My 1st 500

[aaron-88]

with the belt drive HK500's you have to file 1mm off the length of the boom. Otherwise the belt will be piano wire tight. Needs to have a bit of give in it - enough so the belt is not rock solid anyway

Its ok i have an Align tail on it and that had to be pulled a few mm for tension,
the kit is a lot better than the reveiws i have seenmust of got a good batch

[idbvideo]

I think everyone is different, some seem better than others. Mine had most of the screws with locktite but re did them anyway and the boom was OK. I was surprised that you got plastic blade grips on your tail though as mine came with alloy grips.

Hope to maiden mine this Thursday.

[aaron-88]

I think everyone is different, some seem better than others. Mine had most of the screws with locktite but re did them anyway and the boom was OK. I was surprised that you got plastic blade grips on your tail though as mine came with alloy grips.

Hope to maiden mine this Thursday.

Did you get yours from hobbyking or giantcod?

the hk500gt from hobbyking has plastic tail box and grips and the hk500cmt has the alloy tail unit.

But giantcod do the hk500gt with alloy tail unit.

[idbvideo]

I bought mine from Giant Cod, which may also explain the lack of markings. The kits quality is a lot better than I expected.

[aaron-88]

I bought mine from Giant Cod, which may also explain the lack of markings. The kits quality is a lot better than I expected.

Yeah got mine from hobbyking and i was happy with the kit,can't complain for £60.

[Sqwidge]

My TRex 500 will be here by Friday, yay!, I won't feel so left out now lol, now to source some parts