Here’s a great video of Fast Lad Performance team pilot Mattie Lodge flying his Mikado 600 3D

In this flight Mattie is flying the Brand new Opti-Power ’50c Ultra’ batteries and as you’ll see they certainly can pack a good punch !!

Mattie says:- ‘I’ve been flying the 50c Ultras …

Thanks to the guys at Simstick I have the NEW Simstick ‘PRO’ to play with and of course share my thoughts.

So what is Simstick?

Simstick was developed a couple of years ago and addressed the need to be able to use your RC Flight Simulator wirelessly …

So, after living with the Trex 450 pro for years now It was time to give the airframe a new set of muscles.

Enter the DS92A digital cyclic FBL servos from MKS and the 8910A tail servo !!

These cyclic servos boost a truly excellent spec. 0.058 Secs /60 degrees …

Well now that I have had a few more flights on the Thunder Tiger Raptor G4 I thought I’d post a little bit about how I’ve got on with this new model.

First a little bit of a background, I have owned various helis but the largest I currently own …

Here is a little look at the new Spektrum DX18.
I have been using the DX18 for 3 weeks now and have around 50 flights using it.

What’s in the box
DX18, charger , manual , 18ch rx , sticker set.

First thing I noticed is the quality has gone …

So when I was asked if I’d like to build the New Gaui X7 by our sponsor Fast Lad Performance of course I jumped at the chance. Having never really dealt with Gaui helicopters before all this would be new to me.

As the build goes on you will see …

Onto the Main gear, Motor mounting and Head build now

The Gaui X7 use’s a slant cut main gear for the drive system. Also a crown gear for the tail drive.

You’re not going to strip this one easily !!!!

Heavy duty mast locking collar with twin locking bolts.

Here …

Next is the Tail build up

The boom and torque tube is pretty standard stuff. Once again great quality parts.

Fitted are three heavy duty tail pushrod guides

Front gear is a dual bearing support system with a third in the frame as well. (see later photo)

Here it is …

Finally the radio install

Cyclic servo install

Aft servo and anti-rotation. Note the bearings in the guide !!

All cyclic’s installed and connected up :)

Tail servo hangs out the side

Scorpion HKIII-4035-500KV Gaui special will be used with a Castle ICE 160 HV ESC

Motor fitted and mesh adjust …

My Final thoughts on the Gaui X7

As I said on the into part of this build, this was the first time I have built a Gaui model. (It certainly wont be the last ! )

What stuck me the most about the kit was the quality of it. Every …