Horizon Hobby - Turbo Timber Evolution - UMX - Unbox, Radio Setup & Maiden Flights 

Just a quick tip on awkwardness with doing work on your TT UMX. If you take the top piece of styrofoam and flip it over, you can put your UMX upside down onto it and it makes a great platform to do work on it safely.

You saved my plane. On the maiden last year, my UMX Timber leaped into a porpoise on takeoff and nearly did a peter pan into the asphalt. Was in the fight of my life to land it. Had no idea mechanical trim was a thing until I saw this video. I would've just ripped off the slats, I'm glad I didn't. After mechanically trimming the plane, I took it out Saturday, it's flight resembles and now rivals my favorite UMX Tractor. Can't thank you enough for that pro tip

I built a foam board UMX Timber X, I've been flying it on 2S, yesterday I finally got a couple 3S 500mah 50c batteries and omg I've never flown a plane with unlimited vertical till yesterday and holy cow what a fricn thrill 😁 I just had to share this with ya!!! hehe Nice flying Brian 👍🏻 Absolutely love the this plane!!!

Order placed! I do appreciate your effort to teach basic things for new folks. Charging is alway a mystery to folks, and is the one thing you need to do right AND respect. Charging is the one thing that will burn your house down if abused. How do I know? Back at the beginning of Lipos I came close to starting a garage fire due to an accident setting up a charger that didn’t have a balance port (they were just coming into existence). Fortunately I stopped charging when I saw the puff and got worried, I set battery in driveway to be safe. 1 min later, a pop and then a massive blue hot flame that would have set my garage ablaze. Lesson learned. 1C standard charging, and storing batteries at 3.8ish/cell in cool place like small fridge gives you years of use. Keep up the great service!

Proud to be your 1st Patreon donator when it started!

Thanks! Your reviews are SO much more complete than those of the rcsaylors.

You are awesome Brian! Thanks for taking the time actually explain and show how to do it all.

Alright Mr. Brian , I now have the DX7e. It is a game changer. Thanks for the advice.

I wish Eflight would come out with some quick adjustments for these. Also, I didn't mind the little U shape adjustments. Yeah, it's cool to see real linkages. However, at least make the screw easy to get to.

I love your videos with the way you review, and you are the MAN. We love ya brother.

Awesome! I’ve been waiting to see this video all day! Looks perfect, like I love my Turbo Timber but sometimes I wish I had a little bit more power! Really looks impressive! Should of had the floats out on the snow!

I finally got this plane. It's my first hobby grade plane. Thanks for all the information on this one. Definitely a big reason I got this plane. I did figure out that you can get to that screw on the elevator without punching a hole in the foam. I just used my ifixit kit and was able to slightly bend the tab and take the screw out and adjust the trim then put it back in with no issue.

I had to do the same adjustment on my Timber X. I pre-ordered one of these!

around 6:00 you may have experienced a common issue as i’m sure you potentially know. the elevator under load will occasionally lock up. eflight is yet to address this and it’s very aggravating.

I wish I knew what half of what you said means. I'm sure I'll learn it. I received this plane today. It is my very first RC plane. My 3s batteries arrive in three days. That being said, I probably won't fly it for at least a month. I want to spend many hours training on RealFlight 9.5 before trying to fly the real thing. Thanks for this video. It's great to get some tips before taking the first flight.

SOLD OUT TILL JUNE NOW!! So glad mine is on its way as i type. :-) Thank you for this amazing video. I have watched it twice now in its entirety!

Just watched Horizon Hobby's preview vid.. Awesome plane, gotta get one!!! hehe

Always an awesome video and completion experience with BrianPhillipsRC ! The best way to start my Day ! Thanks Brian and Megan ! :}

Looking fowrad to getting mine when they get here.... (Switzerland)... we cannot have enough Timbers... ;) I always loved the UMX Turbo Timber, but I am happy I can get 3S power now and that will help to fly it in more windy conditions.

I received my brand new NX8 today. I did buy it from your link to help you out. This plane looks like a good starting point to get back into RC, even tho it is small. Keep up the good work.

I like the flying in the snow flakes even better man. I'll get that one through you next week cause I want something to jack around with that's no hassle. But good job man. 👏

The Saylors also ran out of elevator trim - (or nearly so). I'm surprised that Eflite didn't provide an elevator trim hole during manufacturing.

Great, clear practical advice. Thank you.

These will fly fine with a 3s 800mAh bat. But the landing gear take a beating with all that extra weight. I'm not greasing anything, yet. But, I'm new. All the Foam2Foam and HD clear packing tape doesn't detract from these new UMX's either. Take my word for it 👍

we all were hoping for this!!!

Hey Brian - I had exactly the same trim issues out of the box that you did. After seeing you mechanically adjust the rudder and elevator I sat down to do mine. I inadvertently bumped the elevator control rod while holding it with the pliers and it popped off the knuckle!! LOL - I accidentally figured out that you just pop them off, turn them to the right adjustment, them pop them back on!! Way easier that way - who knew?!

It's a bit late but it looks like your leading edge slats are touching the wing on the trailing edge. The slats are supposed to stand off the wing and allow air to pass under them. This slows the air over the wing creating more lift.

Great video! i believe those are ball links you need a pair of ball link pliers to take them off or try a small flat head screw driver.

Great video Brian! I learned a lot of useful stuff. Thanks!

I think a ultra low profile screwdriver/ratchet may do the trick for elevator adjustment

The umx timber x had the same issue with mechanical Adjustment of the elevator. Horizon even had a short video on it. I believe if you trim full up elevator you can get your screwdriver through the hole in the vertical stab and just be able to get to r the elevator ball link without putting a new hole in your fuselage 😬. They also recommend to reinstall the ball link on the outside of the control horn for easier adjustment I. The future 👍

I like when the camera person gives wind speed and direction. You should add that to future vids as standard.

Hey Brian, i watched your 2hour and 36minute video on the E-flite Slow Ultra Stick 1.2mm bnf basic with AS3X and SAFE select.... by the time it was done, i wanted more..... great job on the servo mode.... i have a quick question, i noticed on this video when you set the dual rates and expo you put 100% rate 5% expo on high rate 100% rate 10% expo on mid rate and 90% rate 20% expo on low rate My question is did you mean to put 90% on low rate instead of 70% because im following everything you did, i just wanted to make sure that is what you meant to do....thanks , i just bought this plane and a E-flite 800mm draco and heading over to that video next..... thank you for your detailed explanation, i truly appreciate it. You and your camera crew are absolutely the best on RU-vid......PERIOD!!!!!!!

Let’s see…a new Vette or a Turbo Timber…I’m going with the Timber. Save a few bucks and still have fun!

I been flying my Duet, got me a couple other beginning planes, plus, that UMX Turbo Timber Evolution, I’m scared to go at it with it. Got an DX8G2 transmitter and followed the instructions by the book. Any words you can recommend for me to learn? Please advise

I’m getting ready to buy the plane. Can you use 2S 280mah batteries?

Yo brian. Just setting up my umx evo, and my flap settings in the manual are the opposite to what yours say. When deploying flaps, should the elevator compensate by going up or down?

Brian, Thank you for the explanations. Are you able to Program Crow into this plane?

If it’s ball joint connection why didn’t you just separate the ball joint instead of piercing the fuselage?

Did you add the slats right away or did you fly it without them before deciding to put them on? Haven’t flown mine yet but not sure if I should put them on or not

This NEED a 2nd thought preorder already sold out in uk 😂

"we don't call her camera crew off camera" Immediately I start thinking of hilarious moments where you can call someone camera crew. "And do you, Brian, Take this lovely camera crew to be your wife?" "I do"

In preflight check right aileron servo freeze issue was resolved by a gentle pinch of the servo housing to wake it up and it would be good for the entire flight. But then odd flight behaviors became more prevalent which I attributed to wind variance. I set the max to 97%. That's not it. I don't want to crack the fuselage to replace the right servo but what choice do I have? I hope there's a fix you see that I don't

Brian, what are your thoughts on a newbie to RC flying this airplane? (I do fly full scale, general aviation airplanes, so I have aeronautical experience.) - TIA

Tail heavy talked about over confidence. I flew the UMX TTE in 10 MPH winds with 22MPH gusts and it was the hottest day this year ie thermals were a factor. It was a mistake. Still at the stage where... You'll know it when you take off and immediately think what have I done? Your instinct will be to just land and call it a day. Here's my takeaway. Takeoff and do repeated base to final. But it would not descend in the headwind. So I got it hanging there with forward pressure on elevator. Realize, we're still in takeoff flaps. Flip the switch, maintaing throttle and elevator and the UMX TTE came down like an elevator, touched down like a daisy. But I should've never taken off in the conditions today.

When I set up transmitter in this configuration can i copy it the same on all my models? And then adjust as needed? And also you have this set up for experienced and full safe or is it intermediate safe? I fly without any safe but I like for my planes to flip right side up if I loose orientation

Have you, or anyone else, experienced the Elevator locking up? This is mentioned in other videos.

great umx flyer Brian, do you think the 3 blade prop will fit the umx timber x? 🛩🛩

U should've sent plane into geeze V pattern & disturbed it... Would've been interesting to c how they reassemble.

What's up Brian. My main question is how can you compare the flight of this plane compared to the Timber X UMX? The Timber X UMX is one of my favorites to fly. Especially here in Ft. Lauderdale where my flying area size is small. Its hard to find a place to fly in this concrete jungle.

Hey Brian, Just Use Them Small, Light Weight Velcro Dots On The Slates, Then You Can Put Them On & Off Easily! 🤔 C@@L Y'alls Flyin In That Snow Blizzard! 😜🤣😁😎

which one do you prefer for flying in tight spaces ? the umx timber evolution or the umx timber x.

E-flite needs to make more scale helicopters

I need some advice!!! What should I get!! The umx turbo timber evo or the umx a-10? I got a fair size field behind my apartment complex that I fly at. Does the turbo timber evo fly great?

3s Hell Yeah

Are these out yet?? I need one! Lol

Brian, will the S44 charger work for the 2S n 3S batteries for the Turbo Timber Evo? THX, GARY

curious if they changed the tail thickness, the original is weak, thin flimsy and gets damaged in just getting it in n out of the car.

NICE…

Would you choose this or the umx timber x

Do you have any insider information on when they may come back in stock??

Hi Brain. Thanks a lot for this Video. Normaly I fly helis and now I want to start with a small plane like this. Do you think that this plane is good for learning flying planes? Does this system work with my old Spektrum DX6 (from 2015)? Many thanks and many greetings from Germany. BR Claus

Hey Brian, what's the differential for the ailerons mean exactly? Thanks I'm somewhat new here.

What do you mean by contrary rudder? I’m new to fixed wing.

Ive the 2cell ver. For a couple years. To Go Wild,, off Safe,, -25 Expo,,, yes. Minus 25 Expo all control surfaces be 2 mistakes high, Ull Love it, less ur a Newb , Newbs Beware

Squeeze the tube from the bottom LOL

HALLO captain.Brian Phillips Rc.And Crew/ Megan. VI all love ,when you give time to show is ,good tips. And ,Megan too. A question,Du she hold ,the camera,in the hand ,or Du you have ,a stativ. PS ,nice plain .Love it ,already. MVH a fan ,mvh RENE Pedersen.Danmark

Radio Setup starts at 1:37

Nice plane but bummer it doesnt have an independent servo for the tail wheel, like the Voodoo. Im tired of the tail wheel/rudder design.

Find me how good weather to fly the UMX turbo Timber evolution. How to adjust the control surfaces just like you did. And just like yours mind glitched did the newest dive into the ground on my third flight need a new fuselage and canopy. Not too impressed with full speed even though that I did hard adjustments it's still crimes very aggressively after I fixed it I fly it like a glider get it up to altitude fast shut it off let it Glide down. Not very impressed with this. Going full throttle I had to give full down to keep it level . Not happy at all

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I finally had the courage to madien my new umx timber evolution this weekend on my brand new NX8, so a double madien. I've only been flying for about 2 months. Started on the apprentice stol. Ive stopped crashing that and developed muscle memory on the sticks hence my courage to try this one. All I can say is this plane and the transmitter are absolutely sensational. I set it up exactly as the manual but I found that I needed high rates straight away. It flies so slow even without the slats fitted I could pluck it out of the sky if i wanted to. I also have the optional floats which I haven't tried yet. I started out on the 2's battery but today I also tried the 3s. For now I will stick with the 2's because it is less responsive to throttle on the smaller battery and easier to fly slowly. Thanks for your great review of this plane which helped me make the decision to buy this plane and also the nx8 from previous videos. If anyone has been sitting on the fence wondering if they should buy it or not for goodness sake go and get one get one, you will definitely not be disappointed. I've just ordered the unx air tractor too. 👍

Wow.. what a great little flyer. I have my old V1 UMX TT with 2S.. I can’t wait to see how it flies under 3S power and improved stiffness. It should hold up to winds better I’m assuming. Another great VID Brian and always thanks to the “Camera Crew” for withstanding the harsh cold to bring new content to us hungry grownups (aka kids).

For the landing gear being pushed into the foam problem: I took a few small squares of regular paper towels, positioned them between the plastic and fuselage, soaked it in super glue and it is now an extremely hard layer that the plastic can't penetrate. Works well.

I think I just found my next plane! Great video Brian! Have you seen the new freewing airliner? I think you need one of the those! Megan, 100% THE BEST camera crew!!

I knew Horizon would do this. I couldn’t make myself like the UMX Timber X so I sold it. 3S and an improved backside is all this UMX Turbo Timber needed. Ordered one a few minutes after seeing the email. Way to go HH!

I put a 3s 800mah battery in it and it flies fantastic with the added weight in the front!

Brian you're a great pilot. You humbly criticize yourself but you do a great job flying while narrating. Great work. I'm so happy to have found your channel. Thanks for all the work and information you put into all of this.

I want umx warbirds with retracts lol, or at least 800 MM size would suffice.

The battery info was awesome now i get it thanks!! Have been watching lots of videos and read forums witch was frustrating but you explained it flawlessly!! Super thanks Brian!!

How does this thing go landing on grass? I dont have a runway on my local park field so currently im using an omp t720 and just belly landing in on grass

Hey bro just wanted to stop in and say hi I was looking at an old video, this video infect. Now I'm sure you know that when you push the hole through the fuselage to relieve the mechanism for the elevator all you had to do was pop the black piece off instead of unscrewing the screw out it's just like a helicopter they're ball joint style fitting so they pop on and pop off. I'm sure somebody's mention this to you but if not I'd like to pass it on

Have you ever bound this plane with the Dxs transmitter? Curious if it's worth it. I have an aeroscout now

Thanks! Please respond to my recent comments on your new Conscendo video and the UMX Turbo Timber evo.

All you needed to do to adjust the elevator ball link is to put a little flat head between the horn and the top edge of the ball link and twist. The ball will pop out of the plastic quite easily. Make your adjustment, then pop it back on by pinching it between your finger tips.

On the flap system, is position 2 take off and position 3 landing? Thx!!!

My umx timber came with two thin white plastic pieces that are roughly 8 to 9 inches long in the box. Can anyone tell me what these pieces are for?

Super, grab and go airplane. The flaps are really nice and with landing flaps I was able to drop down from 30ft or so, power off, and glide down to a super smooth landing. SWEET!

That nose in looks familiar! Apparently the elevator servo sticks as it did on my brand new turbo timber. Mine stuck in a dive and was a total loss. Since then I’ve heard of it happening to others. Looks like they still haven’t fixed the issue even on the evo…

Remember on ur transmitter, you have a sub trim option. That sub trim option allows you to put the transmitter settings basically back to a new neutral, for lack of better words. Anyway, mess around with that one day after you have trimmed her up.

Well I look like an Idiot!!! I told HH there was a problem with mine, because one aileron moved full, and the other side only moved a little bit. Now I see yours does the same thing. My question is why? Every other plane I have they move the full amount in opposite directions. Most importantly, how do I change it so they both move equally in opposite directions? Makes Cornholes difficult with the ailerons like this.😢

I need to stop watching this channel, every time I do a new plane arrives at my door. you guys are great!

Brian- greatest complement from Horizon Elite Support when I told him of the issue you had. “I must say, there is nothing more thorough than a Brian Phillips RC Product Review. By the end of one of his videos, you know everything, good or bad, with the product. I will definitely pass on his discovery and technique to the product team.”

No skis?

Very nice! :) Perfect for flying around the house.

Hey Brian, I have the red Umx TT Evo. The flying range I get is half of what you get before it failsafe and falls out of the sky. Do u know what is going on ? Thank You !

I own one and LOVE it. Your demonstration was awesome. I left my slats off, and had no idea we could mechanically adjust trim. My plane tends to fly with a severe nose up attitude like yours did. Great video!

Hey Brian, greetings from Wisconsin! This is my first hobby grade plane, running a nx10 also. My book has different values for the flaps/elevator setup. It is opposite. What I need to know is: when flaps go down does the elevator go down also? Thanks!

New to the hobby. Stepped up to this umx timber turbo Evo today. From the plane to the battery and charger and the radio, this video was so helpful. Thanks. Subscribed.