trex 700 speed fuselage

[Stoparach]

Originally Posted by Thestructured

Where did you find this fuselage? I see it says fusuno on it, but they don't have that one anywhere. Limited run? Discontinued? Custom made?

It's a custom made from fusuno.
It's a fusuno design called "skoul" that exist for "t700 dfc pro".
I ask them a fuselage with this design. They give me this design so it's not a full custom.
You can ask for full custom but it's more expensive...

[Thestructured]

what do you guys think about this new color scheme? unfortunately it's not on any USA websites except the official align usa store site. I think I like it because I haven't seen anyone with it hah

[ddhuans]

Try to email Helidirect, they can make a special order for you.

Originally Posted by Thestructured

what do you guys think about this new color scheme? unfortunately it's not on any USA websites except the official align usa store site. I think I like it because I haven't seen anyone with it hah

[Thestructured]

looks like helidirect actually does have it. They want $239 for the speed fuselages though, while amain is only 187. Blah.

[ddhuans]

Wow, where you found that.
I see they sell it for only $186 here:

http://www.helidirect.com/align-700e...elage-red.html

[Thestructured]

Ha! I wonder if that JUST changed because I requested a price match to amain's 187!

[JasonJ]

Originally Posted by Thestructured

what do you guys think about this new color scheme? unfortunately it's not on any USA websites except the official align usa store site. I think I like it because I haven't seen anyone with it hah

I like it. Looks clean. I'm super happy with mine. No change in flight times or flight characteristics. Esc stays cool. Canopy is fiddly to get on and off but I can live with that.

[davehour]

Originally Posted by RC/DC_5000

Thats a great question and one I have wondered myself for quite some time. Align has a promo with a speed fuselage included with a 700L kit. From the videos I've seen on Youtube.. guys are landing the Top in the 3-4 minute range already.

Align has the Speed fuselage spec'ed at 460 grams. Nearly exactly one pound. But we could also subtract the weight of the front canopy that was already there. So its probably not that much weight.

Here's a video of it with the 850mx inside- getting absolutely hammered and landing at 3 minutes. So I don't think you're gonna get 2.5 minutes. Probably around 4..
T REX 700 Speed Fuselage test flight - YouTube

I made a weight comparison table: Attached.

I first bought the Red/Yellow fuse. It's the most visible one, but the fuse became too bright flying in sunny days due to the reflection of the sun light on the colors. I then got the Red/White fuse which is still visible and doesn't become too bright in sunny days.

But I like the new scheme better .

[davehour]

Checked the new fuselage and it's quite different than the rest; ordered one.

[Jason Asch]

Nice thank you

[Thestructured]

please post pics in this thread when you get it! I haven't ordered one yet due to masses of bills this month.

[davehour]

Hi all,

The fuselage is beautiful and different from the others. The fuselage colors are "warm". IMHO, the best so far of the line.

Go for it!

[JasonJ]

That looks nice. I'm actually considering pulling mine back off and having a paint job done on it so it's different. Not that that matters since I'm the only one that has one in my area.

[Pfeil]

Originally Posted by davehour

The fuselage is beautiful and different from the others. The fuselage colors are "warm".

The red is pretty visible. I would have preferred a different color on the bottom of the tail boom instead of the same red tone though.

[Thestructured]

Originally Posted by davehour

Hi all,

The fuselage is beautiful and different from the others. The fuselage colors are "warm". IMHO, the best so far of the line.

Go for it!

Holy crap! Thanks so much for posting these. I wasn't sure which to get, and had considered the new one since most people don't have it, and now I'm convinced. I do like the hotdog style one too though, probably the most visible of all of them.

Looks great!

[AlignKing]

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[rando]

Any of you guys that installed a speed fuse with the 850mx ... did you have to open it up at the top? Mine sits right down firmly on top of the motor can.

[Thestructured]

Originally Posted by rando

Any of you guys that installed a speed fuse with the 850mx ... did you have to open it up at the top? Mine sits right down firmly on top of the motor can.

Yes, and I'm having the same problem. There MIGHT be one millimeter of space but I don't know, it's really hard to see or feel accurately. Any flexing of the canopy during flight would surely cause it to rub.

I'm going to sand the fiberglass on the inside down a bit around the motor, because i don't want the motor to end up rubbing.

I've seen them use this combo in the Align demo videos though.

Also, my tail boom was sloppily made. When screwing everything down it caused the tail unit to tilt slightly. I had to drill the holes a bit to allow me to tilt the boom enough to keep it straight.

[rando]

Oh mine is definitely rubbing, no doubt about it. I could possibly heat the canopy and flex it a bit to make some space but even then it would be so close that it would almost certainly rub in flight, as you noted. It seems like a good deal of cutting would be required to avoid rubbing. I know the videos claimed to be using this combo but I haven't seen one where you can get a good look at the top.

[Thestructured]

Have you tried getting a replacement set? I would attribute this to shoddy molding.