Post up those Trex 500EFL Pro pictures!

[Andy from Sandy]

Here is my fleet all sporting Fusuno canopies.

[LeckSRT4]

Andy from Sandy,
great looking helis!
I shall post up a picture of my fleet here in a few days! once my 700 arrives!!!!

[Andy from Sandy]

Thank you Leck. I like the simple yellow and orange for visibility. The t-rex ones were delivered today so I just wanted to show them off.

Looking forward to seeing your fleet photo.

[LeckSRT4]

Andy,
I am going to try and paint my own canopy for my Trex 700E I bought just the plain white one, Going to make the bottom black, the top white, with GoPro on the sides, cut out the nose and put my gopro in the front, I have never used clearcoat spray before so well I will see.

Steve

[gravydrive]

Originally Posted by LeckSRT4

Can you get a close up shot of the skids?

looks nice

Originally Posted by rotaryguy

I love white skids and pipes, helps with visibility. Wonder what powder coating would cost or if it would add too much thickness? There are 1 or 2 places in jax that do it.

Can't say about the cost, but I know it would turn out better than my spray job! That being said, they just have to look pretty until the first time I take off from asphalt, I always scratch them up that way. If you look inside the plastic skid hole, where the tube slides in, there is a ring of raised plastic a few mm's inside. I took some sandpaper and wrapped it around an appropriately sized drill bit to sand that ring down flush with the rest of the hole (my coat of white spray paint was thicker than the black paint Align uses).

RG, are you in Jax?

[rotaryguy]

Originally Posted by gravydrive

RG, are you in Jax?

Yes, south end - Saint Johns county. Its funny, I like the white because of my old Logo landing gear. Looks like you have the same taste there too. The Mikado skids are yellowish when compared to the Aligns, I hated that.

[Andy from Sandy]

Originally Posted by LeckSRT4

Andy,
I am going to try and paint my own canopy for my Trex 700E I bought just the plain white one, Going to make the bottom black, the top white, with GoPro on the sides, cut out the nose and put my gopro in the front, I have never used clearcoat spray before so well I will see.

Steve

That sounds like a plan. For electric the clearcoat may not have to be the automobile type, the 2 pack stuff which is very toxic.

[LeckSRT4]

what is the 2 pack kind?

I dont know much about paint, I just can rattle can pretty good.

Steve

[Andy from Sandy]

Originally Posted by LeckSRT4

what is the 2 pack kind?

I dont know much about paint, I just can rattle can pretty good.

Steve

In order to be chemical resistant this type of clear has been developed.

http://www.autopaintsbrighton.co.uk/...kits-131-c.asp

So as you can see it is the clear with a hardener. It is expensive and once mixed you have to use it or lose it! I think some companies have designed a can that has keeps the two apart until you bang the can and then the hardener gets released.

http://www.autopaintsbrighton.co.uk/...paint-14-w.asp

[HeliBenj]

That's interesting guys, but getting quite off topic!
There's a forum dedicated to painting and such

[gravydrive]

Originally Posted by rotaryguy

Looks like you have the same taste there too. The Mikado skids are yellowish when compared to the Aligns, I hated that.

Yup, I noticed that as well, and it does bother me!

[Chep]

Here's a few shots from my build (and after-crash rebuild) plus a shot of my growing fleet.

Picture 7 & 8 show my bird with Edge blades (Align's were destroyed when I crashed the heli).

[Andy from Sandy]

Chep it looks like you have used the outer hole on the elevator servo horn but the inner hole on the aileron servo horn.

[Chep]

Andy, during the build I used the outer holes but had problems getting the MB set correctly. Then I switched to the inner holes and things checked out fine.

Cheers.

[modena]

500 Pro DFC, ready to maiden

[fr0stbyt3]

yummie

[Luis Corales]

nice........

[Luis Corales]

[matt713]

[modena]

Mini Goblin