XLpower Nimbus 550 Maiden Flight

In this we get the maiden flight in on the Nimbus 550! What a great flying helicopter! Very light and tons of power!
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[@Isalys555]

Awesome sound, impressive skills.

[@westhobbiesrc8051]

Thank you! It has a great sound!

[@allenpatterson3504]

sweet heli

[@westhobbiesrc8051]

Thank you! It’s a very nice machine!

[@Lance57H]

I'm still trying to decide if I should run this heli on 6s or 8s? What you think?

[@westhobbiesrc8051]

6s is perfect of this Heli unless your looking for more torque for harder 3D. I never got it to bog or lack power granite. I’m not a hard-core 3-D smack pilot, but I feel like the 6s set up is perfect.

[@Lance57H]

@@westhobbiesrc8051 that's what I was seeing in this video. Seemed like it did perfect with 6s.

[@simonsutherland814]

Awesome, love the rotor sounds 👍🏻 slick build

[@westhobbiesrc8051]

Thank you! It has a great sound!

[@flytobi7834]

first! first like then watch!

[@westhobbiesrc8051]

Heck yeah! Notifications on!

[@pickled_finn_rc]

I’m wanting to build a kit… this one’s been on my mind for a little bit now.

[@rambole40]

I watch your channel (from Germany) since a few weeks and love it!! This flight is one of your best cause it was very wide high fast .... GREAT! 🙂

[@westhobbiesrc8051]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoy the channel. I appreciate you watching!

[@Twx97]

Looking good. I just placed an order on a trex 470lp to beat the shit out of it

[@westhobbiesrc8051]

Nice! That was the plan with my 470 and it has never been crashed lol

[@williamtam6732]

How are the comparisons between the Nimbus and the RAW?

[@westhobbiesrc8051]

They cost roughly the same to build the 580 is definitely bigger and I feel like flies better but the 550 is a great flying machine with cheaper parts and a crash.

[@sheffandjelley]

Nice video! 4.5 minutes in idle up1 only - seems a little short. Egodrift must be a little power hungry. Looks like a very nice heli but I don't hear you raving about it like the raw 580. But I get it, no reason to cause disparage in the person that you just finished building this heli for. It does certainly look nice cosmetically. I love to see new helis "showcased". Thank you!

[@westhobbiesrc8051]

Thank you! So after the fifth or sixth white, I realized that the ESC LVC was set to 3.6V per cell witch under load or very easy to hit! This is actually the second hobbywing 150 I have run into that issue with. I set it to 3.2V per cell and got 5 minutes of Idle 1 and 2 flying. It is a great helicopter. It flies really good it’s really light and nimble but I definitely like the 580 a lot more. They cost about the same to build. Really the price difference shines in the replacement parts. The 550 is much cheaper to rebuild, but I still think the 580 flies much better.

[@TerryMusick]

Nice flight Jeff, WOW!

[@westhobbiesrc8051]

Thank you! I appreciate it!

[@dandorris8531]

Nice heli and nice flight.

[@westhobbiesrc8051]

Thank you! I appreciate it.

[@christians.1577]

Do you know, what’s about the spare parts. My first impression is, they are harder to get than for example SAB. I am wrong?

[@westhobbiesrc8051]

Spare parts are very easy to get. XL power has been around a long time. Every online hobby shop has a full line of parts.