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usaf_aggie · 12-03-2007, 08:22 PM

Howdy ya'll. Well, it is about time for me to dust off the ole heli and get back into the hobby after the usual hiatus I have every year. (if it ain't college taking up my time, its pilot training!) Anyways, I have a MX400 with mostly metal everything and the eCCPM kit. I have your run of the mill hitec hs-55 servos and an hs-50/gy240 on the tail. I also have the trex flybar and gorilla paddles. I remember the last it flew, it was flying pretty good. Right now I have the align 35a esc and 430l motor. I have a jgf 450th in the box waiting to be thrown on. Oh, and I run TP2100's.

I am in the market for some upgrades, and I was looking for some input. It looks like the 347mm tail boom is a good choice with the SAB 320mm blades. As far as ESC upgrades (I think my align esc is junky, and it cuts out every once in a while) what is the hot ticket for the jgf 450th? I was looking at the quark or castle creations 35a. What would ya'll recommend for servos? I know there are a lot of mounting issues servo wise. I glued the black nuts to the servo mounts and it works OK, but it ain't the most secure or slop free method. I know someone is going to tell me to use the search button, but I have been! I don't have a whole lot of time to mess around on here with minimum 12 hr work days 5 days a week. Thanks!

istandalone · 12-07-2007, 04:07 PM

i've been told by many people that castle creations esc's are great, only there are some issues with the high voltage line of escs. for my hurricane 550 build i got the cc pheonix 60, which by looking at it seems to be very high quality. also, most trex parts will fit on that heli, which is a definite upgrade from helimax. but if your going to upgrade the head, you need to replace the whole thing with align, same with the tail rotor assy. check out the copterX line of trex clone parts. there is a few threads here about them, and you can pick up a complete trex 450v2 head (copterx brand) for $60 swash included and the tail assy for i think $30. if and when i trash my stock mx450 alloy head i'm definitly going to try the copterx parts. too inexpensive not to give it a go.

usaf_aggie · 12-09-2007, 10:46 AM

Cool thanks. I have a mostly metal head as it is which is wokring out pretty good. Has anyone else put the long boom and pro woods on? I freakin crashed yesterday. It really did do much damage (spindle/flybar) but its a good excuse to order more stuff. Oh, and an hs-55 died, so I am definately getting hs-65s!

usaf_aggie · 12-10-2007, 12:07 PM

Well I ordered a bunch of stuff last night. I bit the bullet and bought a good tail solution instead of jacking with the gy240 any more. The more I read about the 240 the more I saw that the problem sI was having are a fact of life with the 240. I ended up getting a Logitech 2100T and an S9257 servo. Grandrc has a helluva members only deal going on right now on the gyros. I also got the long tailboom and a set of pro-woods; and to top it off I bought 2 HS-65s. I can't wait for the weekend!

12-03-2007, 08:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
usaf_aggie Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2007	Oh what to do!!!!! Howdy ya'll. Well, it is about time for me to dust off the ole heli and get back into the hobby after the usual hiatus I have every year. (if it ain't college taking up my time, its pilot training!) Anyways, I have a MX400 with mostly metal everything and the eCCPM kit. I have your run of the mill hitec hs-55 servos and an hs-50/gy240 on the tail. I also have the trex flybar and gorilla paddles. I remember the last it flew, it was flying pretty good. Right now I have the align 35a esc and 430l motor. I have a jgf 450th in the box waiting to be thrown on. Oh, and I run TP2100's. I am in the market for some upgrades, and I was looking for some input. It looks like the 347mm tail boom is a good choice with the SAB 320mm blades. As far as ESC upgrades (I think my align esc is junky, and it cuts out every once in a while) what is the hot ticket for the jgf 450th? I was looking at the quark or castle creations 35a. What would ya'll recommend for servos? I know there are a lot of mounting issues servo wise. I glued the black nuts to the servo mounts and it works OK, but it ain't the most secure or slop free method. I know someone is going to tell me to use the search button, but I have been! I don't have a whole lot of time to mess around on here with minimum 12 hr work days 5 days a week. Thanks!

12-07-2007, 04:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
istandalone Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Aug 2007	i've been told by many people that castle creations esc's are great, only there are some issues with the high voltage line of escs. for my hurricane 550 build i got the cc pheonix 60, which by looking at it seems to be very high quality. also, most trex parts will fit on that heli, which is a definite upgrade from helimax. but if your going to upgrade the head, you need to replace the whole thing with align, same with the tail rotor assy. check out the copterX line of trex clone parts. there is a few threads here about them, and you can pick up a complete trex 450v2 head (copterx brand) for $60 swash included and the tail assy for i think $30. if and when i trash my stock mx450 alloy head i'm definitly going to try the copterx parts. too inexpensive not to give it a go. __________________ AMA# 906249 i'm now down to one heli (align sev2) but have an arsenal of 120+ mph jets. hmm...i think i see a pattern here lol.

12-09-2007, 10:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
usaf_aggie Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Feb 2007	Cool thanks. I have a mostly metal head as it is which is wokring out pretty good. Has anyone else put the long boom and pro woods on? I freakin crashed yesterday. It really did do much damage (spindle/flybar) but its a good excuse to order more stuff. Oh, and an hs-55 died, so I am definately getting hs-65s! Last edited by usaf_aggie; 12-10-2007 at 12:03 PM..

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12-10-2007, 12:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
usaf_aggie Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Feb 2007	Well I ordered a bunch of stuff last night. I bit the bullet and bought a good tail solution instead of jacking with the gy240 any more. The more I read about the 240 the more I saw that the problem sI was having are a fact of life with the 240. I ended up getting a Logitech 2100T and an S9257 servo. Grandrc has a helluva members only deal going on right now on the gyros. I also got the long tailboom and a set of pro-woods; and to top it off I bought 2 HS-65s. I can't wait for the weekend!

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