new toy

[Boggy]

glad its going well, saw ade's today certainly a nice looking heli, sadly didn't get to see it fly

[Ade_Law]

im never using DS811 again this is the second i have had fail on the throttle.

Ade

[Nutz]

R50L, how did you fix your magnet (superdoo or poxy?)

I have just epoxied my magnet in and made a standoff for the sensor for my RL20 out if a peace of carbon, I then used some thin super glue on the stand off and senor and cable tied it to be on the safe side. Your right about getting the lump in and out................

[ChrisB]

Nutz

I used epoxy but i never sanded the fan to give it a good key,,ive rarely had an issue with magnets but in the crap weather now it gives me a job to do


Gonna fit a header tank to mine,if you remove the rear left hand side lower bearing support block nut and fit a plastic Raptor type spacer of about 22mm you can mount the header tank right alongside the main tank and its perfect,canopy does not need trimming and height is spot on..

I got the idea from here

http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/t348643p1/


Mine had a couple more flights yesterday afternoon at my other club and it flies very nicely,,good climb rate and big loops but on a lowish fuel level the engine nearly quit at the top of the loop hence the header...


looking forward to putting more flights on it

[ChrisB]

im never using DS811 again this is the second i have had fail on the throttle.

Ade

You aint using that governor in DS mode are you

[ChrisB]

Just fitted my new magnet,this one wont come out


Fitted my header tank as per the pics and it looks good,,,

Wheres the sun gone





And as you can see it does not poke out from the side in the front view

[Leebert]

Gotta admit, that looks great. Nice build Those red canopies look cool

[ChrisB]

Gotta admit, that looks great. Nice build Those red canopies look cool

I must admit,the overall finish is stunning,i dont know how Align can do it for the price,the canopy has to be seen to be believed,the finish is about as good as it gets

[Cralis]

What's the total cost of this, exclusing TX? So that's servos, rx, gyro, engine.. the lot?

[ChrisB]

My rough costs are as follows,all supplied by Mr models except for the gyro/tail servo and engine/pipe

T Rex Nitro Pro Kit 340 from Mr Models
Spectrum Rx 60
Hyper 50/mp2 150 from Hong Kong
Blades 40
3 times 6965 servos 120
Align complete regulated power system 26 from phil Henderson (lipo/regulator/5.1 stepdown for tail servo)
Throttle servo Maxwell high speed coreless digital 0.06 secs 15 from Hong Kong
401/9254 110 from Hong Kong

Plus a few odds n sods


Blimey im scared to fly it now

[Cralis]

Not far off a GRAND!
Wow!
Stick with my Raptor then.

[ChrisB]

Add the cost of your Raptor up

My engine/pipe and servos and gyro and blades were removed from my Knight Sport to kit this out

The only new bit is the heli and the regulated power system

The T Rex kit is very well priced against the Raptor and is cheaper than the SE version

[Cralis]

Raptor with all electrics (GY401, all servos, JR RX), OS50Hyper, in brand new condition, RX battery.. £450. OK, it's used, but... all the guys at the club say it hasn't been flown.
Am going to get a DX7, so add £55 for the RX..
£510... I can live with that (But my wife can't). I now know that when she said 'FINE! Get what ever the F++K you want', isn't actually mean what she means...

But, the 600N does look sweet! And Align prices for repairs seem pretty strong! But as a novice... I think I'm OK for now with my Rappy... I think... I hope...

[Disc]

Add the cost of your Raptor up

My engine/pipe and servos and gyro and blades were removed from my Knight Sport to kit this out

The only new bit is the heli and the regulated power system

The T Rex kit is very well priced against the Raptor and is cheaper than the SE version

How could you strip the Knight of its parts

[ChrisB]

The Knight Sport has gone right up in my good books now,,i reduced my fleet from 5 nitros to 2 due to my electrics and didnt want a third Nitro when i got the 600N hence stripping a Sport

The idea was originally to sell both the Sports and get another 600N belt version but im not so sure now,at least in the short term

My Sports were always a good machine overall but they were faulty from new,,Compass seem to have finally admitted that the one ways supplied were crap and Climb out having already replaced my clutch ones have now kindly supplied me with 2 uprated Main gear one way bearings and a harder sleeve for it,this should eliminate the constant grating and locking my supplied ones both did...

Adding to this,,last weekend my one flyable Sport flew as good as its ever done and i was loving it untli the counter gear stripped and i lost tail drive,,a non driven tail auto should have been a doddle but it was too low and coming out of a sideways loop when it failed


I did throttle hold it but it hit the ground kinda hard,to be honest the damage is limited to boom,1 frame ,servo tray and flybar cradle but seeing as i dont want a massive stock of models i have decided to strip it down for spares and kit out the one remaining good airframe once having removed a frame from that and fitted all new good quality bearings


I dont like the Knight 3d at all,nothing against the model,just my personal view but i am seriously torn between the Sport and the 600N

The Align spares are cheap enough except for those frames ,,the Sport is also cheap to repair and easy to work on so i am planning to keep the Sport flying for a considerable time,,i may even be tempted to buy another one at a later date