Join me for the first impressions and experiences of my new XLPower Nimbus Nitro while attending the Full Pitch Fest in Waverly Nebraska. Been out of the nitro game for almost a year and so happy to be back with a heli that I know will serve me well. As a bonus, I almost caused the heli to explode, by seemingly not doing a good enough job cleaning out the spindle before threading the screws in... but it seems to be staying together now, and flying awesome!
I built it using the setup from my RAW 580 Nitro (which I sold at IRCHA last year), which includes:
O.S. .55 HZ Hyper
O.S. PowerBoost III
KST X20-1806 Cyclic
KST X20-1035 Tail
KST DS589MG Throttle
iKON2 HD FBL
XGuard Backplate RPM Sensor
XGuard XGlow Pro Glow Ignitor
RotorTech 580mm Ultimate / 93mm
However, I wanted to try it as a true 550 (since that's the size I flew my electric Nimbus at when I had that heli) instead of 580, so I borrowed a set of Rail 556mm from a buddy and tried them out, and knew immediately that'd be how I ended up flying it. Alas, I sold the 580mm Ultimates later that day and kept flying it with the 556mm blades for the rest of the event - it's definitely going to stay as a 550!
The build went smooth, and this is definitely going to be sticking around in my fleet. Thanks for watching ya'll, and we'll see you next time!
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00:00 Intro
00:54 Flight #1 - Taking It Easy
03:13 Initial Impressions
06:48 Flight #2 - Still Taking It Easy
08:00 RPM Sensor Fails
08:33 Flight #3 - Switched to Throttle Curves
12:25 Flight #4 - Dusk Flight, Still on Curves
16:05 Rail 556mm Installed
16:30 Fixing the RPM Sensor
18:37 Switching Back to Governor
19:37 Flight #5 - First Flight with Rail 556, Back to Governor Too!
22:20 I Heard A Weird Sound...
22:50 Holy SH*T!
24:02 Back Together
25:29 Flight #6 - Back Together and RIPPING!
30 июн 2024
