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ALIGN TREX 470lp MAIDEN FLIGHT
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มี.ค. 2021
- Long awaited maiden flight of my Align Trex 470lp!! Well what can I say!! very nervous but a briliant maiden flight. Very pleased with the way the Trex flew but just a tiny bit of tail wag to sort out.
Sure looks nice , and smooth! Nice flying too. I'm ordering the T Rex 450lp Dominator, RTF, on my upcoming payday.
It's a nice Heli Mark 😀👍
I see your 470lp is 6S!!! Wow.
Yes it's 6s as standard Mark, a big jump up in power from 3s!! The 470lp is quite a bit bigger than the Blade 330s 😀👍
Maidens are like buses, you wait for one for ages then suddenly they arrive one after the other 😁 The Heli looks and sounds great 👍
Lol it felt as solid as a rock!!your 330s will be amazing you wait👍😄🚁
I've been waiting on this one. I appreciate the smack-style flyers and crazy 3D, but I much prefer smooth scale-style, light aerobatics, and big air. That other stuff is just too spastic for an older almost-geezer like me.
And don't get caught up in metal "upgrades" too much, unless you just want it for the bling. I've seen a couple pilots smacking the crap out of their LPs and everything holds up just fine. I sent my LP in head-first, inverted, and at idle up (2750 rpm) and all I had to replace was a main gear. Broke the bank at $1.70 (one out of a 3-pack).
All this heli needs is either Align 74mm tail blades or RotorTech 71mm tail blades. I have the RotorTechs. Both have much better tail authority than the stock 69mm.
Great heli. The only way to get an appreciably better heli is to go bigger, but even then "better" is subjective.
Yes I agree with you!! It flies so much better than my Trex 450, 3D although very skillful is just not for me!! Thanks for watching and commenting 👍😄
Very nice Ian. This was the one I was thinking of getting last year during lockdown, but got completely absorbed in my gliders. I like the larger helicopters because they sound more realistic too, particularly if they have a belt driven tail rotor as it doesn't have that whirring motor sound. Bet you feel better now. Looking forward to seeing it fly again once you've made the necessary adjustment to remove the tail wag 👍
Thanks Carl, it took a bit of messing about but by the last flight it was much better!! Thanks for watching and commenting 👍😄
Hi Ian .....wow that’s huge !!!!! The blade sound is amazing snd sounds real !!!!!’ Beautifully made and beautifully flown .... congratulations all around ...great maiden on this serious heli !!!!
Thanks ... Michael
Thanks Michael, yes I was very pleased with it👍😄
Right of the bat smooth running and nice flight ! but aside from the slight tail waggle this is a great build Ian. Excellent !
Thanks Melvin, yes little bit of tail wag took a bit of tweaking but was ok by the last flight!! Thanks for watching and commenting 👍😄
@@IansRCExploits Your very welcome Sir !
Very nice maiden Ian! My coffee and I appreciate some quality flying while we wake up in the morning! That's a really nice helicopter, looks a little bigger than some of your others. Looks stable from my perspective. Well done Ian you are a great pilot! 👍
Thank you means a lot coming from an experienced pilot like yourself👍😄
A great heli Ian one of the best on the market love it
Thanks Gareth👍😄
I’m building one of these along with a 500 both with torque bars, im new to helis, just subscribed
Thanks Sots, Good luck with the builds and thanks for subscribing 😀👍
the cables from the flybarless were laid very nicely
Thanks, I do always try to get the cables as tidy as possible 😀👍
Nice flight ian the tail end was a bit wobbly but you can sort it out 👍nice heli looks very responsive if need be
Yes I'd tuned it out by my last flight👍😄
Good job👍
Thanks Robert👍😄
@@IansRCExploits your welcome
Very nice Ian, roll on the summer and better weather so you can really enjoy that heli. Did you have any issues with setting up the Beast X, I noticed a tiny bit of tail wag.
No it was fine!! It took a couple of flights to get rid of the tail wag👍😄
A successful Maiden for such a lovely beast, lil benchtime twerking & up again, soon. That sound are mesmerizing. Great job, Ian.👌
By the end of the mornings flying David the tail wag was much better!! Thanks for watching and commenting 👍😄
Sounds great, sounds like a helicopter, going to take a closer look at this.
Well it is a really nice Heli, and the kit is very nice quality!! I'm a big fan of Align Helie's and they are good value for money, thanks for watching and commenting 😄👍
That’s a nice Heli, Ian. Do you have that configured with a safe mode?
Yes Wolfgang, it's got panic recovery 👍😄
I have the metal one, in think it's the "LM" or something. It's not my first collective/6ch, but it's my biggest. I just hover it around because I don't want to wreck it, too much time and money lol
Yes Mike I know where you're coming from Lol I've had a few wrecks myself, and yes it does get expensive!! But what a great sense of achievement you get when you see them hover, thanks Mike for watching and commenting 😀👍
@@IansRCExploits Im afraid I'm getting to the point of getting bored of the hobby because all I do is hover. I need to start getting to get into forward flight. When I was deployed in Iraq I had a Commander that got me into this, but obviously that was a long time ago and not knowing anyone that also does this dosent make it any easier lol
Well they are difficult things to fly, if you want I could share a video I made with you, on what I did to teach myself to fly a Heli, I made it using the realflight simulator!!
did you ever upgrade the mb+ to attitude cntrl?
my 470lp is getting close to maiden
I like having stability mode for bringing it in to land- then I don't have to sweat it
Yes I upgraded the two I have to Microbeast Pro!! I like to have it like a panic button, so at the flick of a switch you can get out of trouble 😄👍
@@IansRCExploits my current efforts are getting my muscle memory used to the different directions flying inverted- feeling comfortable and not getting freaked out
just the right amount of confidence does the trick
any impact with this size heli does so much damage- quite traumatizing
Well I don't fly inverted!! I have enough trouble flying the right way up 😂🤣
Do you recommend the Blade Fusion 360 or the Align 450LP? Thanks.
Hi Vince, are they both RTF? Personally I prefer A Trex I find the parts are less expensive!! But that's just my choice, they both look nice Helicopters😄👍
@@IansRCExploits The Fusion 360 is a BNF model whereas the 450LP is a ARTF kit. I am just not sure how nice the A10 radio is that comes with it?
Yes I don't like the look of that radio it uses Frsky protocol and not Fasst, Blade are good helies my 330s was built well, but of course you could buy a Trex kit and then use Spektrum Tx and Rx👍
Ive noticed ALL your helis have next to no vibrations on spool up, you get them balanced very well.
Im so lazy, i never balance anything, not helis or my plane props lol.
Thanks Steve👍😄
@@IansRCExploits you'd cringe at some of my stuff ha ha, i get 9x5 props dirt cheap but they have the wrong size hole for the motor shaft so i get a drill out and re bore them.
most of the time i drill them pretty good but now and then they end up slightly pissed but i still fly with them, you can hear how off balance they are from 400ft away lol
🤣😂 Perfectionist you are Steve👍
@@IansRCExploits if it will physically fly, its good enough for me, i flew for weeks with a failing rudder servo which was twitching and slipping which made flying a challenge and didn't replace it till got so bad that it kept randomly going full deflection ha ha.
What you like🤣😂👍
i just bought one of these.. Any tips on set up?
Aww nice it's a great kit, what Flybarless unit you going with? My first tip is take your time building it, and go through the manual carefully!! I seem to remember a couple of the part bag labels don't match up with the manual, the manual doesn't tell you about belt tension either!! And this Heli has belt tension adjustment screws, make sure once you've decided on the tension of the belt, to put a dab of Blue thread lock on these screws!! Pay attention to the swash plate servo links and the position of the A on the ball links!! The A needs to face out on each ball joint, I set my 470Lp up quite docile as I don't fly 3D but this also depends on what Gyro your using!! But I set 10 degrees + pitch at full throttle and 10 degrees - pitch at low throttle and 0 degrees at centre stick!! This was then adjusted to suit my flying style using the throttle and pitch curves!! Good luck 😄👍
@@IansRCExploits I was thinking about either going with the icon 2 or A good spektrum FBL so I could get the SAFE mode, telemetry, panic and The food program in feature through my NX8.
I purchased the talk to version instead of the belt drive. Just sounded better in my mind to not have the belt. I will have to see what you’re talking about with the ball links when I get it in because this will be my first build.
Well the Spektrum FC 6250HX is on two of my Align Helie's and performs well but I had trouble setting it up on my 470Lp so changed to a Micro Beast pro.
A word of caution regarding the BeastX if you want self level and the panic feature you have to pay an additional €98 for the Pro Upgrade!! I love how easy the FC6250HX was to program through Forward Programming and wish I had been able to get it set up on my 470Lp I put it on my Trex 500 and it has performed amazing!! But the set up videos from Spektrum are quite sketchy!! As for the Ikon at the time if building my 470 i could not find any to buy in Europe or the UK so i have no experience of this unit at all, i think the Torque tube is a better idea than the drive belt!! Keep an eye on your tail drive shaft bearings!! Mine disintegrated after about 6 flights!! Thank God I was only just taking off when it happened so had no damage to the Heli 😄👍
@@IansRCExploits Yes I have heard that about the beast-x extra cost for the feature unlock. It was recommended to me by several others to just sell the Beast-x and Buy either icon2 or spectrum.
I say spektrum’s videos on setting up FBL’s and they all seem to be pretty old I think it’s time for them to do updated videos on their newer stuff. I watched a few videos of guys assembling the dominator series and they said the bearings come with just a dot of grease and you have to pretty much disassemble most of the parts and put more grease on the bearings and reassemble them.
Hi.just built same heli .got exact same wag.is there a fix??
Hi Chris, tail wag I find can be caused by a number of things, including the temperature on the day your flying!! However with the Trex Helies, I find that they just need to be mechanically adjusted correctly, have a look at this video, it explains it more easily than I could explain in words 😀👍
th-cam.com/video/o2ee2VDAENg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8uU_94ZEQwIh_nlW
If that doesn't cure the issue, I find just adjusting the tail Gyro gain a fraction can help to, here's another link to a video from a guy called Freddy, I've used him a lot and learnt a great deal about building Helie's and adjusting them 😀👍
th-cam.com/video/oJJuK_lA9pY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=CsSGQ1n2WmjU9N-3
Hope this helps. It can be quite frustrating to sort out tail wag, but check out these videos, and I'm sure you will get it sorted 😀👍