Socal500
04-26-2008, 12:46 PM
This is a bind and fly setup. The receiver is a JR 921 2.4Ghz RX. You will need a transmitter and a charger for the Lipos. This package saves you about $800, gets you in the air fast and setup right, and with lots of spares keeps you in the air and away from the parts store for a little while. With ground mods already completed and tested, this heli has been free of static issues. Flight times are 5 minutes with this setup. With lower gearing you can increase this.
Trex 500 CF w/yellow canopy (full grounding mods) $500
RCP II 425 Cabon Blades installed $50
Align 425 Carbons NIB (stock item)
KB Tail Blades $7
JR 921 2.4GHz 2048 resolution RX $170
Align 500L w/13T installed (stock item)
New Spare 500L $90 (cancels out with stock ESC)
Jazz 80-6-18 ESC (Awesome governor, efficiency and 4amp BEC) $220
JR 7703D Gyro $145
JR 8900 tail servo $89
3 Futaba 9650 on cyclic $150
Align metal bearing blocks $26
Align metal tail $42
Align metal mixing arms and washout arms $35
4 Align 2500 6S w/deans, FP balance plugs and less than 10 cycs each These are actually 2600 packs. Align underrated them. $525
Various Align Pinions (12, 14, 16 and a few others) $20
TrueBlood Swash Level Tool $20
Align Trex 450 Aluminum Kit Case (Good for spares, tools or batts)
Most all listed below are New in Package. Some parts are in sandwich bags because at one time GrandRC was taking parts out of kit and selling them due to parts availability. The only used parts would be the ones replaced with the metal upgrades.
1 pair landing gear with skids, 1 odd gear 3 pair skids $15
3 booms (1 set guides) $16
3 flybars $15
1 set boom supports $9
1 frame base with batt tray and antirotation $17
1 tail rotor assembly $13
3 main shafts (2 collars)$16
1 boom block $11
1 body posts $3
1 paddles $7
2 belts $16
1 tail drive gear assembly $14
2 packs of ball links $6
1 set tail blades $5
2 sets of washout arms $26
2 sets of mixing arms $20
1 pack damper $4
1 pack linkage rod set $4
4 feathering shafts $12
1 set radius arms $4
3 main drive gears $16
2 autorotation tail drive gears $10
1 tail case and shaft (stock item)
1 set plastic bearing blocks w/bearings (stock item)
Trex History
1. One involuntary auto resulting in a tip over that required new landing gear, tail boom, feathing shaft and flybar. Canopy has slight chips and crack but minor and still completely usuable.
2. Motor, servos, RX and ESC that were in this auto, although not harmed, were replaced later with the current listed items just for upgrade purposes. The servos were 5245's, which I found to be crap so I upgraded to 9650's which are much smoother and precise.
3. Upgraded to Jazz ESC.
4. Servo wires on the 9650's are to short to reach the receiver so instead of using full extension, I removed the plug and soldered short extension directly to the pins. This means less wire, weight and the servos can be put back to original just by desoldering and snapping the plugs back on.
5. Heli has anti static mods. This includes continuity from the metal tail to the negative of the ESC. So you have tail to boom, front shaft to boom, boom to frame, frame to ESC and motor plate.
6. Heli is wired using blue wire mesh with gyro and tail servo wires on one side of the frame, separated from other wiring.
7. Landing gear that is currently installed is dyed black. One of the new tail drive gears is dyed black.
8. Two sets of holes have been added at the front of the frame that allow you to lower the battery tray between the frame if desired. This lets you put larger packs between the frames, provided they are narrow enough, and gives you more canopy clearance.
9. Motor that is installed now was bought new and has about 10 flights. The stock motor had been making a strange sound since first flight and was recently replaced with a new motor by Align. So both motors are practically new.
10. Heli has less than 60 flights total. Servos and ESC have less than that. All 4 packs have less than 10 cycles each.
Over $2300 invested
Payment options are cash or POSTAL Money Order
$1625 cash local pickup
$1650 POSTAL Money Order shipped (US Lower 48 address only)
Im straight up about my deals. I think I have covered everything and if anything is overlooked it would have to be minor for me not to recall it. I can setup local buyers TX, provided it works with the included JR 921 2.4 RX. I will do the same for non local. Just send you RX with the PMO and you will receive the heli back programmed and ready to go with you RX.
Most recent photo
http://www.socalsurfs.com/trex500/500invert.jpg
Before upgrades and dyed gear (the yellow one :) )
http://www.socalsurfs.com/sidebyside.jpg
Gyro and tail servo
http://www.socalsurfs.com/trex500/gyro.jpg
Trex 500 CF w/yellow canopy (full grounding mods) $500
RCP II 425 Cabon Blades installed $50
Align 425 Carbons NIB (stock item)
KB Tail Blades $7
JR 921 2.4GHz 2048 resolution RX $170
Align 500L w/13T installed (stock item)
New Spare 500L $90 (cancels out with stock ESC)
Jazz 80-6-18 ESC (Awesome governor, efficiency and 4amp BEC) $220
JR 7703D Gyro $145
JR 8900 tail servo $89
3 Futaba 9650 on cyclic $150
Align metal bearing blocks $26
Align metal tail $42
Align metal mixing arms and washout arms $35
4 Align 2500 6S w/deans, FP balance plugs and less than 10 cycs each These are actually 2600 packs. Align underrated them. $525
Various Align Pinions (12, 14, 16 and a few others) $20
TrueBlood Swash Level Tool $20
Align Trex 450 Aluminum Kit Case (Good for spares, tools or batts)
Most all listed below are New in Package. Some parts are in sandwich bags because at one time GrandRC was taking parts out of kit and selling them due to parts availability. The only used parts would be the ones replaced with the metal upgrades.
1 pair landing gear with skids, 1 odd gear 3 pair skids $15
3 booms (1 set guides) $16
3 flybars $15
1 set boom supports $9
1 frame base with batt tray and antirotation $17
1 tail rotor assembly $13
3 main shafts (2 collars)$16
1 boom block $11
1 body posts $3
1 paddles $7
2 belts $16
1 tail drive gear assembly $14
2 packs of ball links $6
1 set tail blades $5
2 sets of washout arms $26
2 sets of mixing arms $20
1 pack damper $4
1 pack linkage rod set $4
4 feathering shafts $12
1 set radius arms $4
3 main drive gears $16
2 autorotation tail drive gears $10
1 tail case and shaft (stock item)
1 set plastic bearing blocks w/bearings (stock item)
Trex History
1. One involuntary auto resulting in a tip over that required new landing gear, tail boom, feathing shaft and flybar. Canopy has slight chips and crack but minor and still completely usuable.
2. Motor, servos, RX and ESC that were in this auto, although not harmed, were replaced later with the current listed items just for upgrade purposes. The servos were 5245's, which I found to be crap so I upgraded to 9650's which are much smoother and precise.
3. Upgraded to Jazz ESC.
4. Servo wires on the 9650's are to short to reach the receiver so instead of using full extension, I removed the plug and soldered short extension directly to the pins. This means less wire, weight and the servos can be put back to original just by desoldering and snapping the plugs back on.
5. Heli has anti static mods. This includes continuity from the metal tail to the negative of the ESC. So you have tail to boom, front shaft to boom, boom to frame, frame to ESC and motor plate.
6. Heli is wired using blue wire mesh with gyro and tail servo wires on one side of the frame, separated from other wiring.
7. Landing gear that is currently installed is dyed black. One of the new tail drive gears is dyed black.
8. Two sets of holes have been added at the front of the frame that allow you to lower the battery tray between the frame if desired. This lets you put larger packs between the frames, provided they are narrow enough, and gives you more canopy clearance.
9. Motor that is installed now was bought new and has about 10 flights. The stock motor had been making a strange sound since first flight and was recently replaced with a new motor by Align. So both motors are practically new.
10. Heli has less than 60 flights total. Servos and ESC have less than that. All 4 packs have less than 10 cycles each.
Over $2300 invested
Payment options are cash or POSTAL Money Order
$1625 cash local pickup
$1650 POSTAL Money Order shipped (US Lower 48 address only)
Im straight up about my deals. I think I have covered everything and if anything is overlooked it would have to be minor for me not to recall it. I can setup local buyers TX, provided it works with the included JR 921 2.4 RX. I will do the same for non local. Just send you RX with the PMO and you will receive the heli back programmed and ready to go with you RX.
Most recent photo
http://www.socalsurfs.com/trex500/500invert.jpg
Before upgrades and dyed gear (the yellow one :) )
http://www.socalsurfs.com/sidebyside.jpg
Gyro and tail servo
http://www.socalsurfs.com/trex500/gyro.jpg