The Mini Eagle has something of a niche: it is a low cost sport-to-3D aerobat that works in a fairly confined outdoor space, with very high quality electrics. Its weaknesses are more formidable, including sky high pricing, plain lousy servo quality, and flimsy crash resistance. The only real strengths it displayed during test, compared to so many far more capable planes in its price range, were great looks and easy storage. Given its high speed, so-so 3D ability, and high price tag, I still can't think of a valid niche for the UMX Beast.
Neither plane is capable of indoor aerobatics, though both could fly circuits in a gym with low-intermediate skill. Both planes are not functional micros in that they are best flown in an area the size of a few adjacent tennis courts. Overall, I found this review enlightening but disappointing. All this can be yours for more than a decked out, 41" span balsa and ply Great Planes Edge 540/ Su-31/ Yak-54, or similar. But you get extremely weak PCB servos, all-in-one electrics, and an expensive proprietary battery system without a complete charger. If money is no object and you want a plane that can do some 3D maneuvers and fits in your passenger seat, the Beast could make sense. Overall, it is a much stronger kit than the Beast with your choice of high quality electrical components and radio. The Eagle is made of thick, near indestructible foam, through the gear is a weak spot which exposes the bottom-protruding aileron servo to ground strikes (fixed with the quick addition of another carbon fiber rod). If you want a really fun micro that has unlimited vertical, good aerobatic capability, and flies arrow-straight with strong self-righting stability (the bottom wing has heavy dihedral), don't hesitate to pick up a Mini Eagle. The UMX Beast's aerobatic capabilities and precision are a little closer to a 3D plane, but it is priced higher than a fully capable 30-50" span, true 3D aerobat.īoth planes are really fun and flywell considering their small size. The Mini Eagle, as tested, has a ton of power and the price is right, but it really flies closer to sport than 3D. The power system is also in a much higher performance class, Mini Eagle motor build quality has a visual edge-an intricate little jewel that screams at 16,000+ RPM.Īfter flying these planes, it is apparent to me that neither is a particularly good deal-but for different reasons. TechOne's electric component quality is an order of magnitude better than the Beast's flimsy little bare circuit board devices. The TechOne Mini Flight pack is a thing of beauty-everything you need but the battery and Rx is included. It took me about 6 hours of mostly thinking to build the little Pitts foamie. The little Eagle is ugly and unbreakable with a decently vague likeness to a Pitts for a flat foam build. Out of control flight, to random crash onto a hard surface might generate 10% of the required force to create damage. It begs to be tossed as a battery-off glider, and so I did that (a lot) without damage. In final form though, the homely foam's strength to bounce ratio is basically impossible to break. The Eagle's paint job resembles a fine pair of pre-washed jeans. The foam is blocky and a lot uglier, but doesn't crease when bent by miniscule mistake. The EPP foam Eagle is different, but not necessarily better. Build time is agonizing for those who like to build stuff. And my slightly strengthened Eagle is weighing in almost an ounce heavier than spec.Īs I stated in my Beast review, Beast build quality is good for an E-Flight micro, which translates into: fragile.
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Perhaps most impressive, the Techone Eagle maintains greater than 1:1 thrust for the entire 4:41 minutes at full power, only LVC arrival cuts off the tremendous power of the C10 brushless system and the 300 mAh 2-cell battery. Even so, it's clear the totally wimpy 2,300 kV E-Flight 180 Brushless motor can't keep up with the 3,400 kV TechOne C10 Brushless power package. No doubt, the great looking Russian radial cowl shown off by the Beast steals more thrust from prop blockage than the clunky but narrow rectangular cowl that adorns the the Eagle. The quirky E-flight power system can't compete in the ground tests. So we can see already, the TechOne's Mini Flight Pack brings some serious game to their Mini Eagle.
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