I have to say that the Align 500E scale fuselage for the T-Rex 250 is of outstanding quality and workmanship. I'm sure that all R/C helicopter pilots will love this little scale 500E kit.

There are two 500E paint schemes available to choose from. A blue, green and white 500E police paint scheme, or a yellow, red and blue civilian 500E color scheme. Inside the box you will find the canopy, main fuselage, landing skids, horizontal and vertical stabilizer, windows and all the screws and brackets needed for installation. Everything inside the box comes neatly packed in plastic bags to prevent the perfect paint scheme on the fuselage from scratch during shipment.

The fuselage and canopy is made out of fiberglass with plenty of details like door hinges, door handles, door outlines and air vents. The canopy comes with pre installed plastic windscreen windows, but the left and right front door windows on the canopy need to be installed if needed. A plywood tray is pre-installed in the fuselage for securing the T-Rex 250 helicopter to the fuselage with four screws. The landing skids are made from plastic and aluminum tubing, and need to be glued into position onto the plywood tray inside the fuselage.

The vertical and horizontal stabilizers are made from wood that is covered with plastic covering that looks like Solar film. The only missing part with this kit is a tail boom end-cover. I personally think that Align could have gone the extra mile to add a tail boom end-cover to this scale kit. Overall the design of the T-Rex 250 500E scale fuselage is very good.

This 500E kit comes with a well explained easy to understand manual. Follow the easy steps, and the T-Rex 250 will be completely installed into the 500E scale fuselage under two hours, including the time for the epoxy glue to set. Only the landing skids, horizontal and vertical fins need to be glued with epoxy.

Just make sure that you glue the landing skid struts the same way around on the left site as the right side. I have build my own LiPo battery tray from 2mm carbon fiber sheeting to get the LiPo battery as far forward as possible. You can fly the helicopter with the original LiPo battery tray, but the helicopter is a bit tail heavy. I have also added 20 grams of lead below the battery tray for extra nose weight to ensure for a perfect C.G.

I can highly recommend the 500E scale kit, but keep in mind that the total weight of the T-Rex 250 will increased, so the 3D performance will be less compared to the T-Rex 250 with standard stock canopy. Never less, the T-Rex 250 flies very well with this scale fuselage, and I really enjoy flying my little 500E T-Rex 250. So will you...