HI Y'ALL out there in FREEZER LAND ...
This is ole Rick. Just returned from a 300m trip up to Dallas. YES < JIM > I did go to the field to TEST the TREX VIC fixed for me AND "BIG EVENT" the AXE 400.!!!!!!!!
Only Me and My Friend went to MIKE"S Hobby SHop there in DALLAS, where they offer an INDOOR HELIPORT, frequented by all the Heli Experts in the area. AND I HAD A BALL !
Two days of FULL SUNSHINE, 50F wind at 5 to 10mph..... Indoors, everything you could want to see. Two Experts took over helping me. After setting up and checking everything
they proclaimed : that the TREX that Crash fixed is the ;;;""""" BEST FLYING TREX """"" ;;; they have used in a long time INCLUDING the Better Version: the SE which includes
a CF frame and METAL PARTS..... it hovered, it spun, it pirouetted everything but no inverted....I preferred to KNOW that it is good enough for me to practice my baby-steps.
Then : THE AXE 400.....out of the box, Xcept for a tiny run I gave it to see if it lights up and runs. Looked OK only the throttle startled me a wee bit.
When they were DONE with the flying, a bunch gathered because they KNEW it was out of the box and the remarks were that it went PERFECT, and right out of the box.
Then I HOVERED IT also, and it feel really really comfortable.
Then one of the Xpert Helpers brought his own TREX inside to fly......Only this T-REX is a HUGHES 500 SCALER with Nav and position lights. He claims this fuse is VERY EASY to install
and the TREX handles the flying with no problems. It was a POEM just to watch this flying, so of course I HAD TO GET ONE FOR MYSELF .. ! so : I DID, and the pics show it. One can
clearly see the quality and the STRENGTH of this fuse. by the LANDING GEARS......if you break THIS gear, chances are nothing else is worth saving. The installation is very well thought
out, there is a wood-tray pre - installed, the skids are permanent, then slide the whole HELI in from the front, 2 bolts to hold the frame, and a speciall support holds the boom. The only
difficulty for ME would be that the TAIL BOX has to be removed/ reinstalled to make it go through the fuselage. WIll cross that bridge when I get to it. I STILL CAN'T FLY A HELI . [>:]
Once I am able to get out of just HOVERING I will install this body in one of the TREX s....... I wished I had camera and CamCorder because the TREX HUGHES in Flight takes one's
breath away. I am a SUCKER for SCALE in everything I do. so there : for the future. NOW I really have to learn to fly....DARN.
I was also returned a 1/4 scale biplane that has the FourSTroke Four Cylinder OS PEGASUS engine in it..... In the Spring I will post a movie of that plane in flight. It is OOOWWWEEESOME !!!
Did 288 miles in 3 1/4 hours. The hiway is clear, just set CRUISE at 75 and took the best ride ever. Not a cloud in the sky, it was great.
< JIM WNUK> ALMOSTO FORGOT to say that the TURNIGY CHARGER was commented upon by the group of Experts in Dallas....they were VERY IMPRESSED. They have a SIMILAR ONE
but they claim they paid $ 200.00 for that one, so the price impressed them.......The programming windows are exact duplicates so they must be the same. Except only the cases are different.
p.s : I ALSO hovered the new AXE 400 and felt VERY COMFORTABLE with it also.
Back in the house, have household chores, but will continue checking for msgs......Glad to be BAAAACK ( like a gremlin ! HA ! )