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Post by Dave on Jun 27, 2011 19:02:15 GMT -6
Well I did it........in a few days it's Christmas in June at the Smith house....for me anyways  Placed a bid on a GAUI 425 the other day over on Ebay and as of a couple minutes ago I am now the proud papa of a brand new, still in the box, un-opened GAUI 425  Should be here by the weekend as the seller is in some part of TN   Dave |
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Post by Dave on Jun 27, 2011 19:03:17 GMT -6
OH yeah and I only paid $66.00 for it
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Post by Solitaire on Jun 27, 2011 19:10:11 GMT -6
Good deal steal, Dave.  |
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Post by Dave on Jun 27, 2011 20:00:34 GMT -6
Good deal steal, Dave. Thanks Solitaire I thought so. Would like to have had it for 5 to 7 less but somebody slipped in during the last minute and started a bidding war. With around 5 seconds left he gave up and am I glad he did cause if it had gone over the 66 my ass was out of the picture. Not enough time  66 was the last amount I put in ;D and it held Now the real fun begins. Trying to get the servos, motor, ESC and a few other items for the price I want to pay. I am going to look and hunt all over and try to keep this build under $300. I don't require top of the line items, just one's I can depend on. And who knows the future may hold the 500 stretch kit  I will also part out my trex 425 clone to pay for some of the items. If I remember I have a little over $400 in that heli. I forget everything that is in it but it has all Align servos and an Align motor. Not sure about the head assembly. but I believe it is a clone. Will most likely sell everything except the gyro and the batteries. Will keep the gyro for the 425/500, its a GY401 and should hold the tail quite well and the batteries for the BR. Not many flights on the frame so it is like new and the good thing is no crashes. Oh and I will keep the rx out of it for the GAUI. As soon as it gets here I will try to get some photos up of the bare bones and a short review of it before I start a build thread, which will be sometime. Dave |
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Post by McKrackin on Jun 28, 2011 23:45:00 GMT -6
Great news Dave. I love new helis. I can't afford them much any more since I made the plunge into a .90 nitro....I can go through more than a gallon of fuel in a day and that is a budget killer  Can't wait for the pics and build. |
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Post by 19000rpm on Jun 29, 2011 14:20:42 GMT -6
I look forward to you building this one Dave.
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Post by Dave on Jun 30, 2011 18:29:11 GMT -6
Well I though I might wake up this afternoon when I got home from work and the big brown man might have left something at my front door..........no such luck  maybe tomorrow Dave |
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Post by Dave on Jul 1, 2011 17:03:42 GMT -6
As they say..... OMG this thing is hugeGot home this afternoon expecting that maybe the big brown man might have come today......at first no such luck  Thinking maybe tomorrow, so I went outside to water the new trees and to feed my fish. I had been out about five minutes when the eighteen year old came out saying he thought he heard something like water dripping the master closet.....  No way to start the weekend a leaking pipe. So I put down the water hose and took off to the closet. Rounding the corner I find a box in the middle of the closet, bending over to pick it up and notice it is addressed to RC Heli Talk Forum.....well at this point I didn't know whether to be mad  or happy So I picked up the box and turn to leave and there he is, the eighteen year old laying on the floor laughing his butt off  All he can say is.....got cha.......yeah he did. But little does he know dad does not get mad......................I get even  And his day will come..... Well its here. Will get some photos up sometime this weekend. Guys this thing is hugh. Have I told you that already  Dave |
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66 was the last amount I put in ;D and it held 
maybe tomorrow 
Thinking maybe tomorrow, so I went outside to water the new trees and to feed my fish. I had been out about five minutes when the eighteen year old came out saying he thought he heard something like water dripping the master closet.....