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In the US you can order it directly from KDE Direct, in stock and ready to ship.
In the UK and Europe you can order it from Fast Lad Performance, in stock and ready to ship.
KDE Direct has released a handful of pictures of their Align T-Rex 700 electric conversion. The conversion kit consists of three aluminum pieces and is in final production now due to ship by the end of the week.
The pieces included in the conversion kit include an aluminum bottom tray that replaces the stock frame stiffeners and carbon fiber bottom plate, modified aluminum front battery tray / electronics mount, and an aluminum electric motor mount with 4-screw motor mounting.
As you can see KDE Direct has settled on one battery in the front up high, and one battery in the back down low. According to KDE they tested several different battery CG configurations, and decided this setup was the best balance between smooth stable flying and 3D performance.
The KDE lower tray will certainly add some rigidity to this area and hopefully in the event of a crash protect the frames more then stock stiffeners.
As mentioned, the motor mount included in the KDE electric conversion deploys a 4-screw mounting system. The idea is the power these electric motors are producing are actually flexing the motor mount with only 2 screws. KDE feels the 4 screws will decrease or eliminate flex in this area.
Note the modified tray design that eliminates the lower portion where the throttle servo is located in the stock nitro kit. The idea is less weight by decreasing the size of the tray, but more importantly allowing for the front battery to be mounted up higher for optimal CG.
To purchase your own KDE Direct conversion kit you can buy one direct from KDE or one of many online retailers including Ready Heli and Experience RC.
looks like a nice big Faraday cage under the rx…