Beam in the UK

[trillian]

Have to say the Beam cost me a fortune I had it though the crash every week phase and kept Evo Rc in business for a good year lol, cost me about £60 per crash, most of the head parts would bend (you could bend them straight again most of the time)
Now my Align 450pro what an amazing Heli, crashes amazingly well plus you can get bits anywhere and not to dear

Tbh I don't like the Warp just looks cheap to me.

You can't beat Align (or clones) when you're in the regular crashing phase. I know it all too well myself as I used to crash my Trex 450SE constantly. By the time I got the Beam I wasn't crashing very often. I've had two crashes with it and the only damage was the usual stuff like boom, main shaft, feathering shaft, servo arms and the Beam's known weak point, the one-way sleeve.

[pgkevet]

I knew I remembered seeing beam stuff on this belgian website (so no extra import vat etc)
Beam Helicopters - RCMarket B.V.B.A

[dszabo]

Now my Align 450pro what an amazing Heli.

Who's???

[Dave Rand]

Who's???

Lol ok yes the club Loaner

[DannyMak]

Ok all I need to make a decision wo as I would like to pick a kit up for the weekend hopefully,

Beam E4 SE or Warp 360

I'm not a complete newcomer as I have had a 120SR for a while now and find it pretty easy to keep up and want something a little more challenging / exciting
Both seem to have great reviews and im aware that from time to time i may have to wait for the Beam spares, anyone flown boh?

[Martind]

Dan I would have the warp as its compass first 450 and is going to be around for a long time ;-) 6mm mainshaft, no spinal and slightly bigger canopy.

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[DannyMak]

Has anyone else experience these issues with the Warp?

Warp 360 quality versus Beam - HeliFreak

[Jez N]

The warp is a fantastic 450 heli. However I cannot say it isn't without its faults.

My experience has been a tricky tail setup. That may be servo related and I am still to get to the bottom of it. But others have been happy with the tail. Having said that it isn't the best designed pitch slider which has quite a bit of play in it.

Another issue I had was with poorly tapped alloy parts which lead to stripped screws and cross threading resulting in ordering spares before I had even flown it. However mine was one of the first batches and I believe these issues are sorted.

Overall it is a very good heli and in a different class to the align 450 (can't comment in the dominator). Regard the beam I have no experience.

[DannyMak]

IMG_6358.jpg Thank you for all the good advice, I eventually took the plunge and went for a Beam E4 SE with FBL head, Belt driven tail etc from ERC Market in Belgium, have to say the service was very easy and couple of days later it was on my door step with some free catalogues and a free protective carry bag. Also picked up a DX7s, roll on next pay-day for the rest off bits!!

[trillian]

The SE is extremely nice, I'm sure it will fly really well. Maybe when the Archon 500 comes out it will renew a bit of interest in the Beam brand over here.

[boysmith]

looks nice mate, is the haynes manual for it lol
ATB Paul