Smoggie
Well-Known Member
A while ago i picked up a second hand Chase 360. The original owner had built it but realised he's bitten off more than he could chew so sold it on before it even turned a blade. His loss was my gain because I picked it up at a great price
I found a few issues with the build that didn't give me a lot of confidence, so i stripped it and re-built it.
I was blown away by the quality of this little heli and the brilliance and uniqueness of it's design. From it's two stage belt reduction all belt drive to it's 'Goblin like' swash servo layout, to it's battery mechanism that allows battery change without removing the canopy, the design is outstanding. The quality of finish is also terrific, there is nothing you could want to upgrade, all the 'bling' comes as standard!. The early versions had a reputation for a few quality niggles but this one was the later version with all the teething problems sorted and other than putting right the original builders errors it was totally trouble free.
The spec of the build was very nice:
So here is is the heli pretty much as I got it, the eagle eyed might spot one of the errors in the build:
The maiden flight went without any issues at all. With the all belt drive this is about the quietest smoothest running heli you could imagine. her's one of the early flight, no fancy flying but that's due to the limits of the pilot not the heli
This heli restored my faith in smaller helis which previously I'd given up on.

I was blown away by the quality of this little heli and the brilliance and uniqueness of it's design. From it's two stage belt reduction all belt drive to it's 'Goblin like' swash servo layout, to it's battery mechanism that allows battery change without removing the canopy, the design is outstanding. The quality of finish is also terrific, there is nothing you could want to upgrade, all the 'bling' comes as standard!. The early versions had a reputation for a few quality niggles but this one was the later version with all the teething problems sorted and other than putting right the original builders errors it was totally trouble free.
The spec of the build was very nice:
- Scorpion motor
- Hobbywing 50A V3 ESC
- Mini Vbar Pro
- Savox servos
- Edge blades
- Gens Ace 6s 1450mAh
So here is is the heli pretty much as I got it, the eagle eyed might spot one of the errors in the build:


The maiden flight went without any issues at all. With the all belt drive this is about the quietest smoothest running heli you could imagine. her's one of the early flight, no fancy flying but that's due to the limits of the pilot not the heli

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