Summary of Contents for THUNDER TIGER Thunder Tiger E325 Mini Titan ARF
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RCU Review: Thunder Tiger Mini Titan E325 More On This Product Show user ratings Check for Retailers Contributed by: Andrew Griffith | Published: November 2007 | Views: 141566 | Email this Article | PDF Review by: Andrew Griffith Specifications Thunder Tiger has had the nitro powered helicopter market well Assembly covered for some time now.
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50 size E620, the smaller and more affordable 30 size E550, and the 450 size E325 Mini Titan. This review will cover the E325 Mini Titan ARF available with a speed controller and motor from AMainHobbies for a very affordable price. All that's required is some basic assembly, radio installation, and final setup.
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Very stable! Most of work complete Great flight performance Instruction Manual Blades were warped Hardware bags not labeled Fresh from the brown truck Contents Instruction manal The Thunder Tiger Mini Titan arrived from AMainHobbies well packaged and free of any shipping trauma.
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Decals sheet and parts bags Value added items Pre-soldered motor and esc I found that the motor and speed controller wires come pre-soldered. In my case the speed controller wires on the battery side will have to be de-soldered and setup with Deans connectors for my installation, otherwise a battery connector is provided.
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pinion is also provided if you plan on using a 2s battery. The instructions don't mention it but I used a drop of the green locktite on the shaft and then installed the pinion. I also appreciated the motor mount to pinion measurement, this allows you to install and tighten the pinion prior to installing the motor in the frames.
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The manual made no mention of where to mount the speed controller. To counter act the weight of the rear mounted receiver and gyro/servo combo I wanted the ESC as far forward as I could get it. With the motor and battery so close to the front it was an easy decision to put the speed controller on the flat shelf in the front below the battery tray.
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While I had things powered up I went about setting up the gyro. I used the closest hole on the servo wheel which gave me just under 100 on the limit pot on the GY401. Then I moved the servo on the boom until the tail pitch slider was centered with the gyro in rate mode and the servo arm at 90 degrees to the servo.
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thin Mini Titan canopy would hold up to that so I sat it in the sun for a couple of hours. I have since flown the Mini Titan quite a bit and haven't had any of the decals peel up. When I was done I had a small pile of parts left over.
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I could do that the Mini Titan couldn't do with ease, it felt like I was flying a 90. Look for an upcoming article as Gforce has agreed to supply a rotor head for RCUniverse to...
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Thunder Tiger Mini Titan ARF Sold by: AMainHobbies.com 349 Huss Drive Chico, CA 95928 Phone:(800) 705-2215 International: (530) 894-0797 Website: www.amainhobbies.com Flight Power Batteries Flight Power USA Inc. 171A Weaverville Hwy Asheville, NC 28804 Phone: (919) 741-6310 Web Site: www.flightpowerusa.com Product used: Flight Power EVO Lite 3S 2500Mah, Flight Power EVO 25 3S 2170Mah Hitec Hitec RCD USA, Inc.
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