They fly really well, very good choice , good size aswell ... you will love it .. And good gear in it also !! well done ....

 

Nice one dude welcome to the goblin family
Gobble gobble

 

Very nice.. It will fly well.. Enjoy

 

Thanks guys. Cant wait to give it some pitch.. good to hear it was a good decision. I felt kinda downgraded from 700 to 550 but yeah.. Seems to be an upgrade!

 

Nice heli for sure, they make great noises in a funnel, the boom acts like a megaphone - a real presence in the air. Certainly a step up from align. When you feel you need more, just go to a 12S - It's all good mate. Love what you fly, fly what you love.
Simon

 

One more thing, there's a few guys that fly them here (like @3dmick) now he's red hot with lots of experience. Personally I'd be changing the blades and keep the SABs as spares. but ask mick what he suggests (because I'm a n00b). You'll then be able to wring every ounce of performance out of that little beauty. Maybe even ask @3dmick to post a video of one of his flights on his? (go on mick, I'll bring you a can of bourbon and coke to the next funfly if I make it, and it will be cold)
Simon

 

@iggy i think you will be very happy. Mick runs 12S and it is an ANIMAL! You can torture that heli. The only upgrade i would suggest is a lynx maingear (if you run 12S that is) because the only issue i have seen is a stripped gear (from @3dmick). He also uses a steel bolt in the boom to attach the boom to the body. The advantage of this is that the steel will never break in extreme manouvers and we suspect that the plastic break away bolt may have been responsible for some boom strikes in the past - this is only theory however. The steel bolt means that in a crash the boom will more likely break BUT at least it wont be the cause of the crash.

From my observation of your flying, crashing is not a major issue. So i allways go for quality over crashability.

 

Yes everything @smakmeharder said
The Lynx main gear is a must have
And I would keep an eye on the plastic bolts
I run metal bolts in all my goblins
The 570 is a beast on 12s 2600 rpm
It's awesome

 

No worries @simon I will try get some 570 video on the weekend
Cheers mate

 

All so it's even better with 3 blades lol

 

@iggy just make sure this guy stays away
From your new Heli lol

 

Thanks to everybody. Nice to read guys!

I will do some flights with it this winter but just easy 3d. Next year I can keep an eye on that issues you mentoined @3dmick & @smakmeharder. So I hope the maingear isnt a problem on 6S.

And damn how hard do you have to fly that the tail breaks away in the air because of the nylon bolt?? LoL!!

What blades are best for it @3dmick ? I like the sab blackline design. But anyway, asking for performance of course!

 

hi mate the sab 3d 570mm blackline are good blades the standard ones that first came out where to soft you could bend them down and touch the boom
with out to much force ie boomstrike
yes I have had the nylon bolts break in flight so now I use one metal bolt in all my helis

 

This is why I don't run the nylon bolts
Booooom

 

He flies pretty darn hard... Hopefully we'll have a video after the weekend. The only reason I suggested @iggy look at blades is that I was going of my experiences with the V1 blades on a G700, I much prefer the rails over those (side by side flights), but I'm sure SAB have done a lot with their blades in R&D since then

Simon

 

Hi @simon have you tired HALO 715mm
I love them on my goblin 700 they track well
And fly awesome with lot of pop

 

Oh thats not good to hear about the old blades. Ill get some blackline blades for next season.

Do I see there wood in that broken boom?? You are crazy @3dmick! Show some videos.

Is that steel bolt an optional part or did you just put in something that fits on your own?

 

Hi mate I got the bolts from the local bolt shop and drilled out the Center to make it lighter it would be good if SAB made them