'nother umx little'un...

[Edfrombama]

Good morning to all-
So, my ordered Eflite UMX Viper- the newest model- the little one- arrived yesterday evening too late for a flight, so this morning I took the new one down to my flying field, sent her up, and found out what she can do.

Well, Fellers, what she can do is go like a skinny cat hearing a catfood can being opened... Very fast little plane. It handles well, is solidly aerobatic, and lands well- but she comes in hot... needs a long landing runway. It ground steers quite well, too. All in all, a very fun plane to fly.

Assembly out of the box takes perhaps 45 seconds. this jet uses a30c 450mah battery- the same one that the Eflite umx f-86 Sabre uses, so I already had a stock of these batteries on hand.

This is a fun little plane- I look forward to flying her some more- perhaps this afternoon...

Flying these little UMX planes is a whole lot more fun than sitting around listening to the insanity coming down on the news...

you all be safe and keep well- Ed

 

[HPIguy]

What is it?

 

[Doom!]

Good morning to all-
So, my ordered Eflite UMX Viper- the newest model- the little one- arrived yesterday evening too late for a flight, so this morning I took the new one down to my flying field, sent her up, and found out what she can do.

Well, Fellers, what she can do is go like a skinny cat hearing a catfood can being opened... Very fast little plane. It handles well, is solidly aerobatic, and lands well- but she comes in hot... needs a long landing runway. It ground steers quite well, too. All in all, a very fun plane to fly.

Assembly out of the box takes perhaps 45 seconds. this jet uses a30c 450mah battery- the same one that the Eflite umx f-86 Sabre uses, so I already had a stock of these batteries on hand.

This is a fun little plane- I look forward to flying her some more- perhaps this afternoon...

Flying these little UMX planes is a whole lot more fun than sitting around listening to the insanity coming down on the news...

you all be safe and keep well- Ed

Ed, glad to hear that you are still enjoying your UMX planes. They really are a lot of fun.

 

[CertifiedMike]

Sounds like you are having much nicer weather down there than we are up here in Maine!

Glad to hear you shut off the lie box and got out to enjoy!!!

Your plane sounds like a lot of fun!

 

[Edfrombama]

Good morning to all- Here's a pic of the new little fast mover- this is a good little flier.

you all be safe and keep well- Ed

 

[CertifiedMike]

That is a beauty!!! I'm sure your eyes are well trained to see but I feel like I could loose those colors in the sky on such a fast plane!

It really is sharp! Fantastic lines!

 

[Edfrombama]

Good afternoon to all-

Mike- you are so correct... I am having trouble following ANYTHING fast in the air, and the colors on this little jet make it very hard to keep track of it. so far, I haven't lost it, but I have to be double careful on bright, sunny days.

you all be safe and keep well- Ed

 

[CertifiedMike]

Enjoy it!!!

 

[HPIguy]

Same here, a roll of bright orange electrical tape does wonders for old eyeballs.

 

[Edfrombama]

Good morning to all-

Fellers- I just for back from an early-early morning flight with this new little umx edf jet.

As usual, it flew great, and I found that the nav lights on this little plane are BRIGHT- makes it much easier to see in low-light, cloudy conditions. It would be very tough to fly an unlighted or under-lighted plane this morning, but this little plane was visible WWWAAAYYY out there in the gloom.

And the ground handling of this plane is just about the best I have found- will make a 360 turn in a very short distance, and keeps on track well.

Do I recommend this plane? Yep, I sure do...

you all be safe and keep well- Ed

 

[Xraycer]

That Viper looks great, Ed!

Having worn glasses since elementary school, my eyesight is piss poor. Probably one of the reasons I'm a horrible sky pilot. My flying is essentially just relegated to pc simulators. Which is where I've flown the larger sized rc Viper version. Even in a simulation, it is fast, and can be a handful.