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kianhon · 11-01-2008, 10:35 PM

I'm thinking of buying either Gazaur Mars480 or SJM325 (450 class). I like the way SJM looks more but I have doubt on its builds. Appreciate some feedback.

1) Seems like SJM is over doing all its parts, so many many many connecting parts which I think it is so unnecessary. i.e: the push rod that control the slider goes all the way round the tail box.

2) Gazaur keeps things simple and straight forward and turn out to be great, so why SJM is complicating things instead of simplyfy it?

3) The whole head and tail parts are so many so it must be more costly to repair after a crash, am I right? More parts mean more things to break.

4) Gazaur is running on Torque Tube, do SJM have this conversion?

J-S-Q · 11-01-2008, 11:47 PM

I kind of agree that SJM could simplify the design somewhat thus removing one or two potential failure points but actually these helicopters hold up amazingly well in a crash. I crashed my 430 inverted and didn't break anything other than bending a couple of bolts which was really quite amazing. I don't know much about Gazaur helis but SJM's definitely appear to be a bit stronger than Aligns.

Yes, the tail setup is a bit complicated but it is INCREDIBLY smooth. I have to agree thopugh that it is potentially fragile and if you crashed at the wrong angle I'm sure it could break.

There is no torque tube conversion available.

11-01-2008, 10:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
kianhon Registered Users Join Date: May 2008	Need feedback I'm thinking of buying either Gazaur Mars480 or SJM325 (450 class). I like the way SJM looks more but I have doubt on its builds. Appreciate some feedback. 1) Seems like SJM is over doing all its parts, so many many many connecting parts which I think it is so unnecessary. i.e: the push rod that control the slider goes all the way round the tail box. 2) Gazaur keeps things simple and straight forward and turn out to be great, so why SJM is complicating things instead of simplyfy it? 3) The whole head and tail parts are so many so it must be more costly to repair after a crash, am I right? More parts mean more things to break. 4) Gazaur is running on Torque Tube, do SJM have this conversion? __________________

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11-01-2008, 11:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
J-S-Q Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2008	I kind of agree that SJM could simplify the design somewhat thus removing one or two potential failure points but actually these helicopters hold up amazingly well in a crash. I crashed my 430 inverted and didn't break anything other than bending a couple of bolts which was really quite amazing. I don't know much about Gazaur helis but SJM's definitely appear to be a bit stronger than Aligns. Yes, the tail setup is a bit complicated but it is INCREDIBLY smooth. I have to agree thopugh that it is potentially fragile and if you crashed at the wrong angle I'm sure it could break. There is no torque tube conversion available.

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