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07-26-2011, 03:24 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,145
Posted By joe_crash

RE: Another Demon ready to fly AND CRASHED

Now that looks fast just sitting still! I'm an electric guy - so my obvious question is how easily could it be converted to electric? And I don't know much at all about i.c. engines - what kind of...
07-26-2011, 03:22 AM
Replies: 121
Views: 28,241
Posted By joe_crash

RE: Nemesis NXT electro by air-c-race.de

Hmmmm.... I don't really see how you're going to mount an electric motor in their either - front mount? To what? Same for rear ....
Forum: Kit Building
12-23-2010, 10:33 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,086
Posted By joe_crash

RE: Mark Rittenger's Quadzilla

OK, does anyone have Mark's email address?I did a google search for "Mark Rittenger" which led me to his web page where it says you may order plans from, Mark writes "email me" but doesn't include...
Forum: Kit Building
12-23-2010, 09:32 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,086
Posted By joe_crash

Mark Rittenger's Quadzilla

Has anyone seen or knows if they were even published, the plans for Mark Rittenger's 4 speed motor Quadzilla?I've only ever seen a very small article in MAN, and it said there he was going to publish...
12-21-2010, 05:25 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,978
Posted By joe_crash

RE: SHEAR STRENGTH of NYLON WING BOLT on NEXSTAr

I crashed the exact same plane, with the exact same results, about 6 months ago. I thought it likely that I would crash again, so rather than reinstalling that bulkhead for the nylon wing bolt, I...
Forum: Kit Building
12-13-2010, 07:21 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,301
Posted By joe_crash

RE: Uravitch T-28 Trojan?

Well, that sounds like good news - maybe the fellow's poor ply was a isolated incident. I am just finishing my first kit of the winter - from Stevens Aeromodel - the wood is excellent, order time is...
Forum: T-Rex heli
12-13-2010, 07:11 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,270
Posted By joe_crash

RE: parts for 450 clone and 500 clone

Hey, don't get me wrong - I wasn't knocing their customer service nor their inventory - just relating one experience with them. I'm sure they'd have answered any question I'd have had. I will go out...
Forum: T-Rex heli
12-13-2010, 04:40 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,270
Posted By joe_crash

RE: parts for 450 clone and 500 clone

Thatmay have been the case, had it not occured in August. And regardless of what time of year it occured, my point was that every other vendor filled, shipped, and I received those ordera a week...
Forum: T-Rex heli
12-12-2010, 06:51 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,270
Posted By joe_crash

RE: parts for 450 clone and 500 clone

I've ordered some parts from them before. While Iwas getting parts together, to get my 450 pro back in the air Ialso ordered from several other vendors, all the same day. One of them was located in...
Forum: Kit Building
12-10-2010, 06:14 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,301
Posted By joe_crash

RE: Uravitch T-28 Trojan?

Thanks for the warning! I haven't decided which one (between the T-28 and the Bronco OV-10) I am going to go with. So now Ihave 2 decisions, which one to build and where to get it from. though Idid...
Forum: Kit Building
12-09-2010, 08:59 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,301
Posted By joe_crash

Uravitch T-28 Trojan?

I was wondering if anyone had seen or built Rich Uravitch's T-28 Trojan - the short kt is sold by Hobby Hanger, and Rch sells the plans and plastic. Any feedback on the Hobby Hanger's Laser cut kits ...
Forum: T-Rex heli
12-05-2010, 04:31 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,518
Posted By joe_crash

RE: Rudder pushrod in Trex 450 PRO

Problem solved. Both Madphil and chunkyplunker are correct. I didn't have the tail boom seated correctly, and I didn't have the ends of the pushrods unscrewed to the proper setting. And, yes, the...
Forum: T-Rex heli
12-05-2010, 03:52 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,518
Posted By joe_crash

RE: Rudder pushrod in Trex 450 PRO

Whoops, my mistake. I simply had not seated the boom enough. A few screws loosened, a little push, and all is well.
Forum: T-Rex heli
12-05-2010, 02:04 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,518
Posted By joe_crash

Rudder pushrod in Trex 450 PRO

It seems that I am constantly "almost" finished putting together this bird! I discovered I didn't have a rudder pushrod for this, and went to a hobby store and bought an offical Align Trex 450 PRO...
Forum: T-Rex heli
12-02-2010, 07:44 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 579
Posted By joe_crash

RE: Can someone show me how they ran wires 4 their trex PRO?

Great!I can't wait to see them - I'm really looking forward to getting this in the air. I've seen the PRO on the internet - a Horizon Hobby build video (which didn't actually show them building...
Forum: T-Rex heli
12-02-2010, 10:58 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 579
Posted By joe_crash

Can someone show me how they ran wires 4 their trex PRO?

I almost have it back together... now if Icould only decide where to run the wires and still reach where they need to, w/o rubbing any moving parts. Can anyone show me how they ran the wires in their...
Forum: T-Rex heli
11-27-2010, 02:38 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,067
Posted By joe_crash

RE: Is it just me or .... Align frame hex screws

I actually had to cut one side of the frame off and replaced it with one from Heliproz, and new frame hex screws, only I don't know what I was thinking, because I ordered the screws again from...
Forum: T-Rex heli
11-20-2010, 12:30 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,067
Posted By joe_crash

RE: Is it just me or .... Align frame hex screws

<span style="color: #ff0000">Wow - I just re-read my earlier post - Idefinately need to use spell check more often. :)

I went to the HK site, to look at the 450 Fuses, just to see what they have....
Forum: T-Rex heli
11-20-2010, 11:05 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,067
Posted By joe_crash

RE: Is it just me or .... Align frame hex screws

That also sounds like a workable technique, but alas, my Dremel Cut off tool was too wide, or my hand too unsteady, to do that.

When I was at the hardware store I did notice a tool that is made...
Forum: T-Rex heli
11-18-2010, 08:57 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,067
Posted By joe_crash

RE: Is it just me or .... Align frame hex screws

Hey, thank you - I actually call the ones pictured allen keys also. "Hex Driver" - I don't know if Imade that up or how it was described in the EXI description of them. But, the EXI brand is pretty...
11-17-2010, 10:46 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 978
Posted By joe_crash

Balsa under Glass/Epoxy

Hello everyone,
I'm very new to this aspect of the hobby. Iwould like to glass either one of my foamies, or a all balsa bird, sand fill repeat, just to get that finish that looks so good in a...
Forum: T-Rex heli
11-17-2010, 10:40 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,753
Posted By joe_crash

Scale multi blade heads on 450?

The plan Ihave for the 450 Pro I am building now is to get a scale MD500 body and a 4 or 5 rotor head - I do not know which is factually correct on it, Iguess Iwill look it up.

Anyone have any...
Forum: T-Rex heli
11-17-2010, 10:35 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,067
Posted By joe_crash

RE: Is it just me or .... Align frame hex screws

Thanks to all who replied. I did try the heating trick - thanks for reminding me - that has worked in the past on other stubborn screws. Unfortunately not tonight though! So, since I did have one...
Forum: T-Rex heli
11-17-2010, 06:32 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,067
Posted By joe_crash

Is it just me or .... Align frame hex screws

Is it just me or has anyone else had problems with the Align Trex 450 frame hex screws stripping?I am rebuilding a 450 Pro, and have to take the frame apart to get the servos in, and almost all of...
Forum: T-Rex heli
11-14-2010, 07:22 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 829
Posted By joe_crash

RE: DS420 replacement parts?

Actually that Hobby Shop went out of business not that long after it opened, so my experience with them couldn't have been an isolated occurence.

Looks like I'll have to warm up my soldering iron,...
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