Zoom 400 in Singapore!!

[PhiBeR]

Saw the only piece of Zoom 400 for display at That Hobby Shops
yesterady nite...
Chris says, he came in 3 yesterday, sold 2, left the one on display..
Selling for $450...
IMHO, i think the $100 more is worth it over the H2!!

Really nice piece of machine!!!
The construction is really good, alu skids and tail boom..
ARF, juz need to add servos, rx, gyro and esc can fly le!!

Was molesting *ahem* it yesterday... heeheee...
Really shiok to hold ah... muz touch to experience...

Dunno if the last piece is still there..
If u're interested, better get it soon!

[BonJour Brat]

Any idea if they have spares available?

[PhiBeR]

YEah.. Chris says the spares are comin in next week..
ermm.. tomorrow??

So tempted to buy it leh.. no money.. hahaha..

[waycool]

Went there on Sunday. Last piece gone liao!

[ammo]

Whoever bought the Zoom, please post your review asap, everyone's waiting for the local verdict. it'll be a good upgrade from hornet if the parts support is good enough.

[PhiBeR]

Okay..

Top secret information!!

3 Pieces came in..

1st piece, a Indian executive who works in the area.
2nd piece, a RC car guy who doesn't goto forum..
3rd piece, ME!!! i wish ah... actually i also dunno..

Heehee.. Hopefully we can induct the first 2 buyers to come to our forum??

I heard more pieces and parts are coming in..
Oh well.. looks like i'm one of the few who managed to molest *ahem* a zoom 400..

Mike mike, how about a Zoom to ur collection??

[Super-Hornet]

I hope Zoom 400 will be catching up just like Dragonfly or at least like Aerohawk. If that happen, the we can buy it cheaper and more spare parts.

I have Himaxx HA2025-4200 with Castle Creations PHX-25 waiting for new and bigger chopper (Like Zoom 400. Motor might be too heavy for Hornet 1. Not sure about Hornet 2 but Zoom 400 is perfect for that motor)

Super-Hornet

[BonJour Brat]

Haha i doubt anyone who's in this forum would buy from them... only those who have no idea would pay 450 for a kit when they can get it at 350 from overseas..

[HZM]

sometime I wanted to support local...but come to think abt it, the other time they are looking at ard US$200++ shipped to singapore.....sigh......


Whichever the case, can we have some local review w pic

Mike

[ammo]

Boy was i lucky i held back the temptation to buy today! they had a new one came in just today.

[BonJour Brat]

ammo, u interested? I need one more person to make a total of 2 kits so that we'll get a discount from fung (or jay)
let me know ya

[Super-Hornet]

Today I go and molest the 3rd Zoom 400 at "That Hobby Shop". Here is my comment on Zoom 400.

Note: Everything I going to say is based on what I feel about the chopper. If you don't like my comment, u can just ignore it.

Ok... here is what I feel:

The landing skids is way too narrow. That might cause the chopper to topple down easily.
The main Blades and Tail Blades feels like foam. Therefore, be very careful about it.
The Tail Boom and Boom support are all made for SOFT ALUMINIUM! Those aluminium not even anodized. So, it is soft. May get bended easily.
The gear linkage between main motor and tail shaft and tail shaft to tail linkage is using triangular teeth gear. That means it is easily break. (I feel so, I might be wrong)

Overally it is very light and nice to look and feel at. I will not know how well it perform when flying it personally.

Super-Hornet

[BonJour Brat]

Great observations, super hornet. All of them can be rectified however.

The landing skids is way too narrow. That might cause the chopper to topple down easily.

The skids can be easily changed to them jr skids.. bolted onto the chasis

The main Blades and Tail Blades feels like foam. Therefore, be very careful about it.

They do have CF blades.. but i guess we can make some woodies.. or even use the H2 blades

The Tail Boom and Boom support are all made for SOFT ALUMINIUM! Those aluminium not even anodized. So, it is soft. May get bended easily.

They have the anodized boom and support upgrade availble already

The gear linkage between main motor and tail shaft and tail shaft to tail linkage is using triangular teeth gear. That means it is easily break. (I feel so, I might be wrong)

I was just wondering if we could use those tamiya cars gears. Anyone familiar with them?

Hope these would set ur mind at ease

[ammo]

Bonjour Brat:
Let me know what kind of price you are getting them at. if it's anywhere near THS price, think i'll have to pass.
considering between this and a r50v2 (same setup cost if going brushless ) and the latter seems more worthy for money.

lipos say 2 packs of 2000 3s = $250
himaxx 2025 4200 = $100+-
Pheonix 25 = $140+-
with the $450 price of THS, total is around 850.

raptor 50 = $600+- with tt engine
Starting accessories = $100++
total about $800

u tell me what u think.......

[BonJour Brat]

We're looking at S$360 per kit

The 2000s are too heavy for the zoom.. ppl are using the 3s tp1320 or 3s kokams 1500 - $70x2 = $140
even with the brushless setup, its a total of S$740

For raptor u'll have to add in $30 fuel after every +-10 tanks