Thanks for the compliment, Spiros and j.
To answer the question j., it would be kind of "yes" to both "assumptions" ... It kind of started as a stock BOL, but considering that most of it is NOT stock anymore, it is kind of like a scratch build. And there are a few things that need to be done in preparation for the conversion ...
... but to sum it up Spiros said it in a way you cannot say it much better: "In modding a BOL, your only limitation is your imagination"
(another example for this: a friend of mine actually flies a BOLthat has been fitted with a special gadget to enable him to fly 4s batteries ... and he does this with Xtreme380XS motors ... this is the most powerful BOL - as far as brushed motors are concerned - that I have seen up to date ...
And j., I documented the making of the Blue BOL in a seperate BOL thread on my blog on RCGroups.com (go there, search for erdnuckel2 and click my name ... or use simons link [thanks simon!])
Anyway, to get from the blue one to the red one was actually a question of less than 10 minutes ... If all parts are already prepared it can actually be done in less than 2min ...
The only problem is, you will not be able to find all the parts at one place ... it took me a while to gather them (from China, Germany and the US) but I also feel like it was worth while. I will however also admit, this comes with a price ... literally. (I doubt there are many people who would buy a heli like this as a complete item ... at least a CoAx anyway ...)
I may put the build process on my blog once more detailed to the t, mainly from a cost perspective and with alternatives that I consider a decent option to the expensive "original" ... but that may take a few days or so ... depending on what work will tell me the remainder of the week ...
And j, one more thing in which most guys on here would surely agree: it is - even more so if you are relatively new to helis/coaxes - always a good idea to change/mod only one thing at a time ... this way it is a lot easier to zoom in on what is most likely the cause for a problem if the heli "behaves" worse after a mod than before ...
