MicroBeastX in the UK

[Asid]

i heard through the grape vine this is the system align rejected for their flybarless and decided to use the same company that designed their gyros instead.

never seen one of these but at the money i'm sure one will come along to the club sooner or later.

cheers

Logitech make the 3G im sure.

I have a beastX and im in Central Scotland if anyone is interested in a go.

[acwman]

Logitech make the 3G im sure.

Think you will find that it is logictech and not logitech. Two entirely different companys. Logitech make computer peripheral devices

[ktargett]

I've had the first couple of flights with mine on a Protos500. It was very quick and easy to get a basic setup to work. I have it all in basic settings at the moment so it is very stable and very accurate. Gusty wind was no problem for it with the piro compensation working well.

I felt very confident with it very quickly - piro loops and piro flips on the first flight lower than I was doing it flybarred

The only issue I have at the moment is the initialisation - you need to keep it absolutely stationary for the first few seconds, but unfortunately my ESC blips the motor during this phase so messes it up It did fail to initialise completely a couple of times, but once it did it all seemed good.

Kevin

[Andy from Sandy]

I have read some good things about this unit but it should not be costing £150. (Is that delivered?)

You can get it delivered from Germany for about £137.50 and the VAT in Germany is higher than it is here. Once again it is rip off Britain and no changing it!

[trillian]

Pardon my naivity on this; Is there a 'Beast X' and then a 'Micro Beast' or is there just one FBL 'Beast' product?

[Jamin_00]

I have read some good things about this unit but it should not be costing £150. (Is that delivered?)

You can get it delivered from Germany for about £137.50 and the VAT in Germany is higher than it is here. Once again it is rip off Britain and no changing it!

It's the same with everything unfortunately.

But if it's coming from Europe there would be no duty etc for the importer would there?

I'm interested on getting one and will get from Europe as you won't get stung by customs buying from there I hope


I think it's called the micro beastx

[Andy from Sandy]

But if it's coming from Europe there would be no duty etc for the importer would there?

I'm interested on getting one and will get from Europe as you won't get stung by customs buying from there I hope

The deal with European countries is you pay the VAT rate of that country and that is all.

If you are interested I have dealt with this shop and all is good. The service was fast on a model I ordered because they used a courier and not the mail services
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[NEAGRON]

I dont mind paying the extra as I am sure the"DODGER", with his able assistant will give good service&back up. No hassle having to deal with overseas suppliers so in all no problems.

Keep up the good work Dodger.

All the best,

Martin K.

[Jamin_00]

That's only £128 and delivery wont be much so could get it for £135 saving nearly £20 by the time p+p is added here!!

[ChrisB]

Reports on this baby seem promising now,thats a bloody cheap fbl system if you ask me

[Bluegarry1]

For those that are unsure, please allow me to clarify !!

The units are available from "Freakware" in Germany.
The product manufacturer is "BeastX"
The flybarless product itself is called the "Microbeast"

I hope this helps.

Now I'm no expert on flybarless systems and what I know about the V-Bar and Align 3G systems can most probably be written on the back of a fag packet, BUT !! I do know that the "Microbeast" just works and its really easy to program/set-up !!

I've had one one my T-rex500 for a while now and it handles the wind with absolute ease. Flips and rolls beautiful too !!
I bought another Microbeast unit to convert my Vibe 50 to FBL and I'm only waiting for the JR flybarless head to arrive and its all systems go !!

This thing rocks !! (Go get 'em !!)

Garry

[gazelle341]

The manufacturer is "BeastX"

BEASTX GmbH i.G.
Kerpener Str. 154
50170 Kerpen, Germany

The Microbeast units are currently made in Germany

They are sold through Freakware in Germany, who are currently listed as the sole agents on the BeastX website, but as per this thread they are now filtering through to UK suppliers.

[Jamin_00]

That's only £128 and delivery wont be much so could get it for £135 saving nearly £20 by the time p+p is added here!!

Exactly £138.01 shipped at the exchange rate as off 5 secs ago, no 10 secs ago, no 15 secs ago

[shikari_chaos]

I've had one one my T-rex500 for a while now and it handles the wind with absolute ease. Flips and rolls beautiful too !!
I bought another Microbeast unit to convert my Vibe 50 to FBL and I'm only waiting for the JR flybarless head to arrive and its all systems go !!

This thing rocks !! (Go get 'em !!)

Garry

Garry, glad to hear it's working great! Which FBL head did you go for and what servo choice on the 500? Damn it, you've got me all excited about FBL.
Your all very bad people, "forcing" me to spend money on new shiney things for my helicopter!

[ktargett]

I have had quite a few more flights on mine now on a Protos500. I have gradually dialled up the reponse via the ATVs and it just keeps getting better - no oscillations or unwanted behaviour at all I haven't touched the dials on the unit yet, and don't really see a need.

I lost one of my 6s2600 (~450gm) packs due to one of the cells shorting, so instead I tried some 6s4200 packs (~600gm) so the CofG was way off, and there was no way the canopy would fit. Even with this setup it flew fantastically. So CoG doesn't seem to be critical at all, which I was very surprised by having heard comments about other flybarless systems.

Kevin