BeastX upgrade: Business idea

[GravityKills]

Anybody got spare time and a CNC mill at home?
Here's an idea: Upgrade Beast X case bottom parts, made from Nylon or whatever lightweight material. The stock one is a brick.

Yes, it helps with vibrations. Now my helis don't have vibration problems. But they are overweight

Might be a business idea.
I'm actually tempted to take a 10 mm drill and punch a hole through the stock one.

[Si_B]

But they are overweight

Seriously ???

You can genuinely feel the performance drop from the weight of the Beast X ??

[millerman]

Seriously ???

You can genuinely feel the performance drop from the weight of the Beast X ??

oh yes mate i noticed the diffrence from beastx to v-bar NOT!!

[Cuppa]

Seriously ???

You can genuinely feel the performance drop from the weight of the Beast X ??

I think the unit needs a little wieght in it or it would be more
prone to viberation issues.

[jwatts007]

My FBL Raptor 3D is 1lb lighter that the FB all carbon version

[millerman]

Seriously ???

You can genuinely feel the performance drop from the weight of the Beast X ??

oh yes mate i noticed the diffrence from beastx to v-bar NOT!!

[tourerjim]

It's alloy isn't it" Can't get much lighter than that" can ya!!! Haven't even noticed the difference not even with my 250.

[bish]

Is it me or has the world gone MAD

[GravityKills]

well, I was serious.
Of course I feel when the heli is heavy.
It doesn't matter if you do "sports flying" or expert level tail-in hovering. There the weight is your friend. But what about vertical tictocking circles?

To give some numbers, the beastX is about 20 grams. A typical 450 swash servo is 13 grams. Don't even mention the 250.

The problem is, most of the weight you can't do nothing about. That makes the one you can get rid of all the more important.

Please, feel free to open a beastX and have a look inside. It's mainly a massive metal cube. I don't want to lug that around.
You need it as a beginner who doesn't know how to balance blades and crashes twice a week.

[chris jones2.4]

[Si_B]

Am I a bit tired, or is this a **** take ??

You lose the flybar, paddles, associated links, and gain 10-15% reduction in drag compared to a few grams on the Beast X ???

I really don't think his is going to spoil your power to weight ratio.

[millerman]

Am I a bit tired, or is this a **** take ??

You lose the flybar, paddles, associated links, and gain 10-15% reduction in drag compared to a few grams on the Beast X ???

I really don't think his is going to spoil your power to weight ratio.

i think gravity is heavier in finland hence the need for extreem weight loss hmm could do with that myself

[squeaky pete]

surely taking away the weight is like putting a spartan on a nitro without a metal plate, just coz ur fuel doesnt foam, doesnt mean u dnt hav vibrations, i really dont think ur gonna notice all of 15grammes ur gonna save

try going from a n9 to a ely q 90, now thats where your notice a weight difference, 15 grammes, your never gonna notice that in a millon years, tic toc'ing circuits or not, ive stood next to certain pilots doing piroetting tic toc'ing circuits with no troubles, on a fly barred machine!!!!!!!!!

[GravityKills]

hey, I'm thinking about small helis. On nitro you need the weight, alright. But show me a nitro 250... I'll buy one and convert it to flybarless...

The T-rex 250 flying weight is approx. 330 grams. You can strip away 15 grams from the beastX. That's 1/20 of your heli's total weight, or almost two swash servos. The difference is so severe that most people would probably feel the difference immediately. On a .90 it would be the equivalent of half a tank of fuel.

BTW it's completely meaningless, whether you can notice the difference. This fallacy is millenia old, and still people fall for it. Here's something to make you think:

- I prove that I can't notice 1 gram extra weight
- I prove also that I can't notice 1+1 grams extra weight
- It follows that I can't notice 1+1+1+...?
- I've just proven by complete induction that weight does not matter to a helicopter.

Where's the flaw?

[squeaky pete]

But by the time uve removed the flybar, paddles, cage etc and then remove the gyro then ur probably end up light than u was to start with lol