The good people at RC Mania have gathered a couple of photos of what appears to be a tail down Trex 500, more inside!

RC Mania picked up on this new lower tail setup for a Trex 500 in one of the usual Trex 700 prototype pics. It looks like Align is working on setting up [...]

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The Jigs Up soldering tool makes soldering connectors fast and easy (solder in seconds).

This is a great product for the guys that have a hard time soldering. It makes it easy to place your connections and get your tip where it needs to be. Great for a good solder joints, plus makes your solder flow [...]

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We check out KDE Direct’s new Align T-Rex 500 Tail Performance V2 Upgrade kit!

KDE Direct Align T-Rex 500 Performance Tail Upgrade V2 Review

KDE Direct produces high quality, machined aluminum upgrade parts for Align’s series of model helicopters. In this review we’ll be checking out their T-Rex 500 Performance Tail Upgrade V2 kit. The purpose of [...]

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Spotted at the 2009 Shanghai Model Exhibition, the Rush line of model helis…

Rush has several variants of electric models based on a 450 and 500-size airframe. The most stunning of them are the Fenestron tail equipped EC135.

Specifications :
Body length : 754mm
Main Blade length : 325mm – 330mm
Tail rotor diameter : 51mm x 7pcs
Overall width : [...]

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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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Mikado has announced that top pilot Daniel Jetschin has requested an immediate leave from Mikado

Translated from thier site: “Daniel Jetschin has the Mikado team at his own request with immediate effect leave.
We wish him for the future.
Ralf Buxnowitz
(20.07.2009) ” Thats all the information availible for now, we are not totally sure about the situation, but [...]

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G-Force has a new swash tool out th120, at takes versatility to the next level, literally!

The G-Force SwashPro V2 now full range for 450 helis to 90 sized helis
 
The new G-Force SwashPro V2 (patent pending) 50/90 SwashPro (part# GFA7100) has been re-engineered to become the ultimate swashplate alignment tool for the workbench.  The new G-Force [...]

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The latest 500 class electric heli on the market from JR is in stock and shipping to customers and dealers.  This heli won’t be for everyone, the price point (MSRP $699) is certainly at the upper end of the spectrum.  However you can be sure the quality of the kit is nothing short of spectacular, [...]

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T-rex 500 powered by the OS37. Decent power. This is how the 30size should have been.

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For all of you Realflight G4 owners out there i have created an RCheliresource.com canopy for CDT’s Trex 500ESP G4.5 version. It features a visual Spartan gyro, extended canopy shield and a metalic blue tint.

I have spent a good amount of time designing this canopy for you all, so i hope you enjoy it! [...]

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Compass has further expanded the knight family with the addition of the Knight Factory variant. This “factory edition” is essentially a fully upgraded knight 3D to fulfill the appetite the bling hungry crowd. It comes with full metal rotor head where the rotor grips and mixers arms have been upgraded to metal parts and a full [...]

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Mikado has released a new line of painted canopies, available at Readyheli.com these canopies should be arriving soon.   The new canopies will be available for the Logo 600, 500 and 400 series and feature most notably a lower price.

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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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Tareq is really putting the Protos through it’s paces! That thing is so light and quick!
Here is his set-up:
Scorpion 880KV
Jazz 80
DesirePower Battery Pak
JR 3517MGs on Cyclic
Futaba 9257 on Tail
GY611,
SAB Blades…
Head speed is 2900.
Enjoy.

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Stopped by the Apollo X field today here in Los Angeles (82 degrees and sunny) today and saw Bobby Watts, Ray Nemovi and Tim Jones practicing for the Align competition next month.  Big John C (can’t spell his last name) was there and brought out the his Align Fleet with the J1S canopies.  Nice work [...]

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Check out this insane flight by Bert Kammerer flying his Align Trex 500! He has some mad skills!
Enjoy!

Video courtesy of HeliFreak.com

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From the looks of it Align has a brand new helicopter in the picture. It is said to be a new 450 but there is so little information i cannot give you a straight answer to what is seen in the picture.
Please stay tuned for more information on it!

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I just found this new 500 sized heli (500mm blades) while cruising the forums. Can’t find much info specs wise, but it is known as the M3D 500. This heli will come out of the package with all the bling, no upgrades necessary. Read on for more info on the heli.

Here is a quote from [...]

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Metal tail grips upgrade for the T-rex500 is now available from Align. Comes in black or silver. Personally, I think the silver looks better.

Click here(black) and here(silver) for more info.

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Here’s a great 3d video of the Atom 500 in action!

[ video courtesy of knight50heli.com ]

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