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  1. Smoggie

    450 T-rex 470lm Is It A Good One..

    Yes, they are just MSH Brain FBL controllers with a red case and different label.
  2. Smoggie

    450 T-rex 470lm Is It A Good One..

    The Spirit Pro or Brain/ikon have ports for 2 sats which work fine, but to be honest there is a better option these days. The Spektrum SPM4649T serial receiver is the way to go. That connects by single line to the FBL and gives you antenna diversity and built in telemetry. You can in addition...
  3. Smoggie

    450 T-rex 470lm Is It A Good One..

    I'm not really a fan of the Microbeast either to be honest but some really like them and they seem to fly well enough. My favourite is the Spirit which can be programmed from PC or from your phone by Bluetooth or now directly from your Tx screen it's got rescue and stability options to and...
  4. Smoggie

    450 T-rex 470lm Is It A Good One..

    The Trex 470 comes with a BeastX 'Microbeast Pus' flybarless controller but you still need a receiver.
  5. Smoggie

    450 T-rex 470lm Is It A Good One..

    If you like the Goblin 380 but dont like the price there is always the ALZRC Devil 380.. Just as good quality even if it is a clone, great value in the 'Super Combo' version which comes with all you need except Tx, Rx and battery: Devil 380 Silver Super Combo Kit - Drones | RC Helicopters Or a...
  6. Smoggie

    I Need Your Help, Seriously!

    Done, good luck with attracting subscribers. It's hard to figure out what Youtube's game plan is here. Surely they are losing money on this too?
  7. Smoggie

    450 T-rex 470lm Is It A Good One..

    Yeah, the SPM4649T will work fine with your DX9 and send telemetry data such as receiver voltage and signal strength back to the Tx. With some flybarless units such as the Brain2 or Spirit you can get full integration, so that you can do all your flybarless programming from your Tx screen.. But...
  8. Smoggie

    450 T-rex 470lm Is It A Good One..

    The LM does have more 'bling' but the LP performs just as well. Hopefully the LP will come back in stock soon. For the receiver there are choices A satellite receiver, which would need a beastX satellite receiver adapter cable and a Lemon Rx diversity satellite. An SRXL serial receiver such as...
  9. Smoggie

    450 T-rex 470lm Is It A Good One..

    Yes the Trex 470 gets great review (I dont have one myself). You could also look at the 'LP' version which is the same heli but just with some plastic parts where the LM has metal.. They both fly exactly the same but the LP is a fair bit cheaper. The DX9 is a good Tx, cant go wrong there.
  10. Smoggie

    500 My Next Helicopter

    In my opinion the Blade 500 is pretty much worthless if you cant get spares. Due to the nature of the hobby you will need spare parts probably sooner rather than later. Try checking the spares situation for yourself but as i understand it critical parts like the main gear simply are not...
  11. Smoggie

    General A New Direction In Helis

    Fully agree with the advice to avoid 'cheap' clones. However the ALZRC Devil range are not like traditional cheap clones. They are actually top quality, every bit as good as the Goblin helis they are copied from and in some aspects arguably better. You could do the whole lot for not far off your...
  12. Smoggie

    500 My Next Helicopter

    Nice heli, but a big word of caution.. The Blade 500 was discontinued a few years ago and is no longer supported with spare parts. From all that i read the main gears are a particular problem. Apparently they aren't available anywhere in the world and gears from other helis are not compatible...
  13. Smoggie

    General A New Direction In Helis

    There are a lot of choices out there. if you dont object to 'clones' the the ALZRC devil 380 or devil 420 (Goblin clones) are amazing value. You could get the full 'super combo' package for your $500 budget and ALZRC have a US dealer so you don't need to order from overseas. These helis are a...
  14. Smoggie

    Spektrum Ar7700 Questions

    You cant connect 18 channels direct to the AR7700 because it simply doesn't have enough connections. You would have to use the SRXL serial output into a flight controller or other device that supports SRXL.
  15. Smoggie

    General Pitch Gauge

    Yeah, it looks the same as the Align one. The Align gauge is ok and works well enough but is quite sensitive to even the tiniest vibration so the digits tend to hunt slightly. You maybe just got a bad one, that can happen with any brand.
  16. Smoggie

    Power Supply's Dell Poweredge 2850 Mod

    The modifications will be similar but not necessarily identical. I found this pin out photo showing what pins need connecting:
  17. Smoggie

    Other Lemon Rx Satellite Pinout

    Diversity sats have two independent antenna and the sat selects whichever one is receiving the strongest signal. A standard sat has only a single antenna, the two 'whiskers' you see on a standard sat are just two ends of a single dipole antenna. The wiring is the same on both but it's rarelky...
  18. Smoggie

    600 Murphy's Back On The Bench!!!

    Nitros do tend to attract dust. They get covered in a film of oil which is like a dust magnet.. and after a while it sets like concrete! Good luck with the overhaul, cant wait to hear that motor scream!
  19. Smoggie

    General Beefing Up The New 'eggshell' Trex Canopies

    Mine is the 700X too. The canopy is one of the optional colour schemes which does look quite like the 760X. I'd like to try the 760X one of these days but i have too many big helis already!
  20. Smoggie

    General Beefing Up The New 'eggshell' Trex Canopies

    That's good to hear, there did seem to be a problem at first but I seem to have fixed it.
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