Horizon Hobby Behind The Innovation: The Timber Airplane Design

[@HorizonHobbyProducts]

Interested in all things Timber? Check out the video/product links in the video description. Relive all of the Timber fun/excitement now!

[@christianxander7953]

I know it is quite off topic but does anybody know of a good place to stream new series online?

[@magnusbarrett9575]

@Christian Xander i watch on FlixZone. You can find it by googling =)

[@sagecade5819]

@Christian Xander Lately I have been using flixzone. You can find it by googling :)

[@kotasekaviation5031]

I can't wait until the UMX timber X comes out! I will be buying it!

[@Miami_Beach_RC]

Thats coming out?!?!?!?!?

[@gavstreet8976]

Miami Beach RC sqme

[@gavstreet8976]

Miami Beach RC same

[@bomberex7809]

I have the Timber X and the new Turbo Timber Evolution 1.5. I love them so much. They look and fly amazing and always have something more to give.

[@claygrigsby1280]

I love the Timber. I have 3 of them, the Timber X, Turbo Timber UMX and the new Turbo Timber. Best planes Ive ever had. I used the Timber X as my trainer when I started flying late last summer.

[@LBanitz]

I do not believe there is a modeler anywhere in the world that will not get a big smile after flying the UMX Turbo Timber!!!!! Well done HH.

[@1stMarine]

What a wonderful video, I've long been a supporter of Matt, Jason, and the whole Horizon Hobby team, your efforts touch so many lives, thank you for all you do. :-)

[@johnsons74thsquadron74]

Thanks Matt for your idea of making a stol capable aircraft. I trained on the 1.5m Timber. It brought good memories and now I have the extremely versatile Night Timber X.👍👍

[@boeing747400ifly]

I'm one of those aerobatic plane / heli guys who always used to yawn when I saw someone take a Timber out of their vehicle at my field. Then this summer I bought the UMX Timber X after the product video caught my eye. I was so impressed I snagged a 1.2m Timber X the week after. Now at least one of them comes with me every time I go flying.

[@cwilliams2753]

Finally recovered my Turbo Timber out of the top of a 60ft poplar after being up there for 4 months. That's 4 months during summer in the south, through rainstorms, bad weather, etc. I immediately plugged it back in to a good lipo, and everything worked. I had already written it off in my mind as a complete loss due to the amount of time exposed to the elements with an open nose. Had it not been for the physical damage of a broken motor mount and a broken blade, I literally could have flown it again right then. I bought another after I lost the first one thinking recovery wouldn't happen. 2 Timbers is never a bad thing ;) I'd recommend a Timber to anyone.

[@KenSprouseJr]

The Timber is one of my favorite prop planes to fly, always with me, be it the UMX, the Turbo Timber EVO and when I get a chance, the Timber 110 which is hands down one of the best models I have. Powered with a DLE 55RA. The sad part is that Hanger 9 has discontinued it and parts are hard to find . 😕

[@MoiraOBrien]

I maiden Ed my UMX Turbo Timber yesterday and it is all that it promised. The only issue I had was that out of the box it was a bit tail heavy. Once that was sorted it was superb

[@genosails2]

I'm a no fly. How long have you flown?

[@francisconti9085]

Cool! I still have to get a "Mini-timber" lol!

[@MoiraOBrien]

genosails athotmail I have been flying electric for 3 years but I used to fly slope soaring in the 80's. Powered I rather different. I still consider myself to be intermediate.

[@genosails2]

Slope soaring looks like it would be very relaxing...

[@MatthewHeiskell]

I've had two. Still on my second one. I love this plane! Thanks HH!

[@mikewhitaker2306]

Just received today my second turbo Timber and will probably pick up the UMX version pretty soon also thank you Horizon keep up the good work

[@andym1578]

I've had mine 2 year's now it's had it fair share of crashes while I was learning and it still flies as good as the day I bought it you've just got to love the timber

[@Fantastiko13]

Whoa!! Is that an OK Models Supra Fly on the wall??? What a throwback! One of my favorite rc planes of all time!

[@JeffsCustomRC]

Ive got the UMX TIMBER guys...Awsome plane, need to get the nite version of the Timber, what a great air frame, thanks for all the amazing work guys and Horizon Hobby 👊🏼👊🏼💥👊🏼💥🔥

[@j.r.7539]

Turbo Timber on 4S is a must have for everyone. Love it. Helped me a lot to improve my skills.

[@genosails2]

I got a Nite Timber X and I don't even fly rc; it's that cool. Lights up real pretty and gets lots of looks and comments from guests. RF9 training right now.

[@figit090]

as3x and SAFE make it easy to jump into flying timbers once you have some practice in real flight and video games. I did it! ;)

[@Bellairvideo]

Best RC plane ever built. Just love mine, even better than the turbo Timber . Well done Matt

[@awolfv]

Have the Turbo Timber 1.5m, UMX Timber and UMX Turbo Timber. LOVE them like children.

[@SimplifiedTruth]

Which one gets flown the most? I can't decide which to get. I'm new/intermediate'ish

[@friedrichmandel2574]

Hi, I love my Timber ... it is just fun to fly under any wind conditions. ... but I have a wish for future designs ... the way the rudder is hinged from the vertical stabilizer keeps me from using the Timber from towing ... too much risk to catch the towline with the rudder. Why not having just a vertical hinge ... less risk when towing.

[@mmmasterscross7915]

Can we get a Timber with Multicolored LED lights for the wings and fuselage?

[@av8tore71]

The Glasair Sportsman is a very nice plane also. I bought the Glasair 2+2 and it flies like a dream and happy to see that it's a RC plane also

[@f86fman]

Ahh, the Glasair. My second RC and after 7 years she still flies great. Gettin' a little long in the tooth though.

[@francisconti9085]

I have some maintenance to do on mine, another real nice plane!

[@AndrewFlyGuy]

A new, cool kind of video from y'all. I dig it! :) PS - the Night Timber X has quickly become my new favorite prop plane. Kudos to Matt Andren and all involved!

[@charliemarchiony7914]

Would you guys consider putting the cad files out so we can 3D print our own timbers?

[@ethanblanchard5500]

That’s a good idea! I don’t 3D print but that sounds like it has potential. Nice job!

[@francisconti9085]

BLASPHEMOUS COPY CAD! (But I agree with ya!)😉

[@francisconti9085]

@BenBenson you could always use one to replace the fuzzy dice on the mirror..lol I'd do that! Ya, would be like "carve your own Timber outta foam" ..wouldn't be the same quality experience..

[@charliemarchiony7914]

BenBenson they could sell the STL files just like 3Dlabprint does, then we could tweak it to make it light enough

[@petergoodwin2465]

Fantastic, love the umx. Thanks horizon.

[@TomConrad-td5qi]

The Timber falls along the line of the Ugly Stick both are and will be a Legand in the RC world for a long time in my mind.

[@francisconti9085]

Oh ya.. my buddy went to the tumbling Timber X side to compliment all his "Sticks"!

[@jamesn5051]

When is the EDF Timber coming out? lol

[@francisconti9085]

Wait....TWIN EDF TIMBER..🤯!

[@chrisyeomans5547]

Twin edf biplane

[@bomberex7809]

What about the gas turbine timber

[@nascarjeffgordon2424]

The Timber is the next Parkzone T-28!

[@Farmermanrc]

I started with the original umx timber then the 1.5 original timber I got the umx turbo timber the night timber x the timber line up is great!

[@francisconti9085]

Ooh yeah! Pure flying bliss, no matter where you are, especially on lunch break! Lol "will starve for Timber" YOU CAN EAT WHILE THE BATTERIES RECHARGE! Haha🤣👍

[@seanmullins4945]

I have the turbo timber and absolutely love it. great training plane too. I'd love to see the hawker tempest be made. be a perfect match for my spitfire.

[@jeffhenderson934]

The Timber 1.5 was sort of my 3rd plane. After the Apprentice S and struggling more than I should have. (I was on that “Crash Course”, no pun intended, trying to figure batteries, chargers, transmitter, control arms, etc.) A couple of things I skipped and planned to learn later was Center of Gravity and DR and Expo. So I flew unbalanced and at 100%, no expo.Thankfully the Timber 1.5 had sturdy landing gear, with flaps wouldn’t Tip Stall. Somehow four years later, the Timber 1.5 is still in one piece and converted to a very good float plane. Once I got the Turbo Timber the 1.5 really got lost in the shuffle. I think the Timber 1.5 was the perfect 2nd plane at an RC Park. I think I got the Timber UMX first because I had a soccer complex a mile from the house and needed hours of flying, time to figure out the transmitter and how to deal with wind. I can’t say enough good things about those first 4 Eflite planes. The only thing I did right the first 2 1/2 years was pick great planes. All were Eflite taildraggers.

[@lexlipka4194]

What kind of landing gear is on that timber 110????

[@johanbergkvist8834]

This kind of video works great! Well presented, interesting topic. I have two Timbers, love them.

[@BOBO-qx2vg]

Keep up good work! 👍👍👍

[@src2920]

Timber with a top battery hatch please:)

[@infinitesky-59]

Sorry to post a second time on the same subject but the Timber has always been about STOL and versatility. I really think you could do an amazing biplane. Picture this: a 1.2m span biplane in the same classic green or red of the Timber X. It can run on 3s or 4s and has navigation lights and maybe even telemetry. Nice clear screen and possibly head and shoulders of a pilot. The battery is top front loading like a UMX Waco; it could even have a radial style cowl and end up a modern take on a classic design or retain the classic Timber tail and go for a more contempory look to the front end. Even though its a bipe i am sure you could still make it easily identifiable as part of the Timber range. Its STOL capable with decent sized tyres to enable less than perfect runways to be used. It has the Timber flight envelope we all know and love and on one hand can fly 'scale' slow fly in safe but still be primarily an aerobatic, 3d capable plane. The Safe programming will be so solid that an intermediate pilot should easily be able to fly it. In fact knowing you guys you could probably set a new standard in biplanes with this one and create the best flying, easiest to live with biplane ever made and at the same time expand the Timber into a whole new direction with all the potential for other bipe versions. Quite a design challenge but if you can pull this off you'll nail this plane firmly in RC flying history.

[@gbro8822]

Great job, thank you.

[@cinemenico]

Woah, noice. Might need to get me a UMX Turbo Timber.

[@brookekathryn1980]

Do more of these!

[@tomasscherer]

Best plane ever made !!!

[@epicflight.s2089]

Can you please make a video where you show us the whole process of making an Rc airplane? From the idea to the design up to the prototype and the final result. That would be very cool 😎. Thanks

[@kenmunn4421]

I agree, you guys came up with a great one.

[@noControl556]

UMX Timber is the best UMX of all time. We need a Night Timber UMX! I could really fly it at home in my back yard after work that way.

[@efeezhee4088]

UMX night timber x!!!

[@timrodriguez1]

Such a great airplane! 🤘🤠

[@infinitesky-59]

How about a 4s capable Timber X bipe with safe and tundra tyres? Surely the Timber X versions have the widest flight envelope of any standard RC plane you can buy?

[@Don.McLaughlin]

UMX Timber X please!!!

[@1supra8825]

When can we get a clear cockpit?

[@HorizonHobbyProducts]

A clear cockpit adds complexity, weight and cost so it will not be seen in the 1.5m and smaller sized Timber models (in order to maintain the excellent durability, performance and value they offer now), however, we do have have other STOL-capable "scale" alternatives with clear cockpits including the E-flite Maule M-7 1.5m (www.horizonhobby.com/SearchDisplay?searchTerm=efl_maule&categoryId=&sourceDomain=&storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&pageSize=40&beginIndex=0&sType=SimpleSearch&resultCatEntryType=2&searchTermScope=2&showResultsPage=true&searchSource=Q&sourceDomain=&pageView=) and the E-flite Air Tractor 1.5m (www.horizonhobby.com/SearchDisplay?searchTerm=efl_tractor&categoryId=&sourceDomain=&storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&pageSize=40&beginIndex=0&sType=SimpleSearch&resultCatEntryType=2&searchTermScope=2&showResultsPage=true&searchSource=Q&sourceDomain=&pageView=)

[@epoweredrc]

Great video guys, it is interesting to learn how it came about and I can't wait to see what you guys come out with next.. Timber X bipe 4s version. Take my money LOL...

[@MrCubcrazy]

There were 2 Timber X Night Flyers at the LHS when I was there today. I resisted taking one home...for now... *internal monologue: I don't need EVERY Timber..or maybe I do? NO! But maybe??

[@francisconti9085]

& then "custom-franken-Timbers" too!😎👍

[@jettkramer6339]

now we need the umx timber X!!!

[@chrismitchell5260]

There is a inherent problem with the motor mount breaking off the fuselage with 4s power though...so if your going to fly on 4s reinforcements are advised on the nose

[@HorizonHobbyProducts]

Definitely not an inherent problem :) We and thousands of others have never had the motor mount break unless the airplane has been landed hard, nosed over and/or has been crashed before (which can damage/weaken the mount). The mount will never break off the fuselage when the model has not been damaged and when using the recommended batteries.

[@chrismitchell5260]

@@HorizonHobbyProducts hey look man I'm not saying it's not a awesome plane...because it is!! But yes there is a issue with the nose under a higher power source

[@chrismitchell5260]

@@HorizonHobbyProducts the foam around the mount is really thin....and you are right to the fact that with a hard landing or over time this gets fatigued and will fail...all I'm saying is that with some extra reinforcement this just makes an already awesome plane even better...

[@HorizonHobbyProducts]

@@chrismitchell5260 We've sold many thousands of Turbo Timbers and Timber Xs, many/most of which are flown with 4S batteries, and we haven't heard of any such issue being widespread (and definitely not unless the airplane has been landed hard, nosed over and/or has been crashed before which damaged/weakened the mount). Take a look at the hundreds/thousands of videos of Timbers out there being flown on 4S batteries, the reviews on our web site, web forums, etc. and you won't see significant reports of the same. BTW, please also be sure your prop is balanced...a prop that is out of balance can also result in a broken motor mount and other damage over time!

[@francisconti9085]

Oh, I could use a few more Timbers! Waiting to get the giant ARF w/a twin engine.. "TWIN-BER" sure would be cool, more stable in windy days, (the Beaver turned forth the development of the Twin Otter..) A biplane like the Multiplex Rockstar I haven't gotten yet..would look cool as a very different bipe! I'm slowly getting parts assembled for a day/nite (slow) SUPER STOL Timber, 6.5" mains, 1.5" new tail wheel assembly, switched vertical spot light, same I want to "de-turbo" a Turbo Timber into an upgraded ORIGIONAL TIMBER, with metal servos & newer 3 blade power, smaller pneumatic tundra wheels, new full strobe high vis dusk/night kit & 5000/3s battery&call it my (fast) "Timber XP" I have over 300 hours flying my Timbers, 130 of which @ nite, 50 or so hours on skis in winter.. I think it is a fantastic plane, I can put an Onyx 5000 3s in it and fly T&go's for 45 minutes! on a Admiral 3300 3s I regularly get 30 minutes of STOL/ T&go's.. 10° slotted flap slow cruise at low power, make the most out of climb rate @ full power then cut it back to conserve battery..the climb prop will get it up to only 45mph on a 3s, so no need to hurry, it won't! That's why I'll have a separate 60mph+ Timber! These planes are capable of going deep into the STOL, ACRO, & pattern niches with that word "VERSATILITY" in all three sizes! Lol..You'll want a "forest" of Timbers like me! Thank you so much everyone @ Horizion Hobby!

[@feathersofflame]

please re release the original......please...pretty please....

[@MrCubcrazy]

Get the Timber X and then buy the Turbo Timber 1.5m spare wing set. Swap wings to the 1.5 and you essentially have the original TImber with stronger motor and servos. 2 planes in one.

[@francisconti9085]

I hear ya!

[@francisconti9085]

@@MrCubcrazy ya, a little more rudder authority for sideslipping too!

[@matthewjames2649]

Did you guys already do this already.. ¿

[@matthewjames2649]

I'm not busting your balls swear to God.. ty4sharing.. lol!!

[@bensonthibodaux2955]

Yes more timber love it if you were to make it with plug-in wings and those cool servo connectors it would be the best RC airplane on the market And I am waiting to see 30cc corsair

[@bensonmilam6022]

It reminds me of a Cessna 185

[@francisconti9085]

Same here, such classic lines, all for function, but beautiful doing it.. I want a FULL SCALE Timber 😎👍& Commander MPD! 🙃👍

[@glenaewen1487]

It needs longer wire to plug in the battery.

[@archivist17]

Twin Timber? TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!!!

[@phnch]

Not just Timber, please make other planes too. Like the Delta Ray One, it is discontinued... Can we have a upgraded version (2s or 3s) with 500-600 wing spam? Love it very much but the motor plastic parts will melt if push too hard.

[@AminexYT]

Why is the timber gone why dont you sell it eny more i love the timber it was my first plane 1 year ago and i still fly it and its the best plane i know

[@arcticwingsrc6085]

Guys....your killing me pronouncing Alaskan cities......it's Valdez....pronounced VALDEEZ! We do LOVE the Timer, Timber X, and Timber Turbo's here in Alaska & you did great job with the design!

[@HorizonHobbyProducts]

Good thing we didn't choose that name then ;).

[@Miami_Beach_RC]

Timber!!!

[@francisconti9085]

I hear ya!

[@robieosborne7369]

I have 3 timbers 🥰🥰🥰

[@CalebT_RC]

I miss the original timber. It’d be need to see the original with lights for night flying, same motor from turbo timber but normal nose and maybe a pinch of FliteTest salt.

[@stejer211]

Is this the right place for the Timber cult?

[@ProbablyRCVideos]

Yes.

[@BOBO-qx2vg]

Just received mine was crushed by postal service 👎👎👎

[@francisconti9085]

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! We will have to have a funeral for it..

[@HorizonHobbyProducts]

Bobo, send us an email ([e-mail]). We will get you squared away.

[@Mr.XJ.96]

Redesign for a Top Battery Hatch Please.....thats the ONLY bad thing about the Timber.

[@clydeholiday5907]

Did not buy horizon products re flight I got your money there's no support whatsoever on your own

[@drawlande]

Timber jet? lol