Introducing the Roban 700 size AS350 Air Zermatt Superscale helicopter. Air Zermatt is an Alpine rescue and commercial aviation company that specializes in helicopters. Roban has provided a highly detailed scale rendition of their beautiful red and white star AS350 Écureuil in the 700 size class. The size, detail and finish of this helicopter is impressive to say the least. The kit comes complete with mechanics and blades and features a basic interior with seats, instrument panel, functional doors and a sliding rear door on the left side. The unboxing was featured in the latest Motion RC Live episode #6 shot largely at TiredIron Aviation so check that out if you want to see the packaging and what comes in the box.
I will be getting lots of pics and documenting the build here. It really is a gorgeous heli. The front is held on with magnets and takes a pretty good tug to get it loose but ships with two M3 screws on each side that keep it secure for transport. Here are the locations but with the screws removed.
The manual appears to be fairly straightforward and notes that installation of the motor requires the removal of one of the side frames so they have purposefully left the screws on one side loose for that reason. The mechanics, while they share many components with the 700 Apache do have different side frames.
A light kit contains 4 LED's, a control board and 4 lenses (1 - green, 1 - clear and 2 - red). The three blade rotor head has metal blade grips while the two blade tail rotor utilizes plastic grips. Here is a shot of the entire kit.
I will be getting lots of pics and documenting the build here. It really is a gorgeous heli. The front is held on with magnets and takes a pretty good tug to get it loose but ships with two M3 screws on each side that keep it secure for transport. Here are the locations but with the screws removed.
The manual appears to be fairly straightforward and notes that installation of the motor requires the removal of one of the side frames so they have purposefully left the screws on one side loose for that reason. The mechanics, while they share many components with the 700 Apache do have different side frames.
A light kit contains 4 LED's, a control board and 4 lenses (1 - green, 1 - clear and 2 - red). The three blade rotor head has metal blade grips while the two blade tail rotor utilizes plastic grips. Here is a shot of the entire kit.
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