My New HDX300 the Living room Baby T-rex

[morbeious]

I've completed the build of my HDX300, below is my shopping list and pic's of the new born baby.. Can't wait to get it inverted..

Base Parts
1 x Apex Lipo 11.1V 1350mAH/15C V2 $34.95
1 x HDX300 CNC Tail Fin Holder - Blade CP/HDX300 $5.00
1 x HDX300 Aluminum Tail Servo Mount (BLUE) (Blade CP Belt Drive)$8.00
1 x HDX300 Plastic Vertical/Horizontal Fin Set - BCP Belt Drive $6.00
1 x HDX300 Main Shaft-Main Gear-Landing Gear Combo $19.99
1 x HDX300 CNC Tail Boom Support - (Blade CP Belt Drive) $8.80
1 x HDX300 Tail Push Rod - Blade CP/HDX300 $5.00
1 x HDX300 Plastic Tail Sytem (Blade CP belt conversion tail) $15.00 (JUNK DON'T BUY, IT BREAKS EASIER THAN THE Trex XL Tail)
1 x HDX300 CF Frame and Belt Conversion Kit for Blade CP/CP2/Hornet/ $55.00
1 x HDX300 Brushless Outrunner 3800KV - Blade CP/HDX300 $24.99
1 x Sonix 18A Brushless ESC BEC 5V/2A - HDX300 $29.50
1 x Align Head lock Gyro RCE-500 $69.99
3 x HS-55 Hitec Feather Standard Servo $12.95
1 x Hitec HS-56HB Feather Standard Servo $24.95
1 x 6-Channel Fatbua FM RX $40.00 (Used)

Phase I - Total = $386.02

Additional Optional Upgrades
1 x HDX300-MTS HDX300 CNC Metal Tail System (Blade CP belt conversion tail) $75.00
1 x HDX300-HS HDX300 All-Metal Bell-Hiller Head System- CP2/Blade CP $110.00


Phase II - Total: $185.00

Build Grand Total: $571.02 Yeah, I know I could have gotten a 2nd T-rex for this price.. But guess what I can't fly a t-rex in my living room.. lol.

Of course you can save money by reusing the Blade CP Servo's and RX, I just didnt want to screw around with getting an external gyro working.

[robl]

so is it really small enough to fly in the house or garage? Can you use hs65 servos and a 401 gyro?

[andrebandre]

morbeious could you tell me pls what diameter is the TR shaft and how the TR hub attaches to the shaft.does it use a set screw?i would like to use the TR assembly except the case on a parkmite wich has kind of soft flimsy plastic parts.thx.
andrei

[morbeious]

so is it really small enough to fly in the house or garage? Can you use hs65 servos and a 401 gyro?

Small enough to fly inside, but I would think twice about using anything but wood blades inside. Carbon might damage furnature in a crash, where woodies would just break off..

Again I'm not expert pilot, someone with more skill might feel comfortable with carbons, inside.

[morbeious]

morbeious could you tell me pls what diameter is the TR shaft and how the TR hub attaches to the shaft.does it use a set screw?i would like to use the TR assembly except the case on a parkmite wich has kind of soft flimsy plastic parts.thx.
andrei


Not sure of the diagmeter of the shaft, will measure when I get home, I can tell you its diameter is smaller than T-rex, cause I thought I could reuse my servo mounts from it, but I was wrong. TR=Trail Rotor assembly attaches with 5 screws, no set screw or notch is use to lock into the shaft, the plasitc is also very week, I broke the backend screw holder while putting in screw. I was still able to fly after bonding it though, I'll be ordering the metal tail soon.

[andrebandre]

i guess there is an se version that uses all metal parts.there is a complete metal tail assembly on helidirect's site that i was planning to try and use.tail rotor grips,hub,slider and arm.adapt it somehow to the parkmite tailcase and shaft.or if the shafts are identical in diameter use the one from the hdx also.parkmite's tail rotor hub attaches by screweing it.it's threaded in the reverse of the direction of rotation of the shaft.i guess i'll just by one and see if i can make it happen.thx for the reply.
andrei

[bluemooone]

Wow , that is really really really nice!