Trex 450 SE and general build videos are here

Finless · 05-12-2006, 01:11 PM

It was suggested by a excellent contributor GimbalFan that I order my videos in a order that should be follow by a new person (n00b) with a new Trex. I liked the suggestion and now the videos are in order as they should be viewed.

NEW VIDEOS added 8/28/2007!
My old beater SE got pretty totaled at IRCHA night flying (I wont explain but it wasnt me) and I had to do a rebuild. Thus I decided to do a video on things that I had not done on the SE before. That is a complete frame build (All 4 frame sides were broken in the crash) and HS65MG servo install. So with that here ya go:

NEW VIDEO -> Trex SE frame build (40 Megs)

NEW VIDEO -> Installing HS65MG servos in an SE (50 Megs)

Here are the other Trex 450 videos:

General Maintenance Ad-hoc Video (20 Megs)

Installing the NEW SE tail hub (20 Megs)

Modifying the new SE tail hub to make it much better (10 Megs)

Thread Lock 101 (15 Megs)

Installing HS56 Servos in a Trex SE (38 Megs)

Ball Links 101 (20 Megs)

Soldering Bullet (Motor) Connectors 101 (50 Megs)

Soldering Deans Connectors 101 (30 Megs)

Trex Electronics placement and overview (28 Megs)

CCPM Setup Part 1 (58 Megs)

CCPM Setup Part 2 (58 Megs)

Pitch and Throttle Curves 101 (58 Megs)

401 gyro setup (48 Megs)

Align ESC setup (30 Megs)

Blade Balancing (30 Megs)

Canopy Trimming 101 (28 Megs)

Servo Repair 101 (30 Megs)

Replacing the Align Auto-rotation Clutch (20 Megs)

Blade Tracking 101 (35 Megs)

Programming the Futaba 9Z for a heli (78 Megs)

Enjoy!
Bob

efly726 · 05-12-2006, 02:35 PM

Bob - thank you for the videos. They have been invaluable in helping me set up my Trex successfully.

marke · 05-12-2006, 02:36 PM

Thank you Again Bob(finless)

sorry you have to do this again but it looks like your safe here so I think you will have to post them just one more time!

Marke

stpeteheli · 05-12-2006, 04:22 PM

Bob,

Will you be able to post the video on CCPM Setup Part 2?

Thanks!

Finless · 05-12-2006, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stpeteheli

Bob,

Will you be able to post the video on CCPM Setup Part 2?

Thanks!

It's in process but I just got a FTP error so the Admins will need to delete the current upload so I can redo it. Should be up today!

bob

ericnord · 05-12-2006, 04:54 PM

I'm getting a file does not exist error on this CCPM video 1.

-Eric

Finless · 05-12-2006, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericnord

I'm getting a file does not exist error on this CCPM video 1.

-Eric

Eric, it should be working now.... Will had to do a little fix on the server for me so he had it down for a few minutes.

Bob

ericnord · 05-12-2006, 05:04 PM

Roger, like the splash screen! I really want to get this thing to move this weekend.

Thanks,
-Eric

Finless · 05-12-2006, 06:28 PM

OK, CCPM part 2 and installing servos is up!

Bob

Finless · 05-12-2006, 08:31 PM

Slowly but surely they are going up!
Looks like it will take longer than I thought to do them all!

Bob

stpeteheli · 05-12-2006, 08:37 PM

Thanks Bob! Your videos will really help this hobby. I just wish they were out when I started about a year ago! I'm building a Swift now, moving up from the ole Trex. I never had a GY401 and digital servo on the rex but I do now and would appreciate it if you could get that lesson on setup posted.

Thanks again!

Finless · 05-12-2006, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stpeteheli

Thanks Bob! Your videos will really help this hobby. I just wish they were out when I started about a year ago! I'm building a Swift now, moving up from the ole Trex. I never had a GY401 and digital servo on the rex but I do now and would appreciate it if you could get that lesson on setup posted.

Thanks again!

Funny you should ask! It's up right now

Throttle and Pitch curves will be next!

Bob

Finless · 05-12-2006, 09:32 PM

Just put up the Pitch and Throttle Curves 101 video!
I know many liked that one so it was high on the list to get done.

Bob

Squirrlybird · 05-12-2006, 10:27 PM

Wow!

Bob is hard at work again. These vids are comming back much faster than I expected. Thanks for all of your efforts. It is great to have a site that we can count on.

Thanks for the new home! Looks like the old one burnt to the ground.

Well we can always hope :wink: .

Finless · 05-12-2006, 11:29 PM

I just posted a bunch more of my vids.... Man what a process to have to recompress them all over again!

Slowly but shurely they will get here!

Bob

p llim · 05-13-2006, 02:34 AM

Dont worry if you cant find the pinion one.

Finless · 05-13-2006, 03:05 AM

No worries... I have thew PINION one

Bob

gwk · 05-13-2006, 11:55 AM

Hi Finless,

The pinion vid got a lot of ridicule, but I think the it was a valuable learning tool. I learned some things from it! I'm still a n00b though....for us n00b's it's great!

oldeflyer · 05-14-2006, 10:22 AM

Bob,
i am building a Swift (first CP) and your cyclic and curve vids are extemely helpful.
i spent weeks asking questions on the RCG and getting confused

then trying this and that, finally getting something to work. great bunch of people over there, but these videos have sooo much information presented in an easy to understand fashion, it is GREAT.
thank you for taking the time to redo them.

Wayne

weasle51 · 05-14-2006, 10:58 AM

glad to see you,r back at it again thank,s a lot weasle

05-12-2006, 01:11 PM	#1
Finless Team Taco VP My HF Map location Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stanton, Ca. USA	Trex 450 SE and general build videos are here It was suggested by a excellent contributor GimbalFan that I order my videos in a order that should be follow by a new person (n00b) with a new Trex. I liked the suggestion and now the videos are in order as they should be viewed. NEW VIDEOS added 8/28/2007! My old beater SE got pretty totaled at IRCHA night flying (I wont explain but it wasnt me) and I had to do a rebuild. Thus I decided to do a video on things that I had not done on the SE before. That is a complete frame build (All 4 frame sides were broken in the crash) and HS65MG servo install. So with that here ya go: NEW VIDEO -> Trex SE frame build (40 Megs) NEW VIDEO -> Installing HS65MG servos in an SE (50 Megs) Here are the other Trex 450 videos: General Maintenance Ad-hoc Video (20 Megs) Installing the NEW SE tail hub (20 Megs) Modifying the new SE tail hub to make it much better (10 Megs) Thread Lock 101 (15 Megs) Installing HS56 Servos in a Trex SE (38 Megs) Ball Links 101 (20 Megs) Soldering Bullet (Motor) Connectors 101 (50 Megs) Soldering Deans Connectors 101 (30 Megs) Trex Electronics placement and overview (28 Megs) CCPM Setup Part 1 (58 Megs) CCPM Setup Part 2 (58 Megs) Pitch and Throttle Curves 101 (58 Megs) 401 gyro setup (48 Megs) Align ESC setup (30 Megs) Blade Balancing (30 Megs) Canopy Trimming 101 (28 Megs) Servo Repair 101 (30 Megs) Replacing the Align Auto-rotation Clutch (20 Megs) Blade Tracking 101 (35 Megs) Programming the Futaba 9Z for a heli (78 Megs) Enjoy! Bob __________________ "Don't Taco My Pack Dude!" To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* Last edited by Finless; 08-28-2007 at 05:50 PM..

05-12-2006, 02:35 PM	#2
efly726 Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Florida	Bob - thank you for the videos. They have been invaluable in helping me set up my Trex successfully. __________________ efly726 450se, Trex 600 Funkey/Airwolf, Trex 600/Hughes MD500 fuselage

05-12-2006, 06:28 PM	#9
Finless Team Taco VP Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stanton, Ca. USA	OK, CCPM part 2 and installing servos is up! Bob __________________ "Don't Taco My Pack Dude!" To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

05-12-2006, 08:31 PM	#10
Finless Team Taco VP Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stanton, Ca. USA	Slowly but surely they are going up! Looks like it will take longer than I thought to do them all! Bob __________________ "Don't Taco My Pack Dude!" To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

05-12-2006, 09:32 PM	#13
Finless Team Taco VP Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stanton, Ca. USA	Just put up the Pitch and Throttle Curves 101 video! I know many liked that one so it was high on the list to get done. Bob __________________ "Don't Taco My Pack Dude!" To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

05-12-2006, 02:36 PM	#3
marke Registered Users Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hamburg NY USA	Thank you Again Bob(finless) sorry you have to do this again but it looks like your safe here so I think you will have to post them just one more time! Marke

05-12-2006, 04:22 PM	#4
stpeteheli Registered Users Join Date: May 2006 Location: St Pete FL	Bob, Will you be able to post the video on CCPM Setup Part 2? Thanks!

05-12-2006, 04:54 PM	#6
ericnord Registered Users Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta	I'm getting a file does not exist error on this CCPM video 1. -Eric

05-12-2006, 05:04 PM	#8
ericnord Registered Users Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta	Roger, like the splash screen! I really want to get this thing to move this weekend. Thanks, -Eric

05-12-2006, 08:37 PM	#11
stpeteheli Registered Users Join Date: May 2006 Location: St Pete FL	Thanks Bob! Your videos will really help this hobby. I just wish they were out when I started about a year ago! I'm building a Swift now, moving up from the ole Trex. I never had a GY401 and digital servo on the rex but I do now and would appreciate it if you could get that lesson on setup posted. Thanks again!

05-12-2006, 10:27 PM	#14
Squirrlybird Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Greenville, SC	Wow! Bob is hard at work again. These vids are comming back much faster than I expected. Thanks for all of your efforts. It is great to have a site that we can count on. Thanks for the new home! Looks like the old one burnt to the ground. Well we can always hope :wink: . __________________ Sent from my bag phone! While driving, eating a sandwich, and flying my heli!

05-12-2006, 11:29 PM	#15
Finless Team Taco VP Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stanton, Ca. USA	I just posted a bunch more of my vids.... Man what a process to have to recompress them all over again! Slowly but shurely they will get here! Bob __________________ "Don't Taco My Pack Dude!" To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

05-13-2006, 02:34 AM	#16
p llim Registered Users Join Date: May 2006 Location: england	Dont worry if you cant find the pinion one.

05-13-2006, 03:05 AM	#17
Finless Team Taco VP Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stanton, Ca. USA	No worries... I have thew PINION one Bob __________________ "Don't Taco My Pack Dude!" To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

05-13-2006, 11:55 AM	#18
gwk Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Denver, CO	Hi Finless, The pinion vid got a lot of ridicule, but I think the it was a valuable learning tool. I learned some things from it! I'm still a n00b though....for us n00b's it's great!

05-14-2006, 10:22 AM	#19
oldeflyer Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: May 2006 Location: NE Ohio	Bob, i am building a Swift (first CP) and your cyclic and curve vids are extemely helpful. i spent weeks asking questions on the RCG and getting confused then trying this and that, finally getting something to work. great bunch of people over there, but these videos have sooo much information presented in an easy to understand fashion, it is GREAT. thank you for taking the time to redo them. Wayne

05-14-2006, 10:58 AM	#20
weasle51 Registered Users Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: somewereinthesouth	glad to see you,r back at it again thank,s a lot weasle

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