I just know that some of you are also flying the 4#3B around your living room, too (so do I). One of the biggest gripes with this bird was the brushed motor - sometimes, it did not last for even 10 flights. Now, Walkera has two upgrade accessories mentioned on the 4#3B page: a BL [...]

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Bert did it again: he flew the T-Rex 250 - this time using Align’s new carbon fiber blades and the 16 tooth pinion. The only thing I’d like to add would be: “wow” — and answering the question Bert posted on his site, “New T-Rex 250 videos with CF blades, insane power?”, I’d go for [...]

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“The one and only multi-platform RC heli simulator”.
This could be the slogan for this sim. This release of a new simulator version comes in handy - for the season with the nastier flying conditions. Heli-X used to be a freeware (*), Java-based simulator which most users found far more convincing than FMS (some, however, said that flying Heli-X [...]

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The guys over at the German heli shop Freakware.de did some great research on the minor tail oscillations that some reported on the new T-Rex 250.

These oscillations (which can also be observed on some of the online videos) can not be resolved by:

a different gyro
shortening the blades
different mounting points of the gyro
adding weights to the [...]

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These have been floating around several forums for quite a while. Gaui has them on their web page:
 
The TG-609 VTOL and TG-47 Chinook scale models. Now, several photos have surfaced however…
…(some from the IRCHA, btw) indicating that a release should be imminent - at least for the TG-47. See this pic:

…the text says: “Coming December”. [...]

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Although some thought that such a tiny bird will not really a big hit on the market - it actually is! Over here in ol’ Europe, some shops (and lucky ones) received the first combo kits. UK-based Heli Guy was proud to report that they have the Combos (the kit plus the servos) in stock.

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