Well........ until I hand any money over, its not a done deal. However I did price the Century Swift 550 at a couple places and the kits run about $350 with no servos. Just a motor and heli minus blades. The guy says the motor has only a few minutes of flight time on it. He converted his Raptor .50 to electric and stole parts off of this one to outfit that. from my research I need to see that he upgraded the main shaft to the triple bearing block as well as the blades must be included. At $90 a pop for blades I want to know I am at least ahead somewhat. I don't mind spending the $250 for it as long as it looks clean and well taken care of. I have enough scuffed helis I can easily spot a "worn heli pretty quickly. Also will have at least 2 of the local guys there with me so it will be a definate process to look it over.
The blade CP of Jacki's....... I just went thru it with a fine tooth comb and can find no problems with it at all. I need to hover it for awhile and try to heat things up and see if it wants to go for another unscheduled launch. Bench testing showed all servos working normally with no stripped gears, Main and tail responding normally with no signs of glitching or wanting to run away. The 4 in 1 was taken apart and looked over with the helping hand magnifying glass and I see no discoloration or burnt spots anywhere on both ESC and Rx side. This is one true mystery. I held that TX in my hand myself and tried to cut the throttle, servos, as well as idle up. the only thing that worked was the idle up switch but the pitch wasn't working at that time........ (I had the throttle at low stick when switching) I am wondering now if there wasn't another "something" on the same channel that overpowered the stock TX output and took control of her heli. Bill had his Futaba 6EX there but his TX was shut off.
The mystery continues...................


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Of all the things I ever lost....................................... I miss my mind the most!