You make the best build videos. Period. The time you take behind the scenes to do little things like pre-clean and pre-load and loc-tite multiple screws, have paper towel with alcohol ready, have everything you need in frame and other stuff make for no wasted time and very clear demonstration. Also SAB helis just build better than others. Thanks for your work. It’s really beneficial for us.
I do my best to mimic the good habits myself from watching these build videos. I even go as far to have glass turpentine rinse container so I can give screws nuts and bolts a good cleaning. I use medical foam q-tip style cleaners to wipe everything down lint free. I also use alcohol to keep my fingers and surfaces clean periodically throughout the whole build. Everything is about as meticulous as I can think to make it, right down to putting my tools back in their sorted position on the table after every use. One other critical tip....light and light! And then lots more light is probably one of the the best tips, I have shop flood lights over my shoulders from behind and multiple lights over head to flood everything with as much white light as possible in the room without shining in my eyes. 5500k is about the best spectrum of color to kill any shadows.
@@CameronDasso Thank you! I greatly appreciate that, it’s ALOT of work and prep time to shoot each part. It can be 15 minutes worth of prep for a 2 minute or less clip. Normally a build video (complete series) can be 8 plus hours of footage for a 45 minute video. It’s well worth it because it helps so many of you! I enjoy sharing my build technique with everyone in hopes it makes everyone build better helis and have more success! Thank you for watching and supporting!
Seriously...Jeff you're better than any instruction manual. Thankyou for letting us gawk while you work. Having the second driver ready to thread in the second bolt, is epic preparation !! Even my OCD was completely calm throughout lol!! Love how your passion for this hobby comes through in your vids. Beautiful kit, the quality is deeply impressive. Goes together so nicely! If only every build up kit was this good.
Love watching these build series. Built mine last week. Has not been set up yet but I'm very excited. The kit is very solidly built, definitely some substantial improvements over the previous raw/kraken 700. I went with Theta servos for the first time.
I appreciate it! I’m glad you enjoy these build videos! I know they can be long but I try to cover every step. There is some awesome improvements and makes the build that much faster and enjoyable. You are going to love Theta servos! I’ve been very impressed with them and super happy with them!
You are the man,sir that is a gorgeous looking heli sir,something like this must cost a small fortune,lol, have a great day sir, and thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom with everyone in the hobby.
I greatly appreciate it! It is a lot of work to run this channel and do all these bills, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I enjoy helping and spreading the passion to help the hobby. This is definitely not a cheap helicopter but worth every penny!
Hi Jeff, building one of these now! At ~17 minutes - in the manual it shows the 10x16x1mm washer goes between the bearing and the smaller ID thrust bearing. This is such an awesome heli! Thanks for your excellent build videos.
Jeff sure is a coincidence that you start to create a IL Goblin during the week of Halloween 👻 🎃. This is a epic build video of a SAB helicopter 🚁 the components appear to be of high quality, the transmission / head assembly are impressive too !
It’s the perfect color for Halloween! SAB builds the best helicopters on the market! They’re quality is unmatched the fit and finish is unmatched. They really are such a fantastic company.
I just built one a couple weeks ago. Standard SAB build, which is to say the very best in the business. Overall I'm pretty happy with the changes they made for IL Goblin. It's certainly incremental, but you can see lots of lessons learned from the Kraken and Raw series. My only gripe is the battery bay is a bit narrow. If you're running thick connectors like RC Pro it gets tight if the connectors for the rear battery are on the side, and there's not enough room to run them on the bottom either if you're running ~5000s. This heli would benefit a lot from 12S sticks for sure.
I personally only ever run stick packs on my 12s heli’s, it’s so much easier to run the packs in most helis. I build my packs to what I need. They definitely made some good improvements!
Thank you for all your build videos - they are really helpful in solving some issues with every new build and learning new tricks. I've been following your instructions with RS4, Venom, Kraken 580 and Raw 580 - now it's time for ILGoblin. Can you please share why you decided to install ESC with battery wire facing the back of the heli instead of the front?
@@gorix5 Thank you for watching! I greatly appreciate it! I’m glad these videos are helpful and can teach some new tips and techniques! So I always think about best way of wiring and or placement. I find mounting the ESC with motor wires forward gives a clean look and easy routing of wires. Battery wires going back helps with not having to cut almost all the wire off and gives it a good look. Since filming this part I cut about 1in off the motor and power wires to clean up the wiring more (I go over it in part 2)
This could very well be my next build. I personally don’t like the SAB quick connect battery solution wich requires dedicated batteries. Please show us your work around in the next video.
I made short leads that I soldered to the connector on the tray. It's a bit fiddly, and creates a bit of a wire bunch up front, but it allows you to plug the batteries into the tray and remove them easily.
I don't like it either. I run two 6s packs in series so I can run my 550-600 helis with 6s setups on the same packs. I soldered the series cable onto the battery tray SAB connector, so it still clicks in without having to fiddle with the canopy.
I’m not a fan of tying batteries to a specific helicopter. So I will do like I have gone on the 500 for 20 competition, etc. where I will make a small jumper lead to fit a regular connector so you can still utilize the proprietary connector but not have to tie your pack to that particular machine.
Hey Jeff do you ever clean out the thread holes with alcohol to remove and machining oil or powder coating dust before loctitening the bolts on helis you build?
I bath all my bolts/screws intended to be thread locked with Turpentine and then brush them with a medical Q tip to ensure no particles/hair/dust/oils ect. I also wipe all surfaces with Alcohol prior to any assembly as well as my hands periodically throughout the whole build process (to keep oil residue/fingerprints from building up too much. I dont aim to get into all the machined thread holes. Not against it, but haven't bothered because I already spend obsessively too much time being meticulous with everything else I do to keep the build sterile.
Not all the holes! I mainly clean every screw with alcohol and drive-in, but I haven’t had a problem with 99% of the screw holes. I have never had a screw come loose by just cleaning the screws. Feathering shaft and tail shaft I do clean the inside of the threads out with alcohol. Wipe them clean hit them again if I feel like there’s any grease or oil that could be in them. To me, those are the most critical shafts and screws to clean. If you use a good Loctite, like 243 it’s chemical resistant so any little imperfections or grease/oil that you don’t get it will still work. 242 is not that way and it will come loose if the surface is 100% clean.
Love watching these videos and learning techniques! Oh and I'm back on Team Gemini for this winter's build season; but really want to see some actual reviews of the New XL Power lineup and am especially curious how people who fly it compared to other top shelf craft. I'm no longer scared of the prospect of owning an SAB or Tron, I got so much flight time now on my Venom that I'm now comfortable without any Gyro Assist; I even fly around in my backyard! Since I'm not aggressively flying, the idea of crash costs aren't the deciding factor. Who is better in the air...Nimbus, Raw or Gemini? That's the curiosity I have now.
You really and honestly can’t go wrong with any helicopter on the market today. It all comes down to personal preference and what you like as the pilot. I can tell you what I like, but what I like might not be what you like. I personally don’t have any experience with the new XL lineup. But I was talking to Bert the other day (owner of BK) and he was telling me that they really stepped their game up on the new 550 as far as bill goes they change the quality of their screws. Everything is clean fit and finishes perfect and the flight performance is perfect. I really love my RAW 580. It’s a beast! But the Tron Orion/Gemini is a fantastic machine and it has been my go to daily flyer lately. I am working on a comparison video between the Orion and RAW 580.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 I find in Next I love both the Nimbus and Tron, they are my main go to almost daily. I do favor the nimbus a bit more how it floats and dances. Not sure how well it translates to the real thing. Maybe just get both and settle it myself; birthday is coming up at the end of November and then there is Christmas lol. Get that Tron vs. SAB out there before I make the final cut lol.
When are you going to build an Align 60 or 70 nitro? I'm going to get my Thundertiger Raptor 30 going soon,I have had it for many years and never even started it,I am waiting on a Futaba GY407 to get here..I have many electrics and starting to want nitros now.
I have quite a few videos on different align helicopters! I’ve got a couple on the older 600N and I’ve got a couple on the 600 XN. No build on either one just flight tuning overall experience with them. I do have a Trex 700XN coming soon so I’ll make videos on that and I have a Nitro 700n I need to get flying. I have a Raptor 50 as well that I keep a shelf model as it was gifted to me but I might make it fly again!
@@UnravelledMoney hello! It’s definitely possible. I’ve building a M7 right now! I can compare all three of them or do a “best 700” or “what 700 should you buy”
@@westhobbiesrc8051 You're truly a gent ! I'd love to see the pros/cons of all three although the RS7 tail belt is a pain as you've mentioned. In the market for a new 700 see :) thank you Jeff!
hard to believe they are still using motor belts in 2024 when all other are direct gear drive which only leaves us needing to worry about tail belts.....i have the kracken and hate it due to belt issues and difficult to get at and tension......
I've no experience myself, but I would think that a gear system is better. I have heard from some people who do both and hate gear while preferring belt. idk. Like I said, I have no opinion based on experience myself.
@@andyMSH700 belts all day! I will take belts over TT and or pinion and main gear. While there is nothing wrong with pinion and main gear, TT gear suck. Those gears are super weak and break just looking at them. Having a motor belt instead of a pinion/main gear gives you reliable power with no gear mesh or issues breaking main gear. Belts are easy to tension and take two seconds.
@@kajuta240 I have experience with both. I will take belts any day of the week. Simple, easy and reliable! I broke 4 main gears on the TB60 before selling it. My Goosky RS7 broke two makes gears before Goosky made an updated gear set. TT tail gears are glass. Look at them wrong and they break. Get hard on the tail in flight and they will break. Belts are super simple, allow good power with out worrying.
You make the best build videos. Period. The time you take behind the scenes to do little things like pre-clean and pre-load and loc-tite multiple screws, have paper towel with alcohol ready, have everything you need in frame and other stuff make for no wasted time and very clear demonstration. Also SAB helis just build better than others. Thanks for your work. It’s really beneficial for us.
I do my best to mimic the good habits myself from watching these build videos. I even go as far to have glass turpentine rinse container so I can give screws nuts and bolts a good cleaning. I use medical foam q-tip style cleaners to wipe everything down lint free.
I also use alcohol to keep my fingers and surfaces clean periodically throughout the whole build. Everything is about as meticulous as I can think to make it, right down to putting my tools back in their sorted position on the table after every use. One other critical tip....light and light! And then lots more light is probably one of the the best tips, I have shop flood lights over my shoulders from behind and multiple lights over head to flood everything with as much white light as possible in the room without shining in my eyes. 5500k is about the best spectrum of color to kill any shadows.
@@CameronDasso Thank you! I greatly appreciate that, it’s ALOT of work and prep time to shoot each part. It can be 15 minutes worth of prep for a 2 minute or less clip. Normally a build video (complete series) can be 8 plus hours of footage for a 45 minute video. It’s well worth it because it helps so many of you! I enjoy sharing my build technique with everyone in hopes it makes everyone build better helis and have more success! Thank you for watching and supporting!
Seriously...Jeff you're better than any instruction manual. Thankyou for letting us gawk while you work.
Having the second driver ready to thread in the second bolt, is epic preparation !!
Even my OCD was completely calm throughout lol!!
Love how your passion for this hobby comes through in your vids.
Beautiful kit, the quality is deeply impressive. Goes together so nicely! If only every build up kit was this good.
Thanks!
@@mikefuchs2814 Thank you! I greatly appreciate it!
Love watching these build series. Built mine last week. Has not been set up yet but I'm very excited. The kit is very solidly built, definitely some substantial improvements over the previous raw/kraken 700. I went with Theta servos for the first time.
I appreciate it! I’m glad you enjoy these build videos! I know they can be long but I try to cover every step. There is some awesome improvements and makes the build that much faster and enjoyable. You are going to love Theta servos! I’ve been very impressed with them and super happy with them!
Thank you very much for posting the video clip for me to watch.❤❤
@@RC-Oneto you’re welcome! Thank you for watching!
You are the man,sir that is a gorgeous looking heli sir,something like this must cost a small fortune,lol, have a great day sir, and thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom with everyone in the hobby.
I greatly appreciate it! It is a lot of work to run this channel and do all these bills, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I enjoy helping and spreading the passion to help the hobby. This is definitely not a cheap helicopter but worth every penny!
Hi Jeff, building one of these now! At ~17 minutes - in the manual it shows the 10x16x1mm washer goes between the bearing and the smaller ID thrust bearing. This is such an awesome heli! Thanks for your excellent build videos.
mine came 3 days ago!!!
Its a lot bigger than it looks and the color is amazing!!You gave me a nice set up!~!
It is bigger than you would think and the color scheme looks so much better in person! I might clearcoat mine! I’m glad you’re happy with it!
such a well designed machine 👍👍👍
@@frankienv3906 it really is!
Great ideas , keep up the good work.😃
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for watching!
Jeff sure is a coincidence that you start to create a IL Goblin during the week of Halloween 👻 🎃. This is a epic build video of a SAB helicopter 🚁 the components appear to be of high quality, the transmission / head assembly are impressive too !
It’s the perfect color for Halloween! SAB builds the best helicopters on the market! They’re quality is unmatched the fit and finish is unmatched. They really are such a fantastic company.
I just built one a couple weeks ago. Standard SAB build, which is to say the very best in the business. Overall I'm pretty happy with the changes they made for IL Goblin. It's certainly incremental, but you can see lots of lessons learned from the Kraken and Raw series. My only gripe is the battery bay is a bit narrow. If you're running thick connectors like RC Pro it gets tight if the connectors for the rear battery are on the side, and there's not enough room to run them on the bottom either if you're running ~5000s. This heli would benefit a lot from 12S sticks for sure.
I personally only ever run stick packs on my 12s heli’s, it’s so much easier to run the packs in most helis. I build my packs to what I need. They definitely made some good improvements!
Thank you for all your build videos - they are really helpful in solving some issues with every new build and learning new tricks. I've been following your instructions with RS4, Venom, Kraken 580 and Raw 580 - now it's time for ILGoblin.
Can you please share why you decided to install ESC with battery wire facing the back of the heli instead of the front?
@@gorix5 Thank you for watching! I greatly appreciate it! I’m glad these videos are helpful and can teach some new tips and techniques! So I always think about best way of wiring and or placement. I find mounting the ESC with motor wires forward gives a clean look and easy routing of wires. Battery wires going back helps with not having to cut almost all the wire off and gives it a good look. Since filming this part I cut about 1in off the motor and power wires to clean up the wiring more (I go over it in part 2)
This could very well be my next build. I personally don’t like the SAB quick connect battery solution wich requires dedicated batteries. Please show us your work around in the next video.
I made short leads that I soldered to the connector on the tray. It's a bit fiddly, and creates a bit of a wire bunch up front, but it allows you to plug the batteries into the tray and remove them easily.
I don't like it either. I run two 6s packs in series so I can run my 550-600 helis with 6s setups on the same packs. I soldered the series cable onto the battery tray SAB connector, so it still clicks in without having to fiddle with the canopy.
I’m not a fan of tying batteries to a specific helicopter. So I will do like I have gone on the 500 for 20 competition, etc. where I will make a small jumper lead to fit a regular connector so you can still utilize the proprietary connector but not have to tie your pack to that particular machine.
Hey Jeff do you ever clean out the thread holes with alcohol to remove and machining oil or powder coating dust before loctitening the bolts on helis you build?
I bath all my bolts/screws intended to be thread locked with Turpentine and then brush them with a medical Q tip to ensure no particles/hair/dust/oils ect. I also wipe all surfaces with Alcohol prior to any assembly as well as my hands periodically throughout the whole build process (to keep oil residue/fingerprints from building up too much.
I dont aim to get into all the machined thread holes. Not against it, but haven't bothered because I already spend obsessively too much time being meticulous with everything else I do to keep the build sterile.
Not all the holes! I mainly clean every screw with alcohol and drive-in, but I haven’t had a problem with 99% of the screw holes. I have never had a screw come loose by just cleaning the screws. Feathering shaft and tail shaft I do clean the inside of the threads out with alcohol. Wipe them clean hit them again if I feel like there’s any grease or oil that could be in them. To me, those are the most critical shafts and screws to clean. If you use a good Loctite, like 243 it’s chemical resistant so any little imperfections or grease/oil that you don’t get it will still work. 242 is not that way and it will come loose if the surface is 100% clean.
@@westhobbiesrc8051Thanks Jeff, awesome work on the videos!
@ Thank you! I greatly appreciate it!
Thank you for sharing :))
@@daniel_933 Thank you for watching!
I really enjoy these builds, what’s the difference between retaining compound and thread lock ?
Love watching these videos and learning techniques! Oh and I'm back on Team Gemini for this winter's build season; but really want to see some actual reviews of the New XL Power lineup and am especially curious how people who fly it compared to other top shelf craft. I'm no longer scared of the prospect of owning an SAB or Tron, I got so much flight time now on my Venom that I'm now comfortable without any Gyro Assist; I even fly around in my backyard! Since I'm not aggressively flying, the idea of crash costs aren't the deciding factor. Who is better in the air...Nimbus, Raw or Gemini? That's the curiosity I have now.
You really and honestly can’t go wrong with any helicopter on the market today. It all comes down to personal preference and what you like as the pilot. I can tell you what I like, but what I like might not be what you like. I personally don’t have any experience with the new XL lineup. But I was talking to Bert the other day (owner of BK) and he was telling me that they really stepped their game up on the new 550 as far as bill goes they change the quality of their screws. Everything is clean fit and finishes perfect and the flight performance is perfect. I really love my RAW 580. It’s a beast! But the Tron Orion/Gemini is a fantastic machine and it has been my go to daily flyer lately. I am working on a comparison video between the Orion and RAW 580.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 I find in Next I love both the Nimbus and Tron, they are my main go to almost daily. I do favor the nimbus a bit more how it floats and dances. Not sure how well it translates to the real thing.
Maybe just get both and settle it myself; birthday is coming up at the end of November and then there is Christmas lol. Get that Tron vs. SAB out there before I make the final cut lol.
When are you going to build an Align 60 or 70 nitro?
I'm going to get my Thundertiger Raptor 30 going soon,I have had it for many years and never even started it,I am waiting on a Futaba GY407 to get here..I have many electrics and starting to want nitros now.
I have a Futaba GY-401 gyro from my Raptor fifty that I gave to Jeff
I have quite a few videos on different align helicopters! I’ve got a couple on the older 600N and I’ve got a couple on the 600 XN. No build on either one just flight tuning overall experience with them. I do have a Trex 700XN coming soon so I’ll make videos on that and I have a Nitro 700n I need to get flying. I have a Raptor 50 as well that I keep a shelf model as it was gifted to me but I might make it fly again!
I have that raptor on the shelf with the magazine! I might make it fly again, but I don’t want nothing to happen to it lol
New build!
Hi Jeff,
Possible to compare ILGoblin pro vs RS7? or better Yet RS7 vs OMP M7 if you get your hand son one? Thank you! Keep up the amazing job!
@@UnravelledMoney hello! It’s definitely possible. I’ve building a M7 right now! I can compare all three of them or do a “best 700” or “what 700 should you buy”
@@westhobbiesrc8051 You're truly a gent ! I'd love to see the pros/cons of all three although the RS7 tail belt is a pain as you've mentioned. In the market for a new 700 see :) thank you Jeff!
hard to believe they are still using motor belts in 2024 when all other are direct gear drive which only leaves us needing to worry about tail belts.....i have the kracken and hate it due to belt issues and difficult to get at and tension......
I've no experience myself, but I would think that a gear system is better. I have heard from some people who do both and hate gear while preferring belt. idk. Like I said, I have no opinion based on experience myself.
@@andyMSH700 belts all day! I will take belts over TT and or pinion and main gear. While there is nothing wrong with pinion and main gear, TT gear suck. Those gears are super weak and break just looking at them. Having a motor belt instead of a pinion/main gear gives you reliable power with no gear mesh or issues breaking main gear. Belts are easy to tension and take two seconds.
@@kajuta240 I have experience with both. I will take belts any day of the week. Simple, easy and reliable! I broke 4 main gears on the TB60 before selling it. My Goosky RS7 broke two makes gears before Goosky made an updated gear set. TT tail gears are glass. Look at them wrong and they break. Get hard on the tail in flight and they will break. Belts are super simple, allow good power with out worrying.