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So, finally finished setting up the BeastX on my 500 with RJX FBL head. Went over step K about 5 times and kept getting uneven pitch, then read the manual again and realised I needed to set the pitch at full pos AND at full neg....DOH!! 
Anyway other than that user error, the setup was painless, first FBL controller and really did not struggle at all. All settings on default, went out today and ran a pack through.
Takeoff
No dramas, spooled up to half throttle then eased her up in the air with no issues at all. Immediately noticed how stable she seemed. Flicked into idle 1 (90% flat) and noticed the headspeed seemed a lot faster, will tacho soon to confirm!
Hovering
Hovered around a little tail in and side in and no dramas, again nice and smooth. Couple of quick jabs of the rudder to test gain settings all seemed good.
Piros & Auto
Went a little higher levelled out and went into a right hand piro. Released the rudder stick and she just carried on piroing at full speed
No rudder control at all. Of course she stayed nice and level so just hit hold and landed her perfectly with no dramas.
Walked over thinking something must be wrong with how I setup the BeastX but thankfully no, the problem was the 600 CF servo bracket I use on the tail had snapped I guess the last crash before the beastX rebuild/install had damaged it and I hadn't noticed!
First impressions, although brief are very positive of the BeastX/FBL setup. I think that if the bracket had snapped when it was flybarred I would have struggled to land so gracefully as I did with FBL
More to come when I get out again.
Anyway other than that user error, the setup was painless, first FBL controller and really did not struggle at all. All settings on default, went out today and ran a pack through.
Takeoff
No dramas, spooled up to half throttle then eased her up in the air with no issues at all. Immediately noticed how stable she seemed. Flicked into idle 1 (90% flat) and noticed the headspeed seemed a lot faster, will tacho soon to confirm!
Hovering
Hovered around a little tail in and side in and no dramas, again nice and smooth. Couple of quick jabs of the rudder to test gain settings all seemed good.
Piros & Auto
Went a little higher levelled out and went into a right hand piro. Released the rudder stick and she just carried on piroing at full speed
No rudder control at all. Of course she stayed nice and level so just hit hold and landed her perfectly with no dramas.Walked over thinking something must be wrong with how I setup the BeastX but thankfully no, the problem was the 600 CF servo bracket I use on the tail had snapped
I guess the last crash before the beastX rebuild/install had damaged it and I hadn't noticed! First impressions, although brief are very positive of the BeastX/FBL setup. I think that if the bracket had snapped when it was flybarred I would have struggled to land so gracefully as I did with FBL
More to come when I get out again.
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for me
glad she is down in one piece (well all most) 
. I purchased the RJX head from a member here. Will watch out for further posts from you. Now if only I could easily get by your avatar, I'd get more done 
. Regards,
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