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You toasted that ESC good Neil! I blew a YEP 120A once but I didn't do nearly as good a job as you did! As for the ramp up between headspeeds. I've never really noticed an issue but one way to soften the change between headspeeds is by reducing the 'servo speed' on the throttle channel. You can...

so I picked up the 700 Speed. It's in mint condition, I'll be cracking on with checking it over and installing electronics next week:

Rob, previous RC experience certainly helps. The planes and quads in particular should make the process easier. I started on helis after many years with planes and found it reasonably straightforward, but a lot depends on if you use rudder when you fly your planes. With helis you need to use...

That (loose screws) is not uncommon with Align helis. As you will know Tony, many parts with Align helis come as sub assemblies but only loosely assembled. This is a good idea because it makes it easy to see how it all goes together and it saves you searching through bags of screws for the...

I'll hopefully pick this heli up this coming Saturday, it means a long road trip but i'm combining it with a visit to my parents. Fingers crossed it's in the condition that the seller advertised, which other than looking very dusty is pretty much 'as-new'. It's always a dilemma when buying a...

Hi Robudda, Welcome onboard! That sounds like a good learning plan. It's best to take learning to fly (especially learning to fly helis) in baby steps, getting over confident usually ends badly. I'm sure the guys here will be able to assist you on the journey. If you do have a setback it's best...

Hi OxThorxO, Welcome to the site, I'm sure you will find lots of good advice here. So exactly what type of RC are you interested in... planes, helis, cars, boats.. ?

Thanks Chris, logic was telling me that the chance of it being the same guy was remote but this confirms it's not your guy. As for the agility question on the 800... I have a Goblin 770 and I notice the same thing, it's super smooth and stable but when it comes to manoeuvres that need 'snappy'...

Looks like she's flying nicely Chris, good work in getting it sorted out. It's a shame that there are these scammers in the hobby miss-selling helis. You have made me nervous because I'm due to collect a second hand heli on Saturday, the guy I'm buying from seems very genuine though. Hopefully...

I had ok results with V4.0 software, but V5.0 didn't work for me, the head gains were much too low. There was a tail issue with v4.0 (slow/lazy wag) but it was easy to fix by reducing 'rudder locking gain' from the default of 70 to about 40 or so. V5.0 couldn't be fixed, head gain was too low...

If your transmitters have a removable RF module plugged into the back then it's a simple 'plug and play' exercise of buying and slotting in a 2.4GHz module. Hobbyking do such modules for Futaba and for JR using the Spektrum DSM2/DSMX protocol. This is the Futaba one: OrangeRX Switchable 2.4GHz...

EDIT... sorry, i just checked and the Align 850MX was sold earlier today. He prices stuff to sell so you always need to be quick.

He's selling it on one of the UK forums (RCheliaddict.co.uk). I think you need to be registered to see the classifieds, but if you were interested I can forward your contact details to him and he could get in touch. This guy builds and sells an enormous number of helis. He just likes to keep...

I hate them.. Their mad skills just makes me realise that my flying sucks. This one makes me feel much better about myself: :biglaugh:

So the addiction continues. My latest large heli fix is to be a Goblin 700 Speed. It's a second hand but unflown airframe. I've done the deal but wont be collecting it for a week or so, but here's a picture: Build spec will be 'the stuff I have spare': Servos: Align DS820M/825M HV...

Sorry for delay in replying. Yes the 4035 is at the smaller end of the range but should still work fine for sports flying. I use one in my Goblin 630 which has 770mm blades fitted, so not far from a 700 and it works great in that heli, though they do run quite hot. 500Kv is fine, the Goblin has...

A sat will support whatever number of channels the Tx puts out, so no worries on that score. If using a single sat I'd personally go with one of the Lemon Rx diversity sats. They are in effect two set receivers built into one, the sat automatically selects the antenna that's receiving the...

I fly back to back, only let it rest for the time it takes to swap batteries and I've never damaged a motor or ESC yet. I have temperature logging on some of my helis and the trend you see is that the motor heats up quite quickly, then reaches an equilibrium and stabilises. So once you have...

Nice example of RC hobbyists working together for the common good (not!)