Tarot 500 ESP Thread

[QMaverick]

I've been thinking about getting the Tarot 500 ESP.

http://www.miracle-mart.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_78&products_id=5027

Does anyone have any experience with it? Please let me know...  




Specifications:
Length:850mm
Height:310mm
Main Blade Length:425mm
Main Rotor Diameter:970mm
Tail Rotor Diameter:200mm
Motor Ponion Gear:12T/13T
Main Drive Gear:162T
Autorotation Tail Drive Gear:145T
Tail Drive Gear:31T
Drive Gear Ratio:1:13.5:4.68/1:12.46:4.68
Weight(w/o power system):935g
Flying Weight:Approx 1700g



Tarot 500 ESP Kit (Belt Version, Full Metal Upgrade)
Radio transmitter and electronic equipment required for assembly:
Transmitter (6-channel or more,helicopter system)
CCPM ServoX3
Head lock gyro X1
Specialized servo X1
Pitch gauge X1
22.2V 6S Li-Po Battery X1
50A Brushless ESC or Above X1
Brushless motor X1

[caddmus]

I have one of those Maverick, Tarot quality is outstanding, go for it mate  

I have two Tarots 450 and one Tarot 500 and Tarot is always fine 

[pinguin6218]

 

+1 on Tarot

[caddmus]

I have the Tarot 500 flying nice and smooth Maverick, will post a vid later today 

[QMaverick]

Got a warning that this item was back in stock: Tarot 500 Torque Tube Set

http://www.miracle-mart.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=80_294_303&products_id=7300



Guess I wasn't the only one who got the warning... My Tarot 500 Torque Tube Set is underway and the Item is again: Out of Stock...

 

[caddmus]

Same thing happen to me  

[QMaverick]

Wanted to start the build, big disappointment... No Flybar Seesaw Holder in the box... 

I have E-Mailed Miracle Mart, now just wait and see what will happen...

[jason56dawgs]

Wanted to start the build, big disappointment... No Flybar Seesaw Holder in the box... 

I have E-Mailed Miracle Mart, now just wait and see what will happen...

What did they do for you?

[QMaverick]

What did they do for you?

Oops, I had completely forgotten about this post... Very big  for Miracle Mart, the Tarot Flybar Seesaw Holder was listed as "out of stock", so they sent me the Align Flybar Seesaw Holder instead, even though it was almost twice as expensive...

My Tarot 500, picture taken last week, right after the maiden flight...

[jason56dawgs]

OH NICE!!     Sweet heli!  What electronics are you running?

[QMaverick]

OH NICE!!     Sweet heli!  What electronics are you running?

http://myrcguide.com/index.php?topic=14138.0

This is the thread about my Tarot, but to answer your question:

Transmitter Spektrum DX7s with AR-8000
CCPM Servo X3 Turnigy MG930 Digital Metal Gear Servo 3.6kg
Head lock gyro X1 Align GP790 Head Lock Gyro
Specialized servo X1 Savox servo SH-1357 digital
22.2V 6S Li-Po Battery X2 Turnigy 3000mAh 6S 30C Lipo Pack
Brushless ESC X1 Turnigy Brushless ESC 85A w/ 5A SBEC
Brushless motor X1 Turnigy Typhoon 500H Heli Motor 1800kv
Brushless motor X1 Turnigy 500 H3126 Brushless outrunner 1600KV

[ricky crack]

  that is a nice looking heli. Glad miracle mart hooked you up

[Atomic Skull]

My Tarot 500 with upgrades so far..



 Battery tray, receiver tray, motor mount, anti rotation guide and mainshaft bearing blocks have all been upgraded (using a Helioption single piece mainshaft block with thrust bearings). Purple finishing washers were something I had laying around and didn't come with the kit.

 Annoyances were:

 Machining swarf in a few screw holes and other places.

 metal receiver tray had a nice fat scratch on it (this was not part of the kit)
 
 One frame panel had a "+" scratched into it probably used for lining up the CNC lathe.

 Many of the screws were horrible and had to be replaced. The specialty collar screws seem fine it's the generic m2 and m2.5 screws that seem to be the problem. Maybe someone at Tarot got "a really great deal" on screws that turned out to be garbage.

 Related to the above, one of the screws that hold in the tail grips snapped off just from normal tightening, didn't bear down on it, it just snapped from snugging it down. Tail hub was now junk. Had a spare and when I screwed in the other screw from the original hub it snapped off when screwed halfway in (I managed to get it out) I have no doubt that had I flown with those screws they would have let go midflight.

 Canopy was cracked in a way that makes it unsafe to use.

 Swash guide pins are very soft and bend easily (made from soft black steel and not stainless steel), yanked them out and replaced them with rods cut from a 2mm stainless steel flybar. I'm not using this head (using a VWinRC FBL head) but I might use it later with the leftover parts to build a backup flybarred helicopter.

 And there is the swashplate (read what it says)




 Overall, the quality of this kit is far below the Tarot 450 kit I bought before. I think Tarot is allowing their quality control to slip.

[caddmus]

I just checked and my swashplate is identical, Tarot 500 UL  TRALIGHT   

[QMaverick]

I just checked and my swashplate is identical, Tarot 500 UL  TRALIGHT   

Yup ... mine too...