E-flite - Viper 90mm - Unbox, Build, True Maiden Flight & HUGE LUCKY SAVE!!! 

My hat is off for your "camera crew" she is steady and one of the best I've seen tracking a model airplane

Just found your channel a few weeks ago. I’m back in the hobby after a couple decades of work/life getting in the way. I saw a few timestamps of multiple hours and thought who would watch those? Apparently me. I find myself binging your longer videos. I’ve clicked way too many of your links and bought way too many planes, that I know I’m not ready to fly. But with back orders and remote ID looming I figured, why not? Just wanted to tell you I appreciate your content. Your deep dives into setups and reviews of these planes are great.

Wow !! Brian its you at your best and with your wife matching you with the best coverage on RU-vid, Love the attention to detail in the unbox. Please don't change your format its the BEST

I wrote to you previously regarding difficulties landing the 70mm and you gave me some really good advice on landing it more successfully. You also noted that the 90mm lands better. I can't tell you how correct you are! This plane flies and lands like butter! This is my absolute favorite plane right now! I sold that 70mm and never looked back! Thanks for everything Brian and Camera Crew!

4:55 gave me a heart attack! Good flying Brian!

Your enthusiasm is infectious!

Never thought I’d say this to you. You’ve helped me on so many planes I’ve lost count. Foam repair, transmitter setup, if I go way back- “Why CG is important”, and why Dual Rates can do for you.” So I’m surprised in all the videos you didn’t mention the Eflite 90mm Viper was a big Trainer. After the uneventful maiden I tried to make fly like crap. I moved the 5000 and 6000 batteries all over the battery bay. Just flies straight and level. I’ve never own a plane or edf that was as easy to land. This edf was designed for people who have lost the will to live. It’s the first plane I’ve owned you can actually fly and make your turns using one hand.

What a save!!!! That was great!!!! You know what they say , “Any landing you walk away from is a good landing. Any landing where you can use the airplane again, is a great landing!!!!

Really diggin watching your old videos.

Hello Brian and camera crew I just want to tell you both thank you for all the time you guys put into the channel. I have learned so much from the channel I am a new pilot and without your channel I would of quit the hobby already. Now maybe you all ready know this but you can set the NX 8 back to its original style keyboard before this recent software upgrade. You need to go into system setup and scroll down to system setting and press enter then scroll down to next and press enter then scroll down to keyboard and select Legacy. And I can't take credit for this I saw a video made by BD Tennesse here on RU-vid.

I got the ARF version because I have the Frsky radio with the extras with the GPS, Variometer and LED lipo monitor. I got the FMS 90mm fan. If I could figure out getting reverse thrust with my radio it would be great. You are one of four people I follow on RU-vid.

Hey Brian, thank you SO MUCH for those first two landings! They weren't horrible- they were real and we learned from them. I do silly, fun, hopefully interesting ham radio vids, and I keep it real. I'm Blowzo the Humble Ham. lol. Take care! Awesome flying and camera work guys- thank you :)

I was “clenching” myself on that first landing attempt! Great save and man you were ripping the skies! I’m in on this plane! I’ll use your link! Love your vids

Had me on the edge of my seat with that save Brian WOW!! That was the save of a lifetime

Brian.. suggestion why not put a painted line on viper mains (or any similar model) then when you have to mend them back it will help guide you getting them straight . It helped me when I had to straighten mine

love the way it slows down to a crawl !!

Your Camera person is the best , thumbs up to the Mrs

The ARF+ includes all of the servos and the retracts. What it does not include is the EDF unit, motor or ESC.

WOW, amazing flying and video your camera crew is amazing capturing that so well!

Awesome Show BP! Two Hours of Pure Delight too. Unreal stuff thanks Ace, now this Toy I Want.

Brian ix12 and 20 pictures are sent from your phone etc via Bluetooth to radio no camera on them then you can take pictures from gallery on your radio and choose as your model picture love my ix12 so easy to programme models keep up your great videos.

I've seen this video too, and I find it amazing, I'll never get tired of seeing them 😁😁😁😁😁

Liked the Viper90 so much I bought another one ARF. Since I never mentally matured past the age of 15 I thought to myself, “How could you make the Viper90 even better? MORE POWER!” I put the FMS Platinum 90mm 4075-kv1500 and the 130 amp Avian ESC. Not sure which was my EDF OF THE YEAR 2022 was. It’s a toss up- Viper90, or the Futura v3, or the FMS 80mm Bae Hawk. All three at the field on the same day is as good as it gets.

Thanks you Brian for your helpful videos and instructions on different R/C airplanes I'm so glad to find a fellow Iowans from the Des Moines Area on RU-vid. I too used to live in the Des Moines Area. (Ankeny, IA.) Anyways I'm used to Be in the R/C world but getting back into it again. It's been 13 years since I used to be flying R/C Airplanes. Back when they were mostly gas powered. Anyways I just wanted to say thank you again for all your helpful information here. Keep up the good work!

Just ordered mine! You guys are the best lots of ❤

Can’t believe this video is 2yrs old. Nearly exactly what I needed. Thank you. Sub’d. sent email.

Best save ever Brian! Few could have pulled it off.

UT OH, was the 2nd flight a bad one?....

You crack me up my friend, you are awesome

I think they added the capacitor because of the reverse thrust, when you go from forward to reverse with rotational mass, amperage goes thru the roof and voltage can drop to very low output..

The sound is amazing.

I love the Viper design, and this one is epic

After i get the viper 70 and get really good with it this is totally gonna be my fav jet. Wild plane

Love your content. I know your videos are long which is great but wishe you would slow down just a little with radio setup for us newbies to the newer radios. I'm experienced with older 72mhz radios, lol

This thing looks sick. Never had the 70 mm viper but i am sold on this one. Lol. Excellent video as usual guys. Big thanks from Canada

I thought that you could let go off the bind button once it blinks. It will stay on bind mode

Hey Brian I love your videos I have loved RC planes since I was a kid and and went away from them because there wasn't enough help for me when I was young so I went rc car racing and then woodworking and allsorts so Ihave come back to rc planes and your videos are very helpfull I love the banter between you and your wife right now I am getting up the courage to move from my AEROSCOUT to my new eflite P47-Razorback keep up the good work love the long video but you can have a rest a couple of sort one's would be okay too 😁.

Looks beautiful against the clouds!!

Rather than fiddling with Mix to neutralize the reverse thrust in the middle position I have found it easier to go to Digital Switch and adjusting the percentages there for each position (did it this way for Timber Evolution). Also, I assign a voice command for each switch position used and review that before connecting the plane battery since not all planes will be identical but agree, they should be as much the same as possible. While flying and changing a switch I find it helpful that it announces the new setting which confirms I got the right switch. The NX transmitters are great. Not sure this Viper would work well off our grass field though. Otherwise pretty impressive!

The super large battery compartment and wide speed envelope are major pluses!

Brian…Oh my my. I do believe my heart skipped a beat back there somewhere. lol. Awesome recovery and I was amazed of your self control. This Bad boy is big enough for real brakes i do believe. Common Horizon, Step up to the plate. I mean, all the fancy tech in these birds now. They can do it especially since we’re paying $$ for it anyway 😁. Great job my friend. Kudos to Camera Crew. Spot on! ❤️

"The stress balls are in my throat" lol

You know what lots of pilots say. “It’s a great landing if the plane is all in one piece” 🤣🤣

I plan to get the F-15 64mm and fly that for a while. Next I plan to get this, the A-10 twin 64mm or the F-16 80mm.(all of which are in stock now). This and the A-10 are probably the easier fliers. Marking center of gravities is similar to figuring out datums in the surveying world lol. I always draw a picture when in doubt and for future reference.

That's a wicked bird

Love your channel

I decided to pick up the f-15 from one of your links. Hope to see more vids soon, loving the channel and all the great tips.

It's back in stock and I bought it Brian. Another one for the Hangar from watching your videos. Love the content you and Meagan continue to put out. Thanks.

Viper 90 , fantastic flying jet .

Nice save, beautiful jet ✈️ can’t wait to one day to graduate to some thing like that ❤

Hi Brian, viper 90 reverse, how did you do the mix for (controllable thrust on Middle switch & full reverse thrust on last switch? Thanks, John

Sounds AWESOME!

If you fly this again can you try it with 2x4000mah or 2x5000mah batteries? HH says its possible but I haven't seen anyone on RU-vid try it.

Wow, great job. Thank you guys.

I've watched a number of videos on the Viper 90mm from various people. The only issue I've seen with it is that it has a Very abrupt stall characteristic. It appears that the outer wing stalls before the inboard part of the wing, and the wing suddenly drops. In Brian's video you can see this at 5:02 when landing. Brian does a great job of recovering. Wish Horizon Hobby would modify the airfoil....... As a side note, with many single engine propeller aircraft (like Cessna's and Piper's) it is very common to pull up the nose slightly while landing and stall just inches off the ground. With high-performance aircraft, one literally flies the aircraft on to the runway. This is one of the most difficult issues many pilots have when transitioning to high-performance aircraft.......

Rebuilding a Viper 90mm. Forgot to take a pic of the set up. Can any help me with where the AUX BEC from the ESC goes and the lights connector. Any pics would be appreciated. Thanks!

That plane is a speedster! 😮 💯

Brian super new to the hobby and love all your videos! Thank You! Hey you need a wind sock in the field!

My underwear got sucked up on that first landing attempt!! Yikes!!! Camera Crew displays ultimate calm..... (Or silent shock disbelief! :) Always enjoy your videos and enthusiasm!

Uuuggghhhh I can't wait to get my hands on this beauty!!! Btw what happened to the 2nd flight????

Wow NIIIICE save Brian I know that puckered your ole bung hole a bit 😂 I would have hit the fence bounced off and hit every tree insight lol Awesome Jet for sure Nice flying Brian Great job as always Camera Crew 🔥👍✌️

The new viper is sick 🗣💯💪

It would be cool if you would report speed by a meter on each plane from trainers to jets. It is interesting and speed is one indicator of value.

Hey Brian, first off i absolutely love you and "camera crew" LOL....as im waiting for my NX8 i was wondering if you have figured out how to use safe with the flaps switch like viper 70mm,,, i can get it to work but only with flaps up, when i deploy flaps it turns safe off, tried reversing the servo, also reversing the flaps settings... THANK YOU BOTH for all that yall do!!!

Wow Brian….. it looks great so similar to my favourite Standard & first Viper Jet. I bet you will install an afterburner in the tail!

Just got mine last week, getting ready for first flight. The pilot now has no mustache....also one of the elevator servos was NOT reversed so they work opposite each other (like rollerons). I contacted Horizon but no joy as yet from them. So first flight is delayed until they can get me a replacement/fix. Brian, a couple of critiques on your radio setup section: First off it was helpful and appreciated. But I did find it hard to follow as you digress too much during the explanations with other comments or observations that are not germane to what is being taught/demonstrated. It also helps if you go a bit more slowly. I know we can pause/rewind but it does help as these are critical radio setups. (for example it took me a bit to figure out that you had to enter the SMART ESC setup right after connecting the battery....you can't get to the ESC programming menu after the ESC has completed it's initialization) Also when you demo'd the reverse thrust it was like you were learning it as you filmed. It would be better to learn it then film once you have the steps down and can demo them in the correct order and edit out the 'learning' you experienced. Just makes it easier to follow. Keep up the great work. A few guys in the club are familiar with your reviews.

Wow wow wow she's a beast Brian love it

Hi Brian, I figured it out.....I had it in Safe Mode once I came out of Safe mode it worked... This may help others John

Absolutely love your videos!! Excellent save and beautiful flying!!!’

Hi Brian, I been trying to follow your instruction on adding reverse on my new viper 90 but my NX8 won't get passed the first step up elev left ailr I get no responds. Plane is bound and I try as soon as I connect the battery. any suggestions will help. Thanks, John

Thanks, I got it !

Oh no, not the Su-30! Really enjoyed this (amongst many of your other) videos. Always enjoyable and informative. Thanks for sharing from end to start to finish! : )

FYI, as full scale and rc pilot I must say mustaches are crucial for flight balance 🤣.

Brian, Do you think crow would be helpful on this plane? if so to you have a setup on one of your videos for crow. Thanks bob from Florida

I'm a machinist i deal with #s everyday and i understand both of you guy's, but got confused. 🤣 Brian nice plane i have a few jets it's on my list if i do definitely from your site. Now in Muncie 1st time without buddy box Rebel 70mm 4s....flew and landed. Yeah...2 nd flight landing short of the runway ouch. I'll repair before i beat up my others. Not sure if my tip will be fixable even with the plastic missing chunk of foam and integrity. Jets land fast i need alot more practice...

Did you have a second flight?

Hello Brian! What’s your most favorite plane of all time? If you could only have one plane, which one would it be?

Great save Brian! Nice job..

Great review, been waiting for this - my viper is on order.

In the Real Flight Evolution sim, this plane slows down to a slow walk and keeps flying. Landings are a breeze. I'm curious if the real 90mm plane has the same slow flight capability.

Holy shit lol... personally, I never initiate reverse until its 100% down and I'm rolling. I feel like it's just asking for trouble otherwise...

the cool thing about the jet that control horn ohready install everything all it need put the wing on that all that why i like about that people buy more then any other rc plane jet is the best

Looks sweet. I love the Viper shape of the wings and overall appear to be super great. I wish there was a 4s Viper as I don’t want to step into 6s batteries.

What happened to the 2nd flight???

Set mine up the same with the same transmitter ty bro

Easy sweet build. In a few years I'll bet all planes will just snap together, no hardware, no tools, just simplicity. Hopefully the snap together parts will be easily replaceable too.

Nice man thing looks good

If no too much trouble I need to know the dimentions of the box of this model, thank you

Thanks for pointing out all the fine detail of this new EDF. My question is....why don't we see the brown out prevention capacitor on all these big models and could it be purchased from HH for use in any of their planes?

Hey Brian, great video. Are you suggesting we measure CG with the plane upside down and with the gear extended or measure CG with the plane right side up with the gear extended?

After watching your videos I am about to jump into this hobby feet first.

Nope , i saw it , i flew it and I don’t understand why i have to pay safe mode and reverse on edf. Plus the white foam remind me of an albino crocodile. I’m to spoiled with motion edf’s , this dosn’t cut it for me. However Brian, as always good flight Sir !

Excelent avaliable Brian!!!!

Got my Viper 90mm together to find out that when on for an extended period of time both my flap servos are extremely HOT! What can be cause this?

My order just went thru yesterday! Thinking about installing an afterburner glow light. What y’all think?

Time stamp 5:20, pucker factor 10+++

After watching how slow it lands and stable it flies I am considering this as my second EDF. I was looking at a freewing raptor. However having SAFE is nice when I get nervous, distracted and or the weather changes etc. Thank you Brian and Crew.

That is one sweet plane.. Can't believe it takes off so fast for a 90mm. IS this your new favorite edf??

Missed it by that much!!!

Is this a good second jet? because I have a little 64mm f-16 falcon from horizon hobby.and I heard you said it is really easy to fly