Nitro version: engine FBL gyro five servos and a receiver battery Main rotor blades: 690mm to 710mm for Kraken 700 570mm to 600mm for Kraken 580Ĭomponents needed to complete: Electric version: motor ESC FBL gyro four servos and a flight battery. The Kraken 580 Nitro uses the same enclosed-transmission system, rotor and controls, and tail section. The design is modular and lower body panels improve visibility. The Kraken 580 is a smaller replica of the Kraken 700.
Notice the plastic pipe for routing the signal wires from the ESC to the receiver or FBL gyro. The Kraken’s mechanics are very different from the previous generation of SAB Goblins.
The Kraken 700 is the 30th SAB helicopter by Italian designer Enrico Bernabei. Kraken helicopters are the flagship helicopters from SAB, and quite a few innovative features have been introduced since the company’s previous generation of Goblin helicopters.įeatures include a refined main rotor blade grip design, a sealed transmission system to keep dust out, separated upper and lower canopy shells, a plastic pipe to keep the ESC wires neatly tucked away, a stronger tailboom mounting arrangement, a different tail rotor pitch slider, and a lighter tail gearbox design. In this article, I want to examine the SAB Kraken 700, the Kraken 580, and the Kraken 580 Nitro. In the December 2020 issue of Model Aviation, I explored the history of the original SAB Goblin helicopters.