Trex 500X

[Onespeedonly]

Cant wait to get this bird in the air......first 500 for me.

[Number]

Just maidened mine. Beautiful flying machine. Smooth and quiet. Love it

ALIGN T-REX 500X Combo
ALIGN 520MX 1600kV
ALIGN RCE-BL80X
ALIGN DS530
ALIGN DS535
Pulse 3000mAh 6s 45C
MSH Brain2 BT
HobbyWing RPM Sensor (for Brain gov)


3000mAh may be too small, but for $50 each I couldn't pass up the opportunity to buy them and try. Guess I'll find out when I start pushing it harder I am thinking it shouldn't be too bad since the small battery will have lower disc loading and will let me fly lower headspeed. It actually flies very well at only 2200rpm.

[Number]

T-REX 500X DOMINATOR (3 min 49 sec)

[d3relict]

Number, that was a real nice flight!

[Mateyhv]

Yes nice display, went a bit scary at some points but overall great skills!

[Dennis Everett]

in the past ive used monokote trim sheets to color the fins , comes in many colors , also have used home depot dayglow orange spray paint , did half the canopy too , ugly but much easier to see ...

[Krea]

Originally Posted by Number

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=538y...ature=youtu.be

Nice flying and video. That was really fun to watch!

[Number]

Lol, thanks guys. It was my 3rd flight on the heli I believe.

Originally Posted by Mateyhv

Yes nice display, went a bit scary at some points but overall great skills!

Yeah, scared me a bit too

[Number]

Update: 3000mAh seems to be doing well so far. It's nice and lightweight so it doesn't need much rotor rpm. It flies excellent at 2200rpm, which is very impressive for only a 470mm machine. With some "general purpose" 3D flying at 2200rpm, I got 4:00 of flight time with the battery down to 3.8V per cell. This machine flies very, very well indeed.

[Number]

2600rpm
3:30
LiPo 3.75vpc at the end

T REX 500X | No Canopy Flight (3 min 58 sec)

[Onespeedonly]

Looking good Number!

[cschmidt]

Had my 500x out today, grinning ear to ear
I received a replacement drive assy from enterprise the other day, havnt changed it out yet, like I said before, I've had 0 issues with it. Happy as could be

[Reddog15]

Flew my used 500X for the first time today and it flew really well. Question for the folks here; have any of you noticed a little vertical play in the place grips where they attach to the hub? Just wondering if it's normal. I checked the tightness of the thrust bearings and the bolts were right.

[Dennis Everett]

Originally Posted by Number

Just maidened mine. Beautiful flying machine. Smooth and quiet. Love it

ALIGN T-REX 500X Combo
ALIGN 520MX 1600kV
ALIGN RCE-BL80X
ALIGN DS530
ALIGN DS535
Pulse 3000mAh 6s 45C
MSH Brain2 BT
HobbyWing RPM Sensor (for Brain gov)


3000mAh may be too small, but for $50 each I couldn't pass up the opportunity to buy them and try. Guess I'll find out when I start pushing it harder I am thinking it shouldn't be too bad since the small battery will have lower disc loading and will let me fly lower headspeed. It actually flies very well at only 2200rpm.

do you think 3000 is too small ? i was going to try 2600's to keep it really light ...

[Number]

I'd say 2600 will be too small for sure. 3000 works but there's not much reserve.

[ic-racer]

I bought 2600 batteries and get only 3 min and they are a little puffy when they come down. Still going strong after about 5 hours flight time on each battery.

[Krea]

I fly 3300 for 5 minutes and come down around 30% or so.

[cschmidt]

Originally Posted by Reddog15

Flew my used 500X for the first time today and it flew really well. Question for the folks here; have any of you noticed a little vertical play in the place grips where they attach to the hub? Just wondering if it's normal. I checked the tightness of the thrust bearings and the bolts were right.

Are you lifting the heli by the blades and seeing this play? If so you might be just loading the dampers, I havnt noticed this on mine.

[cschmidt]

I fly nano-tech 3300, timer set to 4:40, come down around 40% depending on how I was flying. I Don't SPEND Alot Of Time IN IU2.

[ic-racer]

This last week I can now do tic-tocs faster and with more collective. However, unlike nice slow tit-tocs, the faster more aggressive ones cause the tail to shake.

I can't figure out if it is too much rudder gain, or not enough. I'm using Spirit FBL, no gov with V throttle curve 85% middle 90% top/bottom, per the manual. Stock servos with HW BEC 8.4V, 330Hz drive.