My long wanted helicopter has arrived and I have started the build. I was lucky to get this nice piece of machine for only $495 on ebay, orginal price is $689. Quite a deal.

Build images

Align T-rex 600 ESP

Helicopter versus Woman

1. A heli will kill you quickly — a woman love to take her time.
2. Helis can be turned on by a flick of a switch.
3. A heli does not get mad if you ‘touch and go’.
4. A heli does not object to a pre-flight inspection.
5. Helis come with manuals.
6. Helis have some weight limits.
7. You can fly a heli any time of the month.
8. Helis don’t come with in-laws.
9. A heli don’t whine unless something is really wrong.
10. A heli don’t care about how many other helis you have flown.
11. When flying, you and your heli both arrive at the same time or no complaints.
12. A heli don’t mind if you look at other helis, or if you buy heli magazines.
13. It’s OK to use tie-downs on your heli, they prefer it.
14. Helis are quiet when you are not flying them!
15. Helis never say… ” sell me and buy your wife something nice”.
16. When you show up at the field and there is a better looking heli, your heli doesn’t get jealous.
17. When you part with a heli, it doesn’t take your house.
18. You will never come home and find your heli in bed with another heli!
19. Possession of more than one heli is possible.
20. Helies can’t say… “I don’t want you to fly me today”.
21. A heli can’t use your bank card.

After an ugly crash with my T-rex 450 I managed to strip an Hitec 65MG (as in metal gear) for the first time. It was a new milestone for me. I was going to order a new set of gears from Elefun, but they were out of stock. I contacted them and was told the distributor was out of stock. It could take weeks before I could have the bird back in the air. Something I didn’t want to risk before the next indoor RC meeting.

It all boils down to my order over the seas which just arrived. Let’s take a look, shall we?

The box should contain:

• 2 x Deans Female Plug
• 1 x Futaba S9257 Servo EP Heli Digital Rudder (Gyro Servo)
• 2 x Hitec HS65 Metal Gear Servo HS65MG METAL GEAR SERVO
• 4 x Hitec HS65 Metal Gear Set – METAL GEAR SET
• 1 x Hitec Servo Gear Grease 3GR
• 2 x HMXE9711 Heli-Max Guide Pulley MX400/Trex 450
• 1 x Hobbico LCD Digital Mini Tachometer Mini Tach
• 3 x HS1159-01 315mm PRO Rotor Blades White/Red
• 1 x HS1237 Align 450 SE V2 Canopy
• 1 x Kong Power 2200mAh TX Pack for Spektrum, Futaba, JR
• 2 x Kong Power 3s1p 11.1v 2200mAh 25C Lipo Battery
• 1 x Kong Power 3s1p 11.1v 2200mAh 25C Lipo Battery
• 1 x Kong Power 6s Charger KP-100W6
• 2 x Kong Power Battery Bridge
• 1 x Mavrikk Drive Belt 397T (High Strength) Fits TREX 450 SE
• 1 x Series Deans 2 to 1 Adapter
• 2 x Spartan Adhesive Foam Gyro Tape Set
• 4 x TREX 450 V2 Head Dampener Upgrade – Red Dampers by Trueblood

I had some minor problems with my new T-rex 450 SE v2, the belt kept jumping off. I solved it by removing the idle-pulley, but now have I bought a replacement for it which looks to do the job.

Three servos for my old t-rex 450, one tail servo and two for cyclic. Also added servo grease for the servo I will be changing gear on.

The transmitter (later refereed as TX) battery, 2200mAh 11.1v Kong Power battery. I’ve read about someone running theirs for 5 weeks without charging. I guess mine won’t last that long since I use my TX on the simulator as well.

Almost forgot to add the charger and lipo. This is the best charger I have ever used. I might do a review of it some day.

Readyheli package