View Full Version : Are you happy with your 500?
rmuckley
01-16-2008, 11:32 AM
Just wondered what overall thoughts are of the new bird...
Rigalo
01-16-2008, 02:33 PM
So, are you chaps to bussy flying, or just not admitting it's crap?
AutoXMan
01-16-2008, 03:25 PM
So, are you chaps to bussy flying, or just not admitting it's crap?
Too busy flying the 500 :thumbup:
skeppley
01-16-2008, 03:34 PM
I was gonna vote "dont care for it", but remebered.......
I have over 100 flights on it already, flying the holy crap out of it and love it:clappp:banana:WOW
I beleive I already have worn out the head dampers, but didnt want to stop flying it to replace them yet.
And I didnt vote earlier because I WAS out flying it :)
So anyway, went to "I love it"
Bobbyk
01-16-2008, 04:55 PM
I would be happy with just the kit!
Ultraviolet
01-16-2008, 05:02 PM
I have not had a chance to fly mine yet ( still waiting on parts), but I think the fit and finish is excellent. I have a feeling that this heli will become very very popular.
stembridge
01-16-2008, 05:04 PM
Sorry to say my new 600N and 450 v2 now take a back seat to my 5 hundy. Now that I can take the 500 to a local school and or park, The 600N sits patiently awaiting a trip to the field.
Can the people that "don't care for it" tell us what you dont like about it and then ship it over to my house. :)
erniefritz
01-16-2008, 06:06 PM
I love it. perfect size for quick flights when i don't want to break out the nitro 600 , longer flight times than my 600E i had and fly's a lot more like my 600N than my 450V2. :)
mk1spitfire
01-16-2008, 06:23 PM
For sure I'm happy.!
When you wait before the box arrives that made me happy. :)
When you build it that made me happy. :)
When you look at it with canopy on and complete that made me happy. :)
When you test fly it for the first time I hope I'm going to be happy! :)
When you bring it back in one piece I will be ecstatic! :)
When you have Heli freak as top Forum everyones happy:hug:
carlos
01-16-2008, 07:51 PM
It's a good thing, no question at all.
Love it !
On Christmas morning my son handed me my 500cf kit and also a Stryker in kit form. Between Christmas and New Year the weather sucked so both kits were put together .Weekend after New Years I flew the 500 and was not disappoint.My 600e and 450's will be sitting on the shelve at less until the newness wears off. The Stryker also performed well . I hope everyboy New Years started as good as mine.
iwasaseabee
01-16-2008, 07:58 PM
I have to say its a fine feeling machine! flys great! No problems of any kind so far.
ChasHeliCop
01-16-2008, 08:17 PM
I'm not voting yet, still waiting on parts....
lbz34
01-16-2008, 09:20 PM
Still waiting on my kit :(
duceduc
01-16-2008, 09:36 PM
I like mine along with my 450 and 600N.
trexflyer02
01-16-2008, 10:05 PM
I love mine so far, but haven't done enough flying to really tell. First impressions are ... impressive! :YeaBaby:
rdlohr
01-16-2008, 10:11 PM
Still building mine, but I'm done with the head and it went together great. Very happy with the quality.
Rick
trexflyer02
01-16-2008, 10:21 PM
Still building mine, but I'm done with the head and it went together great. Very happy with the quality.
Rick
I agree; the quality looks excellent. It looks like Align has learned some things since the 450s, and implemented them in the 500.
thedrill
01-16-2008, 11:38 PM
I have only had a 6 minute hover with my tp 3300s I am charging them now to see how much I took out. 1/2 the hover in normal the other 1/2 in idle up 100% all across. My first impression is WOW! I must have done somthing right as it was rock solid and almost hands off hover. Thanks Mr. Finless for the fine build videos:noteworthy
Finless
01-17-2008, 12:04 AM
Curious about the votes! So the people that voted "I don't care for it" and "wasn't what I expected", do they really OWN ONE?
Too bad when you set up the pool you didn't check the flag to reveal WHO voted for what :)
Bob
psindrup
01-17-2008, 03:29 AM
I have over 100 flights on it already, flying the holy crap out of it and love it.
How on earth have you managed to get over 100 flights on it already? :dontknow
100 flights x (I guess) 6 minutes = 600 minutes = 10 hours!! :YeaBaby:
That is down right impressive!! :noteworthy
Btw,- still setting mine up, but very impressed and happy so far.
Peter
Eduardo
01-17-2008, 06:05 AM
I am awfully HAPPY with mine !
Eduardo
rmuckley
01-17-2008, 07:16 AM
Curious about the votes! So the people that voted "I don't care for it" and "wasn't what I expected", do they really OWN ONE?
Too bad when you set up the pool you didn't check the flag to reveal WHO voted for what :)
Bob
You're right, Bob, I missed that...
Cryofix
01-17-2008, 10:15 AM
How on earth have you managed to get over 100 flights on it already? :dontknow
100 flights x (I guess) 6 minutes = 600 minutes = 10 hours!! :YeaBaby:
That is down right impressive!! :noteworthy
Btw,- still setting mine up, but very impressed and happy so far.
Peter
Pretty Sure Skeppley has wide open fields as his back yard, so all he has to do is charge and walk out the back door to fly.
skeppley
01-17-2008, 10:35 AM
How on earth have you managed to get over 100 flights on it already? :dontknow
100 flights x (I guess) 6 minutes = 600 minutes = 10 hours!! :YeaBaby:
That is down right impressive!! :noteworthy
Btw,- still setting mine up, but very impressed and happy so far.
Peter
Yeah, lots of room,twin power supplies, twin chargers, twin balancers, 6 packs and a lot of time:YeaBaby:
You can almost fly nonstop if you allow some time in between packs for cooling the motor. I just fly a 600 in between though:clappp
No 500 yet Cryofix?
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