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I discovered a bit more crash damage this evening. I was giving the heli a 'once-over' and noticed that one swash to grip arm link rod was adjusted quite a bit longer than the other. Despite the links being different lengths the tracking was correct, this didn't seem right. On investigation i...

Something must be out of alignment. Can you take some photos and post them up?

Here's the video from today. The fourth flight was better but the Video cam battery crapped out half way through: https://youtu.be/Orkno0FhurQ

It's uploading as I type. It's pretty boring to be honest, but pretty boring was exactly what i was hoping for under the circumstances. I had enough 'excitement' last time out!

The cow pats should make for a soft landing, if in trouble aim for one! I'm just back from the field and happy to report 4 flights on the 700X with no problems at all, she's flying perfectly. Whatever the problem that caused the crash it looks like it's fixed. The Lemon Rx diversity sats...

What about a flying wing, something like:

Thanks Rodney, The lemon sats do indeed bind to a normal Spektrum tx in exactly the same way as a standard Spektrum sat. One would be enough for most if not all helis because you can route the two intenna to different locations, but i figured two sats and four antenna is even better. The...

So that's my 700X rebuilt, set up and ready to go. The changes I've made to prevent a recurrence of the problems I had last time are: Swapped out the FBL for another Vbar Silverline Swapped the two Spektrum satellites for two Lemon Rx diversity satellites. Added two 4700uf capacitors to...

I guess a foam plane but I'll need something to go on to get any closer... Come on give us a clue!

I was just checking my GoPro clone camera and found a still shot I'd taken on the day of the maiden:

I have a fair number of such tools from my balsa modelling days, they come in useful for sure. So I'm now the proud owner of two Trex 700X's.. Well i suppose to be more accurate maybe 1 3/4 .. My spare airframe arrived today, it's all mint and clearly the seller wasn't lying when he said that...

It definitely is a hobbying ESC. Align have two re-labelled hobbywing ESC's in their new helis, the 100A one that comes with the 550L and the 130A HV that comes with the 700X.. I programmed one of the 130A versions with a Hobbywing 3 in 1 box last week and installed the latest hobbywing...

I have the larger 130A HV version in my trex 700X, default settings are ok, BEC voltage was set to 7.4V by default. As standard it will most likely come with 'Governor ELF' enabled, I always change this to 'Governor Store' so it doesn't have to calibrate on each spoolup but that's not essential...

The thing that it's mounted to is a pin vice (Google it) its a hand tool for holding small drills for fine modelling work. It has a collet type jaw which clamps on the threaded part of the ball. It actually worked better than any of the 'real' ball reamers I've owned.

Also do yourself a favour. When you are learning you need lots of room. Don't fly in basements and near garden 'furniture' like treehouses, or anything else other than the ground that you might crash into. Flying helis is hard enough without adding an obstacle course to the mix, you need a wide...

I've still not got my donor airframe so i cant make much progress with my repairs but I have swapped out the FBL for another Vbar. I also reamed out the ball links as they were all on the tight side. I didnt have the correct size ball reamer (4.7mm) so i made my own by mounting a spare ball in a...

Don't take the following points the wrong way, I like the 600 a lot, it's still one of my favourite helis despite having more 'exotic' helis in my fleet. ... But focussing on the things that sometimes get criticised: Low tail gear ratio meaning that tail hold is weak unless you run screaming...

Yeah, i love my 600 Pro.. the design has a few little 'quirks' but it a good heli. As standard it's optimised for very high headspeed which might not suit everyone but you can fix that.

Well spotted, to be honest I'm not 100% sure which shim I put in mine. There was a bit of play so I grabbed one that looked 'about right' and it fitted perfectly leaving no discernible play, I guessed at 0.5mm but it may have been thicker. I started getting by 700X ready for the arrival of the...

Some more flying today, nothing new but no accidents either! Agile 7.2 https://youtu.be/s-4ZVLC5xRY Goblin 770 https://youtu.be/SEICbJa8b7I Goblin 630 https://youtu.be/okpimsqaLu4