Align T-rex 600 XL (2007)

Bought this one from Hong Kong for a very reasonable price.  High power model and I learnt how to properly loop and roll with this one plus stationary flips and rolls etc though it was certainly capable of more than I could do with it.

A very stable easy to fly helicopter that could be used as a trainer though the cost of batteries and charger as of 2007 did mean that it was an expensive option.  Mind you, by 2011 the cost of batteries and chargers had significantly reduced both in real terms and relative terms that it began to get viable and then again by 2014 batteries were getting cheap (£45), at least for 30C types used in 'sports' flying.

Align T-rex 600 L (2007)

I Bought this one in Feb 08 along with another helicopter and other bits.  The head had been used in a JR Voyager electric conversion however I put that back to standard and built this one up.  Original version and slightly less powerful than the later T-rex 600 model with the 'X' motor though very good for general flying and aerobatics.  in May 09 I modified the front to the helicopter to take my camcorder and attempted to take video recordings of my ship from the air.  Didn't work though as my camcorder is a HD type and the vibration caused the protection shutdown system to stop the camcorder.  Fastened on one of the little 'Flycam' recorders and this worked though suffered from high frequency feedback from the speed controller/motor causing the picture to be 'wavy'.  Sold on in Feb 10 being swapped for a mid 70's Graupner bell 212 and some Hirobo Falcon projects.