I am a big UMX fan, and this is one I have not flown yet. Its on my spring time list. Lol And for the newbies, the 4-in-1 module in most radios had the DSMX protocol (Spectrum) so you can use many different radios with planes like this.
Ya gotta take the plunge. I have 12 friends at my flying field and everyone is into the entire RC hobby which makes it very sociable. Flying RC Planes or FPV drone or running RC cars is the most sociable thing in the hobby because with two or more people it is a blast of fun.
Thanks for sharing Captain and it looked like a very "Smooth" Craft to fly!; love your weather comparison with the second day being slightly better than the first!!!; we just went from 38c to 18c here in Melbourne however doesn't compare to your climate!; last but not least, I had a huge surprise in the Mail yesterday, not just one, but (to quote your good self!!!) "holy crap" !!! 3 x Captain Drone stickers!!!; many thanks and I am still trying to work out where to "Stick" them !!!!!
Hello Captain from the UK :) I have an early request for you to consider please. This is to review a beginner friendly seaplane. I realise that any water near you is frozen solid at the moment but when the thaw comes. I don't know how many planes there are like this that would take off from water or if you have contacts with any manufacturers that make them ..... I'm sure it would be heart in mouth time taking off from water and I don't even want to think about the landing so maybe water with a beach or field at the edge might be more sensible ! Just an idea and also many thanks for the Captain Drone stickers - love them !
OKOK WAIT!!! This is completely out of topic but you are jAMMAN798!!!! 🤯🤯 I been watching this channel for years now without realizing that. I really enjoyed you guitar playing and straight to the point videos back in the day. Wwooow Iam mind blown.
Yup, that's me JAMMAN798! I stopped making the guitar videos because RU-vid kept saying my videos caused copywrite issues with publishing rights to the song I was playing. One day I'll revise the channel as more of a LEARN CLASIC GUITAR RIFFs channel.
hello, thanks, all your videos are nice and instructive :-) plus, being Frenchy, a nice way to keep practicing english language, as you speak fast it's excellent. Sounds quite cold in your place, you are brave to make this videos with all this set up. Thanks again ...
"You have to use a Spektrum radio"??? 🤔 You don't own a Multi Protocol radio Steve? 😉 It's a nice little plane. But at AU$338+ landed here I can't see it replacing a $3 48cm or $10 84cm EPP Chuck Glider from the local Kmart store converted to twin multi cell capable brushless drive from salvaged quads any time soon. 🙃😊
Would you say this would be a good first plane or is it more suited to experienced pilots? Thanks for the videos Steve, I love them, very educational and entertaining
Steve: This looks like a fun little plane with many features. What is the all up flying weight (grams) with & WITHOUT floats? I.r. can we fly it legally on unoccupied soccer fields in non-designated flying fields? Jim
There are RC planes that fall in the category of Park Flyers and this is one of them. The strange thing in the world is that people focus on drones as being annoying and embrace RC planes as being a joy to watch. In Canada, even though we have regulations for RC planes, the public prefers to accept them in the same regard to seeing puppies in the park.
Very impressive little airplane. I like it, and the idea to change the wheels to floats? Really nice Steve. I was just wondering if you can get a little bigger batteries size for it, will it work? Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍
If you hook it up to 2 cells only on your Kenworth truck battery it will go Brrrmm Brrrmm for ever so long and you won't damage the plane. (It won't get into the air where you'd have a chance to smash up all that beautiful beer-cooler foam.)😜😂😂 On a less facetious level, do you really think that if the plane would run better on a bigger battery that the designers wouldn't specify that bigger battery to make their product look better? 🤔 Overloading small light planes like this with extra weight labours the motors and makes the brittle frame more likely to suffer damage in a crash. 🙂
@@theoztreecrasher2647 Now you're missing the point? For an airplane to fly 5 minutes or less is no good for me personally. But if it can fly longer than? Then it's worth buying no matter the price. I hope I wasn't too sarcastic
@@MrRaymond1021 No problem mate. I don't know what your specific purpose might be but if it is long flight times for extended range and camera work you are certainly looking in the wrong place here. There are planes specifically designed for that, but they are usually bigger and more solidly constructed than these little fun toys. 🙂
Raymond, the plane is very light but it can run with a larger battery (like a 1000 mAh 1 cell). I would not go larger (heavier) than that as you may not be able to come out of a dive quick enough.
great plane! I love the design! Is it possible to connect a Flysky transmitter and receiver? greetings (the spektrum stations are not within my reach) 😅😊😊
Nice video! Does it always snow when you fly? BTW, thought you might find this interesting ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5BfRg9CUMYI.html
