Horizon Hobby - Ultimate 3D Unbox, Build, Radio Setup, and Maidens 

THANK YOU! You made this build not only easy for me but the remote process all together! I honestly felt like you were here right beside me! Even laughed out loud at some jokes! Just wanted to say thanks for the video and making this process a breeze! I did it with a DX8 but your help was all on point. Less time building and frustration= more time for flying! Thanks Brian, you and your camera crew;)!

Thank you! I was also confused by the doohickeys and your video straightened it out.

THANK YOU! I am getting back into RC after a 10 year hiatus (old school glow fuel - can anyone remember the 72mHZ channels?) and your demonstration of the programming as well as your comments on batteries and chargers are great!

Thanks to you and your family.i also bought an ultimate 3d for me and the kids.this model concludes my collection at 12 rc s.this is an awesome plane to help me learn how to fly my big heli.one step at a time.been out of the hobby for 30 years.making a strong and quick comeback to the hobby mostly for my son s sake.but i am also enjoying my return to rc ing.thanks for all the great vids you 2.keep em going.god bless

I am one of those buying my third plane and really appreciate the extra time you take explaining the process. The ultimate 3d is my third plane, I'm hoping to start with low rates and advance with the plane. Thanks again. I did purchase it through your links.

You know you have yourself a good woman when she lets you take up an entire kitchen counter and multiple drawers for your RC hobby. 👍😀

Well done Brian. This video was a real help in setting up my Ultimate 3D. Thank you.

Really appreciate your step by step setup. Jus got the ultimate 3d and your video will make my setup a breeze!

15:45 is AMAZING! Great commentary.

Excellent video. I learned a lot about many things. Thank you

best plane I had. watched your entire video. kudos on explaining everything

Best plane ever it’s my first time flying and it’s buttery smooth. Everyone told me I was crazy to get it but I haven’t crashed it yet. Great channel I learned so much from watching u

Great review thankyou. Loved your quote from Galations next to your charging station

Well done. You are very clear and pleasant voice. Appreciate it

Looks awesome Brian Great flying and video as always 👍✌️

I graduated to this plane from my Carbon Cub S2. I use the DXs transmitter from the Cub. I was getting pretty good with this 3D plane, flying it without SAFE mode at all times, just with the rate reducer switch on. Then I flew it on a windy day and let it get too far away. I tried putting it in safe mode, put it in a circle and increased the throttle to get it way up in the sky, so I could see which way it was going, but the wind kept pushing it and I finally had to give up. I shut the prop off and let it land wherever it landed, over a wooded residential area. Never found it. There is a really big difference in flying this plane vs the carbon cub. I was flying the cub with the throttle on full at all times and always going to maximum throw on the control sticks to get some performance out of it, but if you do that with the Ultimate 3D it will snap roll 10 times in 2 seconds. This is definitely NOT a beginner plane. Not even close. So I had to un-learn maxxing out the control sticks. I watched this video to see where you put the battery. I did the same, 4S flush with the front strap. You need velcro, the battery likes to slide back. I bought another one to replace the one that flew away. Did the maiden flight yesterday. I flew very stiff and awkward, all paranoid about losing it again.

Hello Brian and Mrs Megan aka camera crew, running behind on videos got to catch up. As always well done. Thank you for your video keep flying you guys.

Outstanding guys, thank you.

Nice build video. Other than 3d foamies been on hiatus for a a little more than a few years, just getting back into the hobby with my dad, never flown with gyro and appreciated the in depth ratio setup.

Holy cow you really stayed with it until you figured it out. Way to go!

Great stuff Brian and camera crew.🦊🐓

Another great video! Cool plane! Thanks!

Thanks Again! I figured out reverse thanks to you! Thanks Again Rich

the plane was very nice when I had it. It met an untimely fate though when it crashed in the ground in a flat spin but I will own another in the future great plane happy flying!!!

I bought this plane on your recommendation so to speak. I’ve watched the video a few times too in order to help with assembly. The clips look like a pain. Anyway, the plane shows up tomorrow. I use Futaba electronics so the only challenge looks to be receiver/transmangler set up.

Very helpful thank you soo very much 😊

Great review!

Hey Stainger, I'm #2 Again! LOL Gooo 3-D, LOVE This Plane!!! I'm JELIOUS Of You... LOL PS The Stop & Stare Into Camera After The Awesome Balls Joke Was Priceless & Wing Separater Thingies Are Called CABANES... PSS Your Hammr-Heads Are Technically Harriers... A Hammer-Head Is A Manuver Where You Fly Straight Up, Run Outta Power, Slip Back Then Yall Over... LOL

Good video Thank you for all you post. and thank you to your lovely wife.

Brian i have the ultimate. Its such a sweet plane. I run 2700mah roaring tops 35c and I get 6:30 min flights easily. Ive learned so much more 3d with this plane. Its ability to hover is so strait forward. She wont stall on you, you dont have to worry about keeping her moving. Just tip your nose up and alpha, she will fly at any alpha angle at crawling speed, inverted as well, easily. I fly the steel rod as well. I've never run 3s in her and I've also flown 3300mah 4s. She still flys 3d great, with the heavy pack Your looking at near 8 minutes. Thats doing allot of slow flight, gliding and then knife edge and hovering galore. Shes so well behaived, she wont let you down. I enjoy the unlimited verticle. From hover to strait up, with acceleration!! I also love the contrast, its very easy to maintain orientation!! Anyway, I know you can handle way more 3d. Thr best thing about the ultimate, besides its quality build and great looks, is the ease at wich she rotates and lands!!

Did anyone else feel defensive when Brian said if you are landing using safe don’t buy this plane? .. challenge accepted ✈️ 🔥 thanks horizon for enabling safe on this plane 😝😝This is plane #5 Ive purchased after watching your maidens . Ultrix /timber umx/conscendo /night timber/ ultimate 3D. Even tho you warned me not to get it . Im not a good listener ha . Mentioning how the night timber x is twitchy made me feel a lot better . Hope this goes well lolololool

Thanks for the tip,I almost maidened my Ultimate with the bottom wings not fastened proberly, I was thinking it shouldn't pull up or apart like that, Then I thought to myself well they must know what they're doing. Then I saw your video they're locked in secure now ready for maiden. Thanks again.

Just a quick update with my 3D Ultimate, I switched it into safe mode and it flew fine, I flew for two minututes and landed it no damage!

Thanks!

Great video. I'm surprised that you never reviewed the e flight pitts 850mm it's a real beauty

Hey Brian aka (Tony Stark)keep the reviews coming I enjoy watching watching.

I have over 40 years experience, and yes I started using a Kraft and crystals …. I highly recommend you start reading each and every owners manual you get involving your equity you use … I have watched you on your video for 2 hours and 6 min 59 seconds and I have seen you struggling to program your DX18 .. I actually have the same radio you are attempting to manage…. no the slider cannot be used to turn thrust reversing on and off , that slider doesn’t have the proper end point adjustments, I do not use fail safe because do you let go of the wheel on the car just before you have a collision in hopes the car “ corrects” things for you? .and do not put negative numbers on your expo because if your control surfaces are the size of a queen size mattress , it doesn’t matter …. If it’s not moving you won’t have any affect on the plane at all because with your setting to soften the blow so much you are absolutely helpless when you need all the control you want ,,,, and it’s not there! I give all my planes way too much power because power WILL GET YOU OUT of trouble. But with your settings established you won’t go nowhere but where that plane takes you and your no longer flying the plane ,,,, its flying , you ! I suggest you get more stick time . And no practice does not make it perfect ,,, but perfect practice does !!!! Call me if you need help … I have taught countless new pilots to fly with my hyperactive flying that is now considered and called 3D ., several of your PROs in the world know exactly who I am . Just ask a few … Mr Pickering knows me,,,, I built several of his planes and he used my designs in design schemes and mechanics of the planes …. Talk to you later boss … but no not use NEGATIVE on your expos to get “soft sticks” … Michael S. Hendrick…

omg THAT pin install conversation....😂

To tip one‘s hat to your personal camera crew. Doing a great job, video by video👍🏻☺️. Would be great to see a video, where you both changing your roles - for sure absolutely funny😂👍🏻.

nice you got good sound

This is a sure buy 🙂👍😁

I love 3d biplanes, soon I'll try some too

Nice flying but when ever you say vampire I think of the jet have a guy who flying one at our small airport love ❤️ it

This is a really hard plane to fly, I crashed mine about 10 times and almost gave up but I glues it back together one more time, and put it in safe, flew like a dream! Don't give up! Thanks Brian!

Yes new to your reviews but your awsome iam somewhat new to this hobby I got this 3d and will see what happens come spring Iam in n.e ohio.did some stuff that you showed and also to mytwin otter you showed.was awsome.thank you for how ya test stuff and also when. Ya say your not sure about something.

Camera crew should fly one of your planes and you be camera crew, I think it would be a great video

Seriously considering getting this one. 950mm makes it easy to drop in the back seat. My Eflite Valiant barely fits into it. Plan to fly it as a sport/pattern plane. Will practice 3D on cheap, profile foamies.

Cool looking airplane, but think I'll continue to try and learn 3D on my Timber X. The X is capable of far more than I am but also feels very comfortable.

:) you changed your mind. TYVM

LONG TIME I Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and I wish your Family a Happy new year The Delpino's

Thanks for the review, is this thing Gouda cheese hardness foam like the timber or is this creme cheese foam like the extra 300? Would be nice if you could rate the foam quality on the cheese hardness scale

Alright man, hopefully others read this reply. Calling out beginners when you bought a 3D plane and kept excusing yourself by saying “I don’t fly 3D so.....” I have been flying for less than 5 months. Started with a UMX Timber, the a Carbon Cub (that trainer one from EFlight). Then went to a T-28, then a Maule, then a E Flight Pitts along a the EFlight Extra and P51, then the Viper and now the Ultimate. Balsa planes, Leader 480, Slick 480, PAXR52, Pilot Yak (53”) and an Extreme Flight 60” 300 EXP wraps the electric crew. I also have a crashed EFlight Sukhoui 29 (low inverts and I pulled :/, no switch can save you there lol) Nitro plane 65” Phoenix Edge Gas plane 78” Pilot Extra 330LX All those in with less then 5 months flying. Only one I have not flown yet is the gas plane as I have not yet completed its assembly. Now if you read this far that’s impressive, reason I am posting is because all of that quick learning was made possible by the correct use of SAFE. My non EFlight models have the AR637T so I could program an envelope mode along with a SAFE panic to level the plane if I lose orientation. 5 months and doing flat spins, blenders, inverted turns, something like hovers and trying to learn spinning turns (whatever those are called). Point is don’t discourage the newbs, approach with caution should be the motto. I am a newb, 5 months with over 15 planes already as I am sure I left something out and 3 Helis now as well. Admittedly I cannot do much with the Helis yet, those are well let’s just say, tricky...lol Once you learn orientation along with plane response based on amount of input by using SAFE, you can pretty much fly anything. Yes I have replaced a few wheel skirts, landings are still inconsistent with me. Getting better quickly though.

Love the sky and clouds just beautiful. So far this plane is too much for me but some day. I forgot what are you filming these with? A smart phone? This plane reminds me of the Pitts

Do you think this one slows down better on approach or lands slower than the Extra? I think I'm narrowing down my short list to this, the 1.2m P-51D, and the Night Timber X... Someday a 2.1m Cub or 1.5m warbird maybe... but not really into wanting jets, smoke or gas/glow, etc.. Do you think those could all be done with an NX6, or should I be looking at the DX8e/NX8...? Gonna look into a dual smart charger and some Spektrum batteries in Spring, but want a radio and new plane to get me back into flying... last flight was my Gemini, about 2 years ago. I have 4 ready for the sky just hanging.... :(

Thanks for all videos. Im having trouble getting my transmitter to display the telemetry thats available on e-flite ultimate 3d 950mm. Motor reverse works correctly .as3x works. Transmitter just keeps saying "no data" . Using Dx7 g2.

Hi Brian, My question is are the rates preset in the safe mode? Is there a way to change how much the surfaces move while in SAFE? I am able to change the rates with SAFE off but not ON. Thanks for the great work!

My friend flew my Ultimate yesterday it went ok wouldn't trun to the right to left, wierd ! I might try my hand in it later today! Thanks

CABANES.... if no-one else has told you, the inter-wing fairings and mounting struts are called cabanes.

I setup the SAFE as you did. However I am not sure AS3X is on when I turn SAFE off. How do i confirm that ? The surfaces do not jitter when i shake the plane. Also when I did the maiden and turned on SAFE it would hardly turn on ailerons even though my travel is close to 80%. Any thoughts

Nice flying Brian! I have a new UMX pitts and I can do knife edge loops with that thing. Best UMX biplane ever. Would this be too similar or....click

Hi Brian, thank you for yet another great review, My question is, will a larger 4s battery if I currently have several smart 4s 4000mah and was wondering if these would fit this plane. Thank you Aron

Do you take off really fast to avoid ground loop or pulling left or right?

Hey hi As always, a really great video! I find the aviator really exciting! As you advised me, I bought a Turbo Timber as the 2nd plane (and that was a great tip) and now I'm looking for plane number 3. Would you say that the third plane is ok? Or is it more for people with more experience? Thanks for the great and really likeable videos! Warm greetings from Germany

Hey Brian, love your videos and respect your judgement. I have flown the Timber and recently got my Ultimate #D, which now I am afraid to fly. Which plane would you suggest as an go between to gain more experience?? Paul

Got a quick question for you have you ever had the Arrows RC Bigfoot 1300mm

Hi Brian, I'm on plane #9 and and would like to start getting into stunt flying. What plane would you reconmend would be could to start with? I like this biplane and the timber x. If I start out with low rates and work my way up would these be ok? Let me know what you think?

For the battery charger to be reading that battery as a 50 it may be and have the wrong wrapping on it if the charger reads your other 30s as 30s

I should have listened to you and bought something else, I can't get it to climb so I can fly it around the field even once, oh well live and learn. Thanks Rich

I want it 👍😎✌

Nice plane, not to jump off the subject of this plane, received my mini Trojan from Eachine! Nice little plane along with there other warbirds! 💯Keep up the great videos! 💯 Nice job camera crew as always! ☠️SEMPER Fi 🐾🐾🐾🖖 P.S. Brian did you start doing a layout for a race track, rock climbing track yet?

What would be a kinder and gentler bi-plane you could reccomend

What 3D plane would you recommend that's durable, full 3D, and for a beginner?

More kitties in videos, please!!!!!

Hey Brian, I flew my Timber X tonight for the first time. I don't know if it's the short wingspan or if something is wrong but it seemed very unstable when I had the flaps deployed. Major yaw and rocking even when I had safe on. You said the night Timber was extremely easy to fly in one of your videos, my question is are the regular Timbers easy to fly when you have the flaps deployed? Thinking of grabbing a turbo timber for the bigger wingspan until I get this timber x figured out. As always awesome video. One day I'll be able to fly somthing like the ultimate!

If I understand, after flying you decided to use more expo than your original set up estimate. So for basic aerobatic flying with 3s (no 3d ) - are you recommending 25-40 percent expo?

Brian, I flew maiden this morning after watching your video - thanks. Please don't hurt your fingers any more on ball joints - use 2 hands and use the finger nails to pinch it into place - I've never had a problem - never even needed ball joint pliers to put them on - now, taking them off is another story ! - the tape that comes with the Ultimate is awful - I just use regular shipping tape. - The hole for the rod in the tail was too small - so I drilled it out - also the the hole in the spinner was too small and I had to force the spinner on - the grey paint on the Ultimate is awful - not visible and not pretty - I over sprayed it with a glossy blue - now I have a beautiful red/ white / blue plane that is visible. - why oh why did they make the battery compartment so small ! - just a little bigger and I could get a 2500 or even a 3300 battery in there. - she flew great right out of the box, only small trim adjustments needed, everything work fine - the SAFE / gyro and the reverse.

What does the Durability of the landing gear mount on the Fuselage look like ? Good video.

If I buy this plane; Should I order the Transmitter with or without Telemetry Receiver?

How are you checking your battery % from your transmitter at the 5:00 mark? And does it work with spektrum batteries and transmitter only? Thanks man.

Hi, please cam me give the AS3X Settings gain Datas please. Thanks for your help pierre

I turned down the aileron and elevator travel by about 50%. She struggles to take off now but once she does she flies nice and easy on 3s.

Hey Brian, I got my madien flights on this today, I bound with SAFE Select but noticed the Rudder seemingly was out of trim and I had to put in right trim so the plane would fly straight, but when I bound with AS3X only this strange rudder issue was not occurring, any idea what might have caused that or did I do something wrong? I love your Videos, they are so informative and to the point 👌

on the smart batteries can they be charged with a regular charger as well?

I just got this plane for Christmas! Can't wait to fly it. I only fly my planes fpv. Iv had 10 planes. I also have the Pitts 850 and it's great fpv. Do you think I'll be ok with my experience with a stunt plane, to fly this?

Brian love your vids! What state are you in?

FWIW: Just my opinion (as uninformed as it might be), landing this plane with some wind present in Safe mode would sure make it easier and smoother to land. That has been my experience with some of my other planes (I don't have this plane).

Did you try a 3s 2200 and just fly it like a sport plane? The plane looks great and would like to fly it like a sport plane.

I'd actually fly this with a 3s myself since I'm more into sport flying rather than 3D then a 3s battery would be just fine.

Hey man. I watch all ur vids and I’m putting my Ult together right now. Is this the plane u said something about the cg at 90 to 100? I’ve tried finding where u said that but I’m not even sure it was this plane. Tks dude

No, say "RU-vid, this Brian Philips" the other way.

Curious if you can retrofit a carbon fiber landing gear, or if anyone has looked into it at some point?

Brian Just recieved Mr Eflight Ultimate Can I have reverse thrust with my spectrum DX6 and how too.

use a B18 imax or clone for $20 and use a parallel board to charge 10 batteries at a time

Hey Brian I'm 40 and new to RC with my 7 year old autistic son I love your videos he is wanting to start doing videos to but do you suggest to start flying on a simulator or a cheap plane thank you and keep up the good work

Nice video. Please please get on a simulator and learn 3D, you have the skill set and knowledge 3D is fun man. You are fun to listen to I want you to have more fun learn 3D on simulator you'll be a cut above the rest of the really good rc pilots who can't do 3D.

Great Great review. Good idea to start with the flight and then the keen (me) can carry on watching it all. Looking to get this for my 3rd plane. I’m in the UK. So can’t buy it via your link. Sorry. Seems to make sense to get 4S batteries rather than 3S. Assume if you fly slow & sensible the 4s should last a minute or so longer too ? So why not jump straight in to 4s. Is there a big difference to 50c or 30c. What is best ‘future proof’ buy ?

Could you fly a 2600 4S in this?…thoughts…

Any comment on the nose weights ?

I got a umx turbo timber for 1st plane a timber x for 2nd plane and ultimate 3d as a 3rd plane a week after I got the timber x......and I swap out the reciever for ar620 so I don't have to deal with safe

Is it a good intermediate plane