“It’s going down!”  October 10th, 11th & 12th.  Maybe not as BIG as IRCHA 2008 but its one of the largest fun-fly’s on the West Coast. Spectacular Noon-time Demos Manufacturers/Vendors on Site 8am til’ dusk Every Day Food Vendors on Saturday & Sunday Overnight Camping For more information contact Mitch Kahn mknla@juno.com (818) 708-9725 or [...]

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Got a Futaba 10C set this weekend. I got the 2.4 version, there is also a PCM version which comes with the 149DP rx that. This thing does not work with G3 PCM. To use pcm1024 on a 2.4 set, a PCM module from the 9C is required. I tried the pcm module off my old 9C and it [...]

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Presented and flown at IRCHA. This is a 500 size heli competing in the T-rex 500 dominated 500 size segment. According to compass model, the current stocks are all sold out and pre-orders for September batch is on a first come first serve basis. As with the current trend, this heli comes with pretty metal blings [...]

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Now showing on the Horizon Hobby site, is the Spektrum AR7100R Rev Limit RPM sensor and bracket assembly available separately. Currently not in stock (which is Horizon’s way of saying “not yet available”), the site shows availability by mid-September 2008.

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Spektrum has issued a product support bulletin for owners of their AR7100 and AR7100R  DSM2 receivers. They’ve apparently gotten a few reports of antenna wires becoming detached from the main receiver body.

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Align’s new 650L motor designed as a drop-in replacment for the T-Rex 600E and possibly as a standard motor on the new 600E Pro helicopter has been released to some of Align’s distributors. The new motor is currently available at Wattsuprc in Brisbane, Australia and boasts…

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Yes, photos of the real thing, not some autocad or 3d software rendering…which means…THIS THING IS FOR REAL!!! It is really tiny. Comparison with the 450 canopy. Really small.

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Nice MR video of Lukas Riva flying the Align T-Rex 700 at IRCHA 2008 with CRASH at the end. [ video courtesy of www.runryder.com ]

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No, the conversion isn’t by Align. Don’t think its commercially available yet. It is running on a Wrenn MP-44 powerplant. Definitely sound way different from our typical nitro hot rods.

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Now showing up on the HeliDirect website is a new offering from the folks over at Outrage RC. A new .50 sized nitro heli muffler designed to fit OS, YS and TT Redline .50 sized engines.

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MTA Hobbies not just a fun-fly vendor: Well I myself have been looking to get a T-Rex 700 ever since they released.  Of course I have been trying to give my advertisers the business before I give it to anyone else.  I have found it VERY hard to get a T-Rex 700, even DIRECT from [...]

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Surfacing just as IRCHA 2008 was wrapping up, an issue was discovered with the aileron wiring on the JR X9303 transmitter. Apparently, the wiring for the aileron gimbal is routed in such a way that it rubs on a chip on the 2.4GHz frequency module. After a short time, the insulation on the wires is [...]

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RCHeliResource, in our last quarterly meeting, discovered that a vast minority of our visitors are international.  Not sure if they are attempting to read our site in English or just look a the media we have decided to offer HUMAN translated pages for each and every post.   There are two approaches for this, (1) pay a [...]

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Where do these guys get the guts to do stuff like this.   A small video submitted to us of a “smart pilot” flying a T-Rex 500 in his hotel room.  Did we see this guy at IRCHA???

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These photos were posted on the 5irc forum. No info was posted except for “more details to follow..”. From the photos, it seems to be a very interesting and decently sound design. Common shaft A arm style CCPM system, very compact radio tray/servo arrangement and narrow profile main frame with a unique baseplate. I assume [...]

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