We here for the learning and flying experience. If we perfect, we wouldn't be here. ♥️😎 btw: in the era of inventory shortages, it's very insightful to learn how to work with what's at hand. Nicely done!
I know the screws wouldn't line up but could you ziptie the shark byte vtx in the space where the vista usually goes? Then you wouldn't need to flip the arm assembly?
I converted my 2fiddy to Shark Byte a couple of weeks ago. You can still keep a slammed frame by 3d printing a 20x20 to whoop adapter and mounting in the rear, which is what I have done. I didn't want to mess with the height etc as it flies so good slammed and with Tommy's PIDs.
First off this is a really great video, and it's good to see that even a pro like you runs into these type of problems. When I first started I thought I was doing everything wrong or something. But with time you learn that that's just how it is
" First time caller...long time listener"... or 🙄 lol. Anyhow...i have recently been blessed with a lot of free time because of an injury. So when im in the hanger, working on my "fleet"... I will play videos about the hobby plus a lot of your content cause...well, I wanna learn something today!...and because I'm totally a newbie to quads , fpg v and definitely the `language´....SO BIG THANKS for SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. You sir are, without a doubt, a great asset to...... 'this great thing of ours'
I have been flying this quad since its release! Same exact Dji build as Tommy specs and tune! And I absolutely love this quad! And you will be surprised as how much abuse this quad will take. Now you got me wanting to build a Sharkbyte build
Always watch your build videos, even if I'm not building that particular quad. Always room improve my builds, learning your techniques helps me the most. Try installing a fettec spike absorber backwards. Its quite impressive. Ask me how I know. 😊
Joshua, idk if you have a pin-vise for instances like the arm screw hole tolerance being too tight, but I cannot recommend a kit or two off Amazon enough. They come with insanely good bits, I have no idea what kind of bits they are or anything like that but they’ve made pretty short work of anything I’ve needed to drill a hole 3mm or smaller into. I know it’s not the safest thing to be cutting carbon fiber without using water and gloves and probably a dust mask on top of those safety precautions, but I thought I’d mention the fairly cheap kits that really made a difference in my experience.
I went long range with this frame: Beast F7 Hobbybrother 2004 1700kv on 4s Analog video 15 minutes on 4s 720mah HV 37 minutes 4s li-ion 3000mah BTW, I've been flying freestyle 5", sub 250 for over a year with my ET5 frame. Durable and ultralight
Yeah... I made that mistake with the capacitor, Joshua. 😬 It scared the hell out of me! 😂 Anyway, beautiful build!!! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
All the way to the end!! And a patreon supporter. All you guys should be a supporter there too!! We’ve all used his free knowledge that have saved us hundreds!!! I just want to see him thrive from his priceless knowledge. We love you JB!!!
People looking to buy iFlight Beast F7 AIO FC “Banggood (version 55A)” know that the description on the website is incorrect. FC image taken from version 1.2 with MPU6000 gyroscope. In fact, in version 2, a BMI270 gyroscope is installed, which shows a frequency of 3.8 kilohertz for me. Barometer: DPS310 will only be supported in BF 4.3.0. I wrote about these violations to Banggood, but they don't give a damn.
23:51 - I cant speak for the antenna, but I would prefer to heat shrink the RX (or kapton tape) because if the 2 sided tape came loose, the RX would contact the frame and short out. GENIUS @ 27:53!! Awesome solution....(does the length and/or thickness of the connecting wire matter???)
Thanks for this build walkthrough. Looking at many options, a digital shark byte or DJI upgrade for HD video seems to increase the overall build of an fpv by 30-40% ouch 🤑. So glad I started with analog, as there are more economical builds, but obviously at the expense of lower quality HD video.
Looks and flies great. But having to take the FC off to change an arm is a deal breaker. More time in the air and less time on the ground is always better, I don't want to be spending too much time swapping arms out in the field.
@@JoshuaBardwell I thought using a Sharkbyte board like you did was a great idea if the goal was to keep weight down to a minimum. So a 2 high stack would be the only option? There another way to mount the Sharkbyte?
There isn't currently a shark byte vTX that will fit in this build without stacking on top of the FC. You could mount the 5R.1 vTX in the rear sideways but it would hang out over the sides and that's not ideal.
Do you own the dji system? I’m super late to the digital bandwagon but glad I went with dji. In time I see myself getting the shark byte gear and putting the hdo2’s back to use. Both have pros and cons but shark byte currently is gaining steam. I’m really happy there’s some competition nipping on dji’s heels.
There's a AIO mount and a 20x20 mount, you could of mounted the 20x20 version of sharkbyte with the Iflight AIO making the build easier. The frame is basically built to use only AIO's and DJI Vista which makes it a problem when you want to do things different.
The 20x20 sharkbyte vTX is not 20mm in size; it just has 20mm mounting. It would not fit in this frame unless mounted sideways, in which case it would hang out the sides of the frame.
Well, ITS DONE. BUT CAME IN AT 304 GRAMES WITH A 1300 Mah 4s battery and 1806 /2450 motors, Mamba aio f411 35a/20mm, analog ZEUS vtx, caddex ant CAM, no battery 164 grams. The frame is going to be a pain if you need to replace FC OR VTX. Because the camera cage screws, and sides have to come off, just to get top plate off. arms will be easy to replace, 2 screw., even with the small motors still got some pep. built for Sunday Cruzen, BTW don't use aluminum screws 😜
Have we seen Sharkbyte footage from this build? I’d always prefer to see a little of the FPV feed alongside the HD feed- not sure if others feel the same. Thanks again Joshua for a real-world build experience
Hey man I'm just learning how to fly fpv I watching all your videos learning so much . If your ever in the knoxville Tn area hit me up I would gladly pay you to teach me . Cheers Josh
Capacitors should be closest to the component that needs protection. You want to minimize the impedance between the capacitor and the thing than needs clean power.
JB- just checked with the Ultimate FPV Shopping List, in search of your newest adhesive type, brrrrrrtttt. Is it a local purchase, or have you sourced it from one of the usual A? I thought as I first saw the application of the foreign substance that my eyes were deceiving me, until you addressed the former favorite Red substance. Hurry before everyone finds out and let me order quickly! I feel the disappointment when assembling a quad only to find out the pieces that I purchased won’t fit. Like the last four. Way waw
what battery gets you to 250 with sharkbyte 15g of battery- 500 mah 6s... (although 6s makes no sense to me at this size) 380 6s = 62g 4s has more than enough juice for those props with near zero sag. 4s 500 mah is 58g I would do 4s 850... at 100g...
Yo can you just tell me how to get into the sport? seems like theres no RTF Drones that arent sold out and there no top end electronics to buy,so i guess i should move onto a new hobby to get into ??
I have seen a lot of videos from you in last year. Me english is not good enough, but ou speak very clearly. I love your videos. Today at the end I have suscribed, (I'm suscriber 229.000, beatifull number). One question: after using DJI digital system... do you still mount analog drones?!?!
I was just watching a rotorriot video where you hate on sub250g... are they getting better since that last post or something or is this just a experiment?
Joshua i need your expertise. I was trying to copy your build and somehow wound up with the shark byte 5r.1 with 20mm mount. I cant return it now because i have had it to long. What flight controller/stack would you suggest? Thanks in advance
Joshua, how come you have audio on the flight footage ? I thought Shark Byte had no built-in mic. Is that live audio from the goggle or some sort of recording?
What does a typical shark byte camera / vtx combo weigh? Wondering how it compares to a lightweight analogue system, which can be as low as 5 to 6g even with decent14mm camera and vtx.
@Joshua Bardwell which 18650pack have you used in this video? Do you have expirions about it? I'm asking because I'm interested in buying one of those to use on with Nazgul5 v2 4S and have some extra flying time doing long range? What is your recommends?
From the Ultimate FPV Shopping List, regarding CA (superglue): "Thin is for when you want it to spill out of the joint and go all over your carpet, leaving a crackly spot that’s still there a year later ask me how I know."
I was hope to use MAMBA TOKA 2203.5 but I don't think the mounting patterns match up. Any recommendations for pancake style motors with 5mm prop shaft?
would recommend you look at the new brotherhobby 2004 motors. In terms of flight performance there isn't a ton of difference between 2203 and 2004. The new BH 2004s have a 5mm shaft. Outside of that, the stanfpv 2203s, tmotor 2203 or the fpvcycle 2203 motors are all good options, all made by tmotor too, the stans require some motor output limit but also work very well with a 21700 3s pack.
There were some real surprises in this build. But the ones that go smoothly are no fun, right? Right!
We’re all on a learning curve although some of us are further ahead than others 😁👍❤️
We here for the learning and flying experience.
If we perfect, we wouldn't be here. ♥️😎
btw: in the era of inventory shortages, it's very insightful to learn how to work with what's at hand. Nicely done!
I know the screws wouldn't line up but could you ziptie the shark byte vtx in the space where the vista usually goes? Then you wouldn't need to flip the arm assembly?
I recall the acrobrat build being problematic for you too Bardwell...what's up with you and Tommy's frames 😆
Appreciate you walking so we can run.
What mount did you use for the peanut?
My dad love your Videos🥰
Hi hi sis
I'm not going to build this but it's just relaxing to watch JB build quads
I converted my 2fiddy to Shark Byte a couple of weeks ago. You can still keep a slammed frame by 3d printing a 20x20 to whoop adapter and mounting in the rear, which is what I have done. I didn't want to mess with the height etc as it flies so good slammed and with Tommy's PIDs.
This was a lot of fun to watch while organizing my office.
Clear Shrink on the Cap...
First off this is a really great video, and it's good to see that even a pro like you runs into these type of problems. When I first started I thought I was doing everything wrong or something. But with time you learn that that's just how it is
Thx - I literally have a box with those exact parts but haven’t started the build yet - you’ve saved me so much time
" First time caller...long time listener"... or 🙄 lol. Anyhow...i have recently been blessed with a lot of free time because of an injury. So when im in the hanger, working on my "fleet"... I will play videos about the hobby plus a lot of your content cause...well, I wanna learn something today!...and because I'm totally a newbie to quads , fpg v and definitely the `language´....SO BIG THANKS for SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. You sir are, without a doubt, a great asset to...... 'this great thing of ours'
Foxeer Apollo is my go to digi cam. It’s so good
I have been flying this quad since its release! Same exact Dji build as Tommy specs and tune! And I absolutely love this quad! And you will be surprised as how much abuse this quad will take. Now you got me wanting to build a Sharkbyte build
I love your attention to detail when instructing others.
Love my 2Fiddy DIY Tommy build. I put a ELRS EP1 uFL Rx with Tracer antenna because the chip antenna gets easily blocked by the carbon plates.
If you live in Australia, it's a 90$ video transmitter, I am learning Mr. Bardwell.. tyvm 🙏
Always watch your build videos, even if I'm not building that particular quad. Always room improve my builds, learning your techniques helps me the most.
Try installing a fettec spike absorber backwards. Its quite impressive. Ask me how I know. 😊
Is " installing a fettec spike absorber backwards" something you recommend?
@@chrisB_OG OMG no. 🚀⚡🔥☄️😂
Just finished building 2fiddy with caddx peanut yesterday, flied on this afternoon, and watch this video on everning same day =))
Thank you, I got some great tips for my Sharkbyte whoop board.
Never knew about the 1w mode!
Thank you Joshua. Always a pleasure to watch your videos.
iFlight Beast H7 V2 no problem with BD.. H7 V1 yes there is/was a problem.
Great quard and great movie again...
Yes … all the way to the end!
I love watching your videos. You seriously relieve the fear of investing money into trying this out. Thank you!
Your a god at what you do Josh… love your work
Really enjoyed the build. Always great to see some professional bodging 😀
Best video in a long time
Joshua, idk if you have a pin-vise for instances like the arm screw hole tolerance being too tight, but I cannot recommend a kit or two off Amazon enough. They come with insanely good bits, I have no idea what kind of bits they are or anything like that but they’ve made pretty short work of anything I’ve needed to drill a hole 3mm or smaller into. I know it’s not the safest thing to be cutting carbon fiber without using water and gloves and probably a dust mask on top of those safety precautions, but I thought I’d mention the fairly cheap kits that really made a difference in my experience.
I went long range with this frame:
Beast F7
Hobbybrother 2004 1700kv on 4s
Analog video
15 minutes on 4s 720mah HV
37 minutes 4s li-ion 3000mah
BTW, I've been flying freestyle 5", sub 250 for over a year with my ET5 frame. Durable and ultralight
52:18 - one last build suggestion that I learned from Pinchtune.....
Use liquid black tape to cover the UFL connection to the VTX 😎
tvs diodes are for voltage spikes. capacitors are for power smoothing
Great video, I enjoyed watching the process of solving problems
Yeah... I made that mistake with the capacitor, Joshua. 😬
It scared the hell out of me! 😂
Anyway, beautiful build!!! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
All the way to the end!! And a patreon supporter. All you guys should be a supporter there too!! We’ve all used his free knowledge that have saved us hundreds!!! I just want to see him thrive from his priceless knowledge. We love you JB!!!
Very good tutorial to see for any Kwad build. Tks a lot!
great to see the build. some twist and turns but you made it work great.
People looking to buy iFlight Beast F7 AIO FC “Banggood (version 55A)” know that the description on the website is incorrect. FC image taken from version 1.2 with MPU6000 gyroscope. In fact, in version 2, a BMI270 gyroscope is installed, which shows a frequency of 3.8 kilohertz for me. Barometer: DPS310 will only be supported in BF 4.3.0. I wrote about these violations to Banggood, but they don't give a damn.
Best part was adding the cap. Lollerskates!
23:51 - I cant speak for the antenna, but I would prefer to heat shrink the RX (or kapton tape) because if the 2 sided tape came loose, the RX would contact the frame and short out.
GENIUS @ 27:53!! Awesome solution....(does the length and/or thickness of the connecting wire matter???)
joshua with his minecraft villager sounds and evil genius laugh
Pretty sure you should set Arm to high and disarm to low on ExpressLRS
At last!!! I have been waiting for this build from you forever!!
28:07 joshy be sounding like a minecraft villager
Really makes me want one even more
Thanks for this build walkthrough. Looking at many options, a digital shark byte or DJI upgrade for HD video seems to increase the overall build of an fpv by 30-40% ouch 🤑. So glad I started with analog, as there are more economical builds, but obviously at the expense of lower quality HD video.
29:00 or you could use transparent shrink tube, which is also nicer, because i like to see the components.
great build!
Looks and flies great. But having to take the FC off to change an arm is a deal breaker. More time in the air and less time on the ground is always better, I don't want to be spending too much time swapping arms out in the field.
The frame only is like that when you have a 2 high stack which is not how it's intended to be built.
@@JoshuaBardwell I thought using a Sharkbyte board like you did was a great idea if the goal was to keep weight down to a minimum. So a 2 high stack would be the only option? There another way to mount the Sharkbyte?
There isn't currently a shark byte vTX that will fit in this build without stacking on top of the FC. You could mount the 5R.1 vTX in the rear sideways but it would hang out over the sides and that's not ideal.
Any idea when the hdzero cameras will be available? I also saw a video with 1w vtx.. I am getting STOKED!!
Ive got that thing and I love it!
Excellent video
Plan on building mine double 20x20 in rear vtx in mid
The 3 downvotes must be either analog or DJI fanatics.
Do you own the dji system? I’m super late to the digital bandwagon but glad I went with dji. In time I see myself getting the shark byte gear and putting the hdo2’s back to use. Both have pros and cons but shark byte currently is gaining steam. I’m really happy there’s some competition nipping on dji’s heels.
@@creationlabsinc.189 Yeah i got dji last spring, but i am tempted by the shark byte as well for whoops. Very tempted.
@@Rulusto my thoughts exactly
Couldn't wait for this!!!!👍✌
Mount the vtx in the back using the sharkbyte adapter plate
There's a AIO mount and a 20x20 mount, you could of mounted the 20x20 version of sharkbyte with the Iflight AIO making the build easier. The frame is basically built to use only AIO's and DJI Vista which makes it a problem when you want to do things different.
The 20x20 sharkbyte vTX is not 20mm in size; it just has 20mm mounting. It would not fit in this frame unless mounted sideways, in which case it would hang out the sides of the frame.
would of Zip tied the AXII on the diagonal to the top plate on the middle bar then your tape over that,
if you notice during the configuration you assign motor 1 to B00 instead of motor 2 :P motor 1 got B00 and E09
Yeah I fix it later.
Awesome video as always appreciate you brotha.
Well, ITS DONE. BUT CAME IN AT 304 GRAMES WITH A 1300 Mah 4s battery and 1806 /2450 motors, Mamba aio f411 35a/20mm, analog ZEUS vtx, caddex ant CAM, no battery 164 grams. The frame is going to be a pain if you need to replace FC OR VTX. Because the camera cage screws, and sides have to come off, just to get top plate off. arms will be easy to replace, 2 screw., even with the small motors still got some pep. built for Sunday Cruzen, BTW don't use aluminum screws 😜
Have we seen Sharkbyte footage from this build? I’d always prefer to see a little of the FPV feed alongside the HD feed- not sure if others feel the same. Thanks again Joshua for a real-world build experience
Joshua, you are fantastic at using a soldering iron. What flux do you use? Thanks for answering.
SRA solder no-clean flux
It will be curious to see how well the arms withstand crashes over time.
lol i also get excited when i get a good solder joint
Hey man I'm just learning how to fly fpv I watching all your videos learning so much .
If your ever in the knoxville Tn area hit me up I would gladly pay you to teach me .
Cheers Josh
3:04 What are you building on your farm? :) New drone building?
Capacitors should be closest to the component that needs protection.
You want to minimize the impedance between the capacitor and the thing than needs clean power.
In the film Kingsman, eggsy calls his dog JB, and they say after Jason Bourne, Hell No, After Joshua Bardwell, he's Amazing.. hahaha Good Job JB 👊💯
That full nerd-out about flux at 30:00. 😏👍
He fluxed his capacitor...lol.
JB- just checked with the Ultimate FPV Shopping List, in search of your newest adhesive type, brrrrrrtttt. Is it a local purchase, or have you sourced it from one of the usual A? I thought as I first saw the application of the foreign substance that my eyes were deceiving me, until you addressed the former favorite Red substance. Hurry before everyone finds out and let me order quickly! I feel the disappointment when assembling a quad only to find out the pieces that I purchased won’t fit. Like the last four. Way waw
thx for the video. Can you build a 3“-5“ flyable sub 250g with a flight time +30‘? Best regards.
Since the point of using a Capacitor is to reduce noise to the camera, why not wire it to the power leads to the camera.
It's more than just the camera that is happy when voltage spikes are smoothed out.
Cool builds.
So what are you planting in the field
what battery gets you to 250 with sharkbyte 15g of battery- 500 mah 6s...
(although 6s makes no sense to me at this size) 380 6s = 62g
4s has more than enough juice for those props with near zero sag.
4s 500 mah is 58g
I would do 4s 850... at 100g...
Yo can you just tell me how to get into the sport? seems like theres no RTF Drones that arent sold out and there no top end electronics to buy,so i guess i should move onto a new hobby to get into ??
Also, could you share your finger strength training regiment for the Arnold Schwarzenegger-esque finger strength @15:14? 😂
I have seen a lot of videos from you in last year. Me english is not good enough, but ou speak very clearly. I love your videos.
Today at the end I have suscribed, (I'm suscriber 229.000, beatifull number).
One question: after using DJI digital system... do you still mount analog drones?!?!
sorry... I have realize after writing, that it's not DJI, but it's Digital O:-)
Are you going to review the scout hd's
You awesome bro...
I always run 3 1000 caps
We love you :)
Any suggestions for analogue vtx and antenna? I would like to wait for new hdzero stuff to be realeased next year
what does 2Fitty mean?
sorry if it sounds kind of dumb but im new here :)
Now I'm going to like this video, but I need everyone to know I'm not a fan of sub 250 five inch
Okay. I've made a note
(18:00) POV: you have an apex frame with a foam GoPro wedge.
I was just watching a rotorriot video where you hate on sub250g... are they getting better since that last post or something or is this just a experiment?
Great build JB! I can go for anything but DJI.
Joshua i need your expertise. I was trying to copy your build and somehow wound up with the shark byte 5r.1 with 20mm mount. I cant return it now because i have had it to long. What flight controller/stack would you suggest? Thanks in advance
Bom dia JB seus vídeos são top de mais será que tem como colocar tradução em português?
Valeu obrigado
Joshua, how come you have audio on the flight footage ? I thought Shark Byte had no built-in mic. Is that live audio from the goggle or some sort of recording?
You're probably hearing the audio from the Insta360 Go / Peanut HD cam.
Asmr for drone pilots
dont you have a 3d printer? print out a 20x20 to 25x25 adapter in tpu and mount it in the back.
The issue isn't the mounting pattern. The issue is it's too big for me to feel comfortable mounting it there.
What does a typical shark byte camera / vtx combo weigh?
Wondering how it compares to a lightweight analogue system, which can be as low as 5 to 6g even with decent14mm camera and vtx.
What are you building on your property there?
The shallow footings are poured…..
Where do you buy the lipo
@Joshua Bardwell which 18650pack have you used in this video? Do you have expirions about it? I'm asking because I'm interested in buying one of those to use on with Nazgul5 v2 4S and have some extra flying time doing long range? What is your recommends?
I'm using the ummagawd 360 mAh 6s pack. In not flying with an 18650.
From the Ultimate FPV Shopping List, regarding CA (superglue):
"Thin is for when you want it to spill out of the joint and go all over your carpet, leaving a crackly spot that’s still there a year later ask me how I know."
you guys are constantly showing us top of the line stuff. . what about how to use the stuff we can get in the best way
love your stuff though . .
Did you just drill the arms or just brute force? I just got mine today and the arms are definitely not drilled out ;(
I was able to screw the screws in without drilling but it was tight.
So 249.5g with the 27g Caddx Peanut? (222g + 27g + screwed)
Just wondering as those that worry about 250g, this an important point.
It's about 260 with the Peanut and the ummagawd 360 mAh 6s. 230 without the Peanut.
I was hope to use MAMBA TOKA 2203.5 but I don't think the mounting patterns match up. Any recommendations for pancake style motors with 5mm prop shaft?
would recommend you look at the new brotherhobby 2004 motors. In terms of flight performance there isn't a ton of difference between 2203 and 2004. The new BH 2004s have a 5mm shaft.
Outside of that, the stanfpv 2203s, tmotor 2203 or the fpvcycle 2203 motors are all good options, all made by tmotor too, the stans require some motor output limit but also work very well with a 21700 3s pack.
Im waiting till someone builds a 20:1 or greater thrust to weight ratio build. whats his name built a 15:1 .
When the drone is “idling” mid air it should like a pissed off cat🤣