it's been about 20 years since saw a new kit, all the main component's are ready preassembled. may be a 2-4 hour build at best? I am guessing that the longest part of the build is dial indicating the fan to the engine or have they improved those components to line up better?
Yes some parts are pre-assembled, but things like the rotor head / tail rotor assembly are still loose and require checking and re-tightening with thread lock. The kits have definitely improved since then, so you should find things fit together a lot more accurately!
@@duncanosbournheli I was just saying that because when I built heli it would take me hours just to do the rotor head and anything that had gears would take the whole night, and then the fan to engine alignment, omg that was just insane to get it under a thou.. to me it looks like they have taken all the complex assembling out of the hands for todays users. ie the components that wear out faster then they are suppose to when not assembled correctly. I was a miniature aircraft man back in the day Fury extreme was the beater helis as the only way to make them fly straight was finger skills. and the X-celll se was the middle of the road for a mellow day out. My fuel goal backthen was to burn 2k of fuel per season, or about 20 boxes, and each box had 6 jugs and or gallons of 30%.
One of my first real 3d Heli contests I went to. I had my routine down, got to the line, and lit the Perfect Blue sky with a line of fire from the nitro smoke, fell into the Piro terminal line, into real Piro Hurricane with the transition onto the other side of the Piro Hurricane was the start of the show and then into all the other basic stuff that every Heli guy knows. I literally blew the Judges out of their chairs, show center and all. they thought I lost control (because of the violent Rotor noise the Heli makes under those extreme conditions) and gave me 2nd place and only cause they said I saved the Heli from hitting them. I told them I had the Heli under complete control. The guy that they gave first place to offered me his Trophy saying that my flight was light years ahead of anything that anyone had ever seen. Told him.. no you keep it was the Judges final call. Best time of my life.
