T-Rex 500 Info

[raptorheli2]

yup

edit the 6s 3200's fit fine on my heli, it is tight but it's fine. the easiest solution i think is to move the canopy hole long term. about 1/8" tops will be plenty. you could easily cover the other holes with a decal if it's tight but no need to on my heli.
picture below, moving the canopy grommet to the black dot would be plenty.

cheers

[trvo]

Looking good, let us know how it goes

My Align 425's have arrived today so I've got something to compare the SAB's too now, my 500's all ready and waiting for a flight when this horrid weather stops!

Trev

[raptorheli2]

as soon as the 15t appears from usa i'll try it. the 4200 5s is suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuperb in there.

cheers

[Leebert]

Looking good. Mine shoud be arriving tomorrow. Can't wait

Has anyone got any experiance with Hitec servos on the 500 (The HS5245MG) ?

[Thomas]

I have, they seem excellent but only tried them with bendy blades, but as they are not designed for little 1/18 cars they should cope with more abuse.

[Smoothound]

Have to say I was surprised how many people were going for the 9650's...

[Sesame]

ive got the 5245's in mine, but its grounded after 2.5 flights and my flying really isnt up to saying how good these servos are reacting etc.

if you want to know they fit, YUP.

[ChrisB]

as soon as the 15t appears from usa i'll try it. the 4200 5s is suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuperb in there.

cheers

Care to elaborate on that

Love the new smileys by the way

[raptorheli2]

i mean the fit and balance seem good.

cheers

[barney]

Just in case your interested the Revo 3200's were better on there 2nd cycle..6 mins returned 2394mha..the power started to reduce a little around the 5 min mark. H/S is only a tad lower than the 4200's and overall balance feel during flying is good. I dont think I would really like to go any heavier myself unless looking for duration.

If I could re-arange the 42's so the 500 is not so nose heavy and low it would be a good windy day option/duration but the cyclics are a little sluggish at the mo as one battery has to use the lower tray. Paul the 5S version if it works out will be close on the 3200 6S for weight

I think I'm going to shift the canopy forward about 1/2" to make it a little more roomy up front..I would want to get the 42 5S on the top tray or will modify the tray to put them between the frames as we know they will fit that way..

[raptorheli2]

if the pinion turns up i'll fly the 5s this weekend. the prob is i now have 16 packs i need to charge to fly the 500, it is becoming a pita atm with a single charger. roll on the 10s one

cheers

[Fixxxer]

16 packs !!! you robbed a bank ?

[Ashley Davis]

I am also now armed to the teeth with packs to try:

5S 4200
6S 4200
5S 3200
6S 3200
6S 2200
6S 2100

All the above are Revo's
Also on test schedule is the 6S 2500 Align pack.

I'll put together datalogged flights with headspeed etc so we can all see what's going on, amp peaks and so forth. Looking at how all the different packs fit by far the best (just for fit) is the 5S 4200, that thing just snuggles up into the frames, nothing sticking out.
I already have a 16T pinion, 15T should arrive shortly and 500 is flight ready again with a big thanks to Thomas.

[raptorheli2]

i might get lucky and my pinion turns up today/tomorrow, that means postage from usa in 3-4 days, that is normaly ish what i get so fingers crossed.

packs i have are-

revo 2100 6s
revo 2200 6s
FP 2500 6s
revo 3000 6s
revo 3200 5s
revo 3200 6s
revo 4200 5s
revo 4200 6s

forecast here is poor on sunday so i'll do all my flying saturday. i can borrow a watts up for info of the flights and obtain headspeeds at 0 pitch.

cheers

[Ashley Davis]

cool, should be able to verify results and discuss findings then, which I think will be helpful.