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I thought some of you might like to see a few build shots of the Align 800 Trekker. This has been designed for two markets: One as a smooth flying larger version of their wellknown and successfull 700 and secondly as a camera ship.
This one is being built as a display model for Alex, and is being fitted out with Aligns latest 5200 50c flight packs that are driving their latest top of the line MX850 Dominator 480Kv motor. To control this power house, is a Castle Creations Ice2 HV160 ESC.
Power to the high voltage servos is going to supplied by a Gryphon Extreme regulator from RCheliGURU, that allows full LiPo power to the servos and a regulated supply back to the Gyro and the Receiver.
The Heli uses a copy of the DFC 700e rotor head, but this is controlled through the use of belcranks and double linkages, rather than the direct linkage of the 700e DFC.
The build and basic set up is very easy as most of the sub assemblies are pre-assembled, but don't get lulled into a false sense of security as none of the bolts are tight and all need removing and re securing with a touch of thread lock.
To keep this heli in control it has been fitted with Aligns 3Gx gyro sporting the latest 3.1 version of the software. Setting the gyro up needs a PC; the 3Gx unit comes with a USB link and free software to enable the PC to talk to the Gyro to carry out the settings and upgrade the firmware as and when these are produced by Align. I have heard many complaints that Fly-barless controllers are difficult to set up, but by getting the mechanical settings right to start with and then following the intructions line by line, the process is quite easy. Once set the Heli can be tuned to match your flyingstyle, in a matter of minuets by using the PC software.
In all this should take the average builder a week of evenings, with probablythe longest job doing the final setup.
Peter
This one is being built as a display model for Alex, and is being fitted out with Aligns latest 5200 50c flight packs that are driving their latest top of the line MX850 Dominator 480Kv motor. To control this power house, is a Castle Creations Ice2 HV160 ESC.
Power to the high voltage servos is going to supplied by a Gryphon Extreme regulator from RCheliGURU, that allows full LiPo power to the servos and a regulated supply back to the Gyro and the Receiver.
The Heli uses a copy of the DFC 700e rotor head, but this is controlled through the use of belcranks and double linkages, rather than the direct linkage of the 700e DFC.
The build and basic set up is very easy as most of the sub assemblies are pre-assembled, but don't get lulled into a false sense of security as none of the bolts are tight and all need removing and re securing with a touch of thread lock.
To keep this heli in control it has been fitted with Aligns 3Gx gyro sporting the latest 3.1 version of the software. Setting the gyro up needs a PC; the 3Gx unit comes with a USB link and free software to enable the PC to talk to the Gyro to carry out the settings and upgrade the firmware as and when these are produced by Align. I have heard many complaints that Fly-barless controllers are difficult to set up, but by getting the mechanical settings right to start with and then following the intructions line by line, the process is quite easy. Once set the Heli can be tuned to match your flyingstyle, in a matter of minuets by using the PC software.
In all this should take the average builder a week of evenings, with probablythe longest job doing the final setup.
Peter
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) the v3.1 softwareis as good as any Vbar/BeastX I have flown!”.
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