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I''m hoping to find opinions from guys that have flown both of these and can give me some opinions on how they fly individually and comparatively to each other. I have read a couple reviews on the Gaui but I''m still looking for more input on:
- How well each one handles for a beginner. - Ease of build & repair - Quality of parts, fit and finish - Cost to repair - Parts compatability with other heli''s - Parts availability in the USA - Any other important info. that could steer me one way or the other.
I understand the Hurricane 550 is not available with BOTH a CF frame AND metal head so I''d probably go with the plastic frame/metal head combination.
I am a new heli pilot and have been flying (mostly hovering) a Thunder Tiger E325 mini-Titan for about 2 months and REALLY LIKE IT!!!. I don''t want to invest in new, expensive 6S packs so I plan on using (2) 3S packs for each flight on this heli.
As a last contender I was looking at the HDX550 from HeliDirect but I think I like the above two better.
I've never flown the TT 550 but I like my hurricanes and they are hard to beat for the price. Flying-hobby.com offers tons of different choices in terms of packages including ones with both the CF frame and CNC head. They are in Hong Kong though.
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yeah.. but from I've seen in other threads on other sites.. he only wants to buy in the USA.. to bad.. he'll miss out on a lot of deals by not buying out of the country.... I can understand wanting to spend the money in country.. but it all ends up going back to china anyways...and you can't beat the prices...
true enough kaelon, since the importer paid like 10% less than he's paying only that 10% is staying in country. That said he can always upgrade the frame to cf if he crashes the plastic frame.
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Thanks redbaron, Druss, Kaelan.
I actually ended up going with the Thunder Tiger E550 Raptor. The main reasons were design simpicity, local parts availability, and size. All I need to do is swap the tail, belt and blades and I have an E620 Raptor As it stands the E550 is much larger than the Hurry.
I really do like the Hurry though. Maybe next time.
As for ordering out of the country, I'd do it if I had to but would rather not. I had enough problems with a small online hobby shop (Druss knows this one) where I was going to get a Honey Bee King II. The deal went bad (but I got my $900.00 back) and swore I'd never do business with a small shop/guy again.
My E550 is about 50% completed. I'm still waiting on my batteries, charger, and motor which should be here this week.
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Really? The E550 is bigger than a Hurrican 550? I'm thinking of gettn the E550..I wanted a Trex 600 but a E550 is more practical for me..I wonder how much smaller a E550 is compared to a Trex 600..I wonder if it's a night and day difference in appearance look.. I love large Helis. I wonder if i can do Mod to make it look like a full size 50 size Heli.
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Reggie,
When I first compared the Hurricane to the E550 Raptor I didn't realize there was such a huge size difference. I saw a picture from one of the online hobby stores showing them side-by-side and it's considerable.
The only difference between an E550 Raptor and E620 Raptor (or T-Rex 600) is about 2" in boom/belt length and about 5cm in blade length. Thunder Tiger also sells a "stretch kit" so any time I want to I can make my E550 into an E620 pretty easily.
The reasons I went with the E550 are that it runs ok on 6s packs where as an E620 (or T-Rex 600) would require 8s-10s and, replacing 550 size blades is a little less expensive than 600 size.
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I do agree with you..I just picked up the E550 2 days ago and i love it..i had the E620 and Sold it on RC groups cause of that DAMM 10s packs.....ha ha.....It just wasnt practical for me...Just sold my Esmart 600 and now my Only Heli is the E550. Blades are like $19 from Heli direct and i can use the Carbon Fiber and spend only like $59...I'm actually using a 5s on my E550 and it Flies Fine..I'm sure a 6s would be much better..The Heli is really no different than the E620...Like u said just a longer boom, Longer Belt, Bigger blades..But the way it is right now is really no noticeable different. In Fact Dave, i put my E550 next to a Trex 600 and it's a little BIGGER,,,that's right,, it isssss a little bigger,,,the Canopy is more meatier and the frame and tail boom is more thicker.. So as it stands a Raptor Electric E550 is basically the same size if not a tab bigger than a Trex 600..Check out my Photo below,,,the way i have it standing,,My E550 is now the same size comparable to a Raptor 60 or 90....well, not quite 90 but sure damm near close....lol
Reggie
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As it stands the E550 is much larger than the Hurry. 
I'm still waiting on my 
