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| 100 Class Electric Helicopters 100 Class Electric Helicopters manufactured by Align, Tarot, SYMA, Airhog, Chaos, HK and similar. |
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Topic Review (Newest First)
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| 02-25-2011 08:16 AM | ||
| CCbusa05 |
Here is a great video showing the parts durabilty (half way through the vid) of the Trex 100: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR1av3FSpkU[/ame] |
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| 02-24-2011 06:08 PM | ||
| CCbusa05 |
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| 02-24-2011 05:58 PM | ||
| superjoe83 |
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they still show them back-ordered on their website, but i got a tracking number yesterday, so they may have already ran out of the ones they got? you may want to call or email to see if they have any more |
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| 02-24-2011 05:48 PM | ||
| CCbusa05 |
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Thanks- J |
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| 02-24-2011 05:34 PM | ||
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| 02-24-2011 03:41 PM | ||
| lazor 22 |
Looks cool. I like the X5 picture too 
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| 02-24-2011 03:30 PM | ||
| superjoe83 |
yep, mine is on its way from cali. hope to get it by sat. if i would have known that the mCPx was coming out i wouldn't have pre-ordered it, but oh well. never can have too many helis 
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| 02-24-2011 03:13 PM | ||
| timmay |
Its here!!! my local hobby store just got in a few units of the 100 
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| 02-03-2011 04:25 PM | ||
| Varc |
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| 02-02-2011 06:40 PM | ||
| TowPilot |
Hi, Moved Thread From:.....Main Forum - Helicopter Talk To:.........Align T-Rex Helicopter 100 Series Electric Helicopters Left 1 week redirect from the Main Forum - Helicopter Talk Regards, Mike |
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| 02-02-2011 06:00 PM | ||
| Varc |
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| 02-02-2011 05:53 PM | ||
| HeliSmith |
AlignRCUSA has the kits and parts listed now Kit http://www.alignrcusa.com/index.php?...index&cPath=37 Parts http://www.alignrcusa.com/index.php?...index&cPath=36 |
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| 02-02-2011 05:48 PM | ||
| HeliSmith |
I had made a huge complaint about the belt driven tail being a major issue for me and that I wouldn't buy one for that reason.... I then promptly pre-ordered one as soon as they were available for doing so..  Damn heli is awesome, RTF with a 2.4ghz radio to throw around and two battery charger sporting a battery in each socket.. The cat is in big trouble!, I am telling you he better move
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| 01-11-2011 02:01 PM | ||
| lazor 22 | ^They should have made it like the V100D01 and They should make the T-Rex 125 like the V120D02. | |
| 01-11-2011 11:24 AM | ||
| poor_red_neck |
I'm sorry.... but a brushed motor? Come on. There is no reason it shouldn't come with a brushless main motor. Brushed is fine for the tail. The servos are built into the circuit board? That's weird.... Sigh... I think they should have designed something to compete with the Walkera V120D02 FBL CP micro heli. Maybe a Trex 150??? |
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| 01-11-2011 10:46 AM | ||
| Dusty1000 |
If this takes off perhaps it will be the start of a new line of transmitters. As it stands, Align sell just about everything else needed to make a heli fly. Maybe in a few years time folk will be saying ''I'm not buying that E-flite heli because it won't bind to my Align TX'' Dusty |
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| 01-11-2011 10:33 AM | ||
| Elios000 | its a slightly nicer mSR im not impressed on top of needing its own TX ill keep my mSR | |
| 01-10-2011 01:52 PM | ||
| lazor 22 | I don't know what it is but I kinda want one to replace my msr that horizon refused to fix after the gyro in it died a month or so after I got it.... I just want to know if I can use my microheli SE swash on it. | |
| 01-10-2011 12:26 PM | ||
| steph280 |
Now let’s take a look at the radio transmitter. 2.4Ghz AFHDS (Automatic Frequency Hopping Digital Spectrum) is utilized on this radio. The radio utilizes 4 AA sized batteries. The 4 Align Nimh rechargeable batteries shown in photo is included in the standard package. The side of the transmitter has the TX and RX charging receptacles covered by the protective rubber cover.  The helicopter battery can be inserted into the RX charging receptacle as one method of charging. The TX CHG receptacle is a mini-USB jack used purely for charging, not computer flight simulator.  Whether charging the transmitter or the RX battery, the LCD display shows the capacity of the packs.  The back of the transmitter has a 3.5mm trainer jack used for computer flight simulator, which is a necessity during the learning process.  OK, now for the flight tests! But we ran into a problem. This radio is MODE1, and the RCM test team all flies on MODE2…  Interestingly, the transmitter was able to transform from MODE1 to MODE2 in under a minute. How is this done?  The clever engineers at Align made the transmitter stick assembly modular, which lets you pull the whole assembly out after 8 screws are removed. Then the two assemblies can be swapped, and transmitter will automatically switch to MODE2 control.  What if you use MODE3? With the radio sticks in MODE1 position, simply hold the rudder and aileron trim as shown, power up the radio. A long beep is emitted from the radio indicating it is now in MODE3. Same procedure can be used to revert back to MODE1.  Now that we have the control stick layout figured out, time for some test flights! When the T-Rex100 is powered up for the first time, the helicopter needs to be powered up BEFORE the transmitter, so that they can perform initial binding. This only needs to be done once. With the battery inserted into the helicopter, and the helicopter remain stationary for a few seconds, the flashing red LED will change to steady lit, indicating the helicopter is ready for flight. The head speed seems a bit high during initial flight, resulting in slight tail wag. This is probably due to the initial higher voltage of a freshly charged battery pack, which normalized after approximately 30 seconds. After slight trim adjustments, hovering had a pleasant locked in feel, and tail-in flights were done without issues. The helicopter was landed about 6 minutes, with the battery showing 3.68v. So 6 minutes should be the approximate flight duration. Let’s take a look at a few flight photos from today’s test flights.     For seasoned RC helicopter veterans, T-Rex 100’s control response seems sluggish, minor flight corrections seems unresponsive, and it doesn’t seem to want to go into faster forward flights. But this can be corrected by changes to the swashplate balls to increase control response. The helicopter seems easier to fly for our test pilots after this change, and we were able to fly comfortably in the living room of a house. |
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| 01-10-2011 12:25 PM | ||
| steph280 |
Third party review by Chance_RC of RC Mania Original source: http://www.rcmania.hk/?c=article&d=view&id=510 Translated by steph280 Rumor was heard of a production T-Rex100 leaked out of Align's factory. After our reporter gathered enough information on its location, we were on the way to this rumored location. Sure enough we were able to get our hands on a final production version of T-Rex 100! This is the smallest member of the Align T-Rex family, scheduled to be released before Chinese New Year. According to "unreliable" report, Align has received 10's of thousands of orders for the T-Rex 100. Based on Align's past records and production efficiency, this is certainly feasible. This is the test subject today, T-Rex 100 combo set, which includes T-Rex 100 helicopter, radio transmitter, two lithium batteries, USB connection cable for simulator, and FMS (Free Model Simulator) software on CD. Since this review subject was not in the final production packaging, the final content of the combo kit is subject to change by Align.  T-Rex 100 helicopter is ultra light when held in hand, but we forgot to bring a scale to record the actual weight. Initial estimate should not exceed 30g. Canopy is made from vacuum formed plastic, with silk screen printed graphics, which made the pearl white base color stand out more compared with other canopies on the market.  Rotor head is dramatically different compared to the leaked initial 3D rendering, with flybar now below the main blades. The flybar is made with flexible plastic material, with fixed pitch, making the head a pure Bell mixing type.  Main power motor is a DC brushed motor. Directional control is done by traditional multi-geared servos, which is uncommon in helis of this class. The potentiometer within these traditional type servos provides much higher control precision.  This photo provides a complete (although a bit fuzzy) view of the complete control circuit board. Potentiometer can be seen on the back of servos, with the two servo motors below. Both the main motor and tail rotor plugs are keyed to prevent reverse polarity. Note the blue anodized main shaft. It is a hollow aluminum alloy shaft which provides better precision in both trueness and roundness of the shaft.  Tail motor is DC brushed motor in direct drive configuration.  Check out the flexibility of the material used. T-Rex100 is targeted for beginner market, with crash survivability as one of the top design criteria. Flexible plastic is utilized in most areas such as landing skids, tail blades, main blades, flybar, etc.  
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