

If you're happy with your swap then don't let anyone else tell you otherwise, sure there are newer / better / quicker models out there but that's always the case in any RC type hobby, especially RC Cars.

[adieuk]

hi dan,
welcome to the mad house dan,
you will get to now use all on the forum m8 this is a great forum and you will learn alot on this forum
and the guys will do the upmost to help you with all your questions m8
i started with the trex 450 v2 great heli ang lots of fun,
i would say get yourself a sim like phoenix to help you on the way and learn all the basics first,
it can take a while but well worth it m8,
hope you enjoy this forum like i do m8

[moonmanflyer]

Hi Dan
Sounds like you got some nice kit there.
Would recommend a S9257 futaba tail servo, works the best with a gy401 gyro, or try a align DS520 servo also, run that on my lads 450 with a 401 and seems ok, not as good as the 9257 though.
A sim would also be a very good option, and as you have the DX7 would recomend getting Phoenix sim, not going to stop you crashing for real but will speed up your progress and you can progress quicker.

[dan2009]

thanks for the info guys...really looking forward to getting more into this hobby (i have to many, but have got rid of one by swapping the car as i already had a heli)lol
im chuffed with the transmitter as i know they are meant to be pretty good, i will check the servo out you suggested and the simulator...thanks again
Dan

[Mart61]

Welcome aboard!

[mark lane]

Welcome... Welcome

I can't really add to the good advice above so I will just say enjoy!! It's very addictive and your in the right place for help.

Maybe find a local flying buddy or club to help too mate

[graycbr]

welcome along as a newbie myself have a good read loads of info & advice just ask

[163phil]

Welcome to the forum Dan.

Good article on setting up your gyro here: TrexTuning - GY401 Setup

[dan2009]

thanks for that 163phil...
well went for another flight today, and all was going great, i dont have much problem hovering this heli at all until the wind suddenly picked up to day and caught me off guard, and well some how the main blades managed to hit the tail boom and dint and slightly bend it, i managed to straighten it out and the dint is still there, everything still works but my question is, will this be ok to fly still?

[163phil]

Shouldn't be a problem, as long as it looks like the belt is not scraping along the inside of the tube

The 450 is a little lively in a wind. Flew mine today and it was all over the place. Mind you, that could just have been me

[dandeman]

Wellcome... you have a great name

[dan2009]

its soo addictive...even tough i am just in the hovering stage and simple forwarsd backwards movements, its soo much fun and its just amazing to watch! is there any parts you could recomend getting for back up now that are 'likely to break' if crashed, now i know i could total it but there must be some things which are worth getting???
cheers again
Dan

[163phil]

is there any parts you could recomend getting for back up now that are 'likely to break' if crashed, now i know i could total it but there must be some things which are worth getting???

Main blades
Feathering shafts
Main shafts
Drive gears
Tail booms

These are the bits that mostly suffer in a prang. Of course you never have the right bits - something to do with sod

[Oli]

Another couple of common ones are

Flybars
Skid Bows

Oh and welcome to the forum