XLPower Nimbus 550 | First Few Flights on the new Heli!

Taking it easy the first few flights, but getting the feel for it fast. It really does fly just like a small Specter V2. Love it!

I do need to get (and have on the way) a smaller pinion. With the headspeeds I fly at (especially thanks to RT-U), I'm way overgeared which causes the ESC to get too hot. I over-temped it flying at 2100rpm as you'll see in the video. It was a similar story with my XL550 as well, since this heli has the same gearing, and I'm actually running 7s on a similar kV motor (only 50 less) so it's actually worse in this case. Once I get a more reasonable pinion it should be much better.

Nimbus 550 Std. Kit
RotorTech 560 Ultimate
RotorTech 96 Ultimate
EgoDrift Tengu BETA 4025HT 1050kV
YGE Saphir 125
KST BLS915 V8.0
KST BLS805X
iKON2
FrSky Horus X10S Express / Archer RS

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0:00 Start/Intro
0:30 First Liftoff, Tuning Cyclic Rates and Collective Travel
1:53 Real Flight, 2100rpm (ESC Shutdown)
5:12 Real Flight, 1900rpm (ESC Hot but no Shutdown)

[BladeScraper]

0:00 Start/Intro
0:30 First Liftoff, Tuning Cyclic Rates and Collective Travel
1:53 Real Flight, 2100rpm (ESC Shutdown)
5:12 Real Flight, 1900rpm (ESC Hot but no Shutdown)

[lis]

congratulations for being chosen by youtube algorithm- views will now stonks ;P

btw: lovely litte bee you have there. Amount of manouverability is insane!

[NitroClouds]

Nice flights. Great moves to get to know the character of the heli

[Mambafpv]

omg this is insane, im a seasoned fpv pilot so i appreciate the mad skills involved here! wow

[beanadammiho]

Thank you Bladescraper for another great video--very informative.

[ShawnPitman]

"No, it had to be a UFO because of its impossible movements."

[tankgojet]

🤩🤩amazing flight !! maybe a higher amp ESC will solve the overheating. Greeting from Malaysia.

[quadlink]

wow nice heli... insane flying ...great stuff ;)

[DFXKX]

And here I was happy just being able to hover my TREX knockoff. Well, before one of the CCPM servoes locked. It's been in the box since, that crash was not kind.

[NiCadHeliPilot]

I'd like to take a minute to acknowledge how beautiful the irridescent colors are on those main rotor blades. So pretty~ =^/.^=
If I'm not mistaken, are those Rotor Tech Ultimates?

As for the helicopter itself... in the words of Phillip J. Fry from Futurama... "SHUT UP & TAKE MY MONEY!!!"

[stormy]

2:30 is when I'd smash into a million pieces

[Mrpro]

If it flies anything like the Specter v2 I’ll be super happy 😛

[_thevre]

I have the same noise/sound coming from my tail of specter v2. Do you know why it sounds so raw and metallic when using rudder?

[antoniofrance]

Waooo this helico rc is very good in fly

[billiam]

How well does that canopy pop in flight? I heard the videos do t do it justice…

[NickWisdomRC]

Hey Keith…. I’ve got the same ESC/motor setup planned for mine. Were you running the fan on the esc? Which headspeeds caused the shutdown? Just 2100? Although you are running 7s yeah? I’m only planning on 6s.

[joshy]

Hi. Can you please tell me the Maximum battery size which will fit in the helicopter? With and dept? Rgrds

[SunSon]

wow, you are reall good. How long have you been flying a 3d heli ?

[josericoleon]

Hola, tengo XL power 550, que diferencia hay al Ninbus, en vuelo?

[QuickThrills]

how the fuck can it even fly like this ?