imnxtc
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Location: Dawson
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| ..my immediate thoughts looking at those pics: that the flybar cage design is the same ..nasty plastic bits with a centre double-threaded ball holding it together.. a weak method that will allow potential twisting.
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Hmmm...they are the same as my Predator and Raven - I found that control yoke to have a lot less twisting then those in most other helis I have had over the past 20 some years. The key is to make sure you do not strip any of the threading and to use CA (not locktite) on these threads.
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| And is that swash plate plastic?
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Looks to have a metal inner star and either a anodized black metal outer star or a GRP outer starlike the 90 sized Hirobo Freya and some of the other 90 helis.
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| Frankly there shouldn't be an 'entry level' version. There should just be a real version.
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Interesting comment. I used to think along a similar line, until I saw a poll here, or in some other forum last year, that asked where the flyers where in their skill level. It seemed that 80% where at levels (and had been at those levels for a number of years and where happy to remain there and/or flew scale), so that they would not need a high-zoot version of any good heli.
That is why I think they should have different levels. For us that want it all - make a PRO level.
That said when I look at my new 50NX, all I wanted extra was their tuneable full metal head, so I added it. After doing so, even adding the cost as an upgrade, it still totalled less then a Vibe 50 or T600NSP (?) and others of similar ilk. So that is fine by me.
I see you live in the UK, so I can understand a bit of your frustration with the brand, as all reports I have heard of their distributor in your country have been not very positive. Maybe Century should look to change distributor.
I have had subscriptions to both UK heli mags since both their inceptions, and Century's UK distributor spend all their time and efforts selling low cost small electric knock-offs from China that have no association with Century USA at all, while using the Century name to do so. IMHO, Century USA should not allow them to do that. |
Jrock, you're too funny...
