The Diamond - 90mm Viper EDF FPV Formation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Blackstar FPV Team attempts at the diamond formation. It's starting to come together. Check out the crazy sky color in one of the segments. Happy Halloween!
Field: Orange County Modeler Association/ Black Star Field
Plane: E-flite Viper 90mm EDF Jet
RC TX: FrSky Tandem X20s
FPV System: DJI FPV (Goggle, Camera , Air Unit)
#FPVFormation #HeadtrackingFPV
Unedited head-tracking DJI FPV footage: th-cam.com/video/uywKjZO1M4Q/w-d-xo.html
Nice flying guys! The problem is many people that watch this won't appreciate how difficult it is, especially those who haven't flown fixed wing FPV, or even some that do but just haven't tried formation.
Some of us do... ;)
I tried with 2 glider and it was so difficult so with 4 jet...
Exactly 💯 percent
Top notch!
Impressive flying fellas!
Thanks Flybeard!
this got me obsessed with RC's, that was so smoth
Thank you for watching!
Outstanding work from everyone, the dvr footage is awesome
Absolute heroes! ❤️
You are living MY dream! :D
You fly so well it looks easy, but it's behind the beautiful look, hides a lot of hard work, a lot of talent and a result that few will reach, thanks for sharing
Thanks Ilan! That means a lot from a fellow FPV pilot that also practice formation.
Just awesome
Super nice!
Looks like fun guys! Great video👍
Great progress guys keep going
Awesome. You should try adding in a trim condition for everyone but the lead, could have it on a switch to turn it off. This is what the Blue Angles do, they trim away from the formation so they have to pull the stick/plane in and only have to hold correct amount of stick pressure rather than stick pressure in both directions. For the left and right I guess yaw would be the correct trim which may be more difficult (at least for me) to do since its coupled with throttle. Maybe roll would work too. For the rear since he appears to fly low, he could have a couple clicks of down trim so he just has to hold up pressure to stay in/tight.
Love what you guys do, wish the old guys at my field were into this, I just added FPV to my T33.
Absolutely, have read that Blue Angels have to hold 20lbs back pressure to hold level flight! That’s insane, but apparently works!
@@BlackstarFPVDemoTeam indeed I heard up to 30lbs even. They start with a lower spring setting in winter training and work their way up to the stronger spring but still, super tough guys.
i have around 750 hours of flying formation i the Virtual red arrows on DCS and we put a couple of clicks of nose down trim too. And we only flew with 50% and 25% expo or so on that so you have more control. It was truly epic flying a 9 ship even on a 2d screen and damn hard. Then VR came. And now we have this too! Amazing times we live in!
Unbelievable, really!
That is truly impressive stuff! I know how hard it is to fly formation but doing it with a jet and at sunset... respect!!
So cool of StuweFPV the downhill legend to chime in! Your long range scale setup and proximity flying skill is much talked about among our team. Respect is mutual!
@@BlackstarFPVDemoTeam Thank you very much guys!! It's an honor! FPV jets rock :)
Great flight formation and camera work. Love all the views and scenery.
Absolutely awesome guys! So much practice (obviously) that has paid off HUGE! We can't wait to have you guys down at Palomar Flyers field later this month-really looking forward to meeting you all and watching you guys fly!
Thanks LouKhan! Looking forward to visiting your beautiful field and seeing your very detailed warbirds. You do great work with your planes!
Bad ass! Picking up a DJI PFV V2 goggles soon.
Love it! Can't wait to be able to afford and do this! Nice flying guys.
Also please include the dji view, love to see the head tracking you guys do while in flight and in formation! Keep up the awesome flying!
We will!
See unedited DJI footage here: th-cam.com/video/uywKjZO1M4Q/w-d-xo.html
Amazing work guys! Fantastic results 😉
This is so bad ass!!
WOW!😯 A DREAM COME TRUE!... I come from the virtual formation flying community and often dreamed of the possibility of FPV R/C formation flying. Question: Has anyone considered flying from their own "cockpit" instead of the hand-held R/C controls? Even in the virtual world things can get twitchy, but our flight controls can be adjusted through the input curves ingame. Small aircraft, of course, are very susceptible to wind currents. Maybe adjustable input curves and flight controls in proper position could smooth things out...???... I wish I had the resources to get into this! GOOD STUFF! Blue skies to you!
Well done! Jealous of that field.
That was dope! 👍
Great work!! You guys are taking well to tight formation. Wish I could do that with you guys!!
you gotta peeping me!!!
So peeping Awesome!!!❤❤❤
OMG!! Let's go!
This is so cool! You guys are getting better with each flight! Love the runway lights too! :)
Thanks Ken!
Finally Someone that realizes what FPV is/should be. Great Job Bro. may I suggest that that the lead carry a 360 camera and allow the audience look around at will. Nice thing about 360 is one never sees the exact video twice. Might increase your views too. I know I've watched the 360 vid of the Blue Angles many times. Again Great Job. You should add your Pilot Talk (Audio Formation commands) too.
Great suggestions! We will try to implement.
Wow that cool 😎 subbed ✌🏼
Crazy awsome control. Very difficult to done.
Awesome👍😊
nice camera work.
I`d love to see the DJI footage
Thanks! Here’s DJI footage, unedited, start to finish: th-cam.com/video/uywKjZO1M4Q/w-d-xo.html
That's amazing we should be flying FPV and fly a demo like the Blue Angeles or Thunder Bird team. ❤️ 🏆
That is our dream! Thanks for watching!
That is cool. I'm about to start flying the F-18 Eachine F-18 50mm Maverick Edition! I grew up with the Blue Angeles on Pensacola Beach Florida and my uncle flew the F-16 Viper!
@@jasonfalcon7821 can't wait to see your videos!
@BlackstarFPVDemoTeam yeah about to purchase a Gopro camera! Got to get my Avant FX back in the air as well as my T-Rex 250's. Believe it or not but pull up SpaceX and watch the Jason 1 and Falcon 9 which takes off on my birthday of 5/30/20.
This is soo cool! Just want to throw a little idea to you guys, how about you try some stereoscopic fpv camera, this way, you can differentiate the distance between you and you flight mates.
Amazing! I have the 70mm Viper and I absolutely love it. My plan is to upgrade to the 90mm once I've "mastered" the 70mm. A question I have is, can I get an FPV system that I can use with my Spektrum NX8? Maybe with VR goggles? I've never looked in to it. So I'm a total newbie.
This is awesome. Next level. Always harder to follow but that lead plane is rock solid which makes the job much easier. Do you have anyone on the ground LOS coaching your formation to tighten it up?
The unthankful job of the slot pilot: yell at everyone and dodge the bogles.
That is really is superb. I would love rc flying friends to try that with! Do you think the AS3X stuff would make things easier for you?
we are gyro-stabbed in this video, same as AS3X or maybe even better. there is a lot of chop in the air and even though the Vipers are a great platform for this type of flying it just doesn't have the inertia to cut through all that without bobbing up and down a bit. Further research is in progress :-).
@@BlackstarFPVDemoTeam Thanks for the reply, if your spot is anything like mine then you only get super calm early mornings about 5 times a year! Anyway, very enjoyably to watch, I will follow to see how you evolve!
🎉🎉🎉🎉😊
thank you very much!
amazing! how do you do that? with no OSD display speed and height, how do you wingmen find each other position?
Hello sorry for the late reply. honestly this was just a lot of practice and trust. at the time this video was made our lead plane had our flight controller and digital display so he could keep us all at the right speed and bring us in for landings.
hellow, it's okay. can I ask what flight controller and digital display you used and where to buy them, I am from Taiwan , and my friends in our fly field are all wish to practice the EDF formation@@BlackstarFPVDemoTeam
@@唐麒凱 we are using our latest flight controller called Katana. Check it out: Www.blackstaravionics.com
I have to know how your lead doesn't have any vertical up and down while flying yet, the other three Pilots, do have that vertical up-and-down motion. Now I understand what you mean by smooth if he can give me any type of tips on how to stay level in Flight like he does I'd appreciate it
Nice progress. What percentage of throttle are you running when in formation?
50% normally, 55% when windy.
Are you using any Flight Controller? Inav/Ardupilot?
We have created our own Flight Controller. Details will be released soon. Thank you for the interest and for watching!
Gyros or no Gyros!?
Why so much distance between planes?? The real thunderbirds are 18inches apart...why yall not 18mm apart? Come on, close that gap in the diamond. Rookies.