Our friends at RC Mania gave us a heads up about this awesome video of Futaba Pilot Sawamura Yasushi putting his GY701 in action and giving us a show. Man, this is a real teaser video. We can’t wait to get our hands on this all-in-one gyro & governor. Check out the video for yourself and decide if it was a teaser for you as much as it was for us.

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Here is a video from RC Mania showing the startup sequence of the GY701 gyro:

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Here are more pics of the upcoming Futaba 701!

The people at Hobby-Media.biz posted these pics taken at the Japan 3D Jamboree of a Futaba 701 gyro. The gyro appears to be the next generation 611 unit, and this time Futaba is incorporating governor functionality into the unit. It will also be S-Bus compatible. I am [...]

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Looks like Futaba is stepping up to the plate with their newest gryo. Looks very promising and add a few new tricks to the mix.

GY701 sensor size is very small, about the same size as the GY520, the letters are illuminated, red, blue, purple light, as with the GY520, and looks very good.

Looks like [...]

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For those that have not stumbled upon this governor, its being found in more and more helis around the world, as its popularity is skyrocketing. With an integrated Carb Smart management system, gives a good explanation as to why these are hardly staying on retailers shelves.
Thanks Tony Chaveiro for the effort of putting the review [...]

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Not too much information, but Spartan is working on their new governor, incorporating a mixture control, and a collective management features all into one box. The collective management feature works as the following, “The iGV will use the target rpm to manage the throttle as you would expect. Once the engine has reached it’s maximum [...]

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Now showing on the Horizon Hobby site, is the Spektrum AR7100R Rev Limit RPM sensor and bracket assembly available separately. Currently not in stock (which is Horizon’s way of saying “not yet available”), the site shows availability by mid-September 2008.

Priced at $24.99 USD, this sensor bolts on the rear of the engine’s crankcase and senses [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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