Finally a manufacturer has stepped up to the plate to manufacture a motor for helicopters larger than .91.  I have been a long advocate of extending the current nitro  motor technology to keep in line with electric motor technology.  Thunder Tiger has announced their Thunder Tiger Redline 106 at iHobby 2008 in Chicago.  We saw it [...]

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As some of you may know, Align had great success bundling their popular T-rex 600 NSP package to include an Align-labeled OS50SXH hyper engine. In fact it seems that they sold so many of these packages that they ran short of the Align-branded engines and are now packaging the standard OS-branded models.
Hoping to continue that [...]

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Now showing up on the HeliDirect website is a new offering from the folks over at Outrage RC. A new .50 sized nitro heli muffler designed to fit OS, YS and TT Redline .50 sized engines.
Oddly, though not currently listed on the manufacturer’s own website, the new pipe is beginning to be shown in backorder [...]

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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. 

It hit my LHS (rotor.com.sg) today and retails for around US $310.00, so I guess it will hit all good hobby shops real soon.

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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 [...]

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Looks like Align posted the 91H on their website for $319.00 MAP.  Thats an excellent price.

[ courtesy of Align ]

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We hear so much today about electronics and helicopters that it seems at if the engine technology is falling way behind everything else.  Look at the strides being made in the electric arena with battery, esc, and electric brushless technology.  We have barely heard a peep out of of engine manufacturers in the way of huge engine technology advancements.
Seems [...]

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