Helidirect has produced some cool looking yellow G-10 Frames for your T-Rex 450 pro and 250 helicopters.

Will be available at the end of January.
Source: HeliDirect

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Looks like Align is testing the FL760 gyro or some variant on their 250 and 450 size helicopters.  Look like paddle manufacturers may be going out of business soon.  Here is a spy shot of those helis here at Align central.  Notice the 450 has what appears to be a FL760 control unit on the [...]

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Dynam RC just recently released a picture of their next electric heli, the E-Razor 500!

Specifications:

Main rotor diameter: 951.5mm
Tail rotor diameter: 191mm
Length without main blades: 900mm
Length with main blades: 1115.7mm
Main blades length: 425mm
Overall height: 278mm
Motor: 800KV, 1100W
Main blade size: 430mm FRP included
Weight: 1560g all-up-weight (AUW) with a 6s lipo 2500mAh

The frame design appears to be similar [...]

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Announced today on Align’s web site are two scale canopy designs for the Trex 250 electric heli.  The first is the very popular Huges 500E, and the second is a F3C “super gracy” style canopy.  Of each style canopy Align is offering two color combos to pick from.

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To all of you T-Rex 250 owners out there Canomod has just released a batch of canopies for the Align T-Rex 250 and they look great!  If you want to fly in style, then Canomod is the way to go!

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Align has released metal tail rotor control arms for the Trex 250-600! This will eliminate the flexing under extreme forces unlike it’s plastic counterpart. This will be a must have for all of you Trex 250 owners dealing with the dreaded tail wag issue.
These should hit the stores soon so keep an eye out!

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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 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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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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Here are two videos of Bert Kammerer flying Align’s new T-Rex 250.

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Video of someone flying the new T-Rex 250 in an extremely confined space.
 

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Saw the link to this video on the Align forum. Pardon the bad video skill. This video really does show that this baby-mirco T-rex can 3D pretty well when in the correct pair of hands.

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Pre-orders for the baby T-rex is open now in the Align Forum. All pre-orders will come with an extra bonus painted glass canopy for the T-rex 250 and customers who pre-order now will be assured of top priority in the list. The current RRP is slightly over US$200 for the combo with esc and motor, which is a good deal considering that [...]

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Align will be releasing the RRP for the T-rex 250 next week. There will be two available deal-Kit and combo. The combo package will come with 3x cyclic servos(DS410) and 1x rudder servo(DS420). Both packages will come with motor and ESC. The DS410 are rated at 0.07s @6v while the DS 420 is rated at 0.05s @6v, [...]

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I found some more images of the new T-Rex 250. These are of the production version. Unfortunately it seems like Align decided to make the canopy look a lot like the 700’s.

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I found an information/picture montage of the new Align T-Rex 250 today while searching youtube. If you do not like scrolling through mounds of text, this video may be for you. I also added a flight video to showcase it’s 3d performance.

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One video and more photos of the Align T-Rex 250 have been uploaded on the Align Forum.  Can you spot the baby T-Rex?  To think that we thought the 450 class was small…

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[ courtesy of the Align Forum. click HERE to go to align forum ]

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It seems test flight has started…a handful of photos off the Align, Taiwan Forum…

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This thing is getting close and close to test flights…at the rate Align is going, there might be a chance of seeing this in hobby shops before Christmas, of course, that is just my speculation.
Size comparsion of the rotor head and tail rotor and boom with the 700N swashplate.
 

This is really a tiny, pocket sized [...]

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Yet another heli from align in the planning. According to the Align rep on their forum, it will be ready for flight testing next month.

Spec (Subject to changes)
Length 425~430MM
Height 155MM
Main rotor diameter 445~455MM
Main Blade length 200~205MM
Motor 250L
Battery 7.4~11.1V
This is going to be one tiny flying heli. The landing skid in the last photo has been [...]

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