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Forza 450


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MODEL

Forza 450

MANUFACTURER

JR

FUNCTIONS

Aileron, Elevator, Rudder, Pitch, Motor control

MAIN ROTOR DIA

731mm

LENGTH

663mm

FLYING WEIGHT

886g

DRIVE SYSTEM

stock 3500KV outrunner BL motor NHM-30-6P w. pinion 15T
stock carbon 325mm main blade
stock 50A ESC NHA-50-SB5
Turnigy nano-tech 3S2250mAh 65-130C

RC GEAR

MKS DS95 for cyclic
Futaba BLS257 for tail
Microbeast 3.0.12 with DSM2 satelite receiver

Forza 450 Forza 450

review date: July 15, 2013

summary:

450 class electric heli with FBL head.
120 degree CCPM
belt driven tail.
6mm main shaft, 4mm tail shaft
the OWB is built in the motor pinion.

strenghts:

well-thought design: easy to build.
very very stable, docile yet responsive: easy to hover, easy to cruise around, easy to flip and easy to hover inverted.
smooth and quiet.

weaknesses:

none for the performance.
since the OWB is integrated in the pinion, it is hard to install any other third-party BL motor.

overall rating:

AAAAA five of five: the most excellent heli I've ever owned. highly recommended for all intermediate heli flyers. you get what you pay for.

building:

DS95 fits well:

Forza 450

some mods are required for installing Futaba BLS257 tail servo:

Forza 450

I replaced the stock tail blade fixing bolts with longer ones and secured with lock-nuts:

Forza 450: tail

With the optional yellow canopy and skid:

Forza 450

last updated: Sept. 23, 2013

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