E-Flite UMX Turbo Timber Evolution BNF Basic with AS3X and SAFE - Model AV8R Announcement/Review 

I was HOPING this was coming!!! Should have made it ALL red and have a UMX Drago!!

I'm only 10min in but just had to say, this review is way under rated and deserves more views. Had to scroll through a number of amateur reviews to find this and your flying is exactly what I was looking for on this model. And nothing against the newer reviewers, gotta start somewhere, but you are hitting it out of the park for me, keep it up!

the stats and the level of detail you put into these videos knows im in the right hobby, thank you for answering all my questions and some new ones ill add on to my paradigm.

Great review of the UMX TT Evolution Adam. I think this is going to be a real winner for Horizon Hobby and the people who fly it. With such a wide speed envelope and flight stability it is a small plane that can please a lot of people. Nice job Heidi keeping that little plane in the center of the frame.

Another thorough and highly informative review. Adam takes all the mystery out of the task of setting up and flying a new model.

Another great video Adam. The Slow Motion of the gear was outstanding. Love the review that show different batteries, types of flying, and runways.

Just found your channel recently. I have to say you do the best reviews on the planes. You gave the good, bad and the ugly. And you explain it in layman's term. Thank you for a great video

I was contemplating which one to get from the micro drako or the timber Evo and you definitely helped me make that decision. Getting the drako would be like skipping a step in the micro bush planes department so I'm going with the umx timber Evo. The most info on a review ive ever seen good job!

Adam. Just killing it with the reviews. HH struck gold with the Timber line. Hope you and Heidi are doing well. Added this to my collection using your link.👋😊

Great review Adam, what a fab UMX Timber Evo from E-flite!! Some very nice editing from Heidi as well, great job 😀👍

Just about the best review I've eyeballed of the new TTE umx. Good stuff Adam, AirHammer out!!

Very well done sir!!! Love all of my UMX planes and now this video makes me want this one as well. Couldn’t ask for more of an informative video and flight demonstration!! Keep up the fantastic work👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

As always great explanation of the plane and how you best set it up. And great flying of course! Your production skills are excellent for YT, Kudos!

What great flying AND what great camera work. A joy to watch!

Another great review Adam! I still have my original and UMX Timbers & love them. This one looks pretty awesome!😎👍

The battery advice was just what I was looking for. Thanks.

Adam, Thanks so much for the video. Always learn something when watching.

Hey, another great review, Adam! I learned to fly on the previous model of UMX Turbo Timber! Love that plane! I always wished for more power. Now with 3S, wish fulfilled! I've ordered via your link. Thanks a lot! 👏

You've done another great review, Adam! This model was going to arrive at some point and I'm glad it has. Loving the colour scheme and the Evo upgrades... there'll have to be one in the hangar at some point in the future. Loved the '...so we decided to knife edge through the building' line 😎 ...very cool flying.

I hit two trees on my maiden. Only thing got ding a bit was the spongy prop hub. Kept flying avoiding those evil trees 😂

You do the finest reviews I've ever seen sir. Fresh subscriber here for life. Thanks for the high quality reviews

Great review! I'm surprised you don't have more subs. Keep at it. I'm sure more people will find you.

Great video Adam, loved all of the flight footage.!!! Such a great UMX plane.

Also..stunning camera work including very competent zoom work - well done!

This is awesome Adam, I wanted to put the motor/speed control from my UMX Timber X into my UMX Timber so my 3S packs from the Pitts would work... but they did it even better!... thanks for the review, I just used your link to order 2 for my son and I

One of the best videos I've ever seen!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!

Very nice Adam! This is Mark and Buddy, RC Aviation and Crawling, this is my Mountain Biking channel, still trying to get access to my RC channel! Keep the videos coming.

Another fantastic review! Very informative, great flying! Excellent job knive-edging through the building. Seems like you haven’t done this for the first time 😂. And the slo-mo footage of the landing gear is indeed impressive - I was LOL when seeing this. Had something cartoony… Just ordered mine some 15 minutes ago, after it finally became available in Germany (waiting desperately since the release). More than happy!!! love these UMXes and do have the Ultrix, Pitts, Voodoo and Twin Otter. None that I wouldn’t buy again! In case of the Voodoo I actually did, as I tried to dig for potatoes with it … Anyway, the minute I saw the new Timber Evo and watched some reviews, it was clear that I need to have one. Your video underlined that desire once again. Thank you for your great work and compliments to your wife as well - superb filming!

What an adaptable little model, everything someone could want from that size, excellent review as usual guys, as Gina also commented I was surprised to hear you say you would knife edge through the building, that made me sit and cross my fingers lol, cheers 👍

Excellent review and flying, as usual! Looks like HH hit another one out of the park! Definitely need one of these to go with my old poodle-nose UMXT!

Awesome review! I absolutely love this UMX Timber!

This is the best UMX ASMR I've ever seen!

One again, a wonderful honest review you can trust. Love my original timber & Umx Timber. Well done & a very tempting future purchase Adam. Many thanks indeed. 🇺🇸🇦🇺👍👍👍✅✅✅

Awesome !! The Slo-mo was great !!

Superb video work and flying skills, man! Thanks for the fantastic review. Subscribed.

EXCELLENT VIDEO! SUPERB camera work!! Top drawer, first class quality ALL THE WAY! 👍🏻🙂 Very nice.

Finally a good technical review with the details we need.

Thank you for the info on the batteries. When mine arrived I had the 2 s battery but no one told me about a needed adapter, so after researching and ordering and waiting another week...I could finally fly

Sweet! Well done as always!

Wow. What another great review. I loved the slow flying rudder turns with the 2s. And the one wheel landings. Best video out on this plane by far. Great job, can't wait for the next one. Just don't tell my wife. Lol. Thank God the flying lawnmower isn't for sale or you would be in big trouble. Lol.

Very nice review, nice little plane for sure, nice flying Adam!, thanks for sharing! ☠Semper Fi

You're not alone in this Adam... I'm "that guy," too (lol) I've also experienced the "blooming" & to offset it, I've added a POT to the flap servo channel. It helps dial in the ideal flap position on 3S, at low throttle, depending on windspeed, for a scale STOL landing. It's how I set-up all my flyers with flaps. Big thanks for yet another flawless flight review.

great looking flights and info 👍...have a good one..

This is a fantastic airplane! I can see why you did that throttle curve for the low end on 3s. Im going to have to try it. That little blip of throttle can really get you to overshoot. This thing has some serious power!

So much great info in this review. I don’t really need this but after watching you fly it I’m itching to get another. HH really has these UMX planes locked down. I think the 2s-3Ss combo is perfection. It gives a tremendous flight envelope. Plus I hate 1cell batteries. Nice job!

love the precision flying

Great review Great flying 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✅✅✅✅✅

Such a beautiful bird, can't quit looking!😊

I haven't flown planes in years. I might have to get back into it and get this. Looks like a fun plane.

Adam fantastic review and flying. HH should add you to the Horizon Demonstration Team. Truly an Evolution, like the larger control surfaces, beefed up tail wheel. Heidi this is also an Evolution video. Jeff in LA USA

I like my umx 2s turbo timber been great flyer looks like upgrade time again lol good review and video as always 😀

Well, I had no clue about the upgrades this plane had. very nice adding telemetry to it. The lights look nice also.. Looked like you had some fun with this one. I do love the colors.

Just bought one tonight. Now the big wait for shipping. Beautiful footage. Watched the entire thing

You do the best reviews. Always cover the little details. Btw i melted holes in the wing of the first one using cheap ca 😮.

Great video! Thanks!

First time I c your channel awsum great info

Hello Adam, just saw your review on this Evo Timber. I have been away from the hobby for 12 years and looking for a new start over one, think i just found it. Unfortunately Horizon Hobby doesn't ship or sell this or the recently reviewed Slow Ultra Stick in Europe (from Sweden) so it's going to be hard to get the hands on. Keep up your fantastic most professional reviews ever made. Already waiting for next week's episode.

Hey awesome video! I love this plane i just got the UMX Turbo Timber Evo to go with my 1.5m Turbo Timber Evo which i love but its a bigger plane obviously and i just love how quickly i can get the UMX in the sky, i keep it in the box like you said and its perfect for that. it has the front area thats divided that i keep my battery bag in that spot for the few batteries i have for it. Also because this plane has all digital Servos, you can go into the TX settings and change it to 11ms DSMX mode, because it Binds by default in 22ms DSMX mode. Telemetry still works great. I'm not sure why its like that stock. Even my other planes will connect to CH's1-4 in 11ms mode at the bare minimum for anything that isn't too old of a model. I have a DX6 G2 so maybe the NX controllers will do that automatically, i started with a Blank Acro model like from the manual. One thing I'm looking into changing right away it seems, is the Flap settings. So im glad to see something different from stock on here to try.. Idk if its because im in Safe mode still and where I'm taking off, because i don't actually need the flaps with the 3S 300mah spektrum batteries. It can take off in like 5 feet in regular grass. When I takeoff with the take-off flaps at all stock settings, but the plane will just pitch up like crazy. I have the correct elevator correction added in the Flaps tables, and even when i hold full down elevator in high rates mode, i can barely keep it from climbing to aggressively with basically any throttle applied at all. So i havent even bothered to try the landing flaps yet.. I need to find a good spot to test them out and see how it react before i try it close to the ground for a landing. Ill have to try out those settings you listed and see how it works out, i did add a 0.5sec delay to flaps already so it wasnt so quick to change like that. Other than that which im sure is something on my end, not the plane itself, it flies great and i really do like it a lot. I can get 6 mins out of the 3s battery and when im done its at 3.8v, ready for storage lol. I have 4 of them and since you can charge them at 3c if you really wanted too they can be charged in like 10 mins on a fast charge. But i like to charge at .5c for normal and 1c for fast charging. Theyre such small packs i feel like they charge better with less current. The JST ESC Power Lead is pretty convenient just because they're so common to find on the smaller batteries. I just wish the 2s came with a separate lead and a balance lead and then it could just be converted to a JST like the 3s. I have found some nice aftermarket 2s batteries with 450mah and 45c that weigh about the same as the stock 3s 300mah battery, so that would be interesting to try on day i think, plus i can use it for other things if not. A small 3s comparable to the stock battery is tough to find though it seems, at least light enough, and have better specs to make it worth trying out. I also love the full LEDs on this plane. I think Horizon Hobby should of made LEDs standard on every model basically a long time ago.. Its safer, its looks way better, and it makes it easier to fly in certain situations whether day or night.. Plus the way they can add the LEDs into the wing and body and run the wires inside during assembly, its just very tough to get it like that yourself after the fact modding it. Plus they cost enough, how does a Carbon Cub S2 thats $300 basically not have LEDs on the wings, front & back light at least which would be fine really. Ive have only tried it with the 3s battery so far because i havent bought the adapter for that yet which is almost more money than the battery itself.. I just got this one and want to keep it nice for as long as i can. Plus this one and my HZ Apprentice S 1.2m is the only other working plane right now lol. Im waiting for a RX to come for the Turbo Timber 1.5m because it just never turned On one day when i plugged in for the first flight of the day, and with the battery nothing, and hasnt turned on since then or will connect to the PC. So im not really sure what happened there.. It passes power thru to the LEDs and the ESC so the power and ground side are okay, i guess something inside must of just broke.. I think i might make this plane into my "FPV Plane", i have a Sport Cub S2 but with the 1s brushed set up and how light it is, it just cant handle the wind or be worth making into something actually long range-ish. Ill do that to the Apprentice S i think bc it actually flies very well and fast and has great flight times on the 3s 2200's. Plus it can handle some wind being a 1.2M versus the mugh lighter and much thinner epo foam UMX planes which is a shame because i like the size of this one for that. I have an FPV wing i have to finish, but id rather just mount an AIO Analog Cam on top of one of my regular planes instead and fly that right now. I think for the FPV wing im going to try out the runcam link wasp or the Nebula, and see how they compare to my 5" Drone's O3 Air Unit.

Nice review my friend ! You are a good rc pilot ! Old school pilot they are the best ! Well done ! 💙✈️👍 I'm waiting for mine next week , so happy !

Brilliant review! Now youve given me a predicament; add to my two UMX Timbers (Classic and the Turbo) or buy the UMX Pitts.

Ordered thru your link bud!

Awesome review Adam.

Wow so cool it takes off and lands on grass

Beautiful plane, love the colors, the one in the pic.

That's some good stuff.Just bought one

Nice one I like it good review I’m a really UMX lover I will think about it

Nice post, thx! Enjoyed it very much. Great plane, I am gonna order one, but it is not available in EU yet. I really love your scale take offs and landings. I gotta learn🙂 I'll follow you.

Adam great video to the point.

Oh boy. Bentley is going to want one llol

Another outstanding review, Adam. I already have the previous 2 cell version of this plane and the new UMX Timber X. I'm debating on whether or not I should add the Evo to my hangar. I really do like the more robust airframe and 3S capability.

Good Job, Thats why you make the Big Money, lol. Like ur page an way u go about tks!!

If you want to do a touch and stay, forty feet up a tree, you will need a large bunch of garden canes to get it out. The flashing lights come in handy for spotting it.

*I liked your video buddy, noice content ! 👍*

Nice review Adam Well now that have done Baby Evo, when can we expect Daddy Evo? You already know that I love the amazing 1.55m TTE and I know you do too.

FIRST! Well done team, well done!

GREAT video as usual. So, was your wife behind the matching shirt color on the video. Or that Crazy Hillbilly. Just joking buddy. I have both, the original UMX Timber and the UMX Timber X. Both great airplanes. The X is my High Wind flyer.

Over last 10 years ive flown the umx timbers at schools, parks, as a Car plane, or bus plane when im Bus tour Driving on road . Ive far exceeded all my other Flying club planes with the little timbers.. id be lost without it. Highly recommend Keeps My 64 yo " Dumb Thumbs Away, an its really fun, peacefully at sunrise, sunset, with lights.

very nice!

Sweet!!!!

Good review. Was there any improvements made to the control surface hinges. I seemed to wear the aileron and rudder hinges prematurely in my earlier UMX timbers.

Nothing worse then knowing someone that is better then you in all categories… Nothing BETTER then knowing someone who is better then you in all categories!!! I need the number to your cell so I can pick that brain when I need to know something!!!😂👍🏻👍🏻 (I won’t tell the Mrs!😁)

Thanks for the vid! Would you recommend this or the sport cub S2 for a beginner?

WE NEED A UMX NIGHT TIMBER!!!!!!

I've wondered about throttle curve adjustments. Never used it but I see what you are saying. I could do that with the fms 800 Corsair I converted to 3s. That could really help with take off and landings I'll bet.

Wow, UMXs have moved on massively since I had my UMX Sbach and Carbon Cub! I don't really have a need for it as I only fly at our club but anybody who has a small bit of spare ground to fly at should be all over this like a rash!

I am looking to level up from my Aeroscout s2 and was wondering if I can use the spectrum remote that came with the scout will work with this plane in a bind and fly ?

Great video and a quick question. Can this be used on the water with floats?

well now i need to get one more timber xD

Did they improve the landing gear outside the side skirts? The tail wheel connection to the rudder gave me trouble on the old one.

That’s a winner winner chicken dinner lol , I have the micro tundra but the maiden didn’t go well and broke it but it’s all fixed now ready for maiden.2 but it’s rather windy here in uk at moment, great vid Adam big salute 🫡 Gaza 🇬🇧

This review must have come out when they first introduced this model. There is only one comment on this video about bad elevator servo. There has been hundreds if not more about having a bad elevator servo. I just received this plane today thinking hoping they fixed the bad elevator servos. I was wrong mine is not working. Come on Horizon?! I would have thought they would have fixed this issue by now. Are there any other type of servos on the market to replace these linear servos. Someone make a video on how to replace these linear servos to normal micro servos. As fast as this plane is a little extra weight ain’t gonna hurt it.

Hi there. Horizonhobby was no help! How do you disconnect the ball link ( without breaking it) so i can turn the piece that attached to the push rod to adjust the rudder. Thanks

Any CG issues? Some videos are showing issues with CG AND battery placement? Awesome video!

throttle curve points do you use this default setting or does it change depending on the plane?

Finally got this bird in the air! After configuring the throws mechanically this thing flew straight as an arrow without safe on. No trim necessary. I know you liked more elevator throw by moving ball link to inner hole. My complaint but not really a complaint is the aileron throw. Not sure why they have the throws set differently on the ailerons. Example… you give full 100% left aileron and the right side only moves like 30% throw. Why is this? I’ve never had a plane set up this way. Doesn’t that keep you restricted on roll? I would like more roll to this plane. Inner hole is a start but don’t understand the limit of throw on one side of the ailerons. Help me understand this. Thanks

Q: so the throttle curve is so that that when u apply flaps it doesn’t ballon as much ?

Cool Video 👍👍👍.I have some questions. Do you think ìtˋs possible to bind and fly with the Spektrum DX6 G2? Do you think that I can use AS3X and SAFE technology with the Spektrum DX6 G2? How many channels has this airplane? Motor, Elevator, Ailerons and Ruders - FLAPPS ? Many thanks for your feedback. Many greetings from Germany. Claus

Q: do you put flaps and throttle curve on switch D ?

Why are you using 1/2 flaps on the 2s 300mah 50c first slow flight please?

Nice flying plane...on site it just says material is foam..but what kind? Thanks