Paul_Barsamian
Senior Heliman
Location: Glenview (North Suburban Chicago)
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The clutch was VERY light on material, it had literally half of the material you normally see in a 30 sized clutch removed, I have concerns about the 'wing tips' on it cracking off, there was very little meat to it.
They do use a very large diameter boom for a heli this size and it is nice thick carbon tube, looks rock solid. The tail assembly was very interesting, in that it had a dual pivot point slider assembly that words can't adequetly describe. It felt extremely tight though and the slider pivot assembly was not ball raced at the pivot point like the Hirobo and Raptor 30 systems, it is simply a metal block that pivots at two points on what look like steel press pins and cap head bolts.
The frames are stacked and well supported, it looked VERY sturdy and I don't think it is intended for beginners. Also, the included blades are 530mm blades, not the standard 550 everyone else uses. They say you can use 550s on it but the included tail blades were VERY VERY small carbon blades, and I personally like to run much bigger tail blades even on a 30.
Overall the machining is impressive and it is a beautiful looking piece but I have some doubts about some of the design choices they made, especially with the attached price tag being nearly the cost of an Xspec and a Fury Expert.
They are supposedly going to introduce a 60 and a 90 size shortly, can't imagine how much those would cost.
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. I am expecting some additional information regarding this unit and may be able to obtain a kit. Also, to my knowledge there seems to be some discrepency with the total weight of the unit as well. At this point it doesn't look good. I hope to put alot of these rumors to rest here shortly. If anyone else finds out anything in the meantime let me know.
