My first T-REX 450

oldmanflyer · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:50 am Post subject: My first T-REX 450

Well I bought my first T-REX 450 last night, its the new sport kit. I hope I like it. Any suggestion on what ESC, GYRO, MOTOR, REC. SERVO'S.

tombo242 · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:10 am Post subject:

The only recommendation that I can give is to get the best gyro and tail servo that you can afford. Please don't skimp on these!

oldmanflyer · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:22 am Post subject:

OK, is JR brand ok

Crashagain · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:30 am Post subject:

Congrats on your purchase.. Good servos are the HS65MG's good speed and metal geared. a BEC is not needed, since ESC's of that size have them built in. A good ESC that I recomend is the Castle Creations, Pheonix 35. As far as motors go, I am using the Hacker A-20 6-XL. You can gear it up or down for what headspeed you want to run. It will handle from an 11th pinion to the 13th if you really want to wake up this little bird.
JR is ok, but you can get a logitech 2100t and servo for 104.00 at Amain hobbies. I am running this combo and can tell you that it is a good setup.

oldmanflyer · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:46 am Post subject:

Thanks for the info crashagain. I've been writing down all kinds of choices to choose from. What is the web address of Bob's build site

Dumb Thumbs · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:50 am Post subject:

I thought the Align 450 Sport kits came with a ESC & motor. I'd stick with using them and spend the $$ on more batts insted of upgrades for a better motor & ESC that are perfectly fine for now.

Servos; Cyclic servos- HiTec HS-65MG. Fast, strong and not expensive. For the rudder a Futaba 9257 gets my vote.

Gyro; I have a Logictech 2100 on my 450SE v2 and like it very much. The instructions that came with it leave a lot to be desired, but once I understood what it was they were saying through the bad translation it's easy to set up.
The Rx will all depend on what Tx you use.

Crashagain · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:58 am Post subject:

Good catch DumbThumbs. I totaly forgot that the kit came with motor and ESC.
+1 on keeping them and buying batteries.
http://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=132747
Here is a good video on setting up the gyro..
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8103847630765832085#

Dumb Thumbs · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:23 am Post subject:

The Logictech 2100T on my 450 and the Align GP750 on my 250 setup procedures are very much the same. Once set up they work equally well IMO.

oldmanflyer · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:13 am Post subject:

Hey, thanks again everybody for all the suggestion.

oldmanflyer · Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:52 am Post subject:

Well I made up my mind not to buy a micro fixed pitched heli for my next step up from the MCX. I'm going directly to the TREX 450. I'm not going to waste my time and money on a fixed pitch heli. By the time it takes to build the 450 and set it up I'll be done all of my orientation training on the MCX.

oldmanflyer · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:51 am Post subject:

Well the T-REX 450 came today, I got the rotor head done and the flybar is on. The frame is next.

Crashagain · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:15 pm Post subject:

you are going to luv that little bird.
Remember, take your time when you setup the servos, swash, and head. If you rush thru it you will have to start all over, and it will drive you crazy.
I luv thrwoing mine around. I crashed my 600 this weekend, and spent the day flying my 450 around. It's nice to have a backup.
Have fun and keep us posted..

Dumb Thumbs · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 4:45 am Post subject:

Good luck with the build and keep us up to date on how it goes. A word to the wise... Don't trust that any assemblies were done correctly at the factory. It's a very good idea to take parts (like main blade grips, tail rotor grips) apart and make sure they are assembled right, are greased and screws have LockTite on them. I heard a story of a guy, first heli he built, wasn't sure about it being set up right so he inlisted the help of a more experienced pilot to maiden his new heli. The guy lifted into a low hover then BANG... Tail blade & grip flew off, hit the pilot in eye and ended up loosing it. True story or not, it could happen that fast, so take your time with the build an be 100% sure everything is built correctly. And if you get stuck along the way, we are allways here to help.

oldmanflyer · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:44 am Post subject:

Thanks guys, I had to go buy a ball link pliers today so that I can check everything out like you all are saying. Well start tonight.

oldmanflyer · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:50 am Post subject:

Well I finished checking all the screws to metal and half had thread lock and half had none. so now they all have thread lock. here's 2 pics. of what I have finished sofar