FPV ZOHD Dart XL - Setup - Review - Crash
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
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A quick to the point review of the Dart XL. I will also walk you though the components I have used and where I installed them.
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========DART XL Setup========
In the Air:
-ZOHD Dart XL PNP ► tiny.cc/DartXL
-Eachine 5.8g vtx ► tiny.cc/cedv0y
-Foxeer 5.8g Antenna ► tiny.cc/Foxeer5...
-FrSky 2.4g Rx - XM+ ► tiny.cc/ubl96y
-Flight Controller - Omnibus F4 Pro ► tiny.cc/4el96y
-Neo M8N GPS ► tiny.cc/34hv0y
-GPS cable (to connect to F4 Pro board) ► tiny.cc/m7hv0y
-Tiny 5v 2A BEC (to power servos) ► tiny.cc/g6hv0y
-FPV Camera ► tiny.cc/9scv0y
-HD Camera ► tiny.cc/k4cv0y
-2 x Tattu R-Line 1,550 95c 4S ► tiny.cc/TattuRl...
On me:
-Taranis Transmitter ► tiny.cc/f6cv0y
-Fatshark goggles ► tiny.cc/o7cv0y
-FuriousFPV True-D Rx module ► tiny.cc/n9cv0y
On the ground:
-Eachine Diversity Monitor with DVR ► tiny.cc/ehfv0y
-Foxeer 5.8 antenna ► tiny.cc/Foxeer5...
-VAS 5.8g Pepperbox ► tiny.cc/VAS5g8P...
========3D Printed Parts========
-Vortex generators ► tiny.cc/xml96y
-Elevons ► tiny.cc/pnl96y
========3D Printing Equipment========
-3D Printer ► tiny.cc/qql96y
-PLA filament ► tiny.cc/EryonePLA
-TPU filament ► tiny.cc/Sainsma...
-PETG filament ► tiny.cc/Sainsma...
-Digital Calliper ► tiny.cc/Digital...
========Build equipment========
-E6000 glue ► tiny.cc/E6000Glue
-Laminating Iron ► tiny.cc/Laminat...
-Laminate ► tiny.cc/laminate
-Hot glue gun ► tiny.cc/HotGlueGun
-Foam Cutting Tool ► tiny.cc/vxgv0y
-Heat Gun ► tiny.cc/Adjusta...
-Watt Meter ► tiny.cc/WattMeter
-3M90 spray adhesive ► tiny.cc/3M90adh...
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-Handheld Gimbal for DJI Osmo or GoPro ► tiny.cc/Handhel...
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Another great video. Looks like a fairly easy plane to setup and get in the air. You might want to check the link to the Dart, currently it's for the Skyhunter.
Thanks for letting me know about the link Stephen 😁👍🏻 and thanks for the comment.
I embedded carbon rods in the fuselage for a rigid structure, it worked great.
Yeah that's a smart move. I no longer have this model but my friend flies it and I suggested he does the same.
great review Adam thanks. I'm not at the stage / experience of iNav etc but have experience with the zohd kopilot which has worked great for me on some of my builds and for my level of expertise. Will be finishing off this XLe build over the next few weeks with various Frsky telemetry etc. Thanks for the links to the thingyverse parts, lets hope i dont need then too soon. cheers mick
Thank you and good luck with the maiden 😃
Sup Adam. I like your personal review on this hot platform. I think your repair made the plane more robust. She flies like a beast mate. Kudos!
Cheers Aero, appreciate your support as always :D Hope you're well!
Crashes plane Flies better than before. Like the 6 million dollar man - or rather the 6 million dollar foam plane. 5.999million spent on hot glue and sellotape. Awesome.
Hahaha. I was pretty shocked myself that it flew perfectly straight with no trim required after the crash repair!
3D printing the elevons is convenient if you have a 3d printer, but most will replace elevons with balsa like on the Drak
Yeah that's it, most people in the FPV hobby have 3D printers these days so it's a nice quick fix.
💯😱,friends drone!!
I know 🤦🏻♂️
Nice vid Adam, and great repair job too!
Thanks for watching :) I was very pleased with the repair job and impressed that it flew straight as an arrow on the re-maiden!
I wonder if the ESC and FC could switch places, so the wing nuts would have easier access.
Noise pull up on throttle
should be possible to eliminate by moving CG back a bit (in very small steps), also changing motor trust angle should help.
Planks are always harder to get perfectly balance for any Reynold's number.
I'm sure you can improve the situation by making adjustments, but it appears to be that the wing has built in reflex in the design that causes it.
Great video I have the dart xl extreme and currently building it. Will have videos on my channel in the future. Mine will run iNav and an F722 fc.
Sounds great! I do love the F722, probably still one of if not the best FC out there in my opinion. Good luck with the maiden
@@AdamGdoesFPV thx i just need good weather
To simplify wiring, just power the 5v rail on the omnibus pro via the ESC bec. There is circuitry to detect this so the board does not get damaged.
I thought everyone knew that anyway...?....ESC BEC drives servos only, because they make noise and as such the 5v rail is isolated from the FC processor.
I choose not to use ECS built in BEC's on any build, because when the ESC dies, you fall out the sky. Been saved by this method more than once.
I tried this on omnibus f4 pro and it burned out the board.
fantastic video !! I enjoyed it veri much !!! thank you!!
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it :) Cheers
Change the thrust angle of motor fixed the issue for me on increase of attitude on increase of throttle. Recommend thingaverse motor mounts.
Thanks Bob. I passed this model onto a friend now to make room for more toys
Thanks for the great vid and excellent review. Considering getting this and your pointers have helped a lot.
Glad it helped! Also if you’re buying one of these they have just released a new slightly upgraded version they call the ‘enhanced’ version 😊👍🏻 cheers
The new Enhanced Dart XL: tiny.cc/DartXL
And of course the mini drak was a ripmax alienator copy in the first place.
Interesting :) not seen or heard of that one before but I can see what you mean
Add very thin washers on the upper two motor screws, then it shouldnt tilt up if you go full throttle
You could do but it only masks the problem. Maybe in the new version they’re about to release they will have fixed this issue anyway?!
This is a great plane ，This is a product designed by my friend. He's name is Zhuhangjian
Good job.👍
Nice :D would be interesting to hear his story of designing it
Great Video! 👍
But one hint: don't use hot glue, use uhu por instead.
Thanks :) I tend to use a mix of hot glue and E6000. The E6000 stays clear and is flexible, and the hot glue is just there because it sets quickly and holds everything in place while the E6000 dries. UHU Por is great stuff, my only dislike is that it turns a nasty yellow colour over time :/ Thanks for the comment.
Nice review Adam. You need to bend your quad pilot buddies props and send him back to remedial flight school. LOL I just finished a system overhaul on my Dart XL by removing all the TBS gear I had in it and installing Dragon Link with a Vector and 1.3 Ghz video. Now I'm just waiting for the wind to die down (we have had 20-30 mph constant wind here for the last couple weeks.) so I can re-maiden it and configure the Vector. BTW I used your video on ground stations to re-build and improve mine. The main difference is I'm using a Dragon Link 1.3 Ghz yagi antenna rather than the VAS antenna you use. I used a 1/4" thick piece of plywood to mount everything on. It will be included in my next video about the Dart XL.
Haha cheers mate :) where are you from that you're getting constant 20-30mph wind? Sounds a bit like the conditions here in Ireland :P
Sounds like you've put some really high quality parts in your Dart, good luck with the next flight!
Ah great to hear the GS video was useful for you... How is the Yagi? I though they were meant to have quite a narrow beam width? Cheers
@@AdamGdoesFPV HI Adam, I'm in central Texas. We normally have pretty gusty winds here in the spring but the last week and a half the wind has been stronger than usual as there is a high pressure system east of me over Alabama that is drawing strong moist winds off the Gulf of Mexico. It is forecast to diminish by Thursday but also bringing a chance of rain then as well. As for the Yagi it will be the maiden for it as well. I've spoken to several pilots who have used it and they really like it. They say it is not quite as directional as you may think and if you do fly a bit out of the cone of best viewing they just bump the antenna slightly in the direction of the plane to improve the image. I am using a Diversity Daemon with a second RMRC receiver and the stock chopstick omni directional antenna when the plane is close in and , or behind me. (I've used that receiver and antenna flying my SkyHunter out to 2 miles with no issues.) My goal for this plane is to do some long range flights out to 15 miles or so using a Titan 7000 MAh LION and I think the Yagi will come in handy for those kind of flights.
Good luck to you and I'm looking forward to seeing more videos from you in the near future.
Weather can put a real downer on this hobby can't it! Hope you get the chance to fly soon.
Sounds like you have a good setup there anyway... and maybe the Yagi would benefit from a tracker (if you can be bothered)?
Thanks for watching and for the support, I appreciate it :)
Excellent honest review,I’ve the dart all prepped and ready to fly, but sadly due to northern Irish weather I’m unable to test it (usuall gps drones) this is my first plane/wing, I’m using the kopilot but already looking to my next build. I don’t want to do stunts I just want to enjoy the relaxation of flight. Would this be a good cruising wing? Or what else would you suggest?
Thank you for the hard work that goes into the videos
Thanks for the feedback😃Ah yes the Irish weather is my biggest barrier to getting out and flying more! This is definitely a good cruising wing, it's pretty much designed for that and it's quite nice and stable too. Not really the plane for fast flying or acro so it seems you made a good choice. Good luck with the maiden and enjoy :)
Hey Adam hows it going? if you were to chose a medium range fpv platform would you go for this ( well the enhanced version ) or the talon rebel gt? Decent cruise speed but good stall characteristics would be nice to haves, Cheers Mark
Hey Mark, personally I preferred the Talon GT, but having said that I never had the ‘enhanced’ Dart XL. I feel like the Talon is less likely to get damaged on a landing and would have better stability for cruising as it has a tail. Cheers
@@AdamGdoesFPV Thanks Adam, appreciate your reply!
same here, crashed on maiden as surfaces throw was not enough
Were you using iNav too?
@@AdamGdoesFPV yes, I had to enable 125% throws for manual, adjust servo limits and bump the FF gain up
I'll plug it back in and make some config changes before the next flight then thanks
I think pulling up on throttle is a problem in the flight control thing, another youtuber made a video where he explained it was a specific setting made for flying wings, that was on by default
I wish that was true but unfortunately it's not an FC related problem, it's a design flaw of this aircraft.
@@AdamGdoesFPV well can it be compensated for?
Thank you!
You’re welcome 😊 thanks for watching 👍🏻
Hi Adam, great video. No Dragonlink for this plane?
Hi Ben, thanks for watching and commenting 😊 just didn’t have a spare Dragonlink receiver at the time and wasn’t planning on flying it too far. Cheers
Great video! Great job on the repair too! lol Makes me want to go fly mine now... :D
Cheers mate :) when I saw the damage my first thought was I'll be selling on parts as spares... glad I changed my mind as it worked out really well. Thanks for watching :D
Planes are great but they're too expensive
This plane or all planes? They don't have to be expensive. I have put very cheap parts in this one :)
Yes ,Dart XL（PNP） is a little expensive.
The price in China is 1399RMB
@@mullerlee5257 It's a bit cheaper than that here: tiny.cc/hu596y
Nice review
Thanks for watching and commenting :)
Try printing with HIPS, you will be surprised how much lighter your parts will be.
Thanks, not even heard of this but I'll check it out!
I saw the four holes in the wood mount for the flight controller but I don't understand how you would get a screw through there or how they would help anything and it looks like you just put some standoffs in it and glued them down?
I'm in the planning stage to build a wing and I don't understand how most people mount their flight controllers, because my background is in quadcopters, and they mount with screws, very solidly and square.
Can't remember now but yes I think I just glued the standoffs in the bottom. FC's don't need to be screwed into the airframe on a fixed wing. Many of mine are just velcro'd in place. Cheers
Hands up if you've also had a friend smash his quad into your fixed-wing...
*Raises hand*
Virtual Willis I just smashed my friends spark with my Strix yesterday. Payback? 🤷🏻♂️
Haha!
I bet there are many :D
How did the nose rip off like that with the two carbon fiber rods running down both sides of the fuselage? I don't see them at all in the video of your wreckage?
Hi Chris, this is because I had an earlier version than the new 'Enhanced' version which is available now. Mine did not have the carbon spars in the nose to prevent this. The new version has also resolved the pitch up on high throttle which is great news. Cheers
Sir what battery do you use and how much flight time can you get?
Hi, links to all the gear I use is in the video description. with the 3a 4s I think flight time was 20-30min If you want really long cruise flights then maybe look into their lion packs: tiny.cc/ZOHD-7000-Lion
Any idea how to combat motor torc. Have crashed mine 3 times so far using inav launch. It just rolls to left then noses in.
My recommendation is to launch in fully MANUAL mode. I've not had any torque roll issues with this plane, it seems to just fly dead straight out of my hand. Also, just check you haven't put any heavy electronics in the wing that's going down. Hope this helps
Did you find a fix for the limited servo travel in INav? I have the same problem.
Hi, not had chance to fly it again since as I've been away a lot. Going to try again soon and I'll let you know.
what is that rectangular grid that you get as interference on the fpv feed? some radar system close by?
You mean in the bottom right corner? I just put a blur over my GPS co-ordinates thats all.
@@AdamGdoesFPV no, sometimes the whole screen gets a 9x9 white grid noise
Ah I see. I must have trained my eye so well to ignore interference that I didn't even notice it. Not sure what it is, maybe my friends quad flying around on 5.8...
How about 1700~1800g for this plane ? With 4s 8000 mah 60c 831g lipo
I'm not too sure. I guess it would be possible but launches might be a bit tricky. I could be wrong though
@@AdamGdoesFPVActually, i want to upgrade with landing gear
@@erdembaris99 That would be interesting :)
"Positive: Easy to launch"
WHAT?! This thing is SO difficult to launch, the margain of error is MASSIVE.
Since making this review I know many people that have flow these and all have agreed it's easier to launch than most wings. Firstly take a look at the terrible throw at 6:58 it still just wanted to get up and go... next take a look at the launch at 10:30 this was in full MANUAL mode with no input on the sticks from me at all, yet it looks like it was in Launch mode.
If you're having problems launching this wing I suggest you check your model over making sure CG is correct, that one side/wing isn't a lot heavier than the other and that the control surfaces are lined up and move correctly.
Thanks for watching and good luck.
Great review Adam,I have one of these on the way, 2 questions what did you use to hinge the alerions? And how did you deal with the factory plugs, on my recivers i use rx tx,voltage and ground these are only 3 pin connectors? Thanks again