Still love for the old girl?

[hedge]

So who's still flying a 700n? Just read an interview from Pedro Pete saying how he is looking forward to getting one this spring. So old school flybarred or new DFC 700n and everything in between (it's about 7yrs old) who's still flying a 700n- I for one love mine :-)

[waveydavey]

Mine is probably older (V1) and by far the one I love the most. OS 105, old style flybarless Align head, slightly modified and Vortex. For shear flying feel and balance I think it would be hard to beat. I really like my Raptor e700 but it hasn't had a look in once I got the 700 running well.

[hedge]

Sounds like mine it's the V2 flybbarred head of my old 700e, Vortex e, 105HZ and Hatori pipe loads of miles on the clock but I keep it maintained and it flys really nicely gets about 6-8 gallons a month in the summer :-)

[SaneAdam]

My 700n DFC with an FL head and Os105 Hz-r is the most fun i have ever had in the hobby

[Gixxer]

I have 4 of them. Two flybarred and two flybarless, and I love them all equally. If anything, I probably prefer my original flybarred one.

[waveydavey]

When I first got the 700 Andy K said exactly the same, stick with the flybar he said one of the best helis he's flown he said, it lasted a day, off it came no more flappy paddles for me, ever

[Gixxer]

When I first got the 700 Andy K said exactly the same, stick with the flybar he said one of the best helis he's flown he said, it lasted a day, off it came no more flappy paddles for me, ever

It's purely for nostalgia I prefer the flybar. People will look at it in years to come and say... WTF is that?!?!

[jwatts007]

Mine is over 3 yr old now and has clocked a few hours in the air...it crashed on its maiden take off when a ELE servo stopped working and had to be rebuilt...and it almost came a cropper this past Sunday when the tail let go seconds after taking off it went into a very fast piro...fortunately its in one peace I like my Trex 700 mines fitted with a YS 120sr and a SK540 and is very smooth and sounds nice too...

[GIXERMAN]

Mine is probably older (V1) and by far the one I love the most. OS 105, old style flybarless Align head, slightly modified and Vortex. For shear flying feel and balance I think it would be hard to beat. I really like my Raptor e700 but it hasn't had a look in once I got the 700 running well.

I am total opposite Dave, haven't left my e700 alone, i also have a V1 700N and haven't touched it all last season. I will make a effort to try on my vbar control.

[electricsceadu]

my 700n v1 lasted 6 months
and i couldn't get rid of it fast enough
oh the joys of the bendy rod end kits

i replaced it with a proper heli

[electricsceadu]

It's purely for nostalgia I prefer the flybar. People will look at it in years to come and say... WTF is that?!?!

i see flybars all the time
nitro motors
and good old dynatron starters

[horneteer]

My 700N DFC is by far my number 1 bird! Awesome piece of kit.

[Si Goodchild]

YES! I love my old TREX 700n V1 with old-school flybar. I bought it from Stu Smith in 2010 and it's remained unmodified since. It is a fairly stock setup with GP750 gyro and OS91HZ engine. The servos are JR8915s which pull a lot of amps so drain the flight pack quickly but the handling of the heli is just lovely. It only flies a couple of times a year, usually when I'm thinking I should sell it, only for me to think "hey, this ain't going anywhere!". Obviously I love my big electrics too, but this heli feels great for very different reasons and given the low resale value it makes sense to keep it even for infrequent flying.

Si G

[atomiccomp]

They are a great heli, I got one off here for £250, spent £45 on all new bearings, swash driver and engine bearings and it fly's like a dream. It's a FL version and I run a beast X on it. I have had it flying a month and put a gallon through it. Pure class

[hedge]

...I bought it from Stu Smith in 2010...

Stu has great skills but does abuse his helis :-)