Align Trex 700e, getting used to it in a confined area

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:01][music] >> Back it up.

[00:00:06]Turn it up.

[00:00:07]>> [music] [music] >> Oh, yeah.

[00:00:19]>> [music] >> My garage is a flipping disaster as usual.

[00:00:37]>> [music] >> I picked this aquarium up from a buddy of mine.

[00:00:41]I'm in the process of getting that cleaned up. I have no idea where I'm going to put that.

[00:00:46]But, I know that it's a chill day.

[00:00:56]Not sure if I should be flying or not.

[00:01:00]Somebody's car alarm is going off in the distance.

[00:01:08]>> [cough and clears throat] >> Ooh, baby, it is hot in East Tennessee.

[00:01:14]>> [music] >> I should probably do a state of the quiver video.

[00:01:20]State of the quiver isn't great.

[00:01:22]We're going to get into this guy later on.

[00:01:26]420 >> [music] >> feeling the love bent tail boom landing gear It's just a lot of little pieces and parts.

[00:01:37]>> [music] [music] [music] >> Raw 500 one-way bearing >> [music] >> SAB Nitro >> [music] [singing] >> one-way bearing pulley >> [music] [singing] >> 580 Nitro servo horn >> [music] [singing] >> I can't wear my hat.

[00:02:20]I can't wear my glasses.

[00:02:22]>> [music] [music] >> Ugh.

[00:02:50]Let's go, baby. Oh, I was going to put body pins on that body.

[00:02:55]I don't think that's necessary.

[00:03:01]Why? Because I'm not doing anything crazy. I'm just going to hang out over here in the shade for a minute.

[00:03:24]And I think I'll just enjoy this.

[00:03:28]Oh man, look at the wind off of that thing. Ooh, baby.

[00:03:39]Easy down. Hold it steady.

[00:03:52]Clean off driveway here.

[00:04:02]Yeah, baby.

[00:04:04]Don't get yourself crazy now.

[00:04:21]God dog, I'm flying terrible.

[00:04:24]Calm down, Willis.

[00:04:27]Calm down, Willis.

[00:04:33]It's just a 700, man. It's the same thing as a 420.

[00:04:38]You would do this with a 420 for days on end.

[00:04:53]God dog, it's a big ass helicopter.

[00:04:56]In a small space.

[00:05:08]My signature move.

[00:05:44]>> [snorts] >> Man, there's a lot of correcting going on right there.

[00:07:01]Trying to get accustomed to working my left to right in the box, you know?

[00:07:30]And getting accustomed to the power of the 700.

[00:07:35]That's all right, though. We're getting it. We're getting it.

[00:07:39]You You you do this in the simulator all day, it's just working it out.

[00:08:34]What a big bird. I'm getting used to it.

[00:08:40]I'm getting used to seeing it in a you know, in a confined environment. I'm going to walk back over here and get in the shade, though.

[00:08:49]I can tell you that.

[00:08:52]Oh, that feels better.

[00:09:13]Strong side.

[00:09:16]Weak side.

[00:09:22]Fly your weak side twice as much as your strong side.

[00:10:08]>> Ah, that's better.

[00:10:10]It's more what I was looking for.

[00:10:16]It's what it's like to learn, baby.

[00:10:22]What it's like to learn. I have no idea.

[00:10:24]I'll tell you I got some time on this thing right here.

[00:10:33]Probably time to set it down.

[00:11:41]>> Hey, you might want to want to set that down on that there.

[00:12:20]>> [music] >> Calm. Be calm.

[00:12:25]Calm thyself.

[00:12:50]Calm thyself.

[00:12:55]It is a Zen wisdom.

[00:13:01]Man, how does How long does this thing fly on a battery? I don't know.

[00:13:20]All right.

[00:13:29]Dude, how long was that?

[00:13:31]I can't see. I got polarized sunglasses on.

[00:13:41]3:45 off of added to 7 minutes.

[00:13:46]Not bad.

[00:13:48]I don't get any telemetry cuz that's B stats.

[00:13:53]Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow.

[00:14:00]Mhm.

[00:14:10]I hope those things never hit my ass.

[00:14:18]If they do, I'll go out the way I want to go, I guess.

[00:14:28]I'm a sucker for that music right there, baby.

[00:14:40]Mhm.

[00:14:42]Ooh, god dog, you're hot, baby.

[00:14:47]Servos feel good.

[00:14:53]Phew, son of a gun, that son of a gun is hot. Oh, baby.

[00:15:10]Mhm. Mhm.

[00:15:15]Needle in the spine.

[00:15:22]Oops, that kind of thing. That thing draws some serious current.

[00:15:28]Even at low rotor head speed. Uh, charger's not in there.

[00:15:36]Oh, yeah.

[00:15:41]These batteries are hot.

[00:15:49]>> [music] >> See what we got in here real quick.

[00:16:07]>> [music] >> Yeah, that was right. Willis, come on.

[00:16:15]370, all right. We're good.

[00:16:18]Boom!

[00:16:20]>> [music] [music]