Everyone Needs an FMS VIPER! 15TH Anniversary Viper V2 Awesome Flight - Review

This could be your first EDF Jet? It has been the preferred jet of many people in the RC Hobby.
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[@jgme627]

I like your look today, happy flying 👍👍👍

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thanks! My facial hair is in support of MOVEMBER event

[@willrine8614]

Fun video ! 😃 Super cool jet, Awesome Demo and review ! 😎

[@Glenrsi]

Really awesome Steve. 😊

[@lynsmith1096]

Nice 1 again Steve.

[@waddac2]

Brilliant buddy... Lovely plane and great video 👍👍👍👍

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thank you!

[@sumner407]

Long live The Viper! Beautiful plane and you fly it well. Your landing was right on. Thanks for your great review and video. 👍👍😀

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thank you kindly!

[@peter360adventures9]

Awesome.

[@torontorc4637]

Great video as usual 🇨🇦

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

I like colors sounds good

[@technoxtreme178]

Ah, you got an ix14. Best radio out there. So much easier (and faster) to set up than the NX series. I love mine.

[@endyX286]

i love this jet very much.

[@SuperMagnum2011]

STEVE YOU MUST PLEASE INVEST IN A PAIR OF LIGHT WEIGHT WOOL✔️ RUBBER DIMPLED ✔️ DRIVING GLOVES ✔️ The tiny rubber dimples on the fingers and palms makes handling the transmitter feel very safe. They are warm and work great. BIG THANKS Excellent review . About to maiden my Fms V-2 . I also love the Fms range of edf and prop planes. Safe flying. Jeff 🇬🇧

[@SuperMagnum2011]

Warm hands are essential !

[@richardwakelin843]

Great review & first flight. Thank you

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thank you!

[@dronepilot260rc]

This one is pretty fast 🎉

[@jasonthompson6809]

Steve you going to grow out the beard for that frigid Canadian winter! I'm down in Florida I think I wouldn't be able to handle the cold lol

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

The facial hair is driving me up the wall (itchy), but it is for the MOVEMBER cause, so expect to see it for a few more weeks.

[@henrytaaffe7058]

awsome review steve.

[@leonardlauresta569]

Nice

[@alghpert1753]

Another good one Cap, however I nearly didn't recognise you I take it that the beast in you is trying to break free 😂😂😂. Anyway keep them coming Cap

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

I'm doing the month of November "MOVEMBER".

[@davidravenhill6920]

Steve , what do you do with all your drones , aircraft, helicopters that you show us ? Your house must be bulging with them all by now 😊

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

I have no storage space so as a new item comes in an old item goes out. Everything goes to friends and family so that if I need something in the future I can call it back.

[@davidravenhill6920]

Lucky family and friends 😊

[@thomasbullen5239]

Grow it out Steve! The itching goes away and then you can forget the eternal razor. Looking at a Viper.

[@SECRETCREEKPROSPECTING1776]

Excellent review of this really cool plane. Glad to hear it is beginner friendly. Appreciate your honesty and flying review of this fabulous plane. Keep ‘em coming Steve. Would you like a secret creek beanie to keep your head warm through winter. Happy flying my friend. 😅

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thanks for the offer but I often have to toss a GoPro on my head which means the beanie comes off.

[@helibladerunner74]

Great review and great flying as always. Thanks for sharing. Happy New Year and so glad to see your still at it bring us all the good stuff. Definitely considering this jet as my first 6 S Jet . I have the 64 mm FMS Rafale and the 64mm Futura and getting ready to step up to 6 S EDF's.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

If you can fly a 64mm EDF with little effort you can then fly a 90mm EDF or less. I was only flying for a few months when I flew my first 90mm. Since 90mm are large in size, they capture plenty of air for lift and tend to fly like a kitten. 80mm are the sweet spot for speed and maneuverability. 70mm are almost identical to 64mm since the added weight of the battery, size, landing gear, brings them closer to a fast 64mm without gear. Enjoy!

[@helibladerunner74]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Thanks for the feedback. Makes total sense

[@chipie_guy]

Thats epic

[@Frequency369]

How you talk is like you are the pilot commander, in the jet instead of standing on the ground as the ground controller🤣🙈👍

[@feelgooddany]

BTW love your vids !! Keep them coming ❤

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thank you! Will do!

[@JohnVHRC]

I love mine, pretty sure it does reverse thrust if you hook that wire up.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

I have it on most new planes since pretty much all new ESCs have it, and I place reverse thrust on the same switch. If it is in this one I probably didn’t have an extra channel on the receiver for it.

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

Good evening captain really nice jet insane set up

[@HayesTech]

They are awesome and I would love to have one but I'm so used to my DJI, with it's 30 minutes flight time, that I just wouldn't be happy with something that can only fly for 5 to 10 minutes. Still super cool though.

[@CDRaff]

I got into plane FPV about a year ago and it's a whole lot of fun. Totally different from a quad because of how air affects it. Getting into iNav and Ardupilot is super fun too; they are both very capable in a plane.

[@pedroarroyo6967]

Waoo no entiendo mucho el idioma pero igual son super entretenidos los videos 😮

[@niveketihw1897]

Looks like the plane that Rick Hunter flew in the very first episode of the first Robotech (US) saga.

[@julianmclean3869]

Well done Captain!; what a superb looking / sounding beast!; price also looks very good; seriously looking at this for my first toe in the water regards the RC Planes !

[@UnbornWarrior-nu3st]

Will the potensic atom get a zoom?

[@abinder3]

Try using some latex surgical gloves instead the gloves you were using. The latex gloves allow much better feel of the controls on the transmitter while still helping to keep your hands/fingers warmer. (I used the latex gloves during the cold days when I used to fly R/C helicopters)

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Good tip!

[@rudypoirier7793]

Cool jet. Tempting to get one. I’ve been out with my TTimberEv on floats lately before the ponds freeze up. My hands ache for 20 minutes after being out for half an hour.🥶 Great work Steve. Keep up the great content. 👋

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thank you!

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

Can't for next video

[@andycraig8610]

Just a warning. I have one of these and fly off grass. It flies very well....but, if you slow it down too much on landing it tip stalls with no warning. The difference between a perfect landiing and a crash is very small. I have the replaced main wheels bill to prove it 😢. Andy in uk.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

I’ve had that happen to me with planes that are heavy on landing approach. This is one of the reasons you’ll see me rarely use flaps during landing as it reduces speed faster if no throttle is given. Landing into a nice breeze brings the likely hood of a tip stall down to zero. I do know if you land and bounce any EDF jet, it will bounce back up and the wing will tip and a crash will occur (only fix is to get on the throttle quick and go around again). So far on over 100 landings with all models of vipers (there are many), no tip stalls, but as noted, I have had it occur with other planes when speed is slow and the nose is not going into the wind or a runway bounce occurs.

[@andycraig8610]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Great response. If you will indulge me, I will give you my experience of edf jets. I have eight hand launch 4s 50mm jets from various manufactures with no flaps. They all glide in nicely with no power on landing and land very easily. I have four 64 mm 4s hand launch jets with no flaps which also glide in nicely. One 64mm 4s with flaps and undercarriage (arrows marlin) which lands with about 20 percent throttle on half flaps very well. Two 80mm 6s jets (freewing avantii and xfly sirius), both with flaps and retracts , which land easily on half flaps and low throttle. My problems comes with 70mm 6s jets with retracts and flaps. I have fms viper, fms yak 130, freewing vulcan and fms f18 v2 (not maidened f18 yet, waiting for calm day). I know it's my flying but same problem with them all. No flaps come in too hot and risk bounce with resulting nose up and tip stall, use flaps and get too low speed and tip stall. Thankfully they always patch up OK so far. I'm sure I will get it right eventually. Happy flying, andy in uk.

[@johnsnow2347]

Cpt Drone.....Appreciate the video. 2 part question.....1). What's the largest LIPO battery the aircraft can handle, for the longest flight time? 2) What controller are you using?

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Probably a 5000mAh. My radio is a Spektrum IX14

[@pjberens1]

SIC Bruh

[@Dangling_Carrot]

My wife vetoed that said we need a bigger closet.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Bigger closet so that you can store all your planes? Not a bad idea.

[@juki6377]

flight time is really a pain in the rear, i have found out there are FPV kits as the pilots head on a gimbal which makes it tempting. Also i am finding it increasingly difficult to find places for flying planes peacefully

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

I fly planes all over my community. I just fly at times when few humans are around.

[@juki6377]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 I don't want to risk trouble with people, as many are very touchy about drones or even just police helicopters these days

[@shb7772000if]

Nice review Steve. Looks like a nice plane at a reasonable price. My problem would be where would i fly it, and how much would i fly it. It would probably take 20 minutes to go somewhere where i could fly it, and flight time is 5 minutes. I'm interested in a insta360. Which one would you recommend? My mavic 3 pro just got hit by something, and nothing is showing in the main camera. Maybe i need a camera pointing backward or down. Thanks Steve.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

For insta360, the GO3 is currently the best

[@russcoaus2043]

🤠💯🤟

[@IronOre33]

Day: 17 Of asking you to review the bubito fpv drone

[@MrJoffster]

Cracking looking plane that is but a little large for my son who has autism what sort of edf would you recommend in a smaller scale as he's itching to get flying brilliant informative video as usual keep up the good work from joff the uk trucker in the UK 🇬🇧

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Check out my video of the EDF F9F Panther. Another one to check out is my video of the eFlite 50mm Habu

[@MrJoffster]

@CAPTAINDRONE798 perfect thank you Steve he loves watching your reviews of drones aircraft etc so thank you for entertaining my boy hrs getting into the rc hobby as a result of your videos

[@dbillett1]

I have only clown FPV drones and FPV Tiny Whoops, it seems that when people fly planes and jets they never use FPV. Is there a reason for that? It just seems like it would be so much harder to fly and land without FPV.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

It is simple to add FPV to RC planes. I have a few vids showing FPV flights.

[@tonyyimbo]

It’s hard to land these fpv

[@mlentsch]

Why there's no FPV camera mounting option inside of a transparent acrylic nosecone is way beyond me.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

I guess that the plethora (and daily changing options) of different FPV cameras plus the widespread availability of 3D printers makes it a bit of a non-starter. Print your own mounting options to suit whatever gear you happen to have.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Flying RC planes is a blast without FPV. If one wants to add FPV it is super easy and all part of the RC hobby. Once you add FPV you then want to fly long range & May need to upgrade a few things.

[@mlentsch]

@@theoztreecrasher2647 Lol - there are only two fpv cameras and have been for years. Also, how does one print optically correct transparent polymer?

[@mlentsch]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 no, it wouldn't be easy to fab your own transparent nosecone, unless they already exist.

[@tonyyimbo]

You mount the camera on top in the canopy area and most people cut some of the canopy for airflow to run over your box due to heating . Otherwise you can cut ducts in the canopy as well . But a motionsic gimbal with a dji camera mounted on it will also add some weight to your plane so plan accordingly . Look up black star fpv

[@maskog]

I will not recommend the viper for a beginner. I have one and trust me it is not a beginner jet. It's too fast and if you use too much elevator it will drop a wing and spin out of Control. A true beginner EDF is HABU STS 70mm

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

As a beginner I flew the Habu first and the Viper second

[@gazoo1990]

A beginner who has flown drones for how many years? We’ve had the disagreement before. This is NOT a beginner RC plane (edfj

[@feelgooddany]

FMS have some good quality planes.. but spareparts are a disaster!! Warehouse is empty.. I'm a FREEWING FANBOY !!!!

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

I think it depends on the country.

[@ItsAWasteOfTime]

Crappy foreign language ads that are totally useless! Thinking of going over to Vimeo

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

How did you receive foreign ads on KZbin???