Admiral
Well-Known Member
About six months ago I tripped and fell on my DX9 on concrete causing considerable damage, while it was away being repaired I bought a used DX9 to cover. My logic was I can buy it for A$400 use it and sell it for about the same. However in the meantime Spektrum released the new iX12, the price of used DX9 fell dramatically, so for a while I used the second DX9 on the SIM but regretted having that much tied up on a SIM Tx.
Then on a local FB Forum a guy popped up wanting to sell a new un-finished Blade 550X or swap for a TX/RX, I offered him the DX9 which worked perfectly but had a bit of cosmetic damage, AR8000 X and TM1000. He agreed and the swap happened, all good, he is happy and I am delighted, I was unsure of the Blade 550X having owned a heap of Blade helicopters in the past, which all worked well but I considered too over priced and too plastic.
Well the 550X has impressed me with its quality, the head and tail are well machined alloy and the rest appears a quality finish, I know it is a discontinued model but most of the 600X parts are interchangeable.
The deal was Frame, Motor Main Blade BEC and tail blades, I have Batteries, AR7200BX, ESC & tail servo all I needed was cyclic servos, I have gone with Savox.
![550xa (Large).jpg 550xa (Large).jpg](https://www.rc-help.com/data/attachments/15/15824-313505c32aa1273e3b2fad6e7a5f0dc9.jpg)
Hopefully after loktiting all the screw and fitting the rest of the gear it will be ready to maiden in a couple of weeks .
Then on a local FB Forum a guy popped up wanting to sell a new un-finished Blade 550X or swap for a TX/RX, I offered him the DX9 which worked perfectly but had a bit of cosmetic damage, AR8000 X and TM1000. He agreed and the swap happened, all good, he is happy and I am delighted, I was unsure of the Blade 550X having owned a heap of Blade helicopters in the past, which all worked well but I considered too over priced and too plastic.
Well the 550X has impressed me with its quality, the head and tail are well machined alloy and the rest appears a quality finish, I know it is a discontinued model but most of the 600X parts are interchangeable.
The deal was Frame, Motor Main Blade BEC and tail blades, I have Batteries, AR7200BX, ESC & tail servo all I needed was cyclic servos, I have gone with Savox.
![550x (Large).jpg 550x (Large).jpg](https://www.rc-help.com/data/attachments/15/15816-b8b7cde935bc4ebcc78e648f6a4257a9.jpg)
![550x2 (Large).jpg 550x2 (Large).jpg](https://www.rc-help.com/data/attachments/15/15817-71ebc20e16cc375fb5ba8d983c28f7fc.jpg)
![550x4 (Large).jpg 550x4 (Large).jpg](https://www.rc-help.com/data/attachments/15/15818-7e85256285146a0617e9f43b665faf91.jpg)
![550x5 (Large).jpg 550x5 (Large).jpg](https://www.rc-help.com/data/attachments/15/15819-c46a0c5b52c76abadb3bc20cf441eb82.jpg)
![550x6 (Large).jpg 550x6 (Large).jpg](https://www.rc-help.com/data/attachments/15/15820-bfbaae472a68fdff71258e7843382be9.jpg)
![550x6a (Large).jpg 550x6a (Large).jpg](https://www.rc-help.com/data/attachments/15/15821-1e057d5d76cee0d005b4f72732403556.jpg)
![550x7 (Large).jpg 550x7 (Large).jpg](https://www.rc-help.com/data/attachments/15/15822-9e63c77f273792be9acd78dd5fc9020b.jpg)
![550x7a (Large).jpg 550x7a (Large).jpg](https://www.rc-help.com/data/attachments/15/15823-38289e1bd1988dd40abd731f69fc0b38.jpg)
![550xa (Large).jpg 550xa (Large).jpg](https://www.rc-help.com/data/attachments/15/15824-313505c32aa1273e3b2fad6e7a5f0dc9.jpg)
Hopefully after loktiting all the screw and fitting the rest of the gear it will be ready to maiden in a couple of weeks .