BeastX WOW II......!!

[Lynx.1677]

Took my 450 Pro with BeastX for it's maiden flight today. Left everything stock and it flew pretty much perfect. Has a little bit of a bobble when hovering but I am sure the gain pot will eliminate that. Not that it caused any issues. Fast forward flight with absolutely no pitching like the 3G, loops and rolls like a dream. Just so easy to fly now. Tick tocks are laughably easy, both elevator and aileron and you could do them as long as your battery would last. Hurricanes and funnels again, track perfectly and really make it easy to do. Half piro's as well, no drama or bogging like with the 3G unit.

On my 2nd battery I changed the settings to 'Extreme' and that is as much swash as I would want. Loads of movement but still silky smooth. I was tick tocking about 2 foot from the ground like a Pro!!! Inverted stuff is also a lot easier and predictable. The tail holds as well, if not better than my Quark now too!

In short, don't even think about it. Just get one for all your choppers. It's just mind blowing. Makes the 3G unit look like a very poor effort even with the update.

[Jamin_00]

Cool, hopefully I will have mine ready to go soon

[sacko]

Nice one

Was a bit skeptical after your posts last night, so definitely re-assuring after seeing this today

[Lynx.1677]

Nice one

Was a bit skeptical after your posts last night, so definitely re-assuring after seeing this today

The harderst thing for me to 'get' was the swash mixing which is done by the BeastX. Upon reflection though, I was just being retarded.

[G-Bru]

Very nice Lynx, I just pushed the Buy button. Gonna fit it to my Gaui X5, when my FBL head arrives, which should be any day now! Can't wait to fit and set it all up.
There must be around 10-15 BeastX users on this forum now?

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[cupracing]

very tempted to get one for my pro now, only thing is the amount of wiring and I like to keep things neat.

[trillian]

Hmmmm, this is getting tempting indeed. If some money comes through that I was kinda counting on, then I'll get one and see what it can do with the Ely.Q, that will be a very good test.

[J-S-Q]

very tempted to get one for my pro now, only thing is the amount of wiring and I like to keep things neat.

I thought you could run these with just a satellite receiver on a small heli like a 450 so the wiring shouldn't be particularly complicated.

[Lynx.1677]

I thought you could run these with just a satellite receiver on a small heli like a 450 so the wiring shouldn't be particularly complicated.

Yeah I thought I heard you could use a Satellite Rx but I don't see any port for one on the unit. Unless I am blind.....I am sure they don't slot into a standard servo port?

[millerman]

Took my 450 Pro with BeastX for it's maiden flight today. Left everything stock and it flew pretty much perfect. Has a little bit of a bobble when hovering but I am sure the gain pot will eliminate that. Not that it caused any issues. Fast forward flight with absolutely no pitching like the 3G, loops and rolls like a dream. Just so easy to fly now. Tick tocks are laughably easy, both elevator and aileron and you could do them as long as your battery would last. Hurricanes and funnels again, track perfectly and really make it easy to do. Half piro's as well, no drama or bogging like with the 3G unit.

On my 2nd battery I changed the settings to 'Extreme' and that is as much swash as I would want. Loads of movement but still silky smooth. I was tick tocking about 2 foot from the ground like a Pro!!! Inverted stuff is also a lot easier and predictable. The tail holds as well, if not better than my Quark now too!

In short, don't even think about it. Just get one for all your choppers. It's just mind blowing. Makes the 3G unit look like a very poor effort even with the update.

so are you saying that none of what you described is possible with the align 3g unit ?? or the beastx just fills you with more confidance because the align unit would not allow you to ticktock 2 foot from the ground or is it more predictable ??
i have the align 3g on all my helis bar the 450 and am thinking of trying a different flybarless unit on the 450 to see what the differences are but like most align haters on here mostly the answers are ~night and day or black and white or its just its much better but nobody can actually put their finger on it and say what it actually is or is it, it just is not the align unit ??

not moaning just would like to know

[waveydavey]

Yeah I thought I heard you could use a Satellite Rx but I don't see any port for one on the unit. Unless I am blind.....I am sure they don't slot into a standard servo port?

I believe you need an adapter,

MICROBEAST is able to process many types of sum signals (PPM / S-BUS / Spektrum). With the optional Spektrum Satellite Adapter, installation in indoor model helicopters is also possible without a great number of wires.

But I think only 1 satellite is possible so the advice is not to use it on larger helis.

[acwman]

...Christ, Not sure how long I can stand this!

Theres me telling myself that I don't need one, and everyone telling me how wonderful it is! All I can say is, I hope everywhere sells out VERY sooon

[Lynx.1677]

so are you saying that none of what you described is possible with the align 3g unit ?? or the beastx just fills you with more confidance because the align unit would not allow you to ticktock 2 foot from the ground or is it more predictable ??
i have the align 3g on all my helis bar the 450 and am thinking of trying a different flybarless unit on the 450 to see what the differences are but like most align haters on here mostly the answers are ~night and day or black and white or its just its much better but nobody can actually put their finger on it and say what it actually is or is it, it just is not the align unit ??

not moaning just would like to know

First off, I'm not an Align hater. Trust me, I forked out on 2 3G units (I managed to kill one) as I wanted to get it to work well. The update for the 3G fixed most of the initial issues so I won't go over those.

Even after the update though the elevator nod was still there despite lowering the parameters via the software to the lowest setting. It wasn't huge but it was there. It would also still pitch up occasionally in a headwind and when coming out of a loop.

My main issue with the 3g though was the tail. It just wasn't locked in and felt vague and floaty. I saw a huge difference in performance when I bypassed the 3G tail gyro and put my Quark back on, it was way better. Also the head would bog all the time even with 9 degrees collective pitch which just shouldn't be possible really with a low cyclic pitch range of 5 or 6 degree's.

The beastX is just way better from the start. No nodding once I reduced the swash gain gain slightly, the tail is just rock solid and better than my Quark is. It's so stable yet agile at the same time. No nodding or blowouts even when I was deliberately trying to bog the head, it just wouldn't have it and tick tocked away like crazy. I've always struggled with aileron tick tocks but now they are so easy. It's like flying the sim but actually easier.

I am not saying with enough tweaking and changing of bits you won't be able to get a similar feel from the 3G but you will need a better tail gyro (unless another update comes out to solve it). The BeastX is incredible as stock and can only get better.

Price wise they are about the same as you still need a head, but I would buy another again without hesitation. In fact, I never want to fly without BeastX from now on. It makes you look really good!

You also have the added benfit of being able to use BeastX as an Rx (with satellite) but also you can change settings at the field which you would have to have a laptop to do with the 3G.

[alex]

...Christ, Not sure how long I can stand this!

Theres me telling myself that I don't need one, and everyone telling me how wonderful it is! All I can say is, I hope everywhere sells out VERY sooon

Tell me about it :P

[cupracing]

I will just keep telling myself, it's alot of money to pay for not having a flybar.