I can’t BELIEVE A Turbine Helicopter Could Do THIS! 

The sound is the best part! I would love to build a Turbine MD500E! Maybe one today.

Thank you! I greatly appreciate that.

Thank you!

Yes that was the same event! Awesome time and a great event to support. This thing definitely flies. Incredible and surprises me more and more every flight. Three blade should be awesome!

Thank you buddy! It flys great!

We’ve definitely thought about scale fuselages but! I’d rather build one from scratch and keep this one a 3-D helicopter. Maybe some thing with two rotors…. maybe something bigger…. who knows what the future holds.

It really is! Such a great flying helicopter that just really has a different presence and feel to it. Lots of work! This is the second Turbine RAW 700 but the only one in the US. The other one is in the UK.

It really is! It flys amazing. What’s crazy is I actually don’t feel nervous or scared at all flying this thing. It feels natural! It’s smooth and performs great! I get nervous flying the TDS and will definitely get nervous flying the new build….. 🫣🫣

Thank you for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

thank you! yes it does! nothing sounds better then a turbine.

Thank you! I appreciate that!

Thank you! I appreciate that. I’m looking forward to it as well. Should be even more awesome.

Thank you! I enjoy smooth, flying a lot! I appreciate that!

Thank you! It’s a beautiful heli.

Thank you! It’s awesome!

No you can not!

Thank you Mike! I would love to see SAB make a kit for this. I did see blackout mods have a prototype for the XL power turbine the other day.

@@westhobbiesrc8051 Awesome! 😁😁

Thank you! I greatly appreciate that. I am happy to help and inspire. This is my passion, and I love that I get to share it with each and everyone of you so thank you!

Thank you! I appreciate that!

Me too! There’s only one problem! The three blade head is design for a 12 mm Shaft and the turbine is a 10 mm shaft….. so that we will have to figure out. Lol

@@westhobbiesrc8051 easy enough, local machine shop could probably turn you out a brass spacer collar. should work perfect

I appreciate that! Thank you, you are right. Most people will never do nothing but hover may be a loop and a roll. But what fun is that? I wanna see what it can do! I have not auto rotated it yet, but it can definitely be done.

It is a blast! Every flight I enjoy it more and more, and start to push it more and more. I have seen one or two guys push a whiplash pretty hard, but other than that you really don’t see anybody do anything other than hover and maybe a loop. They are a lot more capable than most think

@@westhobbiesrc8051 definitely more than I thought. I get it because the expensive. I can't imagine a turbine will handle an impact well

@@HuevosAzules they will not handle a crash well. But we don’t think about that lol

@@westhobbiesrc8051 nah. No worries here haha

@@HuevosAzules worry if it happens lol

Thank you Paul! I appreciate that!

Thank you! I really appreciate that. No, so I just always wing it lol I should definitely come up with a routine just for this helicopter. But I always just fly in whatever comes to me comes to me.

It’s the best sound!

Shut down sounds awesome!

She definitely has a lot of them! lol

It’s been 11 years I should keep her around a little longer! 🤣

It really is!

Me too, I love big air smooth 3D.

Trust me, I started out with swap shop find helis and no gyro and a $10 4ch radio. Lol thank you! It’s awesome!

Thank you!

I am too! This Heli really does impress me every flight! So there is no actual tuning. It is all computer controlled but you can take power away. For example, if you want to have less RPM at the engine. But theoretically, it should make the exact same power from the day. It’s a new till you send it in for service. The biggest issue with a turbine is the delay in throttle response. So when you load the collective, it’s a two second delay, forget the rpm back so you must be very smooth to try to not enter that throttle stage. Might try and play with throttle curves to help eliminate some of that. Course because it has a V style curve right now. I would compare power to a rich nitro.

@@westhobbiesrc8051 oh gotcha, that's still really impressive, for some reason I thought you were running a governor on it, is it possible to run one or do you have to just use curves with it?

@@Lance57H I’m running Vbar Governor. Using a RPM sensor to the fan. But with Vcontrol they have a V curve so as you add power you get more RPM and as you go to center you get less RPM but I think it’s so much of a curve. Need to play with it.

So I’m not sure on weight between electric and this turbine but nitro it’s 1lb 8oz heavier. I could do a comparison. But it definitely doesn’t have the torque that the electric has.

So we run kerosene with 5% Kingtech turbine oil. You can run Jet A or diesel as well. Yes, there is a clutch. Same one as the nitro 700. No real maintenance needed except after a couple hundred flights or a hot start you have to replace the liner.

No, it is not!

Yes you can and I need to! Lol no, it’s just as hard to see in person. You will see at IRCHA.

I need to decide what I’m taking still. I’m not sure if I bring everything in case stuff breaks or bring reliable stuff with spares

@@jonathanmoore7472 I’m focusing on speed helis this year but I’ll bring my trailer and and bunch of parts and tools so if you need to work on anything we got a spot lol

@@colbyharrison8065 there is around $8,000 into this heli.

I was actually just talking to a buddy Saturday about the Kingtech turbine Heli. It’s a heck of a deal and best bang for your buck turbine Heli. The engine alone is $3200 so the whole Heli at $5200 (I believe) is a steal. No idea on quality as I’ve never seen one in person.

@@westhobbiesrc8051 ok good feeling a little more enticed now lol. I just sold my 600xn so I think ima go for it. Now as far as fuel goes what’s the best option?

I’ve been doing it for years too lol it’s just always impressive. Seeing a turbine helicopter do things you’re told it can’t do.

It sure does! Lots and lots of air!

In all honesty are used to not care for turbine helicopters before building and flying this morning. Are used to think they were pointless and a waste of money, but they are just different! It is a different flying and it’s just cool not every day do you see a Turbine helicopter doing light 3-D. And in all honesty, I can turn the head speed up even more and push it harder than I have been. But of course, it will never have the torque in power of an electric or could be flown as hard as an electric model.