This is the New Hobby King Torque Tube 500 size RC Helicopter, HK500CMT TT. It is essentially a clone of the Basic Kit of Align T-Rex 500 ESP RC Helicopter. First impressions are fine for the price, it comes in at around 1/4 of the basic kit cost, you can tell the difference in quality between the Align and this helicopter, but for the price its a heli you can practice stunts with before trying it out on your Align Original. The parts I am using for this kit can be found in RC Groups here www.rcgroups.com If you decide to buy this helicopter please type in my affiliate code &aff=75319 at the end of the URL, this helps me get points. Link to the helicopter is listed below (with my affiliate code) Thanks In Advance www.hobbyking.com Elias
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Large Bird Attacks RC Helicopter n almost crashes it. Awesome footage. Anyone know how to scare off birds?
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It looks like a warped gear
@grezmel as I crash this heli I replace with HK parts it seems their part are better than their kits in all heli’s they sell….
only thing I can recommend is change that tail blade grip and hub to Align and all will be fine (if you cant be bothered fixing the problem with the hk version.
@grezmel just fix the tail issue and all is fine, as far as being 1005 compatible well maybe that was the case with the first release from Align, but the later model like the ESP for example there are so many differences I cant care to mention.
Great Vid – HK website says that this is 100% compatible with the T-Rex parts, is this true ?
Would you recommend building as a starting point and slowly changing the bits over to T-Rex parts over time ?
I just recieved this heli, and wish I had looked at some of these reiviews first. It’s going to have to have alot of upgrades before I fly it. The description on the website said it was a belt driven tail, I didnt realize it was a TT. Right off the bat, if you get a TT, you want it solid, and this isnt. So if you buy the TT version, buy the upgraded tail parts. For the price, I guess its a good ENTRY level 500… but it wont be your last 500 if you plan on staying in the hobby.
@Gourvelos
My one works great since i used a Roxxy 9100-6. I´ve made some Mods but it wasn´t required. It´s a bit of luck, but u can have it
@Gourvelos
What did you changed?
@macdaddy1600 initially no it didnt fly well, there is alot of modification required in the tail section in order to have it fly well, but now its a fun heli, I am enjoying it.
HOW DO YOU LIKE THE 500 HOW DOES IT FLY YOU GOT A VIDEO
thnx
@MrStrudelPopje No, only what you see in this video, so you need batteries, and electronics, transmitter and receiver, motor, servos, gyro.
hi does it includeds a motor that i can fly or somthing
sorry for my bad inglish
I have a T-Rex 500 electric and an HK500 electric..I love them both. I guess I am not good enough to tell the difference. The next time I buy a Heli, I am going with the HK. I like the $600.00 in extra parts I can get with the savings.
@Gourvelos Good call.
@michaeld747 OMG yes I found it, thats insane… When I fly my helicopters that a cheapies like this I will never fly them close to people and I agree with you that people need to understand the dangers with these cheap helis, I flew a HK450 (first release) near me once when the feathering shaft bolts snapped and the blades sailed past me. Ever since then I fly the helicopters at a distance, but my Align I will fly a little closer. I use Align parts for the high stress areas anyway.
@Gourvelos Yes, I should have given the exact review to begin with.
The review taliking about the glued ball joint was for the HK 600 GT by user name “torro” and I quote “- one ball was glued with loctite to the mixing arm, there was no thread! ”
That is ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE! It would be better for HK to step down if there going to put out crap like that.
You guys need to understand, if you hurt someone with one of these high powered helis, you WILL be sued…It could even be deadly.
@michaeld747 Yeah if I saw a ball join being glued in I would have it on video I can assure you, I would let everyone know about it as well in the forums, do you have reference to this article so we can have a look? and was it HK or another supplier similar to them? I have seen some really horrible stuff from Honk Kong suppliers and I have had blades sail past me like bullets because of feathering shaft bolts of a cheap supplier.
@Gourvelos I understand what you mean by the price difference. I guess with that ball joint being glued I was also thinking of safety. If HK just throws these parts together, someone could get seriously injured. Also, when you pulled out that canopy and it was touched up, I though that was really cheap as well. Buyer beware…
@michaeld747 I have the Align ESP 500 as well, I can see the difference in quality between the two, I can also see the price difference between the two.
By the time you put a gyro and servo etc on an Align it will cost you around $1000 and this kit will cost you around $500, so I guess for someone who is learning to fly and is bound to crash then this is a good choice.
From what I’ve been reading about the review’s of HK’s clones, HK is going to REALLY need to step up the quality of their kits before I’d consider one.
On one review of the HK 500, it was actually stated that one of the ball links were GLUED onto the control surface…no threads were even present…what kind of company would let something like that go out the door???
It may just be better to pay more up front and go with a TRex.. Align would NEVER try to pull some of the crap that HK does.
@HeliEye yeah so true, for the price I will be doing my stunts in this first then I will try with the Align 500 ESP I have, the only challenge is to get the same amount of power from it, I will be fitting my Align ESC and Align Motor into it for now as I have the Scorpion 1400kv and Castle Creations 75A ESC that should arrive in the next few days and they are going into my Align 500. My aim is to get the same headspeed with both and that way it wont feel so different flying either one
Very clear filming, covered everything well.
For the price, not bad.
A few tweaks it should be fine.
Steve
@asgarde45 I am still putting it together, had to totally pull it apart because there is no grease anywhere in any bearings. there a quite a few small issues that were easily overcome like lengths of sleeves for bearings etc and short bolts for the ball links, but I have plenty of spares laying around, so far I have most of it together, but I doubt I will be finished this weekend as I have other commitments. I will be recording my first flight next week end.
Does it fly weel?
@SooperCherry94 – Lol
its the final scene of jurassic park 3
angry birds
STRYKER F27-C I have chased down a few hawks with one, And they wont come back
BLACK HAWK DOWN!
lol i wanted to see them get cliped by your blades XoD
What’s the music?
Next time try going on the offensive. xP
very lucky!
129 people were black birds and 1 person was the bird who thought the rc heli was his lunch
to scare off birds either shoot at them or put sharpened blades on your helicpoter
@TheBaseballkid2011 – lol
i guess u were in there restricted airspace and tried to pull u over
first time i took my plane out 50 odd seagulls chased it around the field,as i slowed to land thay started dive bombing it antill one bounced off the wing,flipped it inveted 10ft off the ground it hit kinda hard,,well done for avoiding hurting the hawlk..yer pain in the butt but they dont deserve to get injered
first time i took my plane out 50 odd seagulls chased it around the field,as i slowed to land thay started dive bombing it antill one bounced off the wing,flipped it inveted 10ft off the ground it hit kinda hard,,well done for avoiding hurting the hawlk..yer pain in the butt but they dont deserve to get injered
attach a bb gun and have a rematch
great job man
black birds dont pay their bills or child support…
Fly a bigger heli like a Trex 600. That thing is like a flying vitamix.
Looks like some small spitfires chasing a bomb plane
@MusicDoLove – That would be an interesting prospect
@XPetiePieX – I can believe it. I’ve seen some of the vidz on that stuff … crazy.
I got a dam golden eagle after my plane!!
Great vid – I wonder what the hawk would do if your heli joined in with the black birds?
@BettaMaster1 – Don’t know about that. Those RC hawks are very maneuverable