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The highest SPEC HK Heli, the CMT is all metal, all carbon and allll good! You cant upgrade this bad boy, its already upgraded to the maximum! Much bigger than its smaller 450 brother, the 500CMT is an exciting helicopter to see in action and even more exciting to fly. Its 2024 alloy head ensures hard core 3D pilots wont be dissapointed in the performance and the beautifully painted cowl and Titanium anodized components make this a visually stunning helicopter with performance to back it up! Carbon Fiber main frame, CF horizontal & vertical fins also full metal tail unit makes this heli perfect for Pros! All parts are 100% compatible with T-Rex 500 Included are main and tail blades & Carbon Fiber boom supports. Click here for parts and upgrades.
We guarantee you wont find a better priced heli of this quality anywhere!
Features. Light weight design provides awesome flight performance and extreme 3D capability. Rotor head/tail with thrust bearings. Direct-to-swash CCPM linkage. Center of gravity of battery tray designed close to the rotor head. High efficiency Torque-Tube driven metal tail. Fully driven tail auto rotation system. Tail servo boom mount. Carbon Fibre Main Frame and boom support rods.
Specification. Length: 840mm Height: 310mm Main rotor diameter: 970mm Tail rotor diameter: 200mm Motor pinion gear: 13T Main drive gear: 162T Tail drive gear: 31T Drive gear ratio: 1:12.46:4.68 Weight(without power system): 1370g Flying weight: Approx 1700g
Required items. Brushless Outrunner Motor Servos : See linked items below. Radio Gear : Gyro/Rx ESC : 80A or greater. Battery: 2 x 2200mAh 3S 20C or greater.
Normally 500 size heli run on 2600-3000mah, either 5S or 6S batteries. If you run 5S then a 1800KV will be required, but if you run on 6S then you need a 1400KV. As for ESC, 60A is minimum but the higher the better. I would not recommend the HK401B, it works well but too sensitive. It killed many servos on my 450. For the cyclic, get metal Park size servos like Turnigy MG930. For the tail you will need a faster servo which works around 0.07-0.08sec like the HKS-9257.
Hi Boon34,
I definitely agree, the TT will be a little more stable and you might find it more responsive (Depending on your level of experience). It is certainly worth the extra cost in my opinion.
Hey everyone, im looking to buy a model helicopter kit for my boyfriend for a present, he's never built a model helicopter/model anything before, but expressed interest into it. can anyone give me a few pointers as to what is a good starting helicopter and what i need??? Thanks xx
Hi Saraya, this is a very nice present of you. In my opinion, the 500 is a good helicopter but quite big and hence it may not be good one to learn flying, it would be quite dangerous. Check out the 450GT Pro Belt Driven, this might be a better and cheaper one to start with.
In the process of buying HK 500CMT however am confused as to (a) what servos ? and do you need a special servo for the tail rotor. Any ther parts that should be updated. Thanks for forthcoming help
if your shopping from the HK website look at servos in the park servo category, they are the correct size. As far as a tail servo goes, still use a park servo but get fast one, cyclic probably needs a bit more power than speed, tail needs more speed than power
I am a confused beginner - started with indoor Blades (MX,MSR,120SR) now purchased a TREX 500 from local club (totally rebuilt) about to set it up with training legs and first flight. But I would like to start building another 500 to make me more familiar with the workings of RC helis and as a source of spares, and as a future heli for when I get more confidence - WHAT SHOULD I ATTEMPT?
really sorry but have no idea where to ask this so put it here for now.....
Hobbyking/Jason is there any chance we could see TRICOPTERS QUADS and HEXCOPTERS as either Kits,Parts or RTF/BNF units coming from you anytime soon please? i would be happy to help with designs and wiring if needed and you already sell MOST of the electronics we use :)
or how about flight stabilization boards? like the flymentor but built specifically for multi rotor heli's ? i think its time to bring these items to Hobbyking as they are perfect for the new generation of FPV addicts that will be flooding the market over the coming years :)
No but when we are so close to parity it doesn't really make much difference.
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just got my, after set up take it for a test, the tail blade and blade grip shoot off, the whole tail boom need to be replace, get a Align 500 Torque Tube tail boom set this time, too scare to fly with hk part.
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i agree, the parts are all sub stand. Get rid of the swashplate oo and get an align one. screws are too short and pop out.
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buggati55
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What a great little heli, yes some parts are a bit weak, but very cheap upgrades are available everywhere, and like everyone says loctite every screw, nut , bolt, same on any heli, takes a bit of time to set up, lots of set up and problem solving online, helifreak, finless bobs videos are invaluable, very detailed. heli flys very nicely, waiting for a flymentor stabiliser and a few more alloy & carbon parts, I don"t like plastic, some parts don"t really matter, Prices at HOBBYKING make it easy to enjoy these "weapons", shipping from honk kong can be a bit slow, sometimes, from AUS warehouse is fast,, overall a great heli for the price , if your an expert pilot, doing mad 3d flying, may need better , otherwise you cant go wrong with these, I am planing to put a scale fuselage, "airwolf", 5 blade head and tail on soon , when budget allows, just hope i don"t plough it into the ground!!!
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buggati55
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Yes like someone else said tail rotor blade grip bolt broke, throwing blade off [new carbon] with the grip, took out boom [new carbon] torque tube, vert stabilizer, bent the shaft , snapped the pitch control,had to replace complete tail, bought the parts all over the place to get them in pieces so i can replace the cap screws, i got some m1, m2, m3s in grade 12 [very hard] from engineering supply, one screw i could not remove from the rotor shaft i just filed the head off with a small file!! like butter, that little screw cost me @$90au, lucky it wasn't in the air!
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Got mine from the Aussie warehouse in double quick time. Had read reports about low quality and loose screws with these kits but I must say, had no probs with mine. All were tight and seemed good quality. Of course, loctited just to be sure. Kit is all built up (pleasure to assemble) and just waiting for electrics to arrive from HobbyKing. Once completed and tested I will finish this review.
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