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02-29-2012, 12:27 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Sell Trex 250 for upcoming Blade 300x??
I like my Trex250 but do wish it was slightly bigger. I have been pleased with my Blade mCP X and overwhelemed with the after market options for it. Hopefully the new Blade 300x will received the same aftermarket support as the mCP X has. I have always wished the Trex250 had a larger rotor diameter to a bit more stability.
Should I sell the Trex250 to purchase a Blade 300x?
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02-29-2012, 03:05 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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I am sure you will receive a biased opinion towards the blade in here I think you should poll it in the main forum, Personally I would install Spektrum/Beastx receiver in your 250 and get a fbl head, I think you will find the stability will be incredible should you have the right setup.
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02-29-2012, 03:45 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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If you were asking either or, then I would argue it is an interesting question.
But I don't think I'd sell my 250 to buy a 300. In fact I'm not! I was thinking about buying the integrated receiver/microBeastX for my TRex 250, and that's what I'm doing. I'm just adding an extra $100 to include a 300 along with it! ONce the 300 has been pounded into submission, I'll move the receiver/BeastX to the 250. |
02-29-2012, 04:12 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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I should have stated...
Should I sell my Beastx Spektrum FBL Trex 250 to purchase a Blade 300x?? ;-) I've been happy with blade products (mcpx) and their parts availability. I know some believe blade to be an entry level brand but this 300x looks like it is going to turn out to be a nice heli. Also, I like the frame design MUCH more than the Trex250. Honestly i don't like the Trex250 frame at all. It was not deigned to make assembly / dis assembly easy. Recently I crashed and a servo screw nut popped off the servo I now have to remove the entire head to put this stupid servo nut back on. Screws by themselves do not hold the servos securely to the frame and once they strip the frame wide enough I must use these tiny nuts.
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02-29-2012, 04:45 PM | #5 (permalink) | |
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I hope the 300X is a nice flying well built and durable machine. But it remains to be seen. One thing I learned about the 250, that aided in my recent conversion of it to FBL, is to remove one of the lower side frames--that made access to the receiver area a lot easier. Not sure that would help you much though. |
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02-29-2012, 04:54 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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yes it is easy to access the receiver this way. I saw this done in NexGenRc's trex250 build thread
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02-29-2012, 10:13 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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Hmmm I think you need to add to the fact that you are flying a clone trex align 250 hybrid. It helps to explain your issues better.
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02-29-2012, 10:40 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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You are correct, my frame swash and tail are from the hk clone. I guess i just feel like the frame (layout) could have been designed better. I look at other helis like the protos mini have nicely laid out frames. Not knocking the 250 for any flight characteristics. I just wish it was laid out better for ease of working on it. The layout of the 300x reminds me of the protos.
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02-29-2012, 10:51 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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Hi Vertico.
I'm new and don't know an awful lot about helis, yet. But I have been in the same type of situation as you are right now with other types of products (RC cars, a motorcycle, etc). My question would be how close to the price of the 300x do you think you could get for your 250 as you would sell it?? If you can get relatively close, and you think that you would like the 300x better (which it seems like you would based on this thread) then I would definitely try to sell the 250 and get the 300x. If you would only be able to get, say 60% of the way to the price of the 300x, then you might be better off just holding onto the 250 and buying the 300x when you have the money to do that, then keeping both. Just my .02. Jeff
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Then blade announced the 300x. I looked at the heli and the cost of parts including Hopups. Read all of Blades latest model threads. I saw there was a lot of servo, CF and aluminum part upgrades being suggested. I figure why not compare apples to apples. So I added up all the hop ups for the 300x that came standard on the Align. Added up all the FBL stuff for a Align that would come standard on the 300x. To my surprise the Align 250 SE converted to FBL was cheaper. But if I went with a 250se I would have SE super combo metal geared servos and the Align speed controller and a align gyro. With the 300x I would still have $15 servos that might need to be upgraded plus all the other eflite electronics. My plan was to wait until the 300x hit the market and see how it would fair in the hands of the users. The hold on the 450x and the mCPX blade tossing made me skeptical of the 300x. I wanted to let the preorder guys find out if the heli and the FBL controller was worth the $. But I didn't get the chance to take that route. My wife went down to my LHS and asked what heli I was drooling over and the next thing I knew I had a Trex 250 se Super combo. It cost "me" $360 (She used my $ lol) IMHO this was the best way to go for me and I am glad she force this decision. The build experience is invaluable. The RTF's make you loose out on what I see as the true joy of the hobby. Actually understanding the complexity of the mechanics and the electronics and how it all works together is what this is all about for me. The flying is just the bonus. |
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That's awesome that your wife "bought" you the heli that you wanted...even if it was with your money!! For me, I almost have to go RTF with my RCs. On my cars, I always go RTR. My reason for this is simply the fact that I don't seem to have much down time any more that I can spend working on hobbies and fun stuff like that. The 9 hour work day coupled with the hour drive there and the hour drive back means that pretty much my entire day everyday is spent working...and that doesn't even count the odd hours that basically use up every ounce of daylight. That leaves me on my days off to get stuff done around the house like mowing and shoveling snow. So for me, the joy of being able to actually use my RC stuff is invaluable, and the RTF/RTR versions make this possible much more quickly. Don't get me wrong...I love fixing stuff on it when it breaks, but I don't think I have the time to devote to putting an entire kit together.
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03-01-2012, 06:27 AM | #12 (permalink) |
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Litehawkdown:
So when the 300x comes out if the reviews are good will you bite the bullet? Gimp: I'm in the same boat. 9 hr wrk days 1 hr each way. I stuggle to find time to dedicate to the hobby.
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Stock, the mCPX flies very well. In fact, the majority of the stock mCPX parts seem to hold up better than the expensive aftermarket hopup parts. Take a while to read through the mCPX forums, and you'll see that really is the case. Sure, you can throw however much money you want at any heli out there, but do you *really* need to to get a machine that flies well? In the case of the mCPX, IMO, no. Yes, spending 60 bucks on a basic BL conversion will help the mCPX a lot, but the B300X comes BL, stock. I'm sure that when the B300x becomes Blade's next extremely successful heli, there will be a huge number of aftermarket parts. But do you need them? Probably not. I do agree about the build part, though. I've done more plank builds than I'd care to admit, and while most of them were a fun learning experience, I rapidly came to the conclusion that I'd rather spend more time flying than building. For those guys that would rather do the same, a BNF 3D capable heli like the new Blades fit the bill perfectly. |
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Hop ups I referred to to make a 300x equal to what you get standard on the Align250 were things like.
Carbon blades Complete Aluminum head and swash and all the other stuff that came in metal on the 250 CF fins and such (frame was not included in the cost because CF frame is not available at the moment for the 300x). I basically only chose things off the 300x hop up list that were on the Align 250 as stock. Apples to Apples. The electronics on the 300x were still stock in my price comparison servo gears too. As for would I bite the bullet? If I find I am unhappy with the Align 250 then maybe. But I highly doubt that will happen. |
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$500 with the clone Is that including $ spent after crashing?
If I include the price of the DX7s and it's included rx I am at 660 for the Align 250 Super Combo. |
03-01-2012, 02:12 PM | #17 (permalink) |
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$30 HK250GT Clone
$100 Align FBL Head $50 Scorpion 3900kv motor $68 Castle 25A ESC $220 Beastx + USB $112 Align Servos ------ $580 This is the cost of the initial build I went with the HK clone mainly to utilize the frame and the Torx screws that come with it. Using the swash now which I have no complaints about. The HK tail does not have much slop so far but we will see.
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03-01-2012, 04:48 PM | #20 (permalink) |
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I think time will tell how well the plastic parts on the 300X hold up, there's lots of cases of strong plastic/week plastic, strong ally parts/week ally parts
I've bent blade grips each time I've crashed my (genuine) 250 I've since converted it to BeastX with an Align head but not flown it yet LiteHawk Cool wife you have there! Are you going to FBL straight away? worth thinking about, that way you can sell the whole head "new in packet" I just sold my used 250 head on ebay for £30 ($45 ish) so a new one should go for much more, not sure on your local market though The same applies to the gyro if your kit came with one I only paid about $60 for the Align FBL head from infinity hobby, that's a cheap upgrade. Of course the BeastX and Spektrum adapter wasn't cheap, but I got both of those of ebay at a reasonable price |
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