RC Era - MD500 | C189 - RTF Heli - Unbox, Build, & Maiden Flight
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Well Brian let me just say this,with no doubt you and your fantastic camera crew are one of the credentials of R/C hobby because you guys not only make such an amazing videos but also you have the knowledge of how each component works and affect.
Wow, thanks! We try really hard to make sense of the things we think we "need to know" since much of this information is so abstract when you're getting into, or returning to the hobby. The trick is, and I've been trying for years to improve, and as EVERYONE knows, I'm already long-winded, but there's just so many details to work out ;)
Glad you're here with us, and P.S. the kind words were perfectly timed, since I just read and replied to a nasty comment from a thankless prick regarding my pace on another unbox build radio setup - it is HARD to strike the balance between a complete beginner and an audience of experienced RC enthusiasts.
5 blades turning counter clockwise direction, with tail rotor on the left side, is very scale to the real thing.
great effort the manufacturer put into developing this heli.
Finally I have been waiting for RC manufacturers to make really scale looking versions of heli's in this size range. I have the eachine E200 Black Hawk and it's awesome and this MD500 will be on the list!
This heli looks awesome, damn wish they had this stuff when I was like 50 year’s younger!
I 100% agree, only I could have taken just 30 years younger ;)
well, the technology finally arrived.
these things are packed with computer chips, lipo batteries, brushless motors, all sorts of sensors.
which were either un-available just a few years ago, or too expensive to be affordable by most people.
Glad to see my favorite rc youtubers finally gettin their hands on this 😁 i had to get mine in black
Thanks!!!
Been watching your RC videos for a while now and once I saw this one I decided to order this heli and man are you on point about so many things… I started flying rc helis and planes about 15 years ago and always preferred scale helis for sale but NOTHING like this one. As 3D heli flying became a thing we started seeing less and less scale helis being sold and then drones came out and that was pretty much it. Glad to see them coming back. To your point though, there was nothing line this 10 years ago. The fact is made of hard/heavy plastic blows my mind. I even enjoyed the tedious accessories build part as it reminded me of when I built my first align trex 450 kit. You’re also spot on in that with these helis we fly them a bit when new and then off to the shelve they go so it’s always great when they make beautiful static display models! Great job with your channel. Looks like you and your wife have fun with it. Nice to have that large outdoor area to fly all those toys!
AWESOME! Glad we struck a chord here, and able to help you pick a GREAT option. This heli, if "unlocked" (from the flight controller) would be SUPER-AMAZING, and it's already AMAZING!
@@BrianPhillipsRC - struck a chord for sure. saw some of your other videos and seems you're a private pilot as well w/ a Piper. Same here. IFR rated, had a Dakota & SR22 to fly the family around. Blue skies!
What’s best starter heli for someone who’s never flown
I’m happy to see the links work! I’ll be spending time watching and learning from your videos, but also, I will follow the links to get my RC aircraft. I may even watch the ads that YT publishes along the way.
Good afternoon Brian, very beautiful helicopter model and easy to fly, thank you very much for the videos.
hey from UK England first time watching this really enjoyed it massive thanks
for you and your wife and the camera crew. nice peace of kit seem very easy to fly
hope google will work with you guys and just support you to thank you for your time,
👍
Commented before but now I have nearly 20 flights on mine,awesome helicopter and I enjoy flying it very much,brilliant heli ❤
Love it when RC manufacturers produce an affordable SCALE looking heli including the most important - rotor blades configuration! No way would I get this if it was all the same except had a 2 bladed main rotor. Got a red & white one on the way. I vote they make a Kamov Ka-26 one of my favorite funky flying machines ever.
Yea ..mee too 12/15 ..MerryChristmas !
I'm a heli guy.
My favorite is blue thunder all the way.!
If this company makes them,,trust me I'll get it..
But please, ,put some more love in it😊
I will make sure to cover it, if we can find one. Then air to air combat??? ;)
Very informative and comprehensive review. I crashed and ruined my first one in about 5 minutes in the garage. I failed to calibrate it. I was able to get some hover time to adjust trim, but it was too drifty without the calibration and I bent the rotor assembly/shaft on a crash. I've since gained more experience flying my Syma indoor helicopters and now with the calibration knowledge I ordered another one to arrive end of the month. Now i will have 4 batteries and a backup controller. Lol
That's the spirit never give up. I have let mine sit until I could cool down and think to want to get back to repairing it. It's a great fun flying helicopter when it works and is not a user error.
I wish I wouldn’t have thrown the whole thing in the trash! I could have had many more spare parts, lol! It is a badass little chopper, both in performance & aesthetics. Can’t wait to fly new one with a better understanding of its power and function. 😊
Beware !...many people are suffering flyaways due to known issues with motherboard/ gyroscope... the problem has since been addressed from the factory but many remain in the market are in are being released to the unsuspecting buyer oh, and RcEra will not stand behind it ;^(
@@DavesDronesPlus Yup, just saw my second of these fly away to infinity. JUNK. They can't handle anything more than 3mph wind outside. Inside, they create so much rotor wash they go erratic and crash. No UA-cam channel should be recommending this bird.
I am getting this. Looks so Sweet, and affordable. Just wish it was a tab bit bigger because it looks so awesome but i'll take it for now.
Scratching 1 inch high speed over ground is so crazy fun!I got the Coast Guard version.
I always loved those MD's....I used to watch Airwolf just to see the villains MD 500's in action lol
Me too!!! 😂
The Blue Thunder blew that thing to bits!
LOL - Exactly!
I loved the second sentence of this comment, “make sure you follow your local regulations….IF you’re into that kind of thing” 😅😂
Great video thanks Brian. I think the skids look in scale- there is a high skid and low skid version for the Md500s and MD 530s so this model is a high skid one. Looks fantastic and nice flying.👍👍
Yes, and I stand corrected. I spend a some time researching this heli (the MD500) after filming, and the skids ARE SCALE, plus this FULL SCALE heli is AWESOME in real life...make me wish I had a helicopter endorsement (and a few million bucks too - LOL), since this heli would fit in a small garage!!!!
Thank you for the video! Now i have all the info i need and Im gonna buy it.
Man that heli has a Great flight time. Impressive!
I would think the heli can handle the weight of another battery, and that would double the flight time.
with some modification, not an impossibility.
It was nice to meet you two at Bigfoot. I hope you come to B’Ham Jam next April. I hope you’re getting the YT stuff figured out
Thanks Paul! It was a blast to get out there, and just heard an excavator firing up in the background ;) They're getting back to work, it would appear, on the pond ;)
Thank you for your service
Hey Brian! I have this chopper in my Ali Express cart. Just waiting for a sale. As an RC hobby flyer with 40 years of stick time, I want to thank you for honest, real reviews. Also, we get to know you and the camera crew 😁. I really enjoy your channel. This hobby is awesome for all ages, and is more accessible now than before when we had to build our balsa planes and had to deal with gas engines all the time. These plug and play choppers are amazing.
portie yrs is non of our concern
I have the Coast Guard one and now gonna get this one 💯
It's not as good flying, but WAY cheaper, and still so dang good looking and fun! Just don't want you to be disappointed. The Coastguard / Olive Drab Blackhawk is VERY capable, and flies VERY GOOD.
That really looks like a detailed machine. Super cool with a good price. So awesome that you're still messing with helis! Nice detailed video 🚁💨💯
Guys, a couple of things. Wish you would spend a little more time inside the fuselage,talking about the mechanics and electronics, motor etc.. Do you know if the radio will hold on (store) the trim settings you put into the Heli or do you lose them when the radio is turned off?
Thanks for your time and effort. Really like your stuff!
Trim is generally stored on the Tx, not the heli. Some more sophisticated heli's might store some settings on the Rx/Flight controller, but way over this echelon of heli.
As for sharing what's inside the heli...yeah, I get it, but on these RTF heli's, you don't always have great access inside the body, without taking it all apart, which I only do when I'm fixing crash damage ;)
Thanks, Brian. I just found your UA-cam channel. Very helpful.
Great Christmas gift for my son. 👍
GOOD CALL!!!!!
Hello from Germany!🙂 I definitely need one of these nice MD-500 choppers. I would buy the one with the "Breitling" (yellow with red stripes) livery. But at first I ordered me a RC ERA C187 ("EC-135"). That's also a very nice looking heli, and one of your videos is proof for that.🙂👍
Thanks Brian, Great Job, always so appreciated!!
Probably my favorite helicopter in this size range. I want to buy two more.
Great looking Helicopter, great video as always
Subscribed because of the missile sound effect 👍🏼🤣
AWESOME! Thank you ;) LOL LOL LOL
Thanks Brian! Always enjoy your videos.
on the landing skids on the one I bought . the landing gear screws you have to watch to not over screw or you will strip them out . I use nail glue and the screws to make it rock hard .
I've definitely noticed an obvious lack of items arriving in garbage bags from rcgoing. Always a plus 👍
Very true - RCGoing has been way better than BG :)
At Banggood i got it for just €150 and i love it! There are bugs in some batches tho. I had a friend buy one and take off on his 1st go finding the heli not stabilizing but going into space. Like the optical flow was not kicking in. It crashed ofcourse but i hope he gets a new one soon so we can fly together.
I'm a 1 and done bought a 1000 heli years ago crashed it to many times. Ahhh! so different now Killer!!
Clint
Way different now! Welcome back! Hopefully we can help you find a great starting point. :)
Hi Brian, I've been following you a long time a go. I Really love your channel. I like the way how you review the RC it so very detailed and well explained especially the Unboxing. Thanks for this review. Mine is arriving today. Waiting to deliver at my door. Great video Brian. Two thumbs up 👍👍
Thanks & Good luck! You'll LOVE it!
Great video man, I was thinking of making this my next Heli purchase think you sold me thanks!
This heli has been out for quite awhile now and I know it can bind to a Radiomaster or similar multiprotocol TX but no one is talking about that yet which is frustrating. I just want to know what settings can be modified or adjusted with a proper hobby grade TX. I'm sure that it could be set up to fly amazing well with one of them, maybe even turn off the altitude hold and adjust a boat load of other settings? Don't know, seems that it's top secret at the moment. :(
I think I saw some info on those settings on channel alishanmao. Just search, he has couple vids on this heli, it's in one of those in the descripton or comments.
The RC Saylors demonstrated this particular model. It took off straight up without warning and had to
be brought down with a kill switch, causing it to crash and be damaged. There went a $250.00 helicopter. 😢
I'll definitely buying it from the site thanks.
A must have 4 my collection..would b super on the show..
For those who plan to buy one:
Just finished assembling (and flying) mine. About the time I put the 11th (out of 12) microscopic screws into just one side of the rocket pods, I realized that I should have just glued them. Result: The first rocket pod took me 45 minutes of back-breaking close-up work; the second took me 7 minutes. I glued the guns & rocket pods together, and glued them into the bottom of the wing, then used the last 4 screws to mount them.
Or, just leave 'em off.
(If you've seen this comment elsewhere, I'm adding it to every (in-depth) review of this heli; also, apologies if I'm repeating an earlier comment.)
I ordered one of these,united kingdom,cheers ❤
AWESOME!
Yeah it arrived today mate,I tried a flight indoors big mistake lol,now got marked rotors lol but next flight I tried in a big car park,this time awesome,it's a bloody awesome helicopter but just don't fly it indoors lol,but I'm loving it ❤
Thank you
That’s such a cool looking Heli. Great Christmas gift. 👍🏻
In the UK especially London all the Hobby shops have closed down so my local hobby shop with brilliant would help you out with anything I had a slip pull start somehow it fixed itself some idiot bought really crappy glow plugs ended up bust in my engine so I was wondering if there was any tricks or how to fix so I can screw the glow plug back in HBI trophy waterproof nice car buggy proper basher just need a little bit help
Nate and Abby just published a vid on this one, yesterday. Their result was quite different… 😂
I love your videos, been watching for some time, you're fair honest and explanation of the product. Don't know if you'll respond to this, but I have a question. Can GPS be added to this c189, if so how? Keep up the good work thank you.
Thanks so much for the kind words. As for adding GPS to the C189, I don't know that you can, but to be frank, you can do anything you set your mind too... there are tons of these "Drone" heli's out these days, and while they're usually a bit bigger than this C189, you might be able to steal a flight controller and get in into one of these heli's. It would be a TON of work, but if you NEEDED to do it to get off a desert island, I suspect you could do it.
Here's some examples of "Drone Helis"...
bprc.me/Flywing_FW450
@@BrianPhillipsRCwould not be that I was just curious. I have had experience with RC helicopters, and fix when you aircraft I've been in the hobby since about 10 years old 1967. Everything then was stick built and paper and dope covering. Got into it a little bit later. As you said life comes along we get out of it and we want to get back into it. I am grateful for your channel. I tried to order the C189 through your affiliate link, but my bank's security protection blocked my transaction. I will call the bank tomorrow and see if I can fix that. Didn't expect your response today during our great holiday. I love helicopters I was a crew chief in the Marines in the '70s. Thank you again, keep up the great work.
Great video 👍👍beautiful heli. Where did u purchase the heli ?? Thank you😀
Link is in the video description ;) bprc.me/RCEra_C189_MD500_Heli
I just purchased the red MD500 due to the fact I like these models. I have a 600 MD500 and not a beginner. Your video was right on the money. Drifts and jittery. But the heli looks awesome.
Thanks! What a beauty this heli is! I'd love the red and white one too!!!
Really impressed with this heli 💯
It look sweet!
@@BrianPhillipsRC Good & stable!!
good report guy....flies good...and more bang for the buck....awsome...
I like the look of this heli, might consider purchase.
so many words for this tiny model....
yes
There's an older movie out I think from the 70's called "Birds of Prey" with David Janssen. Pretty cool movie with lots of flying of Hughes 500C model I think and Aerospatiale Lama. Good one to check out if you like that sort of thing.
Nice video, Just order one !!!
Awesome - enjoy!!! She's a beauty!
Cool looking bird. Pilots please take off and land. Auto takeoff/land for what? Why not auto fly? You're a pilot not a spectator. Learning these two skills is a great way at becoming more subtle at the sticks and it's really fun especially for a scale heli. Learning ground effects makes you really good at reacting to issues you may run into when flying. Thx for flying helis Brian.
Agreed. Auto-land is a terrible idea. In the plane world, nothing beats the feeling of greasing a landing with your beloved plane. I couldn't even imagine surrendering that experience to a computer program...
@@myksanchez1222 I totally agree. When I fly a plane I can't decide if I like landing better than flying. It's a toss up. For a heli a greased landing is so gentle you would not be able to feel the ground if you were a passenger. But for small helis practicing landings in the house is sooo much fun. Imagining little missions, does it ever get old?
It's super easy to fly, don't bother with auto take off and land, not needed.
Thinking of ordering me this one to i have the Coast Guard one but really liking the Military Paint Scheme 💯
Both are very cool.
Ordered red one as I prefer non kill people themed aircraft personally plus it's more visible.
I love both!!! BUT if you had the deadly one (camo), you could send the ambulance one to help save the day!?!?!? ;)
Hey that works for me ! @@BrianPhillipsRC
Very cool
wonderful I liked it a lot! Do you think it is possible to install a flysky receiver and control? Is it possible to install a higher quality esc? I'm a little suspicious of the quality of the stock electronics... thanks for sharing
I ordered another one from Bangood 💯
I figured it out got mines working
nice!
Super - Modell ! 🙋♂️🇨🇭😄👍
It is!
Thanks for another good video! Is the body shell durable or very fragile? Some helis have very fragile body shells. Your answer will be appreciated.
Hey brian is youtube still giving you trouble? Hope all is well!! Thanks for the content and time you guys put in
#1 Again... 🤣🤣😁😎
I don’t know for how many years i ask to horizon to do scale heli using the existing ones . But clearly they don’t care at all , beside the 230 of course.
We have an advocate on the inside working on it now ;) Hope it happens soon!!!
Same… so many of us would ask HH to do more scale helis back when I flew them regularly (15 years ago). Would be cool to see them bring scale helis back
Exactly. The 230 it’s a great platform to do scale helis . I put it in so many fuselage from MD500 to the Lama ( best build ever infact got 3 of it ) .
They make money with cars and planes , Blade is not their top priority.
might get one
outstanding as always
That little guy is sick Brian! Love it man!
I assembled the rocket pods, and the tube portion, and mounted them backWARDS. The long part of the tube is towards the back. Do you believe this will throw the CG off? I have flown the model and it flies fine. But I noticed that yours and mine do the toilet bowl wobble. If you leave them off it looks corny. So I have them on but was just wondering about the rocket tubes.
Just made a flight today and it’s really cool, specially when it has 3 speed levels (Everything was honestly perfect but the actual screw drivers where so brittle they lost their form and I couldn’t finish installing the screws)
Awesome! Good for you! I agree about the DINKY screws...that was a task, but well worth it if it keeps the price and weight down :)
Он такой маленький и звук, как у комара ❤
I'm gonna go for another one which would you suggest C189 MD500 are the F06 EC135?
18:11 , direct drive brushless motor, that simplifies a lot the manteinance in case of accident
Just wondering if you have more time to put into flying this because it was fine and fun until after 10 flights. Ticking time bomb?
the fly away finally happened to me this weekend. only thing I was able to do was hit the stop button. I walked away with broken blades a tail boom and stripped main gears. The landing skids and rocket pods took a beating as you can see the impact stress marks but managed to stay intact.
I did the usual upon start up bind, calibrate and engine start. I throttled up and boom she shot straight up no controls. I did a few ground tests with the stripped gears and I held onto the heli with 1 hand while I got the rotors to spool up and hit the throttle and it went full throttle on me while holding it in my hand. Hitting the stop button was all that could be done to stop it. I did this a few more times and out of 10 attempts I was able to get 1 good one being able to control and reduce throttle. There was 1 other time during the testing it went full throttle on it's own after spool up it didn't give me time to hold onto the tail boom and I immediately hit stop a few feet in the air.
I think I got around 10 consecutive great flights with this before this happened. I really thought I lucked out and got a good one. Such a shame I was really enjoying flying this but I did have a weird feeling I even made sure to slap on a return address label on it just in case and wallah now I've become one of the fly away members.
I saw Nate (RCSaylors) had this happen, and believe what you're saying, but don't understand why this happens. I wonder if the cheap TX has an issue with the THROTTLE STICK? Can you look into that?
Are you gonna see about a warranty replacement?
@@BrianPhillipsRC I'm working with people in the RCGroups forums and basically stated there was a batch of bad boards with gyro's and to simply replace them. It's a $20 part. I went to Aliexpress and they said it was past the warranty as they only have a 15 day period. told me to go after the seller Ace RC House and the seller requested a video which I sent and that was the last I heard from them.
@@BrianPhillipsRC okay $20 later and a replacement board with gyro. I purchased from RC Era store. First flight went as expected no fly away issues. Birds back in the air crossing fingers hope this fixed it permanently. Oh BTW, Nate never replies to any of my comments :/
It's good to Calibrate it before each flight
Awesome hey ....my all time favorite helicopters the md 500 and the egg shaped one is my favorite of the two .magnum pi. I actually built two of the larger scale fuselages of both years back with 450 internals .wich is just a unrealistic acrobatic style heli with canopy off.. / skids . But I never flew either ended up selling them. But the tech safe wasn't out then.. . Be nice to see you take the large 450 scale fuselage magnum pi style the egg and put it together with the cheapest rtr 450 china internals with safe . Best price on fuselage and the heli to install into it. Just for some nice scale flight no acrobatics.. also it would be nice if you could have shown that heli you just unboxed with all the others in size an price range displayed on table so everyone can see offerings an sizes ..hope the pond goes smoothly isn't there a kick back somehow for providing waterfowl with a pit stop sanctuary I mean. .....rite but ya I always loved the guy who outfitted a large rc tank with Fpv and a paintball gun to keep geese out of his pond. Awesome content Bryan . .. but honestly it's all camera girl 🤭👉❤ 🤫
i love your review videos😍😍
So, it appears that there are still defective ones still being sold. I just picked one of these up and on the third flight, it just took off up and up and up... had to crash land it as best I could in some tall grass. Minor damage,, but now it only goes one direction... UP. I bought mine through amazon (thank god) and with amazon's help, I am trying to work with the seller to get it replaced or refunded, I would prefer it replaced. I did a thorough dismantle and inspection.. mechanically it is absolutely fine, so the problem is either in the electronics (fc motherboard) or the transmitter (controller) I will know more once I can get the replacement. After that, I will try buying a new fc if there is no resolution to the problems.
Can this do loops, also does it fly in auto level or can it fly like normal CP heli?
Not the way it comes out of the box. It's LOCKED in auto-leveling, which was one of my only complaints about this heli. I do think it flies very nice, but not being able to come out of auto-leveling, is a bummer.
ЭТО ПРОСТО МУХА 🪰
zajebisty 😲
have same bird. In my case it seems that I have adjust the trimming every single time I start a new flight. It does not hold the settings from prior flights.
Hi Brian. Thanks for the nice review on c189. Just maidened mine, decided to use manual takeoff mode at first. I took off OK but then it continued to climb even though I was holding left stick down. Would've been a flyaway but hit a tree limb at about 100ft. up. Only damage was 1 broken main blade after crashing in grass. Next flight I used auto takeoff, all went well. Maybe I need to recalibrate? Or just always use auto takeoff?
:^l hmmm, might tether mine on maiden ...thanks heads up! :^)
I have never used auto take-off. Just be sure to calibrate on level surface prior to flying. This heli is a sweetheart! Maybe if doing a maiden flight put it on a tether so it can't get away but the two I bought never did the flyaway thing but I do cal before each flight and don't fly it in any wind.
A number of UA-cam videos are showing Fly-away situations with this C189, have y'all had any similar issues?
needs a Hawaii 5-0 color scheme
I had that comment a few times now. Probably my age, but I don't even ever recall seeing it...tried looking it up, but not sure if this is a NEW show (remake) or an older one...sorry for my ignorance!
He means magnum pi@@BrianPhillipsRC
LOL Yea that computer can fly that Heli.
I’m looking to buy one have you ever had a problem with yours taking off out of control
Thanks for the review of RC ERA C189 Md500. it a great review. Good job. By the way which do you prefer compare to YU XIANG EC135?
I like this C189 better. Slightly better flying, but also
i got mine already last week.@@BrianPhillipsRC
Good morning can i find one off those in the magnum pi colors
That would be pretty awesome! They come in this Camo and Red/White here - bprc.me/RCEra_C189_MD500_Heli
You can also get them in BLACK and OLIVE DRAB as well here - usa.banggood.com/custlink/KKv50yu8iI - but we far prefer working with the above partner.
Thanks Brian for all the info vids . So my new RC heli. RTF purchased. Keeps just stopping and falling out of the sky , after a couple mins of smooth flight. Why do you think that's happening? Any advise will help. I've checked all the batteries, connections etc. Everything that way seems ok.
I just ordered me one the Camouflage version i have the Coast Guard One ❤ 💯 Helicopter
I wonder if this company will make any other models like the Bell 407, Bell 412, AH-1Z or any Airbus Helicopters...
Thanks. Santa Clause will bring this Heli to me :-) 😊😊😊
Kind of reminds me of the Ikarus Piccolo.