Hi Adrian,

Not at all. On the contrary, the Astral XX I took to the CAOCC was bought by Ross Brown of New Zealand after the competition. I have another new in box Extreme Composite Astral XX which I will built and fly for next year. Right now is typhoon season here in the Philippines so it is not a good time to fly a 2 meter competition plane. I am currently flying my Hirobo Astral X 110. While it is not as good as the 2 meter XX, it is one of the best 110 size plane I have flown. In fact, I managed to win our last contest of the year last week against a Brio and Genesis, among others. The Oxai Astral XX and Zegue we ordered are for a couple of buddies. However, I will be setting them up and test flying it so I will be able to give feedback.

I saw Akiba's Proline in the CAOCC. In fact, there were two of them flying. The other one belonged to Alex Lau's teamate from Hong Kong. They looked great (a lot better than the Super Shot) and flew well. However, they both flew with T-cannilizers which I dont like the looks of. I also heard from more than one Japanese top flyer that the Proline is a very similar design to the Oxalys of CPLR and that is the reason that Akiba also uses a T-cannilizer. While I have decided to stick with the Astral XX, I think the Zeque is the sexiest looking plane of the lot.


Jayjay