Official 3D heli extreme
I am official a 3D heli pilot now! Woo.
This is my new heli. It's put together from many, many trades. It's a TRex 450XL HDE that been upgraded to pretty much a SE except for the metal frame bits and boom supports (I prefer the aluminum sides, but I do have the carbon fiber ones.) It's sporting an Align 35G ESC with a JGF 450F motor (I have two Align 3550's laying around too.) For a TX I have a DX7 ( freakin awesome ) and the RX is an AR6100. The gyro is a GY401 with a 9650 on the tail. The cyclic servos are HS-65MG's. The canopy is fiberglass. Yes it has pink on it. Be quiet! haha. I would not of painted it that way, but still looks cool and is HIGHLY visible which is VERY important. So pretty much top of the line minus the ESC which is middle of the line.
I've so far run about 15 packs with zero crashes! What's up with that. I can finally call myself a 3D pilot now too since I've flown it upside-down ON PURPOSE. haha.
I am quite confident doing stationary rolls and flips now. I can usually do them with less than a couple feet of altitude loss. Today I even got so cocky that I did "A" freak'n tic-toc! haha.
If the weather holds I think I might try to get inverted and bring the heli closer to the ground. I'd say if I get within 4 feet inverted ON PURPOSE I will have earned my RC helicopter inverted flight merit badge!