Show off your T-Rex 550 - post your pics here!

[suthae]

Originally Posted by IanWhitehead65

Great looking bird.

Where did you get the white boom and skids and other parts from?

I notice your landing gear are on "backwards". I have just fine this and believe the canopy clip dies not grip properly. Did you noticed this?

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Hey thanks!

The landing gear is actually pointing forward, the orientation is not clear in the picture..

The canopy clips is PITA to clip properly...

All the parts above was DIY... from spray cans and Vynils

[beenflying]

Originally Posted by suthae

Hey thanks!

The landing gear is actually pointing forward, the orientation is not clear in the picture..

The canopy clips is PITA to clip properly...

All the parts above was DIY... from spray cans and Vynils

It's not cheap, but it's worth it:

http://www.helioption.com/store/inde...0b4a1a6e4d8417

[trexpro]

+1

[trippledigitss]

Originally Posted by beenflying

It's not cheap, but it's worth it:

http://www.helioption.com/store/inde...0b4a1a6e4d8417

That looks sweet! I think I am going to order a couple of those! Thanks for posting!

[Rollmops67]

My first Align heli, brought by father Christmas, and my first heli this size, with 4 successful flights
Assembly and settings went without problems.
I put a piece of printed circuit board on the battery tray to extend it, because of the 600 size boom the battery has to be toward the front.
The low battery alarm can be heard very well.
Maidened it in the fog on january 12th (couldn't wait longer !), just 1 lipo hovering and 1 lipo short circuits.
Flew it also last sunday in the meadows near my town, 2 flights with fast circuits, no aerobatics yet. Handels very smooth, and the sound, hhmmm !
I hope the weather will become better, it's always dull and rainy here...
For now it's 100% stock, with a 3GX FBL system.


Roland

[maskale]

nice pics.

What size battery you using?

[trippledigitss]

Originally Posted by Rollmops67

My first Align heli, brought by father Christmas, and my first heli this size, with 4 successful flights
Assembly and settings went without problems.
I put a piece of printed circuit board on the battery tray to extend it, because of the 600 size boom the battery has to be toward the front.
The low battery alarm can be heard very well.
Maidened it in the fog on january 12th (couldn't wait longer !), just 1 lipo hovering and 1 lipo short circuits.
Flew it also last sunday in the meadows near my town, 2 flights with fast circuits, no aerobatics yet. Handels very smooth, and the sound, hhmmm !
I hope the weather will become better, it's always dull and rainy here...
For now it's 100% stock, with a 3GX FBL system.


Roland

Yeah, nice job. Pic #6 is sweet.

[colin4242]

This was a stock Trex-550dfc v2!!
I learned on this last season and dirt napped it towards the end, this is the result of my dream and custom heli.
Custom Canopy from fusuno it was for a 700 originally but I had this made for my 550
on the canopy it has the helioption canopy clip and the quick release from helioption.
frame and skids original,
aluminum lynx battery tray
Align aluminum anti rotation bracket
helioption one piece bearing block
helioption ti turnbuckles to make the swash plate tons easier to level
I put the beastx on it as the 3gx didn't work for my flying
I braided all the servo lines with green braid
Lynx red anodized boom support bracket
Red anodized Trex 600 nitrous boom
Fusuno green vertical and horizontal stabilizer
Helioption rear tail grips
Lynx aluminum vertical stabilizer bracket






This was my dream heli.
Maybe a scorpion motor and rail blades??
Fly it like you stole it

[colin4242]

my dream

[colin4242]

last one

[Rollmops67]

Originally Posted by maskale

nice pics.

What size battery you using?

The battery is a 5000 mAh.
Its size is about 52 x 55 x 148 mm.
On the photo with the battery plate the red line is were the rear of the battery has to be for a correct CoG. Battery length is the distance between the red line and the front of the extended battery plate.

Roland

["SkyNet"]

Hello Guys

I show my T-Rex 550E, updated almost entirely to the DFC version V3 ....

The reports remain the standard choice for straight teeth

After the elongation of the tail, I noticed a strong imbalance of the model, so I thought I'd create me to the CNC battery mount a custom, so as to allow the movement of the battery and a slight increase to keep it more comfortable on the inside of the canopy without friction could spoil, canopy and battery and saw that the work was in progress, I used two existing holes on the frame to make a stiffening bar in the front.

[DCflyer]

Nice bird - see you're running the 6013 Viper motor. I just picked one up a couple months ago but have only done a few break in flights on it due to weather and now bc i'm doing a new servos. How do you like the motor so far? What headspeed/blades are you running on it?

["SkyNet"]

Originally Posted by DCflyer

Nice bird - see you're running the 6013 Viper motor. I just picked one up a couple months ago but have only done a few break in flights on it due to weather and now bc i'm doing a new servos. How do you like the motor so far? What headspeed/blades are you running on it?

Hello.
The engine is very good, and for a long time that I have and now I am fully satisfied, and has good power!

I like to fly sport, and make soft 3d ..... I really like to see the helicopter maneuvers slow and not too fast.

Currently flying with the governor and use these speeds:

Throttle only 30% of 1854 rpm for takeoff

Throttle 70% 2202 rpm for Soft 3D (in this configuration, just doing simple flew the length of the flight and 7:42 seconds)

Throttle 100% 2597 rpm for sport flying (flight time .... 4:00 minutes!)
* Using Maingear and pinion from 17T to 170T, with rotor blades from 550mm and 90mm Tail Blades

Batteries used FullPower series Gold 5000mah 40-70C discharge and
GigaPower Mega Series with 5200mah 60-98c discharge

System Fbl Brain.

[JMD51]

Couple of shots of my 550....flew stock canopy at strip so....bummer. More to come.

[ChrisW]

Here's my 550 V1 in it's new frames & canopy...crashed it for the first time 2 weeks ago.

[IanWhitehead65]

Originally Posted by ChrisW

Here's my 550 V1 in it's new frames & canopy...crashed it for the first time 2 weeks ago.

Nice bird. Where did you get the side frames from?

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[DCflyer]

They look like mine - probably 2mm Fusuno's. They have them in orange, red, green, yellow, etc

[Taz00]

The new canopies are here so ....

[Atomic Skull]

Upgraded the tailcase, added Helioption single piece mainshaft block with thrust bearings and improved the wiring (cleaner and boom mount can now be removed while leaving wiring in place)