Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / May 2008

I've got myself a T-Rex 450 SE V2. The user's manual and the
experienced guys say to not use the governor mode which the ESC
supports. The experienced guys say it's because the ESC gets too hot,
while the manual gives no reason at all.

Quick background...my first introduction to heli's was when I was
a kid (about 1980 +- a few) and saw a guy hovering at the local
school yard on summer day.
Forgot all about it until a couple years later when I saw folks

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I've finally managed to solve my problem where the Trimming Knob was
maxed out and still I had to use stick left to keep the heli from
spinning to the right.
In my case, I just twisted the bottom rotor blades (lightly by hand),

Can anyone please tell me of other radio controll helicopter magazines other
than " Model helicopter World " and " RotorWorld " as i`m curious thats all.

Very excited
Just got 1 trex600 Nitro Pro for helipross
trex600 For 489 a set these are very cheap
Heliken

Does anyone know of a shaft tail rotor drive upgrade for a Trex 450. I have
had the belt snap for the second time in about 6 months. It makes for a
terrible landing. I don't mind the cost of the part's it is just such a pain
to get the wreck back to the preferred setup before the ...

I need a hex start shaft that has a shaft length of 9 inches so the starter
cup sits above the rotor head when placed in position. There is not enough
room to tilt the shaft as it passes through the elevator control yoke which
only has a small hole and the amount of tilt required ...

Only store in Australia stocking it does not stock the heli anymore.
The parts they sell show "out of stock" for some items which is no biggie,
we find it hard to get soem stuff that is plentiful in USA or asia etc. BUT
I see those are also out of stock on some overseas websites.

I just purchased a 735 AirSquire mini-helicopter. Right out of the box
and for the first ten minutes or so of flight, it worked fine. Shortly
thereafter, the helicopter started to spin out-of-control to the right
and would no longer fly. The more throttle I gave, the faster the