450 Size Pylon Racing

Now this is fun!!! Take 3 heats with 4 models per heat all competing for a place in the final fly off. First pilot/heli to complete 10 laps around the pylons wins, simple! Well, kinda see you cant hit the poles, each other or the ground to win!

My GL450SE is the second one in from the left (yellow) and I went on to win the final, won a set of Radix main blades.
Then on the Sunday race won again and got a fibreglass Trex450 pre-painted canopy, sweet.
In this race we also had Duncan Osbourne flying his Trex 450SE ;-)

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• Ian
• Contessa
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[RoboTekno]

lmao this was awesome!!!!!

[Centuryheli]

;-) it was so much and fun. The same event is coming up soon as well, July 14/15th I think from memory and so I am hoping to enter again. Ian

[Centuryheli]

Hi. Yes, thats what I'm trying but as you've seen getting one for a pylon race isn't easy ;-)

The V3 has only just been released, the main change is the main frames being similar to that of the T500 of one per side which is good. Tube drive tail as well and some rotor head changes. This one's been designed by Jason Krause, unlike the original 450 which wasn't. Ian

[freezatron]

get align to loan you one surely ?

V3 ooh sounds good didn't realise one was on de way whats new on it ?

[Centuryheli]

Hey. Yeah I know, not even my friends will let me borrow theirs ;-)

I am trying ot get hold of a 450 in time for this years event, btu we'll see. Ideally it has to be an Align now as I am sponsored by these guys. The abvoe video was taken when I was with CenturyUK & so I had one of their GL450's I was using.

I am trying to get hold of a Trex 450 V3 to play with. Ian

[freezatron]

I dont think anyone is going to lend you one though dude collision risk is just to high so it looks like your gonna have to knuckle down and just buy one :) or a cheaper alternative, doesn't need to be trex does it ? any old 450 will do surely

its confusing to watch as it is let alone more models.

head to head would be good, easier to follow, put a limbo on the straight or better yet a ring of fire to fly through :)

still though I like the idea of redbull race thing..

[Centuryheli]

Hey. Thanks for the compliment on the flying mate. I've been asked to go back this year and defend my title, but as I don't yet have a 450 I'm going to have to borrow one. Of course no ones offering me theirs yet ;-) There is a few options you could do along similar lines that would be entertaining to watch, some riskier than others. More models would be interesting to. Ian

[freezatron]

looks like great fun & very difficult, especially 4 at a time ! feel sorry for the dude trying to count laps ! well flown btw :)

A mini redbull air race would be cool too against the clock, 1 pilot at a time etc 5 gates arranged in an X with a quadro in the middle (thats 12 inflatable pylons) which the pilot would stand near to ease line of sight through the gates pick your gate order for the given course say 10 gates for a whole course etc

what do you reckon ?

[Centuryheli]

Hey. Yes it is a very funny video and so addictive to actually watch in case any of us meet with mother earth at full speed ;-) I'm counting down now till this years event, but I am going to have to borrow a model to do so as I do not have an Align 450 machine in my collection to use. My friends are getting worried as I've hinted at using theirs ;-) Ian

[jasonzzz5]

ha ha!......good video!.......you lot have good control over those 'steel-dragonflys'.