Paul_Barsamian
Veteran
Location: Glenview (North Suburban Chicago)
My Posts This: Topic Forum | I have one I run at over 2K headspeed and it's a monster, until this year I've abused it heavily for trying new manuevers. It's over 5 years old
It was not originally designed for 3D but there are upgrades and tweaks that you can put on to make it fly very well. Parts availability in the US is a little tricky these days but you can get them from Hobby-Lobby and a few others.
I wouldn't recommend buying a new one, get a used one that probably has most of the stuff you need to fly it hard. If you can find one with the ORIGINAL H8 (not the newer ones made in China, the original H8 made in Germany), you are in pretty serious luck. That motor on 4s makes this a rocket.
Most popular mods for 3D
Metal head with mixing arms flipped to get +-10 degrees
MS or MAH Carbon blades on main and tail
One way bearing
Brushless H8 or Hacker B50 motor
Aluminum front frame stiffner
Aluminum 120CCPM servo brackets
hardened main shaft, and tail shaft.
Metal tail slider
If you can still find them, carbon fly bar paddles.
I recently tore mine down and am going to rebuild. Admittedly I don't use it much since I got my Lepton but it still is a pretty nice machine.
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