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 Andy and Kyna at Assurance.  I finally got one last week and slapped it together but now there seems to be a shortage of .90 motors and pipes.  I live in the Los Angeles area and the only place I usually mail order from is Modefos Heli.  I had been calling all over L.A. and found that MTA Hobbies seems to have A TON of things in stock that no other stores around the country has in stock.  Looks like they even have 8717′s which are becoming scarce.  NO ONE has Spartan Gyros that I can find.  I used to just buy from them like crazy at fun-flys but it looks as if I am going to have to start mail ordering from them as well.

When I called Rosie at MTA on Saturday she said she had OS, YS and Align 91s In-Stock.  That’s insane.  I did find some 6 YS 91s down at Discount Hobby Warehouse in San Diego and 1 Align motor at Robin’s Hobby in Glendale, CA.  Robin’s is only selling their 91 with a T-Rex 700 that they have sitting there as well.

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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 this thing is called a “Hi-Flier 50″ as per the wordings on the canopy…

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This is something I always wanted to see. Head to Head heli battle. I hate filming two helicopters in the air together. This was an awesome show between Alan Szabo and Lukas Riva.

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A modified Vibe 90 by Scott Gray.  Lots of changes that I can see.  Nice red and black anodizing combination.  Fuel tank has been shifted to the rear.  Crown gear type tail drive have been replaced with the split gear type and it now spots a open type tail case at the rear.  CCPM mixing arms have been re-positioned, but it still retains the 135 degree CCPM mixing.  I can see modification to the head too.  Overall, I would say its a very neat and “modern” design.

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The Align T-Rex 700 uses a pair of clutch bell mounted magnets for the governor sensor instead of the usual fan mounted magnets.  It will be fine if you are running the Align governor included in the box, but if are like me, you opted for another governor, you will need a bit of work to fit the governor sensor in.  This mod will work for governors like, Throttle Jockey Series, ATG, GV-1 and a whole bunch of others.

All you need is:

• 1x 30/50size sensor mount (do take note that some 50 sizers are actually using the 90 size sensor mount, we need a real 30/50 one.)
• 1x Small saw
• 1x sensor
• Some shrink wraps and cable tie.
• Some C.A, i.e superglue

1. Prepare/Cut the bracket to size.

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Align has come out with a 90 size muffler for their 90 size engines, which means these will work with the OS SZ and HZ series as well. YS flyers are out of luck for the time being.  To this date, there is no mention of a version for the YS muffler mount type. At 318mm and 260g, its definately a big pipe.  In comparison, a MP5-90 with the header is only 229g, but thats a much short pipe. 

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This is a very well known video made famous because of the now loved “crack moves.” 

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This is really one of my favorite video (that I didn’t produce.) Props to the producer http://www.rchelispot.com. I think I gotta remix this one up during IRCHA 2008 this year.

Check out “Texas Style!”

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Saw these on Archeli forum.  This is the Kasama 90 size heli flown by Mahamontree from Thailand in the 3D Masters.  Gotta say its bling to the max.  Very interesting servo layout.  Pretty weird skid design.  Some areas appear to have been design with lots of thoughts and detail, but it seems a bit overly complicated to me . In case anyone is interested, those yellow/red blades are rotor tech blades.  Tons of photos of this thing by clicking the link below.

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The RCE G600 Governor comes standard with the 700N kit. It is also available as an option for a budget governor.

Lets take a look at the governor…
It comes with a very small sensor mount that is a perfect fit for a 700N. It should work well for other helicopters that are using clutch bell mounted magnets. With a small mod of changing the connector, the sensor can work with other governors like Throttle Jockey series and ATG.

Size comparison with ATG V3

Not too long ago, Chance on the Align forum did a Governor gain vs actual rpm for the G600 on JR PCM, Futaba 1024 and Futaba G3 tx/rx. I have done a tiny bit of translation from the original chinese version to english. [ click here to see videos, photos & rest of story ]

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Its has been released to the mass market, which means you can now buy a OS 91HZ in a OS box with the OS label, instead of the Align version. 

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Visted the Circle City Flyers field this weekeend and caught up with a much improved version of Mr. Tim ‘The Hurricane’ Jones from Simi Valley California.  He was out there destroying (not literally) his T-Rex 700.  A must see video.  Its HUGE so download it.  Streaming might be hard.

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More upgrades. The Elevator A-Arm converts the elevator control arm on the 600N to something like the 700N, removing the need of a anti-rotation bracket. The new swash is suppose to be lighter and more precise.  

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The Japaneses have always been crazy about their engines, trying to squeeze out the maximum power from minimum capacity. It seems they have applied that to the OS-50 hyper. R/C engine tuning house and aftermarket parts manufacturer, M-Speed, has been selling two types of very modified OS-50 hyper.

Lets start with the more affordable variant at around $250.00.

“OS 50 SX-H Reformed”

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Turbulence 3D, Freya EVO OP II, EVO 50 SWM OP

Hirobo has announced 3 new helicopters in their line-up. One is a totally new model with the other two being new variants. It appears that Hirobo might be jumping into the ECCPM system (or what Hirobo calls SWM) because all of them are only offered in CCPM flavor.

Turbulence 3D

Now everyone can own the model that placed first in XFC 2008 and runner up in 3D masters 2008.  Don’t expect it to be cheap, because its the top of the line 3D heli from Hirobo. A totally new design.  Lovely frame with low mounted boom.  Rotor head designed with 3D in mind, giving a good collective and cyclic pitch range.  Canopy doesn’t seem to look as good as other hirobo helis, or perhaps its just me.

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