Raptor 90! opinions/advice please

[POLAR BEAR]

Just remember or bear in mind 90s are thirsty buggers!

[Supercaptaincrash]

Thanks for all the advice and help! i know they are thirsty but really want one to see what all the fuss about 90s is! lol always got on with raptors and really like the look of them!

[SRH990]

A Raptor 90SE won the Expert class at 3DM this year

Dig around a bit and you'll find plenty of videos of Alan Szabo flying a Raptor 90 and although he hasn't flown one for a while now it still looks pretty good.

[electricsceadu]

if 3d is your thing then szabo wasn't too bad with a raptor 90
and if your not into 3d then its also good for a scale machine

[Supercaptaincrash]

im far from a 3d er(flips inverted and loops are as far as i have got for now!) and scale isnt my thing!just want a nice flying stable heli to enjoy!

[electricsceadu]

i think you've just described the raptor 90 in a sentence

i would have posted a pic of my pod and boom 90 but i haven't got a picture of it

[Sticky Stick]

I have flown many different helis.Aligns,Min Airs,Jr,Hirobo etc etc.

You won't go wrong with a Raptor 90. People see it as a old design which they think means inferior to newer designs which is not the case.

It is a sturdy,rigid,easy to maintain and is well designed. Bearings and parts are high quality and are cheap. Maybe not as cheap as Align but they are not much more and are better quality.

The control system is second to none. It gives a swashplate support at four points and is interaction free.No matter how good the modern eCCPM systems are they are not totally interaction free.

I think the Raptor 90 3D is the best one of the three.

With Super Stubz paddles its rocks

[Supercaptaincrash]

what makes a vmax different to a standard raptor 90? been offered a lovely looking and pretty well specced machine but dont really know anything about them! lol what are parts/spares like! compatible between the standard raptor and vmax??

[chugga-bug]

I believe the V max is a Quick UK conversion kit that makes it eCCPM.

[mark Taylor]

A Raptor 90SE won the Expert class at 3DM this year

Dig around a bit and you'll find plenty of videos of Alan Szabo flying a Raptor 90 and although he hasn't flown one for a while now it still looks pretty good.

Too True
check this out,
One of my favourite vids
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjfZUF6pJXQ]YouTube - Alan Szabo 2002[/ame]
cheers

[Biggles]

Well not quite a 90 but to cut a long story short....I had a spare 60 wc and all the radio gear and I needed a heli to rap around this lot.....Midlands were (are) selling rappy 60's for 299.99.....Can't fault it......had it a week....decked it having too much fun!!!( well a good reason to ahem upgrade the blades) less than 100 quid including TT blades from FL.....The only other part that has been upgraded are the paddles.....Red ones for the pricely sum of £8.50 and red dampers..... Parts needed after crash.....boom, main shaft, spindle, flybar, torque tube....the usual things that get mullered!!! So for less than 100 quid to repair can't fault it!!!!! And it flies nice too!!!!

[electricsceadu]

what makes a vmax different to a standard raptor 90? been offered a lovely looking and pretty well specced machine but dont really know anything about them! lol what are parts/spares like! compatible between the standard raptor and vmax??

the vmax is the quick uk conversion to eccpm control with a carbon chassis
it is a true work of art
just look on the quick uk web site to see what you get in the v max kit

[disho]

i love my raptor 90, if you havent had a 90 then go and buy one you will love it

[trillian]

i love my raptor 90, if you havent had a 90 then go and buy one you will love it

'Looks very nice.

Mine is still pretty much all stock. I got it 2nd hand from the BMFA classifieds expecting something a bit more worn and was extremely pleasantly surprised to get such a beautiful spotless heli.

[disho]

looks nice