Very nice flying mate. You have been an inspiration to my friend who is wheelchair bound and flying helis with me. I shared this with him so he can see it can be done. I have just purchased a s/h e550. Same model as yours but I now see they have brought it out again in 2012 with carbon frame and blades. everything else is the same. TT were the first to bring out a 550 not align and not everyone wants a over pumped 3d machine like a trex but wants one that will do basic 3d and fly. Cheers Steve

Yeah thanks Steve, anyone with decent movement in hands can fly heli's. I build them, set them up and fly them. Sometimes I do need a bit of help at the field getting the larger ones on the flight line. Advice to your friend, plenty of hours on the simulator. I recommend Phoenix. Also make sure the heli is perfectly set up with tame settings to start with. If you need any help then shoot me a message any time. Also have a look at my other videos with the Raptor E620 they are more agressive. :o)

Oh yeah and you have to fly Carbon blades and tail blades, don't mess about with the stock junk!

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For sure. I didnt even try fly with the woodies. I went straight to align "D" cf blades. Im doing some mild 3d with it already. . .awesome. Maybe a x50 next. Cheers

Yeah you can see on the vid, standard black TT paddles, all that was trick was black carbon blades and some carbon tail blades. That video was even shot with the standard Spektrum DS821 servo's. The only limitation with a stock head is that you can't run more than 1850 rpm headspeed whereas with a metal head and red dampers you can run 2150 which is what I do with the E620. The extra headspeed, green paddles and red dampers = MENTAL! But still can do 3D with the stock heli, not as agressive...

Awesome mate. Thanks for that. Im running the same spektrum servo's. Im not intending to be mr heli smackdown 3d so I think I made the right choice with the e550. I will leave you be now. Once again, thanks for the great advice. Enjoy your flying.

@leviterande. The Raptor E550 didn't sell well and has since been withdrawn. The t-rex 600 is a better helicopter in any case so you may as well get one. I also fly a Raptor 620 SE on 10 cell lipo. Which is mad. If I had a t-rex 600 I would want to go to at least 8 cell lipo. Thanks for your interest and have fun.

Merci beaucoup.

Yeah no worries, that flight was using a Hacker xc70 ESC which has the strangest heli mode I have ever come across and I have flown most of what is out there. It took an age to wind up the full RPM. Your problem is not the ESC though, it is the original motor. Even with a Kontronic Jazz I could get no real power out of it. I don't rate the TT motors or the ESC's. The head is completely stock with stock dampers. It can do hard 3D as it is. Change the motor to a Plettenberg and watch it go!

Goog job. It 's a real pleasure !

wow the battery lasts long!

@leviterande Probably because the Hacker ESC never lets it get to full power. Unfortunately the heli was crashed before I got a chance to experiment with the speedo. Thanks for your comment.

a beutiful helicopter I am confused , hmm which to buy a trex 600 or this:)

Hi again. Well I have yest flown my e550 and its a very nice heli to fly. I think Im not getting full juice from my esc either. That could be because Ive been flying a trex 500 which probably is more poppy than the rappy 550.. Did you need to change the dampeners to do your aerobatics. I can sport fly and rather mild 3d and wondering if I need to change the dampeners to stiffer ones. Mine is a stock heli. I hope you dont mind me asking some advice. happy flying. Steve

Thanks heaps for your advice. I will see if I can source that motor here in new zealand. You say your head is stock, does that include the paddles?. Thanks