The following table contains three different setups for the T-Rex 450. I have tried to cover the budget buyer, where price is the most important factor. The intermediate buyer where price is still a factor but some extra money is available to be spent on some higher quality equipment. Lastly I have covered the money is no object buyer, where quality of kit is everything. This represents my personal opinion and is not based upon any product allegiances. It is designed to give fair representation of the true cost of getting into the R/C Helicopter hobby with a T-Rex 450.
Equipment Budget Intermediate Luxury
T-Rex Kit T-Rex 450S T-Rex SE V2 T-Rex SE V2
Transmitter Spektrum DX7 Spektrum DX7 Spektrum DX7
Receiver AR6100 AR6100 AR7100
Main Servos Align 9g Hitec HS56 Hitec HS65
Tail Servo Align 6g HDS-577 Futaba 9650
Gyro Logictec 2100 Logictec 2100 Futaba GY401
Electronic Speed Controller Align 25A Align 35X 6V Kontronic
40-6-18
Motor Align 430L Align 430XL Medusa 28-40-2500
Lithium Polymer Battery Align 1800mah Align 2100 22C TBC
Blades N/R (supplied in the kit) Align Carbon Blades   V-Blades / Radix
Charger FMA Cellpro 4S FMA Cellpro 4S FMA Cellpro 4S
Power Analyser N/R N/R Eagle Tree Micro Power Logger
Tachometer Thunder Tiger Tachometer Skytach Optical Tachometer as above with RPM sensor
Pitch Gauge Align Pitch Gauge Align Pitch Gauge Align Pitch Gauge
Blade Balancer N/R Century Blade Balancer Kyosho Luxury Blade Balancer
Ball Link Pliers Ball Lifters Curved Ball Link Pliers Curved Ball Link Pliers
Lipo Alarm N/R N/R Lipo Alarm
Transmitter Case N/R Aluminium Transmitter Case Aluminium Transmitter Case
Helicopter Case N/R N/R Align Aluminium Helicopter Case
Micro Antenna Turbo Aerial N/R N/R
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