Eflite - Conscendo Evolution - Unbox, Build, Setup, & Maiden Flight 

Great video Brian, it is April 1, 2023 and I just bought my Conssecndo! I removed all the stickers for a custom painting. Do you ever crash ?????????? I have learned so much from you and your wife is a great camera crew! Thank you Wife for helping Brian to teach us so well! Side Note to Horizon Hobby..... Brian, I wanted to buy from your channel and I went in but they would NOT sell it to me if I would not let them leave it on my front door! NO WAY I WOULD LEAVE IT OUT THERE! I send every thing to my UPS shipping store right by my office, they will not send to my UPS even though I use Pay Pal! Sadly I can not use them for anything so I got really lucky and found it at a hobby store locally! Same price at PCH Hobby than on-line COOL!!! Keep up the great work!

scotch tape for me on elevator cause i wasted those originals! pilot error and fast landings....:) my first plane and first flight today and i landed 8 times and no damage! i lived to see another day! flew safe and low rate. with my instructor friend. No buddy box and i brought her home in one piece! Thanks for your coverage on this model! I think you channel is by far the most thorough reviews on youtube. I fly at AMA HQ in Muncie so I am very lucky to fly in a such a premium locale! Not quite my driveway but no trees or power lines!

I love you Brian! You are the best RC RU-vidr! You explain everything so clearly and your videos on the building are beyond helpful! Thank you for making all these videos!

Definitely one of my favorite aircraft to fly. The flight characteristics are fantastic and just looks good in the air. You can go from easy cheesy slow sailing to your hair is on fire and your rear end is catching up speed. All around my favorite

I'm flying my Con-Evo as a flat land thermaler. Some early set-up thoughts from an aileron newbie... I now have the CG about 3" back. The manual calls for 2.5" to 2.75" back. (I went as far as 3 1/8", but that was too far back for me.) I use a 1300 3s battery pushed all the way back, plus a bit of weight on the tail, to get to 3". I started with ailerons set at at the second hole out (stock), R/E re-set at the closest holes. 100% travel. No expo. 0% aileron/rudder mix in the beginning, then added 10% rudder after a few days. I flew it that way for a week or so, but noticed it lost altitude when turning in little or no lift. So, I dialed in 20% expo into the ailerons to slow them down, and pushed the aileron/rudder mix to 35%. Now it banks less and yaws more. Very flat turns in dead air. It's the best it's felt yet. I flew with a group of experienced F5J pilots the other day, who were all flying Radians, and my Conscendo rose up through them in light 9 AM air. And it sure wasn't my own talent that did it. This is a really good little soaring machine. One other thing. I've had to re-set the rudder and elevator trims most times I've flown to get them visually re-centered. Either the servos aren't centering, or the foam is warping in our hot west coast summer weather, or something. Small issue, just thought I'd mention it.

I took the Conscendo to South Carolina with me today. I knew I was going to be at a large field at the end of the day. So, battery number two at dusk and I'm starting to lose sight of it as it was flying away from me. Then I thought, " You know what this plane needs... Lights and flaps." Then I thought, "I need to stop watching Brian's upgrades..." LOL!

Another great video Brian and camera crew! You have the best videos on RU-vid hands down, yep, I'm ordering this plane tomorrow!

We can, we can....we can hear the glider...and the LVC on the transmitter. Great catch!!

You made a comment about it being strong enough to pull itself out of a tree. I have tested this assertion when, during my third consecutive loop, I misjudged distance/depth and flew right into a very large oak tree. The plane did mostly fly through it but came out the other side with the fuselage broken in half, the ESC yanked out and dangling, the wings broken off the saddle and one snapped in half along with one prop broken in half. With liberal use of carbon fiber rods, flat bar, toothpicks, expanding insulation foam, packing tape and glue she has been put back together. While it looks like it has been through a war zone, it still flies great and vey nearly as good as new. It remains my favorite plane and now has the added benefit of being fearless!

Brian and camera crew: i so appreciate what you guys do almost every day. Your reviews are so complete and entertaining with all the awesome brianizims thrown in as an extra bonus. Im a begginer. Been flying a couple years. Live in the middle of nowhere. You and thise like you have been my teachers. Finally bought my first commercially made plane a few months ago. This one, the concendo evoluthion. Have learned a lot, better every day. I really have one big issue with the plane. The fuse is weaker than crap.. my landings are alway on grass in a field. If there is anything off at all with any angle the fuse breaks Back at the tail. BAck of the battery compartment or front or back of the servo compartment. On my second body,, reinforced the crap out of it before rebuiling it. Just got done flying this morning and had a little heavy tail land. Broke the foam at that skinny part of the tail. Just wondered if y had heard others talk about this issue? My ultimate plane is a competition grade DLG, snipe, bamf, concept, etc 1.5 meter. Anyone ever sends you one of these free and you happen to not want it, ill take care of all shipping and send you my address, stay a Safe.

I think my Conscendo S is my most flown plane, and it shows! This looks amazing, a worthy successor! Thanks for the video Brian and team!

I love that the unboxing went to making dinner. You both have sold me on this plane. Great review.

Without question the most fun maiden I’ve ever had. Rock solid as soon as it left my had. Went with a couple 3s to start and then a couple 4s to finish the day. First time in over a month I had my balance, depth perception and fine motor back. Ordering a 2nd Evolution tonight. PNP. No need for Safe, ever. AS3X was nice. After about 2 minutes I was at high rates (100/20) and never had issue. It’s my “Go-To/Fly First” plane on grass. (Twin Otter is that plane on floats) No complaints other than the battery strap that I broke 20 seconds after the build.

I am just blown away by how great this airplane flies. I'm pretty new to RC and was easily doing loops and rolls on my maiden flight. It seems to self right even without SAFE turned on. It is an absolute joy to fly. My only regret is that I didn't buy one sooner.

Hi Brian and crew, Thanks to you I got me this glider acer, indeed it flies awesome. You mentioned it has an AR637T in it. That is also stated in the manual. But my Conscendo has an AR637TA in it. That is a huge no go because it is not having vario or altitude telemetry. Horizon Hobby should deliver what is promised in the manual. So I ended up throwing the AR637TA out and put my Jeti receiver and Vario in it. So no SAFE or AS3X, but that's not a big deal. It actually glides better now. Love the the way you and the nice lady do your things. Just got another problem now, my lady wants an all white kitchen!!! And I loved the purple so much.

Holy crap Camera Crew looks like an AMAZING cook as well!! And now i'm hungry hahah

i think i share your enthusiasm for this new Conscendo.. The second i tried to buy the advanced model, horizon discontinued it. But low and behold, the return of the Evolution! what a fantastic power glider..thanks for the video Brian, happy flying

Nicely presented. You let the plane and the beautiful evening do the talking!

Will mine arrived today and rewatched this twice, everything set up and ready to go. Thank you and the Camera Crew for all you do. Can't wait to hear my first esc fart! 😂😂😂

That little propeller really turns Having folding propeller makes for less hurt on landings. Cool. What a nice Sunset.

Of all the planes you have reviewed...this is my favorite so far. I'm going to aim towards this one down the road.

I just ordered this today..It was out of stock for a bit and now its summer...ready to catch some thermals and go mild to wild..thanks for sharing..looks like a nice smooth flyer.

Basically now I'm just buying everything that you review..... another sterling video. Makes it so easy to buy once I know literally everything about it. Top stuff. Can't wait to have this.

According to the manual for the AR637T, you can add a variometer sensor (SPMA9589) to the AR637TA that is in the BNF version to enable altitude and vario telemetry.

Right after I watched this video I had my local hobby shop order me one..........I love it.....I set it up with spoilerons by using the flaperon function on my DX9 reversed and on a 3 position switch at 0, 20 and 80 % with 6% down elevator on pos 2 and 3.......slows down real good with no tip stall in high alpha approach for those hand catches you inspired me to master after seeing you do it in the video.....TY.

I found that if your transmitter is too close to the plane, it takes forever when binding, but if you are 3-4 meters away it dances way quicker.

Will you tell Ms Phillips that after I broke the battery strap the first time I put a battery in, and the took a piece of velcro and made another strap, it brought back memories of high school. The Home Economics room was actually 4 rooms with the divider walls knocked out. (I only walked past it, never set foot in that den of estrogen) But in 11th grade a new class was being offered. It was called "BACHELOR'S SURVIVAL". (To this day I can still hem a pair of pants, sew on a button, and if I had to, make my own shirt. Lot's of cooking crap was covered too, but it was the sewing that lasted a lifetime. Only question I had for you on the Conscendo was binding in Safe and having the AS3X on when Safe was off. I'm a month in with Covid-19. No fever, no cough, no stomach issues, just a lack of equilibrium/balance and the shakes. (I can't expo out the shakes, and I'd like to have AS3X on when Safe is off)

Got mine today, only flew the Eachine P-51 and STS Apprentice. I’ve watched this video about 20 times. Hoping I’ll be okay in SAFE today! :)

Pre-ordered mine in the UK on the basis of this video. Arrived yesterday, will be maidened this evening hopefully! 👍😁

Brian! Another great video. I had wanted a Conscendo for years and your video helped with setup and getting the order placed after much anticipation for the Evo 4s! This thing paired with a spektrum 4s 2200 is just a nice experiance after a long work week. Keep the videos coming! -JP P.S. Thank YOU Camera Crew

Thanks for sharing that. I feel bad I didn’t find your link when I ordered my V1200 and NX6. I’ll make sure to use your links on my next purchase. Yes I was a Package driver and feeder driver big rig for awhile. Yes health and pension is important. God blessed me with a Teamster pension. I was able to retire at 57. I’m 68 now. I really enjoy watching your videos in your kitchen. Your wife seems like a great partner. Rick

I planted one like a fence post at a club meeting, only about 50 people saw it. I was doing an inverted low pass and you can guess what happened.

Hats off to Eflite. I have two of these. One I travel with, one that goes to the home field. Must have 100 flights on both. They both still look brand new. I started after i bought the two Conscendo’s putting a few coats of spray on polycrylic on the fuse of belly landers. So far the Conscendo’s haven’t needed any help. Really high quality foam. I would like to meet the designer in a dark alley that came up with the aileron servo lead pocket area going into the fuse. It’s like putting a bowling ball in a marble bag. (Com’on man!)

I think camera crew should start her own cooking channel. BTW around 43:00 the conversation went off the rails. I was dying laughing.....Love those new mics. ;-)

Brilliant thank you Brian and camera crew best wishes Chris

Ya , we can hear when you fly by when you're flap isn't running 😉! Sounds really nice! Beautiful glider!

Always enjoy your reviews Mr & Mrs Phillips. I have brought several planes following your good advice. Thank you both 🙂

Excellent video Brian and Megan! Very infomative!Thank you! I used to have the Conscendo Advanced and really loved that model. I have the Evolution on order for me now through a model shop here in Christchurch New Zealand who gets shipments in from Horizon Hobby. I'm so looking forward to getting mine, cant wait!

I heard Brian joke about throttling out of a tree after a crash... I exploded mine at full throttle into a tree and literally picked it up in 3 handfuls. I spent 6 hours piecing it back together. I'm not kidding when I tell you it Flies still :)

For sure. Can’t wait Draco I’ll get all through your page

Yup, get those cables out of the way of the servos when putting on the wing! Only fly 3S or change the spinner!

The chatter in your video is your Cell phones communicating with the local tower.

Another beautiful evening and superb flight. I really enjoy sail planes. Props to both you and Megan for another brilliant production. As a noob I would like some info on setting trim and control arms. Many thanks Neil Ireland

Just purchased this beauty and two 4S batteries and a nice charger! I'm so excited! My next plane will be a 3300mm FOX glider! That thing is beautiful as well!

Ok thanks. Will do

For those thinkiing of any new Horizon Hobby BNF models. the AR637T TX installed in these models is locked. That means if you ever crash or tire of the model, you either throw away a 120€ TX or are forced to buy a BNF of the same model and reinstall. Given how often Horizon retire models this may be a problem in future or likely you get charged to unlock. At the moment Horizon refuse to help you unlock the AR637T so it can be used in other models. Model is OK, its not a great glider but its OK. Also not super stiff (especially tail boom) as most reviews are informing and you may want to consider better servos.. also check control cables to elevator and rudder..,. they can slip.

hi great video .just set mine up and yes u dont need a smart lipo to get smart telemetry.work with efilte 3s 2200.

Great video as usual Brian!! Just bought mine from LHS and can't wait to set it up. I did notice with my other planes using the 637t rx, the internal gyro had to be ABSOLUTELY still for it to initialize so im surprised you were even able to get it to work while holding the wing because it reads movement to the thousandths of an inch if you look at the telemetry screen for the gyro you will see

The foods made me so hungry! The plane looks fast and silent. Impressive

I would like to offer a challenge for you re this plane. Landing is quite a challenge as it is very slow to slow down and indeed almost seems to accelerate in ground effect! It will use up most of our landing strip even sliding on the ground. Thus, I challenge you to set up the ailerons to provide a spoiler effect and teach us how to do it! Hope you choose to accept this mission! Thanks Brian.

I got an email last night from Horizon Hobby. They are back in stock. I hope they ship mine Monday. I'm so excited about getting this one.

I was so sad when the advanced went away. I'm glad they replaced it. Can't wait to get mine.

From Ohio love watching you fly you make it look so easy.

love gliding with sailplanes its a cool feeling

I set up flaperons by using the bind plug as an extension to plug in one of the alerons into the flaps channel. It works great.

My friend, your flight reminds me of my Multiplex Blizzard from 2009!

I always end up with the same problem of my shaft being too large for the hole. Sometimes you just need some lube and slowly work it in. Most of the time you don't want to go to far in because it might damage something also. But that is a beautiful looking airplane I have been considering ordering. Thank you for the review.

Fantastic video Brian. The house looks fantastic as well. I hope to have a front yard rc airport one day.

Sorry but dinner took all the accolades here, looks great, I'll be right over...lol

Ordered Mine Had to have it Great Video Camera Crew SWEET

Awesome as always...may have to get this beauty to go with the radian which I love, thanks for sharing buddy👊🏼👊🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Mate, you made my day, week, month maybe even year.... I loved my Conscendo advanced but sadly lost it 7 months ago over the ocean due to a low flying plane which distracted me....anyway I was devastated when I was unable to buy a replacement so bought a different brand glider which I still haven't flown yet....I saw your post and after 10 minutes I paused your video got on line and ordered a new one from America as we don't have any in Australia yet.....the next 3 weeks waiting are going to be difficult...😅 Horizon hobbies needs to update their website search....I've been searching for a new glider with as3x and it lists many planes but not the conscendo.....🤔 Anyway thanks again!

Hi Brian & Megan, great review and as always, nice camera work, if I purchase this it well be my third one, both of the first ones suffered from a design flaw, weak fuselage and weak aileron hinges, hopefully this new one has been corrected, I always tape my Y connectors before installing them, to easy for them to be pulled apart when trying to shove them in that small wing cavity and instead of taping on the elevator I hot glue them then I tape them, but I used a commercial packing tape, much stronger. Megan should do some cooking videos. You guys make these videos fun,great team work, just need to have your wife on camera a few times...

You have flown some truly lovely planes recently Bri. Enjoy all your Vids. A shout out to Megan who's video footage is always top notch. Really Good job Megan

Love the plane and the commentary. Nailed it

That's a nice glider I came to the conclusion that you're the most informative channel on RU-vidthat's really cheap sunglasses because the only thing I know is Ray-Bans that work good freewing planes have good velcro straps

Merci Brian depuis la France. J'adore vos vidéos, je viens de m'acheter le Volantex 2400, après avoir vu votre chaine, le Conscendo Evo est vraiment un planeur extra, j'ai un ami qui as le premier c'est un beau jouet . Thanks for all of your job, i like that very much ..

Just ordered one using your affiliate link to support your channel. Thanks for posting this review! Jim

Might have to pick one of these up. Looks awesome! I have the old Radian 3ch ;) still an awesome glider!

You sound like "a kid in a candy store." Glad the budget director approved this purchase! Great demo flight. 7:50 Brian catches a thermal off the trash burn barrel in the backyard!

What a beauty! I’ll stick to 3S myself haha.

If you do put flaps on your Conscendo Evolution, please make a video of how you do it, and how it flies. I wonder about doing something so that it can land in smaller places with trees around.

Awsome catch...nice 4s....flying time. Nice 😎...too. Great Video as always

I love your videos; they're very informative. I like videos from dedicated individuals like you. I ordered one but it won't be until sometime in August when they get some.

Just picked one up at my local hobby shop!

NX6 yes I did reverse all surfaces. There’s no safe on this plane but everything working right now. So weird it would do that.

clear gorilla tape is amazing

I pulled the wings off when I did a speed test...! Just be careful when pulling Gs.

It's funny, as great as this plane is, you didnt do a 2nd video of it. On the other hand, you must have done 20 Conscendo S videos :) Those were the good ol days :)

Great info for me as a beginner on the Spektrum 👍

You should be sponsored by HH because of all their planes you review. Awesome videos 👍

42:00 I made a "V" out of 1/8in x 1/4 balsa that mounts on top of the servo flush with the top of the fuse with the added height of the double sided tape used and extends all the way back to keep the wires away from the moving servo arms. But even then you have to pay attention to keep the wire inside the V for the wing to sit flat so I attached a rubber band made of dental bands to the V at the back with a wire hook and just lightly stretch and wrap the rubber band around the wing wires once and then attach the free end to the hook in the back and that pulls the wires back where they need to go when putting on the wing so now after getting the rubber band the right length and tension I don't even have to look under the wing, and what was a real pain became a non-issue and I don't have to worry about a wire jamming up a servo. This was such an easy fix I'm surprised E-Flite didn't design the servo covers with walls on top doing the same thing. Just have to add a strip of tape or a tiny amount of glue to make sure the servo wires in the wing can't pull out from the light force of the rubber band pulling on the wires where the right hand angle to the servo connectors mounted vertical in the hole prevents separation even if they were a loose fit which they're not. Last issue with the wing is the small mounting screws that will likely get lost in the grass at some point so I used some silicon O-rings used in RC car shock absorbers that fit prefect putting pressure on the screws inside the holes so friction keeps the screws inside. Mine didn't need longer screws as the O-rings are 1.7mm wide before they compress, and they compress .7mm fairly easy and looks like the screws were 1 mm past the metal threads to start with. But after watching Brian crank out some G's I wanted to make sure and dang spent hours trying to figure out why E-Flight used what appears to be 4mm thick Silicon Bronze inserts for the wing bolts instead of a standard inexpensive metal nut. 2.34 mm is the width of a metal nut for the size screw and thread used and there's almost double that on 4 support points so even if you lose 1 mm of thread I think the plastic wing support will fail long before the metal parts do, and the wings will fold before the plastic fails, so seems like E-Flite really over engineered the wing mounting. But measure your screws and O-rings just to be safe if you put in O-rings to keep the screws from coming out as there's room to go longer to be on the safe side just in case you are one of the guys pulling enough G's to rip the turret off a tank.

Good morning Brian and Camera Crew, This IS one of my favorite planes to fly relax and just enjoy. Only problem I have is getting it to slow down at landing. Could you do a 2nd thoughts video and set up flaperons. My thought was to have 0 seconds delay in flaps movement and just before touch down put up flaps to protect the alerions from damage. But I know you will have the right answer for this. Thanks for ALL you do on this channel to help us new guys. TImm

Note your link to the glasses defaults to glasses case only(#11 @$3.99), to get the actual glasses you must select other than #11 at check-out or select from the row of pics at the main page of the item you actually want to place into cart that will give a cost of $15.99

Sick little glider. Love it

You do what on the servo up when binding?

No this Dynam was bnf Ar400 receiver. NX6 transmitter Rear engine like glider.

And they're going to have this in a PnP version also? I know I've been a little harsh on the foam stuff, but that's the way the market is going and you cant fight it. I've been a Horizon customer for over 20 yrs, sold tens of thousands of dollars of Horizon products as an RC Air Supervisor for Hobbytown USA and I I gotta say, havent been this excited about a release for a while. So sold! Cant Wait.

Oh heck with the plane I want the food...he he 😂

really?! You went and did it, didn't you. Yup. You just HAD to go out and post an awesome video of this new plane. Thanks a lot. I've been trying to get one for TWO MONTHS now ever since I watched your video....freakin' BACK ORDERED. Thanks a lot. There goes my Christmas. Thanks for totally selling me on this one, and then back-ordering me too...'cuz I'm certain it was this very video that caused Horizon to go out of stock! (seriously, super nice show, man (and crew!), I hope to someday own one of these and be able to fly it even half as good as you! Really well done)

"you can pull yourself out of any stupidity you got yourself into" LOL

Hey Brian I'm building my Conscendo right now while watching this video😁 Did you happen to move all your control horns to the center hole or just the elevator? Thanks for the video👍🏼

Well you've done it again. I'll be getting one soon. Never really was interested in sail type flying. But you are like RC Crack! Got me hooked! PS : Have you done the flaps yet?

Thank you for this great review, I have the Conscendo 3s, and it's my favorite, but it has been through a lot, lots of crashes, glued back together and it was still flying. A year ago I stopped model flying because of the covid restrictions (I had even sold my 3 best planes :( ... ) Today, because of you (or thanks to you) I want to start again with this evolution conscendo and by taking back my license.

love the food part lol good vid love it

Mr Brian enjo it alot you have the best camera crew she does a xcellant job with the camera From Ohio

This is my next plane. I just got the umx turbo timber to get use to a plane with flaps and get use to adjusting the rates and expo on my new dx6e.. which has me a little confused in itself.. the thing stays in warning mode for some reason after I configured the sticks.. turn it on and right to the warning screen. I ended up having to create a new model and start over from scratch. I still dont know how to delete models though... if the amazing Brian Phillips could explain this it would be AMAZING. I love the umx turbo timber, tonight was its maiden flight and I am very impressed... the power is amazing for such a small plane. The conscendo is 100% my next plane, hands down, already in my car lol.

I broke the velcro strap the 1st day, swapping the 2nd battery 😅 Another "complain" to me is the connectors for the wings. They are too close to the servos and can get stuck, making the tail move weird. This is why I try to keep it assembled, but becomes more problematic to store it at home.

Is that even a word??? Camera Crew: NOPE!!!!!!! Classic!

The Conscendo advanced has a 9.5x7.5, and seems to be pretty much the same aside from the electronics, decals, and foam beefiness