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RCE-600.. Any Good?
Just bought (but not yet collected) a Trex 450SE V2 and it apparently has an RCE-660 Gyro fitted. Was wondering how this compares to the much hyped GY401 Gyro....
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Fitted one to my trex 500 when I first got back into heli's it was great and got me back doing circuits and the like. Replaced with a mini G a few weeks ago. But for normal flying I would say it will do you very well.Blade CX3 (My Little Stress Buster)
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The RCE600 can be a pretty good gyro.
Align had some issues with component quality (I think) in this gyro so there were a few units that had issues. I have used 3 of these gyro's and two worked perfectly - one was iffy (tail wouldn't stop drifting, etc).
Align have discontinued this gyro and replaced it with the GP750 which is excellent.
I still have 2 RCE600's in use on two heli's and they work fine.
Cheers,
RobTeam Align, Midland Helicopters, Optifuel, Cyclone Blades, Scorpion Motors, Thunder Power, Savox Servos, JR Propo
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You sure about that Rob?
Align made a GP700 that was rather swiftly replaced with the GP750.
The RCE-600 is the lower cost unit, supposed to have 401 performance. This is the one with the red label. However I tried two different examples on my trex500 and they both had an annoying drift that I could get rid of (despite trying a few different mounting methods) -so I repaced it with a CSM720.
Others seem to like the RCE-600 and apart from the drift the performance was very good.www.heli-extreme.co.uk a good club in south Sheffield
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I've got one on my twister3d. Its very good once its at a constant temperature. You need to have it switched on for a bit, then switch off and on again. Its not as good as the 401 which has SMM. Should be ok for the warmer weather. Could depend a lot on the rotation sensor you get, they could vary a lot as there is no drift spec. It does calibrate for neutral rudder setup so you can use rudder trim. Only calibrates by power on/off though unlike the 401 which does it by switch waggling.
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Thanks again guys,
Will keep it for a while, then maybe think about fitting the GY401.
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Hi Gordon,
Yes mate - that's my experience of the RCE600
I've not used the GP700, but have used one GP750, which works fine too.
I guess the "replaced the 600 with the 750" is wrong... would be better to say the 600 is now discontinued and the current Align gyro is the GP750.
Cheers,
RobTeam Align, Midland Helicopters, Optifuel, Cyclone Blades, Scorpion Motors, Thunder Power, Savox Servos, JR Propo
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