Looks like the 550/600 DFC are in the UK

[Nick B]

quick uk has a few in stock

Quick UK Retail - shop-products

[Jamin_00]

I too see them earlier on another site as at first I thought they were for the 500 lol but no.

[coolice]

I noticed Midlands had stock yesterday, but I couldn't grab myself one from Robbe SchluterUK as they'd all gone out to shops :-(
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[ChrisB]

I am not convinced about this head one bit but as the saying goes curiosity killed the cat or 550 in this case

Just ordered from Midlands so will see if it survives the weekend

[Nick B]

Lol Chris,hope your wrong,got one going on my 550,hope these have the other grip to link bolts!

Im governed at 2400 on mine with orange kbdd dampers swinging 523 edges so will see how it goes.

[Zeeflyboy]

Are these already the revised ones?

Would seem to me that there hasn't been enough time for them to ship the new design, so if you buy this you'd have to return the arms and screws to get the new ones?

[ChrisB]

Fly Sat worry later

[Chris Boughton]

I really like the design of this head, but i dont like the fact tht when the feathering shaft flaps up and down it puts stress on the pitch link bolts!! I must say i prefure the fbl heads with the swash driver built into the bottom of the head block!!!!
If there was a DFC head with NO dampening then i might consider getting one

[ChrisB]

Just spoken to Midlands the 550/600 head has the upgraded arms and bolts.

Will be interesting Ongoing to see of the design is sound like the Compass one.

Against my better judgement I am trying one on my 550 for two reasons mainly it looks nice and I do think the 550 is a bit out of proportion sort of short and stumpy.

I like the lower sleek look of the 6hv and 600efl pro so by lowering the head on the 550 it may look more in proportion.

[jamiem]

So how much is this with the grips?

[ChrisB]

The head is 52 smackers unsure of the v2 grip cost but already have these in spares box.

[Nick B]

about 75 quid.

Chris,same reasons im doing mine,looks out of proportion,even the skids look to big =]

[ChrisB]

Yeh there's a vid of one on YouTube on a 550 and it looks much sleeker from the side.

[fishface]

key question for me is will the head geometry with this new design be any better for a Vbar, as the standard 600Pro FBL head which is now shipping with 550V2 kits does not have great geometry, so I get quite low values (<80) in the Vbar for the 8 degree set up step.

[ChrisB]

I will see what my v bar settings end up as and let you know.