Bought it back in 2006.
No Mucking around.
I used Futaba 400 meg PCM Radio's and upgraded the swash plate and control arms to alloy,
Also modified the tail rotor to the same standard.
Fitted with a gyro that was top of the line.
I also used carbon fiber for the main rotors and tail as well.
Lot of work went into it.
I used the standard white plastic covered wooden rotors to begin with
but after a spectacular event where the plastic stripped off in flight, I went carbon fiber.
Chaff every where. LOL
Man that thing could go.
After a few close shaves that could have been very nasty, I stopped flying it.
One of them was I had bought it in for a landing and had it hovering while I checked
the blades for alignment, A freaking bird hit it. Did not knock it out of the air but It
slewed sideways at me and missed me by a meter.
I will not state what it did to the bird as it was running nearly full throttle with no collective.
You could not see the blades turning at that speed.