babyhuey

Hi guys!

I'm still around too. Been flying my Caliber 30 and my Protos mostly of late. Just getting stick time. Too windy for the 450!
Hope all are doing well.

Huey

crashcrash

You got that right, wind and rain daily. I got the rebiild kit for the mower deck, havent touched the mower yet because the ground is mud. Glad to see ya poke yer nose in here. No heli stuff as of lately for me, for about two months. Gonna order me a new EXI-450 shaft tail, maybe even today.[X(]

Vic

babyhuey

Too windy to fly this weekend too! I need to pratice as I'm thinking of flying at my first ever funfly this weekend and i don't want to embaress myself too badly!
The Saint Louis Whirleybirds are having their 27th anual funfly down at Buder Park in Valley Park Mo. this weekend 6/5 and 6/6.
I have gone to it the last couple of years but haven't flown at one yet.

crashcrash

I did get the mower deck rebuilt AND I did order a new EXI-450 Pro shaft tail. I also have flown my EDF-16 about 4 times now, it takes some getting used to but it's fun.

dditch

FYI guys, the Blueray 450 is on sale
RTF & RX ready $279/$210

I still have 2 of them back before they started shipping with Fiberglass canopies and metal gear servos.

[link=http://www.mycoolheli.com/coupons/xhelicoupons.html]xheli coupon code[/link]

crashcrash

LOL....I just ordered the EXI-450 pro shaft driven tail....aint that how it works?

dditch

That's ok, if you load it with good electronics it will fly really good!

crashcrash

This will be my second, they fly fantastic and I love it.

dditch

Not the ARF that was $59 is not $39.
CF frame and metal head. It's not the Pro head, it's the SEV2 style head.
http://www.xheli.com/18h15-cf450-v3-kit.html

crashcrash

Just come in yesterday....

babyhuey

Got that thing built yet?

crashcrash

That and a plastic version and EXI-500.....

babyhuey

Anyone else go out and get a MCPX yet? THe greatest thing ever!

crashcrash

Yeah....I bought one last summer. I actually lost intrest in it so I sent it to Kyle in Indiana. I did buy the Pheonix Flight Simulator Pro V3....that thing ROCKS.

babyhuey

Mine goes everywhere with me! The big stuff has been sitting since the weather went to crap!

crashcrash

With the simulator....I fly what I want when I want and it doesn't cost a dime when I crash. I like it cause it's fairly accurate to real life.

babyhuey

I just can't get into the SIM. Not real enough to keep my attention.

crashcrash

I got the Pheonix FS Pro v3. Some models dont act scale, most do, especially the Align T-Rex 450 Pro and some of the other areobatic heli's. Even the Blade CX2 acts real enough to be believable. The Pheonix is about as real as it gets in my experience.

Kostas1

Guys,
thanks for all that information on the EXI-450....I am trying to decide what parts i need like a brushless motor,servos,ESC etc
in order to order this one from HobbyKing: [link=http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__13079__HK450_CCPM_3D_Helicopter_Kit_Align_T_rex_ Compat_Ver_2_DE_Warehouse_.html]HK450 CCPM 3D Helicopter Kit [/link]

and assemble it.

But will you please help me;
I want to buy parts that are cheap but will be able to make the kit flyable!

Kostas1

on_your_six

My Feedback: (11)

In order to make the simulator more real, you need to link my pay pal account to the reset button. Each time you crash, it will send me $75. That is about as real as it gets. Thanks in advance.

babyhuey

Hi guys! Is anyone still here? I can't believe that it's been a year since I last posted here! Well I have been flying my bigger birds and my MCPX but now I am going to venture into FBL and I am going to dig out the EXI-450 and build it up FBL to get some experiance with the setup.
Anyone have any tips?
Thanks in advance,
Huey

crashcrash

Sounds like you've been busy. Seems EXI is now a dead brand and no longer carried by X-Heli. I have 3 flyable 450's (one is a scaler), and a crashed 500 I haven't repaired yet.
I think I've flown maybe twice since temps dropped below 40deg, a lot of wind this winter. Yep....I'm still around.

babyhuey

Yeah, the weather has shut me down also. I have been slowly rebuilding my Protos 500 that went in with a bad servo and have been wanting to make it FBL for a while now but have been too chicken to make the jump.
I have an Align FBL and a Turnigy one and another brand that I can't name right now that I've been wanting to try out. FBL works so good in the MCPX that I just have to see what it's like in a bigger heli!

crashcrash

Been thinking about FBL, haven't made the switch yet. I do have a 4 blade head and tail system that I've flown on one of the 450's, it's OK but I think it would be better with a FBL controller module. The 4 blade head and tail have a distinctive and utterly AWSOME sound and it's pretty FUN to fly even without a FBL controller. I have to bottom the expo out to fly it because on normal settings, it's just to sensitive.

I'm waiting on a guy to show up with a .90 NITRO heli he wants to dump. It's all there, has a scale body, and hasen't been crashed as far as I know. They just cant make it go higher than about 1ft off the ground and he just wants his money back....about $100. The sooner they get it here, the sooner he gets his money. I've been considering a nitro for a couple years but those things are expensive.

I also bought my first Harley almost 2 years ago, been BUSY with that. It's a 2001 sportster, and I made a custom bobber out of it. I sent all the painted parts to my brother in Dallas TX to be painted Dodge cherry red pearl coat. I should have the bike put back together by late April, it'll look like a show bike when I'm done.

babyhuey

The bike sounds really cool. Post a pic when its' done, please!
Nitro is no big deal you just have to learn how to tune them. I always enjoy flying mine but they usually sit because I don't want to take the time to haul out the support stuff.
I just got the head and blades to complete my 450 FBL and I am on the verge of changing the Protos over. If I don't get to fly soon (darn wind!) I'll probably get distracted again and the helis will sit some more.[:@]