E-flite - Viper V3 - 70mm - 4X Maiden Flights 

Thanks! Very glad you GET me...some people find it annoying, but I find it NECESSARY ;)

@@BrianPhillipsRC haha, Agreed! About to maiden my first park flying since flying edf’s 10 years ago. Tolly wish I could find a phase 3 Ef-16. It’s not fair that jet has disappeared!!

Thank you, and we will try. It's crazy when RU-vid tries to control EVERYTHING, like they know best, and it's very annoying since our audience is very vocal about wanting long format, but RU-vid runs the show...so we'll have to make some level of accommodation...maybe some time-lapse RC car builds and minor stuff like that, but we do long format, and that's what our audience wants...so we don't plan to cut it for RU-vid's sake.

Thanks!!!!

Thanks so much! Glad you're still here with us!!! Sorry to hear your wife isn't into RC. It's such an important part of my life, I have a hard time imagining life without my wife in the middle of this whole RC mess with me. That being said, there's some advantages to being separate for this time, if you have some other friends you can enjoy it with, and maybe she has her "thing"...but who knows. Just glad we've got you here with us!

Thanks so much!!!

Thanks!!!

Thanks!

As a full scale pilot, I laugh out loud every time I heard an r c pilot say the phrase "tip stall."

@@nattybumpo7156how do you know a “full scale” pilot is in the comments? He will tell you

@@esnyder77😂

That would be a good way to do it too!

Is pilot fatigue just his name for thrust reverse? I’m always confused by this

;) Coming soon!

LOL - That would be nice, but not when I go to fly myself ;)

Probably, but I haven't done it to be clear.

You need Habu SS it has reverse.

She is just THAT GOOD!!! Seriously, she doesn't even look at the screen, she looks THROUGH (past) it. We use Cell Phones to film all our content. So when you're watching, aim at the plane, locked arms, then watch, and keep arms where you're supposed to be looking...like you're running a turret gun.

Video and film cameras are still made with viewfinders.

"Pilot Fatigue" is how we describe a setting where the Thrust Reverse is not only turned on, but also 100% Throttle is also mixed in, regardless of the Throttle Stick position. This is to avoid the sometimes overwhelming amount of items to remember during a landing, hence "pilot fatigue". This helps people mostly since it's somewhat unnatural to throw the throttle stick FORWARD while landing. We've explained this a few different times over the years. To be clear, we didn't make up the terminology "pilot fatigue", but rather just adapted it to our specific use for a quicker and easier way to communicate an otherwise elaborate, potentially wordy idea. Hope this helps!

It is very good!!!

Yeh the new fms has them too. Poor design. I reinforced the area with wooden skewers and carbon rods.

It does mention in specs that they fixed cracking issue

90mm way better than 70mm

​@leejones8804 to be honest I'm leaning that way despite the higher cost

The EFlite version is better. More features, same or better price, if you're planning to use AS3X / SAFE, if you go with BNF. bprc.me/Viper

Thank you, Brian. I really appreciate your input!@@BrianPhillipsRC

Thanks! As for "not getting credit" - we can't speak to that exactly, as it would be tough to do in a public setting - there are way too many sensitive details to share, in order to help paint a clear picture of what's happened. That being said, we love Horizon Hobby, and the products and technology that they bring to the RC community, but as you mentioned, we're getting hurt badly by the issues with their website and/or ERP update, which is the only way to explain our well-over-half drop in performance. This has been very difficult for us and our family, but not near as difficult as it will be for HH. The good news, and we have it on good authority, many of these issues are worked out, or are in the process of being worked out right now. We trust, based on our past experience with HH, that this too will be quickly forgotten, and they will make it right to us, somehow...we hope.

@@BrianPhillipsRC Thanks, Brian. No need for details. I understand. Contracts and such. I have been visiting and re-visiting everyone's channels, commenting and liking to help bring the numbers up on the channels. It's the least I can do to help!!!! My prayers go out to you and your family! I hope this gets better sooner than later. I love your content!!

FMS makes the Viper for Eflite, but the Eflite Viper has soft tires, and comes in BNF, rather than PNP...so just think of it as different finish levels. Good luck, great plane! bprc.me/Viper

Thanks!

How does it fly compared to the 80mm futura ?

It's better for 6 reasons... 1) Better ESC (more current handling @ 85 Amps) 2) SOFT TIRES!!! 3) SMART 4) Thrust Reverse 5) BNF vs PNP 6) Colors are easier to see bprc.me/Viper

Thank you sir! @@BrianPhillipsRC

I like flying the Viper better, but I LOVE having the A-10. The Viper is a more "everyday flier" bprc.me/A10 vs bprc.me/Viper

I've had bad vision for a large majority of my life, so I get it. If you can fly from the same spots, use every detail to help reinforce your depth perception, shadows are a great way to do it, if you can figure out what direction the sun would cast the shadow, then orient your plane in such a way as to see the shadow. This can be done with fast, or slow planes, but good idea to try this with something slow, and very easy for you to handle. When you're confident with this skill, you can start using it to help with other planes. I also try to keep an eye out ahead of where the plane is, especially with direction changes. This can be super tough, but it's necessary so you can predict challenges coming around the next turn. This might be all very obvious, and something you mastered many years ago, but I find these things to help somewhat. If you aren't doing these things, give them a shot. Good luck, and keep at it. Depth perception is a huge part of RC, and to be honest, there are people with ONE eye who can do it. This is a brain learned skill, just like muscle memory, so I trust with lots of practice, you can at least improve your circumstances as your eyes get a bit worse with age. One other tip, make sure you're having your eyes checked for cataracts. They will make you go blind, and you may not notice the change, since it's so subtle, over time.

@BrianPhillipsRC thanks, I appreciate the time you took on your reply. I will apply your tips. One thing I use from my other hobbies, pews, is I use my laser rangefinder to mark distances at the field. I lost my 70mm Thunderbird on landing approach because I plowed it into the treeline over 300 yards from the field. 🤣

All our likes He was able to bury them a few Videos back. 😁.

@@jimnardone32 Perfect! By the way: Great videos! I'm not an active rc pilot anymore, but enjoy your videos. You and your family are awesome 😃👍

Update to what exactly? It has everything already.

@memcrew1 new colors sheme? New economical motor? New bigger tires? New esc? New wing plug? I don't now either, just asking 😃

@@feelgooddany 🤔 it doesn’t need any of those because it has them already outside of a new paint scheme.

90 has less wing load

Would the F-16 70mm be easier to fly than the viper in this video ?

@@FalconWing1813I had the 70 f16, flew amazing, but a viper looks easier.

I HAD the original viper and I still HAVE the f16 - the f16 is much easier to land high alpha and doesn't like to stall without warning like the 70mm viper@@FalconWing1813

If MotionRC would work with us, we could weigh in, confirming your claims, or arguing against them. But since they won't, I have to assume they fear we'll be a bit too honest for their taste...but who knows?!? My personal experience with MotionRC was pretty good, right up to the point they started bad-mouthing us to their customers. Makes you wonder why they would do such a thing? It's not enough that they're too ignorant to realize we have the worlds best audience here on RU-vid, but they also need to undercut our character. Seems a bit defensive from an organization with an otherwise good reputation. P.S. I've personally read the communications where this has happens, as I was copied in from one of their loyal, regular customers. It's pretty disgusting, and totally unprofessional. That being said, I think Wes does a nice job of stirring up interest in their offerings, and if HE wanted to work with us, we could surely work past any of this idiocy from the past, and from others at Motion. Anyway, enough BS politics...This and to be fair, ANY Viper we've had has been great. The ONE Avanti we've had was also super, but it has more bad habits than the Viper, and it was not as well rounded. If you were to get an Avanti, I'd probably get the Futura first, anyway. All of these jets, in this class are really nice...

@@BrianPhillipsRCthat’s not the first time I’ve heard they had bad customer service. I’ve not personally flown the V2 but man I’ve seen it in person and that freewing V2 is very nice! I would still swap the esc for an avion and Spektrum RX

@@BrianPhillipsRCcouldn’t take it. Had to order it with your links and a 6s 3200 50c. Just an FYI. For some reason the link took me to HH but took me about 4 or 5 times of trying to get it to ho through HH kept saying there was technical difficulties on their end.

Thrust reverse is almost a gimmick that is also not very good for motor. It's inefficient since when reversed its just blowing into much wider area than normal (which pushes air into a pipe) so its creating way less presure.

@@ernestostrman5147 I've seen a V90 re-review lately from TwoBros and there, the thrust reverse was very efficient. And also FGFRC did have a couple of jets that were also accelerating pretty impressively from stillstand on going backwards. The "truth" is probably somewhere in between. A mix of air flow and blade design and also motor power. For the smaller birds like the Habu 50 and also the V70, I agree that this is indeed more of a gimmick. Li'l Habu won't move backwards as soon as it "hits" a grain of sand. 😆 Ridiculous.

LOL - okay, so ALMOST kill it ;) - I already have a VIPER KILLING ZONE!!!!!!! I don't need to have a size distinction added - LOL

Welcome. Here's what I suggest people consider...we have a list of "beginner planes" and this might get you in the right direction, but as with anything else in hobby realm, it's gonna largely depend on your personal preferences, so once you've had a chance to check out the list of our beginner planes, maybe pick one or two and dive in and watch a few of the videos about those, then I can try to help you sort through your questions. Hopefully we can get you in the right place for where you are right now. www.brianphillipsrc.com/beginnerplanes Good luck, and welcome!

Not just you😂😂

Yea just you.

His intros are loud and annoying, just like me! So I understand why they are not for everyone 😂

Crybaby....lol jk

i love his intros lol everyone in this hobby in monotone af

FMS makes plane, difference is FMS has their electornics and HH puts their.