T-Rex 100 Review, Info, Tips

[steph280]

Since the T-Rex 100 does not have its own forum yet, I'll post the review here. Mods are welcome to move it to appropriate forum.

The evolution of Align T-Rex continues with the brand new T-Rex 100. This is Align's first FP micro heli, and their smallest yet. While Align has a dominant spot in the world of 3D aerobatic helicopters, this helicopter is intended for beginner with ease of fly and crash survivability in mind. Nevertheless they have incorporated the quality found in the larger helicopters into this kit. Everything from design, manufacturer, down to instruction manual and packaging, all were done professionally and backed by their expertise in the helicopter manufacture industry.

This is the "Super Combo" kit consisting the Trex 100 heli, matching 2.4ghz transmitter which doubles as flight battery charger and flight simulator, two lipo flight batteries, ch-100 dual lipo charger, flight simulator cable and software, USB cable for charging, and 4 AA rechargeable nimh batteries for transmitter. The standard combo will have all of above except ch100 charger and the 4 rechargeable AA's.

[steph280]

The build is really quick. You basically press the main head assembly onto main shaft, tighten the jesus bolt, and pop in two links onto swashplate. The canopy is polycarbonate and painted nicely with perl white.

[steph280]

Did a quick flight before getting dark. The temperature was about 70F and calm wind. The heli leaped off the ground without difficulties. Align has incorporated some right cyclic mixing during lift off, so it will offset the natural left drift tendencies. But if throttle is increased too slow, the pro-longed right mixing will cause it to drift to the right before lifting off. So I basically punched the throttle and it just went straight up.

After lift off it settled into a stable hover similar to other helicopters of this size. Flew some clockwise circuit easily, and counter-clockwise circuit required more rudder compensation and proved to be slightly more difficult. Not surprising considering the common tail motor drive design.

Instruction states the link rod can be moved to outer servo horn hole for more agility, which I plan to try this weekend...

[steph280]

I will post more info after some flights this weekend...

[A.Delaney]

Have you flown an SR120 or MSR? I would like to know how it compares.

[Rotormaster.]

Originally Posted by A.Delaney

Have you flown an SR120 or MSR? I would like to know how it compares.

+1

I've been considering an mSR to fly inside the house but this might just be a serious little competitor, and one to really consider. It definitely brings in some much welcomed new elements into the mix of 'which one to get?' And it's definitely nice to have more options. Can't wait to hear more and see how it compares.

[Lota Fun R]

Looks like a nice job on everything.

Lets hope the motors can log 100s of flights without needing replacement.

[Slyster]

Nice review! Could you post some video?

[bj660raptor]

Good lookin heli bro! I'm getting one.

[wanderer56]

Any vendors have them in stock yet? I may get one of those instead of replacing the 5 in 1 board on my mSR.

[ualdrivr]

Cute... Nice package for a little Heli. The review is great Thank you.

[AcidDrink]

I may get one of these when I finally destroy my msr. Servos look much better than msr ones.
Thanks for review!

Finless, sir, can we have build video please?

[Razorworm]

why couldnt they make it BNF. I'd get one in a heartbeat if it was!

[Finless]

Originally Posted by AcidDrink

Finless, sir, can we have build video please?

Ha! Your kidding right? Whats to build? If you cant bolt on a head then model trains might be better for you

What kind of cracks me up is how the radio looks a lot in front face design as the JR 11X

Bob

[Rob0506]

Originally Posted by Razorworm

why couldnt they make it BNF. I'd get one in a heartbeat if it was!

+1! That's the problem I have with these micro helis (eflight excluded, of course). If they just hada separate receiver at least I could pick up an orange from HK and throw it in there.

Thanks for the review. If the tail motor on my 120SR keeps failing every 10-12 flights I might make the leap even without a BNF version.

[Rotormaster.]

Originally Posted by Finless

Ha! Your kidding right? Whats to build? If you cant bolt on a head then model trains might be better for you

haha! But the model train might require taking it out of the box, you might need to do a video on that one!

Originally Posted by Finless

What kind of cracks me up is how the radio looks a lot in front face design as the JR 11X

On that note, why does the display have better resolution than the DX8? Not happy spektrum!

[lazor 22]

Have you ever built a model anything layout? If you do it on HO scale or smaller and you want realisim it is hard. I have a few un finished models sitting around that I stopped working on cause it got frustrating (and then I found helis so they got pushed to the side).

[wav3form]

So you can use the radio with Phoenix or Real Flight?

[Rusty63]

I fly my Walkera cb100s in rec room at work . Invited work buddy, Train enthusiast he has over 200 trains/carriages etc too have a look .Flew around for a few minutes pulled canopy off explained / showed how all the parts worked .After doing this his main interest was what scale Heli is . Saw him other day head buried in Train magazine . About too buy a steam loco for $200. he already has three same . But this one special has different number on side .lol.
Back too topic for Aus people wattsup taken preorders .
http://www.wattsuprc.com.au/index.asp

[AcidDrink]

Originally Posted by Finless

Ha! Your kidding right? Whats to build? If you cant bolt on a head then model trains might be better for you

What kind of cracks me up is how the radio looks a lot in front face design as the JR 11X

Bob

I may consider model trains then
Jokes aside, it's brilliant move from Align and I'll probably buy it when I destroy my msr.

p.s. sorry for off topic, but I am really hoping for Fusion 50 build video when it's out