Vanover's flight was hands down one of the best freestyle flights I've seen in a while. Nice smooth flow, not too jerky and not too dancy, just perfect. Well done, Alex!
Nice little micro. Best thing I ever tried for getting quads out of really tall trees is one of those ball chuckers I use to throw a ball for my dog with, attached a strong thin line to a weighted rubber ball and I can accurately throw the line really high and get it right over the quad. They only cost about $5 but you need to make the ball heavy enough to pull the line up (I use a builders string line, strong but light) then I can attach a thicker rope and pull it through if it’s a particularly thick branch that needs a good shaking 😂
I have one, very nice, and I squeezed an R9M inside, my buddies are using the crossfire with 850mA batts. However, I have gone through four motors to date, two within 10 flights, and bent the tip of an arm crashing into the dirt. The replacement motors cables are too short to install at the front end, you have to splice cables which is not fun, the replacement frame was not cheap, but came quickly complete with all new TPU parts. The beetle is by miles my favorite 2.5" flyer, shes always packed on a fly day, I would recommend it to anyone, my only complaint really is why the motors failed and short cables, all of which can be remedied.
I suspect there will be a V2 of the Caddx Vista before too long, that will have onboard DVR recording, and maybe an even smaller size. Also I suspect before too long there will be other good alternatives in digital video RX's and TX's, and before ya know it, we'll have digital video Whoops! We're lucky, it's the FPV Golden Age; technology is making leaps and bounds, and Big Brother hasn't yet crushed it under his heel and ground our beloved quads into dust...
Oh wow, how did he... what? 02:30 how is that even possible? At first I thought he was throwing himself *through* the fence but even how he slung it over there is just like... WHAT?!? ;D
You've posted so many videos of your house they knew all the lines already. Josh was probably like... "Alex, you want some warm up packs?" Alex- "Hell no man" ...But he can probably cold fly ANYTHING ANYWHERE
TweakRacer hd? that’s heavier. Analog vtxs are built into whoops. which can be and usually are under (or around) 20 grams. @Peter Zingler said analog can be 2 “gramm.” While I don’t know about that, they’re certainly less than 30.
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Now i just want to see vanover fly random stuff to show how things should fly.
What kind of salty haters downvote this video within an hour after release? Do they have a script running: If (JB) { downvote }? Either way: crazy flying by Vanover! That style is like the lovechild of Drib's flow and Steele's technical skills. Really impressive!
@@JoshuaBardwell I'm 32 years old and I keep forgetting that this is the glorious semi-anonymous internet... They should put 'Remote IDs' on internet connections, except if it's slower than 1Mbps 😁
Ok . JB i build it because of this video with xing 1105 motor and I added 3" props on the back with 2.5 forward. Yes they fit perfectly and the quad flies much better, smooth Nd faster punch outs. for thos who got 2.5 beetle try it!
The Iflight dc3 . Mine had a gyro problem but RDQs and Iflight fixed that with a new board . IMHO the 2 rear arms come back at a 45 degree angle and are very flexible and look like a break point .Mine have not broken so far . PS I love my Transtec Beetle
for that purpose i have my "tree bitch", cheapest quad out of leftovers, lets assume it flys ok xD i tie a paracord to it and try to hit the same branch with it where the stranded quad is.. then you start pulling :D either you get both quads back, or you get tree bitch back for another try :D
Note that with 3s 850mah, it feels rlly bad when doing free-fall or sharp turning. I think the only thing for it to brag about is the durability = =. My seller told me it's possible to burn your motor with 4s battery. N also, there's no a built-in blackbox and the ESC doesn't support bidirectional dshot, which makes it much unfriendly to those are new to fpv. Due to the pandemic I had to buy a drone allowing me to fly among people (no open space at home) with least risk so I bought it, but for beginners, build up a drone by yourself. Just for reference
That fall from out of the trees, I thought for sure it would have been shagged, but as I could see from when you brought it inside, it sure does take a hiding lol. If I actually owned dji goggles, I’d buy this one for sure. Maybe in a few weeks I might own a pair, because I like the looks of them.
does better with the emax nano antennas. mine is now for sale but I did order the Laser for a friend that I am building for. btw the ducts will bust in snap unless you put welder pro rubber cement (or other) reinforcing the struts at the hub., same trick the whoop racers do. Was disappointed the flux capacity thing was mis-wired in parallel.
Thank you for calling them MONOpole antennas! There are so many great and knowledgeable FPV channels that always call them dipoles. JB really is the most smartest one.
FriendlyNomad and JB are both wrong. The Transtec and whoop VTX antennas are sleeved dipoles. Monopoles, like regular 2.4GHz radio antennas, do not have that thicker sleeved section.
@@TweakRacer Monopoles are defined as having a single element, regardless of counterpoise or ground plane. The counterpoise gives the antenna performance and function like a dipole, but it still only has a single element. Take a look at the "dipole antenna" page on Wikipedia. Either way, we're just arguing semantics.
8:48 "THE ARMS" Yup, had what I thought was a rather 'mild' crash today, on a grass covered open-field and viola! Arm snapped at exactly the place you pointed out! Right at that curvature/elbow location. Kind of discouraging, since it was only the third time I'd flown the Beetle and was starting to really like the way it flies. :( :(
i think sub 250 g and good video is also possible with Hawkeye Firefly Split 4K or Caddx Tarsier 4K dual lens cameras they are about the same weight as the DJI air unit or even less. although they don't have robust case's protecting them and adding one to those might get over that weight. also the recording will have to be done on the drone itself which has it's own advantages/disadvantages.
I will tell you the arms are definitely seem to be a weakness. I crashed mine on grass when my air unit video froze. The arm cracked. I ended up superglue the arm because it’s taking a long time to get the replacement frame in. Surprisingly I’ve had much worse faster crashes sense the glue and nothing else has broken. Very strange indeed. I read that the air unit can freeze up like that a lot when your don’t have a capacitor on the quad so I’m going to install one. Btw you can fit an XM+ under the ESC if you just add a few small washers to lift the ESC up a tiny bit. I’m actually thinking about replacing the FC and ESC with the 20A betafpv AIO to save more weight.
Drew's style seems more technical coasting along the side & up & over instead of punching & doing flip flops . But I don't fly FPV yet it's hard to find someone to guide & help you & I go to local hobby store & they dont have much interest in FPV just trains n planes.
JB, how do you NOT have a throw bag and line at your house with those huge trees?!?! To add to your comments, my DC3 with full air unit is 173g dry. (differences: 3", F7, 3-6s, extra UART on the latest Succex Mini) The other similar frame to look at is the FlexRC Colugo. FlexRC has a ton of 3D pieces they provide the .stl on their website As always, thank you for your awesome video. I learned something today
Hey, is it possible that you could put their stick commands on the screen as you did on one of your "how to trick" videos? Some of those moves were sick! I'd like to learn those!
Warning to potential buyers, Two motors burned out after one flight. I ordered the motors from Transtec over two months ago and still haven’t got them... Just not worth the hassle imo.. some companies just suck and Transtec excels at that.
I just bought my dji goggles and dji controller. Going to make this my first dji air unit drone! Just curious, wouldn’t 1108 motors been a better choice for 4s?
@joshuabardwell do you recommend this over the beta 95x? Sorry if they are 2 different categories I'm still new. Just want a smaller quad that's easy to set up.
They are close to the same price but I think the Beetle is better. It's heavier, and you would think that makes it fly worse, but without prop guards, I think it flies better, and the weight kind of makes it a little more freestyle-friendly. On top of that, it has the full Air Unit so you get on board recording.
Yeah, it’s pretty darn cheap, for what you get. Ditch the prop guards though. Makes it fly worse, plus they break the first time you crash. Other than that, super fun little quad.
Mr. Bardwell, Could you please do a video of upgrading this with RPM Filtering and the OSD settings that work. I bought this because of you and Zoey FPV. Just getting into the hobby and decided to go DJI But having some issues. I am in New York and now have time off.
@@JoshuaBardwell Thank you, I didn't expect you to respond. so I guess I upgraded the ESC for no reason disabled LED and for no reason. Can you help me get this thing flying?
Hi Joshua, hope you're finally over the flu and feeling much better now. Hope you can help regarding connecting the crossfire to the F411-HD FC, there's only RX, 5V & Gnd pads, isn't a TX pad also required?
@@JoshuaBardwell Cheers, thank you. I only just noticed that the newer F411-HD FC board now have an RX & T1 pads, the cable connector also has T2 & R2 pins
@@rutgerdezeeuw helps prevent electrical damage from plugging in the battery and there are reports that it can possibly help stop the dji from freezing up. Essentially it just cleans the electricity from your battery. Good luck!
Sup Joshua, is it possible to configure the ESC on this drone using BlHeliSuite? Mine doesn't work with it, so I can't flash blheli 32.7 and therefore no Bidirectional Dshot :/ Can't reverse motor direction, can't configure ESC max/min throttle or anything! ugh!
anyone know if there is something unique about getting the LED's to work on this?, just got one used but LEDs wont power up, tried resetting in betaflight but no luck.
Because of the added weight I guess, although for the crossfire nano that is only 3 grams... I might change from the dji controller to the crossfire as I love to have a smaller Rx, and to have a better range would be nice too, I guess apart from the weigh, it is a win win.
I don’t like the idea of using something that’s not needed. If DJI offered a vtx alone then maybe, but I like the integration. Also I think the DJI controller has better range than the Tango. For me it’s all about portability.
@@JoshuaBardwell Yet the the added range won't benefit too much as your goggles will still be restricted to the dji range. But maybe you might just get your vision back by gaining altitude as soon as you lose connection due to buildings etc.
A question. Mine came with dshot600 enabled stock but only 4khz gyro/pid loop. Do you think i can change to 8Khz? The board seems to be able to handle it but mayby the esc cant?
Vanover's flight was hands down one of the best freestyle flights I've seen in a while. Nice smooth flow, not too jerky and not too dancy, just perfect. Well done, Alex!
I do like that style too, I carve hard when I'm just racing around, and then just float around freestyle- makes you feel like gravity is turned off.
Vanover has a great flow, man he's good
Yea watch his stick cam rip at a school from few months back, 1 of the best runs I've ever seen
Vanover needs to rip that lil 3" Octo agen that was off it head I couldn't keep up with it
I must say. Every time there’s onboard footage I am jealous of that yard. So nice. That’s awesome.
Can’t begin how to tell you , how you have helped me along the way, thank you
loved how the quad ran down the tree trunk and kept on flying
Seriously, that thing was RAKED down an entire tree trunk and it's still flying?! Thing is tough
I'm so glad you didn't have music during the flying. So refreshing. Awesome little drone.
Nice little micro. Best thing I ever tried for getting quads out of really tall trees is one of those ball chuckers I use to throw a ball for my dog with, attached a strong thin line to a weighted rubber ball and I can accurately throw the line really high and get it right over the quad. They only cost about $5 but you need to make the ball heavy enough to pull the line up (I use a builders string line, strong but light) then I can attach a thicker rope and pull it through if it’s a particularly thick branch that needs a good shaking 😂
That is a really good idea
The 50-50 dark-slide down the tree was amazing ! Cool trick
14:36 "All that money just hitting the ground" - Every FPV Pilot when crash lol
LesKira yeah. But DRL drone is next level expensive.
That is some freaking amazing flying!
I own the dc3 and the transtec, definitely prefer the dc3, but the beetle is cool too
As many times as I've flown at your house, wink wink (liftoff), I've never gotten a quad stuck in the trees!! Just sayin!!
SwingFPV 😂😂 I fly at his house all the time too!
@@JulzGatBeats yo SAME!
I mean lift off let's you just blow through branches at times
I have one, very nice, and I squeezed an R9M inside, my buddies are using the crossfire with 850mA batts. However, I have gone through four motors to date, two within 10 flights, and bent the tip of an arm crashing into the dirt. The replacement motors cables are too short to install at the front end, you have to splice cables which is not fun, the replacement frame was not cheap, but came quickly complete with all new TPU parts. The beetle is by miles my favorite 2.5" flyer, shes always packed on a fly day, I would recommend it to anyone, my only complaint really is why the motors failed and short cables, all of which can be remedied.
i always bring some paracord or fishing line with weights on it. Saved me many many times!
I suspect there will be a V2 of the Caddx Vista before too long, that will have onboard DVR recording, and maybe an even smaller size. Also I suspect before too long there will be other good alternatives in digital video RX's and TX's, and before ya know it, we'll have digital video Whoops! We're lucky, it's the FPV Golden Age; technology is making leaps and bounds, and Big Brother hasn't yet crushed it under his heel and ground our beloved quads into dust...
Don’t know what Chrystal ball you where looking into but a year latter and we are about where we where last year.
Seems like it would be a perfect discrete park flyer. Less noisy, less threatening looking.
Seems very solid, thanks for the review JB.
"oh shut up hater"...Bardwell giggling like a schoolgirl in the background. LMFAO!!!!
My favorite parts of your videos is the non pulled punches 🤣
Oh wow, how did he... what? 02:30 how is that even possible? At first I thought he was throwing himself *through* the fence
but even how he slung it over there is just like... WHAT?!?
;D
This world is not real
I recently found your channel and subbed Thanks for the endless info/education pretty awesome man Thank you 🦧
You've posted so many videos of your house they knew all the lines already.
Josh was probably like... "Alex, you want some warm up packs?" Alex- "Hell no man"
...But he can probably cold fly ANYTHING ANYWHERE
Pretty awesome IMO! I can't even imagine when AirUnit v2 comes out and is even lighter :) Great times for our hobby, truly!
It's 50gramm at the moment where as an analogue can be 2 Gramm. Lot of air down there
@@peterzingler6221 2g analog? You mean 20g? Most analog setups hit the 30g range minimum
Perceivedshift can be far far less than 30g (especially in whoops)
Peter Zingler Cool story bro. 2g for a 1080P camera/DVR/VTX/CP antenna(s) like on a 50g Air Unit? Sure, noob.
TweakRacer hd? that’s heavier. Analog vtxs are built into whoops. which can be and usually are under (or around) 20 grams. @Peter Zingler said analog can be 2 “gramm.” While I don’t know about that, they’re certainly less than 30.
Now i just want to see vanover fly random stuff to show how things should fly.
This setup is so great !!! I have it and I'm discovering your review now lol I love this beetle, so under valued
Looks like a good solution if your going full DJI or adding a separate receiver. See you in the Air!
Vanover is a really good pilot.
Yeah I'm starting to think that also 🤣
at 3:00 omg that was so nice
What kind of salty haters downvote this video within an hour after release? Do they have a script running: If (JB) { downvote }?
Either way: crazy flying by Vanover! That style is like the lovechild of Drib's flow and Steele's technical skills. Really impressive!
Some people hate DJI.
@@JoshuaBardwell I'm 32 years old and I keep forgetting that this is the glorious semi-anonymous internet... They should put 'Remote IDs' on internet connections, except if it's slower than 1Mbps 😁
Ok . JB i build it because of this video with xing 1105 motor and I added 3" props on the back with 2.5 forward. Yes they fit perfectly and the quad flies much better, smooth Nd faster punch outs. for thos who got 2.5 beetle try it!
i cant wait to come and get to fly with you joshua ....it would be so awesome .....
Glad Nubb saved the day by getting the quads out of the tree. Very high tech, effective, low cost method 💪🏼
The Iflight dc3 . Mine had a gyro problem but RDQs and Iflight fixed that with a new board . IMHO the 2 rear arms come back at a 45 degree angle and are very flexible and look like a break point .Mine have not broken so far . PS I love my Transtec Beetle
it flies really well
The deeper and deeper I get into this hobby the more and more I'm finding just how many pilots are in the area, lol....I wonder why o.O
These builds are so sick.. just ordered an hglrc sector 150, upgraded to caddx tarsier (cuz yes im still an analog dinosaur)..
Wow, I've been away from the hobby fir a bit, I come back to see all the dji hd stuff... I wish I could just use my hd3 goggles with the dji quad
How do you guys fly like this, you would have to anticipate unfamiliar objects milliseconds beforehand and then have time to react?
They have superpowers.
I learned today that when you get a quad stuck on a tree, it would be a bad idea to fling it out with another quad
for that purpose i have my "tree bitch", cheapest quad out of leftovers, lets assume it flys ok xD
i tie a paracord to it and try to hit the same branch with it where the stranded quad is.. then you start pulling :D
either you get both quads back, or you get tree bitch back for another try :D
Even Drew's "feeling it out" run looks better than my "top of the crop" footage! :-\
I feel ya 🤣
Note that with 3s 850mah, it feels rlly bad when doing free-fall or sharp turning. I think the only thing for it to brag about is the durability = =. My seller told me it's possible to burn your motor with 4s battery. N also, there's no a built-in blackbox and the ESC doesn't support bidirectional dshot, which makes it much unfriendly to those are new to fpv. Due to the pandemic I had to buy a drone allowing me to fly among people (no open space at home) with least risk so I bought it, but for beginners, build up a drone by yourself. Just for reference
regarding the escs: you can flash jesc or jazz maverick to get bidirectional dshot.
I run 4s 850 packs no problems.
I couldn't stop thinking about how great this quadr will fly with Caddx Vista))
That fall from out of the trees, I thought for sure it would have been shagged, but as I could see from when you brought it inside, it sure does take a hiding lol. If I actually owned dji goggles, I’d buy this one for sure. Maybe in a few weeks I might own a pair, because I like the looks of them.
does better with the emax nano antennas. mine is now for sale but I did order the Laser for a friend that I am building for. btw the ducts will bust in snap unless you put welder pro rubber cement (or other) reinforcing the struts at the hub., same trick the whoop racers do. Was disappointed the flux capacity thing was mis-wired in parallel.
Damn you JB... Was hoping to buy one before you made it sell out
Thank you for calling them MONOpole antennas! There are so many great and knowledgeable FPV channels that always call them dipoles. JB really is the most smartest one.
FriendlyNomad and JB are both wrong. The Transtec and whoop VTX antennas are sleeved dipoles. Monopoles, like regular 2.4GHz radio antennas, do not have that thicker sleeved section.
@@TweakRacer Monopoles are defined as having a single element, regardless of counterpoise or ground plane. The counterpoise gives the antenna performance and function like a dipole, but it still only has a single element. Take a look at the "dipole antenna" page on Wikipedia. Either way, we're just arguing semantics.
Impressive flying Alex Vanover
8:48 "THE ARMS" Yup, had what I thought was a rather 'mild' crash today, on a grass covered open-field and viola! Arm snapped at exactly the place you pointed out! Right at that curvature/elbow location. Kind of discouraging, since it was only the third time I'd flown the Beetle and was starting to really like the way it flies. :( :(
sorry to hear that bro, did you use the prop guard during your flight?
@@tl-mr3cy No prop guards. replaced the arm then one of the motors went bad and had to replace that...but all is well now.
i think sub 250 g and good video is also possible with Hawkeye Firefly Split 4K or Caddx Tarsier 4K dual lens cameras they are about the same weight as the DJI air unit or even less. although they don't have robust case's protecting them and adding one to those might get over that weight. also the recording will have to be done on the drone itself which has it's own advantages/disadvantages.
Please try to do a review of the iFlight DC3. It looks great!
I will tell you the arms are definitely seem to be a weakness. I crashed mine on grass when my air unit video froze. The arm cracked. I ended up superglue the arm because it’s taking a long time to get the replacement frame in. Surprisingly I’ve had much worse faster crashes sense the glue and nothing else has broken. Very strange indeed. I read that the air unit can freeze up like that a lot when your don’t have a capacitor on the quad so I’m going to install one.
Btw you can fit an XM+ under the ESC if you just add a few small washers to lift the ESC up a tiny bit.
I’m actually thinking about replacing the FC and ESC with the 20A betafpv AIO to save more weight.
Drew's style seems more technical coasting along the side & up & over instead of punching & doing flip flops .
But I don't fly FPV yet it's hard to find someone to guide & help you & I go to local hobby store & they dont have much interest in FPV just trains n planes.
Love it. Great video buddy 👍😊✈️
HAHAHA I ordered this and you know what buy and fly PNP is cheaper than ordering separate! Can't wait! (noob pilot)
Lol.. your shirt though 😂😂😂
JB, how do you NOT have a throw bag and line at your house with those huge trees?!?!
To add to your comments, my DC3 with full air unit is 173g dry. (differences: 3", F7, 3-6s, extra UART on the latest Succex Mini)
The other similar frame to look at is the FlexRC Colugo. FlexRC has a ton of 3D pieces they provide the .stl on their website
As always, thank you for your awesome video. I learned something today
Hey, is it possible that you could put their stick commands on the screen as you did on one of your "how to trick" videos? Some of those moves were sick! I'd like to learn those!
Unfortunately I don't have that data recorded.
Warning to potential buyers,
Two motors burned out after one flight.
I ordered the motors from Transtec over two months ago and still haven’t got them...
Just not worth the hassle imo.. some companies just suck and Transtec excels at that.
Stick on Emax 1106 motors
I had a motor smoke out after a few flights as well:/
Impressive ! Seems like stock tune is great !!
I'm amazed....
Good to see the pro pilots also get stuck in trees... Makes us feel a little better. 😂
Does it come with a Beeper installed? Can't figure that out on the TransTEC website.
no
You can set the motors up to beep
I decided to make the leap to digital I just made the purchase through your link hope you get the kick back thanks
Cap Vanover the BEST 👍
I love seeing that there is hope for the hobby if s*** hits the props. (Also Nubb with the mad rope skills!!!)
I wish 250g thing is only exempt now, not as it's written going fwd
3:32 freaking awesome. This is probably pretty standard high level freestyle, but it's mind blowing to a noob like me.
That's by no means standart. You will admire this flight even after 2 Years of flying.
Yeah it's just a rubics cube but the precision 🤯
Vanover WTF dude ur a beast
I use baseballs. Or a softball when I'm desperate. Especially useful softball field nets.
A softball definitely has more weight for nets ;) ;)
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Damn. Looks pretty darn good.
I just bought my dji goggles and dji controller. Going to make this my first dji air unit drone! Just curious, wouldn’t 1108 motors been a better choice for 4s?
the Diatone P35 with Air Unit is 246g ;)
ohj wait, never mind that's dry (without battery)
Look like a squirrel with a camera crawling down a tree lol 5:30
@joshuabardwell do you recommend this over the beta 95x? Sorry if they are 2 different categories I'm still new. Just want a smaller quad that's easy to set up.
They are close to the same price but I think the Beetle is better. It's heavier, and you would think that makes it fly worse, but without prop guards, I think it flies better, and the weight kind of makes it a little more freestyle-friendly. On top of that, it has the full Air Unit so you get on board recording.
@@JoshuaBardwell Thanks, I think I will cancel my pre-order for the beta and go with this. . Appreciate all you do!!
Yeah, it’s pretty darn cheap, for what you get. Ditch the prop guards though. Makes it fly worse, plus they break the first time you crash. Other than that, super fun little quad.
Nice little DJI drone... Could you also show us how to build one ourselves with our own parts?
Very great ✌👍👌
Morning JB. Watching now.
GPERC now has a version of the ROCKET with a DJI Air Unit, would you still choose the transtec beetle?
you tha man bardwell!
Is a antenna upgrade recommanded? I find it not very good, lots of wifi signals around our house dow...
Mr. Bardwell, Could you please do a video of upgrading this with RPM Filtering and the OSD settings that work.
I bought this because of you and Zoey FPV. Just getting into the hobby and decided to go DJI But having some issues.
I am in New York and now have time off.
I am hearing from others that the FC does not work with RPM filtering enabled.
@@JoshuaBardwell Thank you, I didn't expect you to respond. so I guess I upgraded the ESC for no reason disabled LED and for no reason. Can you help me get this thing flying?
Hi Joshua, hope you're finally over the flu and feeling much better now. Hope you can help regarding connecting the crossfire to the F411-HD FC, there's only RX, 5V & Gnd pads, isn't a TX pad also required?
You can use CRSF with RX only but you won't get telemetry.
@@JoshuaBardwell Cheers, thank you. I only just noticed that the newer F411-HD FC board now have an RX & T1 pads, the cable connector also has T2 & R2 pins
Still looking for this
great video. is this frame available anywhere in the world at this moment
Thing flies like a dream. I put a capacitor, crossfire nano and it RIPS! Rline 750 3S. PS. The prop guards are garbage.
What is the purpose of the added capacitor?
@@rutgerdezeeuw helps prevent electrical damage from plugging in the battery and there are reports that it can possibly help stop the dji from freezing up. Essentially it just cleans the electricity from your battery. Good luck!
@@curbspank Where did you cram the Nano RX into?
@@curbspank how did you mount the nano rx?
@@nihilisticone4215 I used some vhb tape and stuck it to the underside of the DJI air unit. I'll take a picture when I get home.
Does this drone have different modes like Stab, Horizon and Acro or can it fly only in the Acro mode? Thank you
Sup Joshua, is it possible to configure the ESC on this drone using BlHeliSuite? Mine doesn't work with it, so I can't flash blheli 32.7 and therefore no Bidirectional Dshot :/ Can't reverse motor direction, can't configure ESC max/min throttle or anything! ugh!
Last question, I promise!, what one do you think would hold up better in a crash? Vs the 95x again
Hey Joshua, is this a better choice than the Machineworks Massive Droner HD? Not for racing, but for fun.
Can't find these beetle anywhere... did they stop production ?
did anyone else hear the dremel sounds it was making at half throttle???
Air Unit records some weird sounds on my 5" which is perfectly smooth, could be just a bad mic ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
it's actually the motors hitting the microphone membrane's resonant frequency xD
The more other HD cam/mic combos I see and hear (Turtle, Runcam 5, DJI, etc.) the more impressed I am at just how good GoPro mics are.
Have you successfully loaded Dshot on this quad? A few of us are having 100% motor errors when enabling it.
Joshua maybe u can make us a video on getting it working?
anyone know if there is something unique about getting the LED's to work on this?, just got one used but LEDs wont power up, tried resetting in betaflight but no luck.
I love the idea of HD micros, but I really want a smaller radio. I hope DJI releases a small form factor radio similar to the tango 2 soon.
Why not just run crossfire?
Because of the added weight I guess, although for the crossfire nano that is only 3 grams... I might change from the dji controller to the crossfire as I love to have a smaller Rx, and to have a better range would be nice too, I guess apart from the weigh, it is a win win.
I don’t like the idea of using something that’s not needed. If DJI offered a vtx alone then maybe, but I like the integration. Also I think the DJI controller has better range than the Tango. For me it’s all about portability.
No way the DJI controller beats 250 mW crossfire for range.
@@JoshuaBardwell Yet the the added range won't benefit too much as your goggles will still be restricted to the dji range. But maybe you might just get your vision back by gaining altitude as soon as you lose connection due to buildings etc.
Does Alex ever make himself sick whilst flying? I sure as hell am!
Really amazing little quad, Joshua! Fantastic review! 😃
BREAT FLIGHT!!!
Is this the best quad under 250g with dji air unit? What other options is possible, when I also want best possible range? E.g fly inside buildings?
beatle babe
Nice one... Stay cool man..
I think I'm gonna hurl!
A question. Mine came with dshot600 enabled stock but only 4khz gyro/pid loop.
Do you think i can change to 8Khz? The board seems to be able to handle it but mayby the esc cant?