evo5

I am looking for a fuselage for my Trex 450 SEv2 heli...a hughes 500 D or E...what are the main differences between the 3 manufacturers?
Thank you in advance

quattro1975

evo...i have a heliartist md500. its ok, not great, but ok...However, i have a suspicion that they are all the same. from what i've seen, the scalohelo and heliartist are exactly the same and the align is damn close. I would probably go with align next round just because its cheaper. I am interested in what other have to say about this topic.
quattro

[link=http://www.rcuvideos.com/item/LKWGX84K283LXG2C]my maiden flight with Heliartist[/link]

evo5

Hello quattro1975, and what about fusuno airwolf fuselage?

wilerbee2

All from the same damn factory !!

quattro1975

hey evo...first off...AIRWOLF IS LAME....just kidding...although everyone's got that silly bird from the 80's show. someone has to come up with something new. but i know nothing about fusano fuse's.
quattro

evo5

And what about align EC-135 Eurocopter?is better looking than hughes 500?

quattro1975

Evo, thats a personal preference. I bought the MD500 since i thought it looked cooler than the Ec135. but thats up to you. Check out some of DarthDrk's stuff. His prices are good, but i dont know anything about his installation techniques. he has a few different ones.
quattro

BlackTitanium

The EC-135 lacks tail authority because of the tail rotor shroud. When the wind picks up, the EC-135 tends to weather vain, and can be tricky to fly.
The Hughes 500 does not have any design flaws and flies beautifully.

Lightning Heli is coming out with a new EC-135


HeliArtist two new 500D's, a blue/green/white, an unpainted white 500D and two new Agusta A109's with retract System.

evo5

Very good information...thank you BlackTitanium

BlackTitanium

I have/had the Red Fusuno Airwolf fuselage, but crashed it the other day.
It has a tail authority problem, where it couldn't overcome the main rotor torque.
I suspect it had to do with the vertical stabilizer being too close to the tail rotor.
Whenever I would give more collective, the tail would pull to the right.

I tried different head speeds.
I tried different gyros, Futaba 401/9257 and JR G7703D/3400G.

The Airwolf always wants to balloon up during FFF, so you're always having to compensate that and the tail wanting to pull right.
I found it challenging to fly, compared to the Hughes 500d and Jet Ranger fuselage.

I was doing FFF, the nose ballooned up and the tail swung around, when tried to correct it, I got a bit out of control and went inverted at one point,.
I got it right side up, was fighting to get it back into stable flight but got too low and crashed it.

When I had the Align EC-135, I crashed it too because of lack of tail authority.

I'm going to get the Blue HeliArtist Airwolf, and report back on how it flies.

evo5

Sooo, Heliartist and align are almost the same...which is better looking, align hughes 500E or Heliartist N23CP 500E? Same size?
JC

lowpull

The Align body is packaged for Align(?) manual has there name all over it. Possibly a more custom version specifically for the Trex450. It comes with a new rudder control rod, a tad bit longer if I am correct, to compensate for the out-of-alignment orientation required to fit the rudder servo inside the fuse and the 'mounts' come pre-built. It is a very sharp looking paint job, there are minor flaws, but hardly noticeable from a few feet away, not at all in the air and for the price you can't beat it.

bill

lowpull

oh, btw the v/h stab assy has some neat blue anodized spacers and washers to space it away from the boom, however it does lack the boom centering discs I believe the heliartist comes with, but these are easily fabricated if required

bill

theradioflyer

Quattro, nice vid, that Hughes looks nicely done. I'm looking to wrap my T-Rex as well, good info guys!

God Bless Y'all,

Jay