Duncan Osbourne

[Chris Boughton]

I wonder how he is finding the BX gotta be
better than the Align 3g or 3gx!!!

[nightstalker]

Oooooo hmmmm I thought he was only allowed to use align

[LipolyGone]

I heard he had been using csm gyros on the tail & 3G on the cyclics anyway.
How much truth is in that I don't know but the beast x is everything align wished the 3G was
I'm sure. With the competition using better flybarless systems maybe align realise they need their pilots
using the best components even if they don't make those components.

[Cuppa]

Hopefully i'l be lucky enough first hand to see! I bumped into Wayne(Mr Osbourne) at Mid heli the other week and he said thay would pop in to see us at our club MFHC, if thay have time. and have a quiet fly! lol. Always a nice supprise when thay drop in. I would be very interested to hear Duncans thoughts of the Beast X first hand.

cheers
Cuppa

[coolice]

Hey.

rcslopesoarer is spot on, Duncans using a 3G combined with his preferred CSM SL760 tail gyro on his 700E's currently. He did trial a beastx and as is normal for him, the model did the book, but so does a 3GX with him on the controls!
He held back from trying the 3GX mid season last year for obvious reasons, concentrating on flying rather than tuning/testing, but is now running a 700N with OS105 and 3GX on V2 firmware and it's going very, very well!
He comments that the beast and 3GX are very close in performance, with each having good and bad points during certain manouvers. The 3Gx being more edgy and the beast a little smoother, more suited to larger manouvers. However he and Russ Deakin both said beast's V3 firmware wasn't as good still as V1.

He does like my Vbar'd 550 & 700E though, showing me how they should fly :-( lol
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[r4nd0m]

Oooooo hmmmm I thought he was only allowed to use align

he uses SAB blades and other stuff as well, I actually asked him about any limitation, he wasnt aware of any, possibly just airframe canopy for the branding ...

[Connor Sloan]

I'm very surprised that he hasn't been given a v-bar to try.

[coolice]

Hey.

Being an Align factory sponsored pilot of course Align want him to use all Align gear, but at his level he's got to use what equipment gives him the performance he needs to compete against the best of the best.
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[Connor Sloan]

Hey.

Being an Align factory sponsored pilot of course Align want him to use all Align gear, but at his level he's got to use what equipment gives him the performance he needs to compete against the best of the best.
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Yes, I agree.

[nightstalker]

he uses SAB blades and other stuff as well, I actually asked him about any limitation, he wasnt aware of any, possibly just airframe canopy for the branding ...

He cant use to much off the brand, he was even give a kasama head for 700 but won't use it as its to much of a change