Projects
Participants	Phicoh
Skills	Electronics, Fine mechanics, helicopters
Status	Active
Niche	Mechanics
Purpose	Fun

This documents the Align T-rex 500 FBL I bought 2nd hand

Parts

Align t-rex 500ESP with 500 3G FBL modification
- Motor: Align RCM-BL500MX
- Servos (collective): 3x Align DS-510
- Servo (tail): Align DS-650
- ESC: Castle Link Phoenix ICE 75
- Batteries: 2x Turnigy 6s 3.0 Ah
- Still needed:
  - Receiver
  - FBL controller
    - Receiver and FBL controller can be combined as Spektrum AR7200BX (AR7100 + BeastX)
  - Satellite receiver: helicopter of size 500 and bigger need an extra receiver because the helicopter may shield or interfere with the reception of the main receiver.
  - Plugs for batteries and esc
Spektrum DX8
- Came with Ar8000. I traded that one for some nice parts
- Came with Spektrum TM1000
  - The only sensor included is the tempature sensor (which I don't really need)
  - To be fully useful I need a cable from the TM1000 to the receiver (for power and receiver telemetry), a battery voltage sensor and an RPM sensor.
XT60 connectors (5 pairs)
Turnigy MAX200W Battery charger. Buyer beware: tends to blow up!
HobbyKing 350W 13.8V Power supply
SPMA9570 Aircraft Telemetry Flight Pack Voltage Sensor
SPMA9558 Aircraft Telemetry Brushless RPM Sensor
SPMA9550 2.5" Aircraft Telemetry Data Lead
6ch Orange DSM2 Receiver (for testing and adjustments)

Work

Battery charger blew up when I connect a battery for the first time
- Erwin-C64 helped my with replacing the fuse (with a poper fuse holder and now an 8A fuse, should actually be 10A or more) and the MOSFET that had a short circuit.
Soldering XT60 connectors to batteries and ESC
Soldering battery voltage telemetry to ESC
Soldering motor RPM telemetry to ESC

Electronics with Orange Receiver
Main head block seems bent