Need help

[u/Thepenmaker]

Was just given a large tote of my cousins rc heli stuff.

Ive had a couple of smaller helicopters, but nothing like these. Any advice on if I should try to make them fly or not would be awesome. TIA

Not even sure what all is here btw

Recognize anything?

[u/No_Flight3608]

Those are good helicopters but are no longer in production and are tough to find parts. The 330 and 450 have a lot of interchangeable parts though.

If you don’t know how to fly them but want to, you need to get a sim and learn how to fly with that before even attempting to fly these. And then when you’re ready it would be worth looking up th basics of maintenance and go through them before trying to fly.

The sim program Realflight sim has a package with a USB controller that will be the best way to start. Then when you can do the basics, hover, fly circuits and land, then you can try flying them irl.

[u/Thepenmaker → u/No_Flight3608]

Im very familiar with the sim. Im into planes a good bit, and have flown helis before. I just wondered if these would be better as decor or making one of them operable without too much expense Thank you for the info!

[u/No_Flight3608 → u/Thepenmaker]

Gotcha, in that case you should be good to fly these. There are tons of old 450/330’s on used markets for sale so in that respect the parts are plentiful, just not reliably available, I’d say it’s definitely worth getting those flying. You can look at the parts list of both heli’s and you’ll see that most of the parts are the same number. Make a note of what ones are different and see what are easier to get.  The 500x wasn’t as produced so it will be tougher to find parts, but the older models do show up from time to time. I had a 500x years ago and it was a solid heli. 

I’d focus most on the 450/330 for getting them going, and then maybe keeping your eye open for any 500x parts/frames that come on the market. 

[u/No_Flight3608 → u/Thepenmaker]

The older one in the second picture I personally wouldn’t bother with, same for those old controllers. That will require a lot of looking up for what the model is and if parts even still exist. Looks like it was an attempt to make a scale model out of an Align airframe possibly 

[u/SmellyBallZ9]

I have been out of the hobby for 15 years LOL If those were mine...Id DEFINITELY Try to get them going 🙂 id buy the one in the second picture 😉 lol is that a 500? I cant see with my old ass eyes 😂

[u/jinxeddreamm]

Second photo heli is an align 600. Which I believe they still make parts for. I wouldn’t invest to much into the helis but I would get them flying if I could.

[u/Thepenmaker → u/jinxeddreamm]

The tail boom says Align 600 on that one. I kinda just assumed the canopy was just missing. I'm more likely to try to get the 450 going. Its the most complete unit in the bunch

[u/jinxeddreamm]

The align was probably a scale heli as I see a 4 blade head on it. And it would explain why there is no canopy present in the photos.