The original X-50 has been out for more than a year. Along the way, upgrades/updates like the tail rudder control rod, 3mm flybar conversion, 8mm spindle main rotor and helical gears were released. This latest kit revision, the 2009 Version, includes some of the more essential updates and upgrades, in addition to the 2008 kit revision. The 2008 kit revision [...]

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Just saw these on the Align website. 600D, 600mm length, 55mm width and 12mm root main blades. Available in Carbon Fiber and Fiber Glass. Not cheap for the price, considering that they are from Align. Not sure if the posted weight of the blades are typo, coz they are really light, with the CF coming [...]

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Have you been stripping those soft, cheap and badly made Align button head collar screws on your 700N main frame? Have you been looking for an alternative for it, but can’t find any better alternative to those odd-sized screws? It seems Liron from Israel has a decent solution-washers with machined collar.

Prices are really reasonable and [...]

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My el cheapo computer PSU converted power supply for my charger died on me more than a while ago. While searching around for a decent replacement, I found a few options, some recommended but really expensive ones and some that are affordable but relatively unknown. Eventually, I settled for a cheap chargery 12v 12A PSU, which is essentially a [...]

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In this short review, I will be comparing the Curtis Youngblood Enterprise(CYE) Radix 710mm SB edition and the RotorTech(RT) 690mm aeroflat’s. The RT’s that I am reviewing are the “Asia edition”, which has similar specs and tip, but very different art design from the “US version”. I don’t know if there are other non-visible differences, but since I [...]

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Some might have read the article I did two weeks back on the Raptor 50 Xtreme edition…Somehow, it got lost in the server upgrade process and so I did a repost of the article HERE.
In any case, I have continued on with the little project and finally have got everything sorted out. For those the busy ones who just [...]

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Its been more more than 2 years since the last decal change(Titan) and I guess its about time for a NEW raptor decal because these photos were spotted off a reliable R/C heli forum. Fret not, this time round the raptor has been REBORN with a sparkling new fully programmable Rotor head. Gone is the [...]

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The Realflight G4.5 update have been out for a while. Just got mine updated a few days ago and it was a big file at almost 1gigabyte. As with previous upgrades, most of the changes are more on the visual and sound effect, rather than the physics or “realness” of the flight. However, I did discover a [...]

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