Hi,

Has anyone else seen the new Black Hawk EP500? Dymond RC in San Diego has one in stock(demo model) and also Raiden tech is carrying it now.

http://www.raidentech.com/hearfbrelrar.html

$165 for the ARF without motor from Raidentech, and Dymond is going to sell theirs for $250 with a motor, I will probably end up buying from Dymond, as they are actually closer to me. I am currently living in SD and Helmut has been great for advice, gotta support my LHS.

At first I was going to get the T-Rex 450XL, but this heli appeals to since it is slightly larger and being that I am a beginner still I was hoping to get a slight heavier heli for starting out. And also it seems this heli has some metal parts for the head.

But I was thinking of this setup for it:

JR XP6102 ( I'm an airplane guy and I have this radio, it has 3 CCPM Heli programmin already)
Futaba GY401 Gyro using the Tower Hobbies coupon for that and some servos
Hitec HS 56 all around (3 Cyclic and Collective, 1 for tail)
Castle Creations Phoenix 45 ESC
Align 430L 3550KV motor (in case I do not get one with motor)

What do the rest of you guys think?

Please let me know on the Heli and the equipment.