trex 700 here

[raptorheli2]

the fun begins tomorrow morning. this is a production kit so this is what people will be getting. the weather looks terrible for weekend so not likely will be flying it sunday as planned.

[Arky]

You lucky git enoy the build and make sure u upload lots of pics of the build in progress, don't do a me and come back in 4 hours with one pic of it fineshed

[raptorheli2]

jason, if i'm flying it sunday i can't waste time on pics. i will have realistically 8-10 hours from box to fuel it.....we shall see.

if i find any problems i'll post them up but i'm not expecting any as the 500/600 built nicely

cheers

[Sesame]

jason, if i'm flying it sunday i can't waste time on pics. i will have realistically 8-10 hours from box to fuel it.....we shall see.

cheers

8-10 hours blimey, how many of them are you gonna build then

enjoy mate.

[barney]

Paul what the hell are you doing chatting here then..LOL. Just unplug the wires to the outside world till its done!

Look forward to seeing the pics/thoughts

[raptorheli2]

brian...i don't have the kit in my hands. i have a piccy of it till the morning.

cheers

[barney]

...LOL

Just forget all about that weather forcast as they hardly ever get it right anyways

[Tim Procter]

Does this mean they will be in the shops (very soon) Paul or am I jumping the gun a little.

[raptorheli2]

word on street is 3 weeks (ish) till kits are in uk and also there is a VERY small number of them in first batch. i was told the batch after this small one is actually the large one but it will be in september.

perhaps bob can clarify all those points for people but thats what i was told anyway by various people.

cheers

[mattie-lodge]

Resisting resisting resisting

I keep saying 'I don't want one I don't want one'

[mccall]

Weathers ment to be rubbish, let the locktight set till next weekend and I will see you down at the field, managed to complete the membership forms,

[raptorheli2]

good stuff mate, it's highly unlikely it will fly this weekend given the forecast so it will likely be next weekend it maidens.

cheers

[forbsy]

better weather down south....if you want to build it then send it down i could post up what its like

[raptorheli2]

well 11 hours solid and it's nearly ready for the off. i had too many niggles with one thing and another to get it flying tomorrow. i had a couple of problems that collectively took 2-3 hours of messing about to get right.

1. the main gear jesus bolt was stripped out the box (all head parts are prebuilt but loose, some twat horsed the jesus bolt up and subsequently ruined it)

2. both booms in the kit wouldn't fit. when fitted the tail was not close to horizontal so a dremel sorted that one out. of note the carbon boom is VERY fragile at the ends. i can't see it lasting too long tbh but we shall see.

3. i do not like the clutch/hub assembly as it's impossible to put a dial anywhere on it. that said it has zero adjustment so if it's wrong yer buying a new one anyway.

4. once again the gov mounting is an afterthought and a good hour was spent swearing at the heli and in general trying to fit the damn thing. anyone getting one i would fit the gov when the frames are still apart so you can space it correctly. the align gov looks like it should bolt right in but i went with the revlock and used a csm bracket from the synergy.

everything else went together well and i'm running a very light setup. i bought a set of digi kitchen scales today and they show it at 9.7lbs with everything on it minus fuel.

setup-

spartan gyro/jr8900 servo
8915 ccpm servos
hitec 65mg throttle
reliaswitch (prolly going to swap it for reactorx or the arizona i have spare but wanted to keep this light)
2600mah fromeco (probably looking at 5 flights max but hey...i said i want it light)
os91 shz pump/reg
hatori sb17
revlock 20

i will be adding a carbsmart so that will add a little when done. i have not put a pitch guage on it yet so not sure of the range. will find out tomorrow.

cheers

[Tim Procter]