Birthday present 130x

[Dreamchaser]

Hi everybody it is my birthday tomorrow and my wife has promised to take me out and buy me a new 130x, what a treasure she is. What I need to know is what spares do I need to buy with it? I am bound to stuff it into the ground so what are the most common parts that break ?. Regards Tom.

[danch]

Re: Birthday present 130x

C & D gear sets, invest in metal A gear, that's all off the top of my head ;-)

[franky975]

Happy birthday!

I would get a main gear, main shaft, feather shaft, push rods (servo to swash), tail boom, landing skid, and maybe main grips. You will get some spares with it but all of these will be enough for a while. If you screw something up just hit throttle hold and as long as you fly over grass 9 out of 10 it will survive.
Happy Flying.

[cjcj1949]

I'd stick with the original A gear for a while. It's easy to replace and saves the others. You will need the orange things from RC-Hero to stop the shakes.

130X Silicone O-Ring Kit

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Lots of other upgrades. Only the A gear has been a problem for me.

[franky975]

I'd stick with the original A gear for a while. It's easy to replace and saves the others.

I just replaced mine because it worn out. I dont like the idea to have metal dust on the servo board caused metal on metal wear. Can short it so went with the plastic one.

[BavarianRob]

Birthday present 130x

Get a metal tail pitch slider as your most worth while upgrade, the stock one flaps about like a Morris Dancers Handkerchief!

Stock bearings (tail in particular) are made of cheese, so get a set of those too. Metal A gear as others have said and probably more important than all of the above GET A HEAP OF LIPOS AND FLY THE SNOT OUT OF IT!

[ModelGuard.Com]

Re: Birthday present 130x

Just a bunch of both tail gears is all youll need

[cjcj1949]

I just replaced mine because it worn out. I dont like the idea to have metal dust on the servo board caused metal on metal wear. Can short it so went with the plastic one.

Me too. Might be possible to cover the servo, or it might overheat.

[johnsandywhite]

Hi everybody it is my birthday tomorrow and my wife has promised to take me out and buy me a new 130x, what a treasure she is. What I need to know is what spares do I need to buy with it? I am bound to stuff it into the ground so what are the most common parts that break ?. Regards Tom.

Congratulations on the 130X and a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY Tom. It is also my son Simons (who you met at the Nats) Birthday today. I bought him a 450X for his 40th Birthday.

[Dreamchaser]

Just been to Steve Webb models and came away with a new 130x at a very reasonable £134, plus some spare batteries and bits now if it stops raining I will go and see what damage I can do to it.

[Reality Bites]

Decent price, there are a couple of popular sites who will do them at that price. Makes you wonder how some places can try and charge 165+!

I had a go with one yesterday and even in a breeze it flew fine. I will look to get one come payday!