Originally Posted by Aphro

The Beast 3D is a must own aircraft.... Add the 2300 motor, 5043 prop and some high performance batts and good luck trying to wipe the perma-grin off of your face

Especially if those "high performance batts" are 3S! Woohoo!

Originally Posted by Aphro

The Beast 3D is a must own aircraft.... Add the 2300 motor, 5043 prop and some high performance batts and good luck trying to wipe the perma-grin off of your face

Or if you fly in a confined space add the 3000kv motor and a 5030 prop. As long as you don't mind the added noise.

-Brian

hi chaps. today was a bit windy and the top wing on my beast(pre 3d version) finally gave up and snapped in half. I was going o buy a replacement when I saw that from my local shop the 3d set is slightly cheaper and have bigger control surfaces. on the other hand the tail & elevator control surfaces on the 3d also seem bigger.
questions are
-is my observation correct about the control surfaces or the difference of the basic and the 3d is the acx3 alone?
-has anyone fitted the 3d main wing set on the basic beast (and possibly would require fitting the elevator as well) or shall I stick with the old profile?

Originally Posted by ckleanth

hi chaps. today was a bit windy and the top wing on my beast(pre 3d version) finally gave up and snapped in half. I was going o buy a replacement when I saw that from my local shop the 3d set is slightly cheaper and have bigger control surfaces. on the other hand the tail & elevator control surfaces on the 3d also seem bigger.
questions are
-is my observation correct about the control surfaces or the difference of the basic and the 3d is the acx3 alone?
-has anyone fitted the 3d main wing set on the basic beast (and possibly would require fitting the elevator as well) or shall I stick with the old profile?

Must be an optical illusion, as the airframes are identical. The only differences between the original Beast & the 3D version are the motor, brick, servos, and trim.

Joel

well the 3d seemed a bit bigger and there is a difference in cost so I thought to ask.
Ultra Micro Beast Wing Set £14.24
http://www.wheelspinmodels.co.uk/i/121759/

UMX Beast 3D Wing Set £12.34
http://www.wheelspinmodels.co.uk/i/121759/

cheers

I've been working on my flat spin. Found that it's a bit easier for me to do an inverted one. So...I climb as high. Hit down elevator and flip the plane on it's back. It goes into the most beautiful, flattest spin I've ever seen! Even better then videos! I'm so impressed with myself! Then I try to pull out. Nothing. Plane stays in the most perfect inverted flat spin ever. Ground is coming up. I try to rearm the esc, maybe I hit LVC. No response from any channels except throttle. I cut throttle and watch my Beast slowly and perfectly flat spin into the deck.
When I flipped the plane after it's climb the battery came loose and flopped it's way in the the extreme back of the fuse as far as the wires would let it go. It lodged itself between the rudder and elevator control rods thus no control.
I learned a lot on that flight. Mostly that I need to move my CG way back for a better flat spin!
Mike

Originally Posted by ckleanth

hi chaps. today was a bit windy and the top wing on my beast(pre 3d version) finally gave up and snapped in half. I was going o buy a replacement when I saw that from my local shop the 3d set is slightly cheaper and have bigger control surfaces. on the other hand the tail & elevator control surfaces on the 3d also seem bigger.
questions are
-is my observation correct about the control surfaces or the difference of the basic and the 3d is the acx3 alone?
-has anyone fitted the 3d main wing set on the basic beast (and possibly would require fitting the elevator as well) or shall I stick with the old profile?

I just rebuilt the wings. Best quick advice I could give you it to put the control horns in the wing first, they are really hard to install later after the wings are mounted.
Mike

Hello,

I'm thinking about getting a Beast to fly at the local hockey rink. Is this enough room to be flying this airplane?

Originally Posted by piper28pc

Hello,

I'm thinking about getting a Beast to fly at the local hockey rink. Is this enough room to be flying this airplane?

It will fly slow,but the ground also will come up fast. All depends on you I could fly mine in that space easy. So i guess the answer is yes.

Originally Posted by piper28pc

Hello,

I'm thinking about getting a Beast to fly at the local hockey rink. Is this enough room to be flying this airplane?

Enough room for an experienced pilot who can fly high alpha, or a least a guy like me who would be lucky to fly a battery without stalling it along the way. There is video on youtube of guys flying in gymnasiums. I don't know your experience level. What other planes have you flown?
Mike

I fly in a basketball court at my school. It's about the same size. Personally, the most important thing is to do hammer-head or stall turns. Climb, slide with the rudder, and come back down. Know how to do that, you'll be just fine.

Thanks for the input. This is my second ultra micro. I flew the Cessna 210 when it first came out, but I got tired of it and went back to park flyers. I have several years worth of experience in parkzone war birds (T-28 and P-51 BL) but this would be my first 3D aerobatic type airplane. Up here in Potsdam, NY, it gets a little to cold to fly outside in the winter, hence why I'm looking for a sporty little plane for some indoor flying.

Hi Guys,
Out of the box after binding I found my beast had slight up trim. Is this normal? Should I mechanically adjust to neutral? Thanks.

Originally Posted by yesbee1

Hi Guys,
Out of the box after binding I found my beast had slight up trim. Is this normal? Should I mechanically adjust to neutral? Thanks.

plug in and bind the plane first. Sometimes the servos get moved out of center in shipping. Plugging a battery in will center all the servos. Then mechanically adjust the surfaces to neutral.

After you fly the plane and trim it take a look at the surface positions, center the trims and then manually adjust the surfaces back the locations they were previously trimmed to. This way on your final trim you'll have only 1-2 clicks on any surface. AS3X interprets excessive trim as pilot input. Having <4 clicks in any one surface seems to be the sweet spot for best performance.

-Brian

Originally Posted by piper28pc

Thanks for the input. This is my second ultra micro. I flew the Cessna 210 when it first came out, but I got tired of it and went back to park flyers. I have several years worth of experience in parkzone war birds (T-28 and P-51 BL) but this would be my first 3D aerobatic type airplane. Up here in Potsdam, NY, it gets a little to cold to fly outside in the winter, hence why I'm looking for a sporty little plane for some indoor flying.

Check out the first video for an example of how the Beast handles indoors. I think it's a blast!

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showp...postcount=3130

Joel