Gaui X3L build :)

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Gaui X3L build :)

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Good day all. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I decided to start my Gaui X3L build Christmas night. I started out by spreading all the parts out and transferring all hardware to Ziploc bags so I would loose them.
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. Then I completed my cyclic servos mount
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. The following is connecting the side frames to the cyclic servos mount
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and followed by the tail boom box
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this is where I decided to take a break :) I will post more as I go.
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Looking great DOG:)
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Well I was a little confuse this evening. On this build the DFC, swashplate, main gear and the tail case came assembled :o
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My X3 build, nothing was assembled. So to be safe, I'm going to take everything apart to make sure it's all greased, thread lock and put together correctly :)
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Good plan:)
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OK, after taking apart the assembled parts and putting it back together again, I got a little bit more done last night :)
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Well finally after setting up my X3L I had the chance to install the tail boom cover. I had to use a old and almost obsolete metal coat hanger to feed the boom, tail rod through the tail boom cover.
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After that I installed the tail casing and basically got the heli ready to fly. Now I'm waiting on batteries :)
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That's awesome, man! Very good looking helicopter!
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Looks really nice DOG:)
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Thank you Graham and Derek :) . Hopefully I can remember to fly now :lol:
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Nice!
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