Wow, very quiet here in the ASRCM forums with no posts yet in 2013! Thought I better start something...

As I discussed last fall with Joe, Craig and Paul, I'd been hoping to get a new Trex-600 nitro kit as I wanted to put one together from scratch with all new parts. I found there are a few airframe-only kits available in various places but I was hoping to find one of the combos that comes with the electronics. Anyway the supply has pretty much dried up and there's nothing new coming up as far as I can tell.

I've looked at a few alternatives but nothing really appealed to me or was too expensive by the time all the components were sourced. Actually I almost ordered the Pantera P6 from Audacity Models in the U.S. before Christmas but I decided to wait and see what the sales would be over the holidays.

As it turned out RotorQuest  did have some good sales and my wife gave me a gift certificate from them for Christmas so early on Boxing Day I went to town

What really caught my attention on Boxing day was the Outrage Velocity N2 (flybar version however) which came last night, and the rest of the gear is on order except for the OS55 which also came yesterday from Great Hobbies thanks to more gift certificates left over from last year.

I have to say that the way the Velocity was packed when I opened the box was a work of art and very inspiring!

I decided to go with Align gear for most of the electronics including servos (DS615 on collective and throttle and DS655 on rudder), RCE-G600 governor, and B6T voltage regulator. I already have a Spartan gyro and Edge blades so I think I'm pretty much good to go. For now I'm building it with the flybar since that is all that was available but I may go flybarless later.

Now all I have to do to get started is watch the 24 build videos by Finless Bob on Helifreak as well as read all the various build threads and discussions. Oh, and maybe a cry or two for help here. lol.

So that's my first R/C project for 2013.

RocketManRC wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2013 at 4:16pm:


Talk about misleading advertising!!   

Happy new year to you and Nan  Rick.

I kinda like the "Model" as well

RocketManRC wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2013 at 9:59pm:


I use the Outrage Hyper Rage 55 on mine.  Seems to work great and I've found the motor is easy to tune as long as you set one needle at a time.

Good Choice Rick...Glad to see the NITRO is still alive,

Happy New Year from Kleinzee, South Africa, current temp 24 degrees C

south africa!  wow, you do get around craig!

we'll keep your seat at the indoor warm for you.   

I have a 50N2 FBL as well, love mine. I just bought it's brother on boxing day at RQ Fusion 50 FBL  Almost done with that build.

A free blade holder and a build towel. nice touch!!

I agree Joe, the canopy is awesome and the grommets come pre-installed 

As I mentioned before, Finless Bob has a series of 24 build videos (along with a discussion thread) on Helifreak which are excellent. The manual is really well done however so the videos are not totally necessary, even for me. LOL.

The videos are for the original version of the Velocity and it's interesting to see the improvements that have been made for the N2. It looks like Outrage listens to its customers and has really refined the design.

In case anyone else is thinking of building one of these here are some links:

http://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=178236 (videos)
http://hf.rob.com/showthread.php?s=ce099a2e1260e861511d6e30ec114450&t=219310 (build tips)
https://outragerc.com/manual/Velocity50N2_Manual_V1.0_06-01-12_5.pdf (manual)

that neat bench towel is keeping everything organized and in it's place. 

looks great rick!

Looking good Rick.  Should be a nice machine and I'm   interested to get a close up look at this one when it's all finished up.

That's how I get the torque tube gears free of the bearings as well Rick.  Leave em in the case and push the gear out.  I use an old 600 main shaft as it has the right diameter for the 600n.  To re-install the gear into the bearings I just leave the bearings in the case and press the new gear in.  Works a charm.  Glad to see the new machine is getting closer.