We now know the resistance of the potentiometers SHOULDN'T have mattered. They're used as voltage dividers, so even if the resistance is different, it should have worked fine. However, while testing, when using the stock pedal's pots, we'd either have 100% or 0 throttle and nothing in between - hence why we tried to use matching pots. As this is just a proof of concept, basically just to figure out if this is as cool as we imagined (and it is), we just needed the car to accelerate and brake in a controllable manner. The rest will be figured out for the actual final build. :D
I'm not, it looks like they did a ton of research ahead of time and found some good guides from people that already trial and error'd this. If they did this from scratch with only a rough idea of what they wanted to do they would have taken much longer.
This comment needs to be seen by them. Sadly judging by how far back the Twitter post about it was (few weeks ago), this is probably quite a late video, with everything already done.
I have a ton of experience with the traxxas cars. Even at the speeds you are traveling it's easy to break the caster block in the front suspension. A broken part would be a huge buzzkill to an otherwise very cool project at LTX. I Highly recommend some aluminum caster blocks to stop a potential tragedy at the show. Traxxas part number : TRA3632a You can also change the top speed of the cars by changing the pinion gear on the motor. Smaller pinion (less teeth) = Less speed.
Hahaha... ive bashed the hell outta all my slashes and have NEVER broken a caster block. They arent even building a brushless system on lipo dude. They will be fine. Edit: ok so they ised lipo. But its still slow af haaha.
In this instance, this means many ppl that aren't even gamers buying their equipment. Its basically free customers, this also 150% voids warranty so yeah they probably don't mind
those steering wheels are old and pretty shitty. no force feedback, 180 degrees, and meant for ps3. they didn't mind at all clearing some place up in the warehouse.
Yeah, this is the only criticism I can basically come up with for Linus. He mentions the "I pay for the stuff" way too much in his videos. However I think he should realize that it's the combined effort that pays for stuff, even though maybe it's still his signature on the checks. I have run into this behaviour before in some psycho who thought he was god until he landed in jail due to st00pidity.
Something like this th-cam.com/video/anE3RNf_3s0/w-d-xo.html but, with a follow me drone. something about walking while seeing yourself in 3rd person is terrible to get used to you have no real reference to where your feet are going and even though you probably don't notice it you look at the ground in front of you with every step you take.
Josh Bardwell made it into a Linus video! Some of us have been doing this stuff for years so I wanted to point out that the DJI FPV stuff is incredibly expensive, as much as 10X the price of stuff we normally use. It also has a lot more latency and is far too slow for racing drones. It is also much bigger, heavier, and overheats more. But yes, FPV rc cars are a lot of fun. Flying with FPV is so much better though that I hardly touch my cars any more.
DJI OcuSync might be expensive, heavy and relatively high latency, but it provides an HD link! And in the case of RC car racing, i would argue that this is potentially a good trade-off. Latency is low enough, weight doesnt really matter and if the price can be paid...why not? Most visitors at LTX probably have no clue about FPV systems and would be disappointed with standard quality.
Oh dear god. Hopefully linus doesn't discover and make fpv mainstream.... A bunch of people will flood the scene and more rules will make it impossible to fly!!! Edit: people keep correcting me and I should have said "more mainstream that it already is" Im just worried that since linus's audience is mostly younger kids, people are gonna start doing more dumb stuff and we will be forced to stay on AMA fields.
@@Christheawsome3 Lol as if fpv wasn't mainstream yet. Or at least "drones" in general (which always have some sort of video downlink so can be considered fpv.) 4-5 years ago when the racing scene started out that was an edgy little niche in RC sports but now? Just look at all the hipster pseudo cool fpv youtubers annoying the shit out of everyone ;)
lol I was thinking the same thing, been strapping wireless cameras to RC plane, tanks, cars, quads, etc for years. I almost died at the part where they said we "don't want it to be too fast so we won't vomit",
daemn42 ...if he had just look on bang good or geatbest for a drone fpv set up he could have done 3d glasses with 3d cameras and bought servos and more batteries for overpriced dji products that record every flight you make and are locked down more than an apple product.....
@@melgibson6331 no, I'm glad he went with a digital system. Analog video world have crushed everyone else. Just saying there isn't going to be any free bandwidth on either band.
@@gianlucagasparis4506 There are non-legal analog channels low on the "5.8"Ghz band (like E4 5645Mhz), but DJI Occusync will likely have 100% overlap with regular 2.4Ghz and 5.8Ghz Wifi transmissions.
MORE OF THIS STUFF PLEASE!!!!! Maybe hire a person who has some circuit design XP or even some light engineering XP that could do vids on electrical mods n such if none are already available on staff?.
As an avid RC enthusiast, I'm glad you did this all the right way, did your research, and didn't slaughter my hobby. Also, if you think a slash is expensive, you're in for a deep, deep rabbit hole.
this was the title a few weeks ago: www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-91965/l/episode-391-first-person-view-rc-car-with-ps1-steering-whee?ICID=e14-presents-videos
This will be the future of motorsport - cars going at crazy speeds being driven remotely at a safe distance, meanwhile public roads will be full of self-driving cars taking passengers.
FPV is literally all my channel is about. I enjoy developing things in the space. Would love to help you guys do anything. Been watching you since the very beginning. Like, maybe before Google even bought TH-cam. 😂
I've been harassing Bardwell to get with them as well. They need to reach out to the actual cornerstones of the hobby instead of just drudging through forums.
As long as they don't use any shit from DJI I'll be happy. Fuck a pair of HDO's are probably cheaper than that shit DJI goggle or they could get a pair of skyzones or the like that do 3D that would have been sick on the ground vehicle maybe add head tracking and they wouldn't even believe it if they were impressed by this. Hell they were impressed with 50ms+ latency I couldn't even imagine trying to use that to fly.
As an embedded hardware and software developer working for an RC company, I have developed a remote control that takes any USB HID peripheral and uses it as input to control any RC model, just have to plug the peripheral into the USB host interface of the transmitter. Even a mouse can be used, I have flown a quad-copter with the wireless mouse of my computer... That should be far more convenient than all of these soldering, sawing and...
You do what everyday? You do realize that the FPV isn't the main feature of this build, but rather the modification of the PC USB steering wheel to control the RC car, right?
You can get it much cheaper (and at a similar quality) than what they did. This is what you need for the FPV part: Camera: Eachine TX02 (or similar) for ~$18 Goggles: Eachine VR D2 Pro for ~$80, or Eachine VR006 for ~$40 Then get any RC car you want. The AIO camera mentioned is actually made for micro drones so it is tiny, has a range of a few hundred meters, works fine indoors, needs no cooling and doesn't use much power.
I did something like this in the late '90s. The resolution wasn't as good, I used the standard dual stick RC controller, and it would display to a TV (through VCR first so I could record my driving), but it's still basically the same thing. What I was really hoping for here, since you showed a VR headset, was that you had used 2 cameras thereby giving a stereoscopic (3D) driving experience. Now THAT would be something!
Basically the same as the FPV racing drones. But with a plane. I'm sure it's been done already. Just like this should have been really easy to do with most of the same hardware. They're just adding difficulty by using PC controls for the car.
Your immediate use of hot glue to attach everything is the most RC thing in this video. I have planes that with significant weight added from years of hot glue repairs.
Yeah... that's like one of the first things you learn you've done wrong in any introductory circuits course. They probably should have gotten help on this project from someone who understands at least some electrical engineering
@@alzhn In this case since the voltage sense pin (to which the pod is connected) will probably be High-Z so it doesn't matter for strict resistance measurements. Especially not for "close enough" measurements like this.
@@EraYaN I mean, the steering and throttle pots would probably be in parallel in the original controller if they're used as a voltage divider, meaning you'd measure half the resistance if they were the same... Come to think of it, that could be why the throttle response is so bad here - the steering wheel and pedal are separated
You should contact #FliteTest guys and make it together. Those guys are crazy and bulid everything what can you image on RC based fun. They are very competent and have a huge amount of KNOWLEDGE.
nah, this is a brushed 2wd traxxas slash, about 250 - 300 usd on its own with a decent lipo + charger. the fpv stuff is the most expensive though, about 500 - 700. There are ofc cheaper & smaller stuff out there that has like 360p 60 fps & similar. Like these guys over at flitetest has. th-cam.com/video/18seUg-uNqg/w-d-xo.html These tiny cars does about 18 - 25 km/h.
Appreciate the detailed informative reply (even tho I'm not OP) but it's a joke that references the RC Bandito, an RC car you can buy in GTA Online. It's an RC car that costs more than the original most expensive super car in the game (the Adder) lmao
@@Zahoodo Wasn't it supposed to go to some event? You don't want this thing ripping around the place and smashing into people and potentially injuring someone
so awesome, imagine rc racing with a setup like this. You should organize a race event where people can come with their own versions of this and race each other in the "LTT 500"
Linus! I'm glad you finally discovered FPV! I've been flying FPV drones for a few years. It's a lot of fun and you can FPV more than RC cars and Drones... There's a lot of content around FPV I can see your channels doing =)
Guess you haven't watched ltt for that long. Once upon a time there was only 1 or 2 channels depending on how you look at it (ltt and ncix tech tips) . Those were the good ol'days. ;) But nothing is as responsible for the good old days then a bad memory
@@arvidjohansson3120 I also know the time way back at ncix, but that was an other sort of fun. Something like this on csf would be an office race and the winner could design the working space of the loser. ... or get his car painted
As someone who spent about 100 hours trying to remake a racing wheel from a garage sale basically from scratch (fittingly a logitech wingman formula gp) it's cool to finally see someone else opening one of these up and then struggle with potentiometers that seem to have a mind of their own
I laughed when I found this video and checked the date. I setup an RC car back in 2006 with a wireless CCT to drive around my office when I had to work night shift. Fun to see I'm not the only weirdo out there, I'm just ahead of my time.
If the cars are too fast or too agile, just add some dummy weight to them. RC cars have much better weight to volume ratio than actual cars. That's why they are so quick, agile and could cause sickness when playing with them from first person view. Also one of THE most awesome of your projects.
@@tmb282 they traded money for convenience; I see nothing wrong with that. The time they'd have spent learning how to set up FPV is much more valuable than what they the money they spent on the pre-made setup.
@@shanzid01 yeah, I now, but they just can go to local hobby shop with FPV equp and ask. Or collaborate with other youtubers from FPV community ;) googles are great for a non-hobbists, but camera a VTX looks waaay too bulky and fragile for fast RC car...
10:35 PROTIP: You don't have to rip things apart to disassemble hot glue. A few drops of isopropyl alcohol will release the glue and let you pull the pieces apart with zero force.
hey guys, if you liked this first person video car (fpv), you should DEFINITELY check out fpv racing drones and quadcopters, it's like flying in a cockpit of a drone, doing freestyle tricks and rolling, going thru gaps and all that good stuff, it's a hella of an adrenaline rush, im an enthusiast myself and i can't believe that i live in a time where i can pop on some goggles and just fly, like a bird, more like a really badass bird who does rolls, tricks and i think you get the point... i think you'd enjoy it xdd
Blueeyedmerle varies, but a nice indoor/outdoor quad is the US/UK65 (brushless tiny whoop class), half a dozen batteries (quad comes with charger), then a FlySky i6 and a pair of $100 budget goggles is like $250 If you want a speed freak (100+ mph and takes a beating hitting trees and fences at 80 mph like it’s nothing, and you will smash into things...), then the Diatone GT R349 is a fantastic quad with high end components and the best carbon fiber job I’ve ever seen. The Quad is $180, and batteries are about $12 to $18 (varies if you get 1 or a 4 pack, get the 4 pack, you’ll be smiling for longer!). You’ll have air that with a micro PPM receiver or get the BNF option, but it’s seriously just 3 wires. That would set you back about $320 to $350 in total, but don’t fly it in your house unless you want some new “skylights” added, haha! My goggles are super dated, I haven’t had a reason to upgrade other than I might opt for a DVR recording option, but they were like $80 way back in the day (I think that included VTX too). I actually preferred them over my friends Fatshark goggles (mine are 480p and standard monitor aspect ratio of 16x9 like I’m used to, I haven’t games on 4:3 like the fatsharks in a while and it felt weird) I’d also get a $8 soldering iron and $5 in solder so your prepped with good tools when you need them, the Diatone is actually really nicely thought out and easy to solder. I haven’t broke anything on it yet though, and with my flying and crash rate pushing it to 1 crash per minute, then that’s a miracle it lasts even a day (0 cracks, no smashed lenses, just bent up props. Trust me, those tree and fence incidents at full throttle were not made up, I’ve never seen a battery fly so far away...) Get extra props and have fun! (Batteries used on R 349 is XF Power 4s 850mAh 70c with XT30 connector, I think it was $40 for 4 batteries), you may be slightly over 250g weight, go with 750mAh if your worried about it.
I had an idea for almost this exact same set up back in 2014 when I was in high school, so I was VERY interested to see how LTT made a project like this possible. That's great you got it working and that there are other people who have tried this too, as I would really like to try this on. Hearing the problems and challenges you guys had to work through also helps me know what to look out for when doing something like this myself. Thanks for what you guys do, this is amazing and has helped me so much.
@@lucasrem WTF are you talking about? If you mean unreal engine, then Who the fuck asked you? Unreal engine is shit, "mining in the background" like performance. Even some games decreased graphics setting to mario levels, the engine still burning your GPU with 60fps limit.
Hahah, that's funny because recently i thought about the same idea! I'm gonna try it one day. ;) I've seen some 1st person drone race and stunts and it was awesome too.
DJI OcuSync also has integrated uplink for control. With a simple board, you could route the wheel control to the headset via the stereo jack. This way you will benefit the OcuSync uplink range, which I have personally tested at 4 kilometers with a straight line of sight. I bet the out of the box radio controller has a much lower range. Also if they operate on the same frequency - both ranges will suffer significantly. If you decide to stay with your current setup and run into interference issue - keep in mind the OcuSync can operate at 2.4GHz or 5.8GHz selectable from the racing goggles headset.
I really like Jake when he doesn't talk. he has toned it down a bit though - Its ok to razz people just not 120% of the time. a good jab here and there is fine.
Oh that is SO cool! That's like the dream of every child with remote controlled cars - "What would it be like if I were little and could be in that car for myself?"
i just said that but they wopuld need to start out with like a whoop drone to learn to fly. they probably wouldent even be able to get into acro. linus would destroy and set his shop on fire i think
@Michael Taylor, The difference is that there is no altitude or position hold, return to home, or even auto level (depending on the mode you are in). So you are responsible for completely controlling the drone. I would recommend you get a sim if you want to start with a 5inch (standard size) first. Other wise you could get a tiny whoop which is much smaller and safer so you can fly it indoors. I would recommend a NewBeeDrone product if you choose that option. If you want more information go to Joshua Bardwell's channel, he is the greatest source of knowledge when getting into fpv.
You could have just put a 10K resistor in parallel with the potentiometer to reduce it's span to 5K. They would then function as parallel resistors. The formula for calculating total resistance when there are only 2 resistors in parallel is as follows: Rt=(R1*R2)/(R1+R2). So we add in our values, Rt=(10k*10k)/(10k+10k), and when we do the math, we find that Rt = 5k. The resistance value of our pot will change as it's turned, so our resistance will still be linear. I'm not exactly sure what the resistor's wattage requirements would be, but I generally just match the wattage of the pot and I've never had a problem.
I'm pretty sure they explained why, a more reliable set-up for the LIVE event. Just like making a PC, there probably are better parts but pre-made systems are ,generally, very reliable.
John Doe yeah and now that I think about it for the speeds the car is going is shouldn’t matter. I fly FPV drones and when your going 50mph through 2 foot wide gaps every ms matters but when your going 10 mph on the floor it won’t matter as much...
@@coltonwilliams1559 I know nothing about this type of stuff which is why I can relate to their choice of the pre-built set-up. With your knowledge, I'm sure you would be able to get a better, cheaper and reliable set-up. I will admit though, I am interested in trying something like this myself now.
frkn cool o// but 50ms is the opposite of a "super low latency". in the fpv world we usual deal with 2-8ms. 50ms is very slow. no one would ever use this on a racing drone. 50ms are too slow for dodging "things" -_- Joshuar Bardwell and the dudes from FliteFest and/or RotorRiot could be a huge help with your ideas/project. I mention them because they youtube-personalities as well. They're all very nice people and helpful!
As someone who works at a grocery store in a state that enforces masks my brain has started to like take a second to adjust when I see someone not wearing a mask irl lol
yep, my thoughts exactly. kind of disappointed they went with OcuSync too. Was hoping to see a wicked TBS Fat Shark Combo. If they were so amazed by OcuSync, imagine their joy after testing it out with TBS haha
We now know the resistance of the potentiometers SHOULDN'T have mattered. They're used as voltage dividers, so even if the resistance is different, it should have worked fine. However, while testing, when using the stock pedal's pots, we'd either have 100% or 0 throttle and nothing in between - hence why we tried to use matching pots.
As this is just a proof of concept, basically just to figure out if this is as cool as we imagined (and it is), we just needed the car to accelerate and brake in a controllable manner. The rest will be figured out for the actual final build. :D
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How did you screw up copy and pasting a link into the description??
I'm genuinely impressed that they managed to wrap it up in one part
Emre Sağır i was thinking the same thing lmao
I'm not, it looks like they did a ton of research ahead of time and found some good guides from people that already trial and error'd this. If they did this from scratch with only a rough idea of what they wanted to do they would have taken much longer.
unlike JayzTwoCents
*managed
@@alkohallick2901 school junkie
It should be an RC Fire Truck, I mean it's your most viewed video....
This comment needs to be seen by them. Sadly judging by how far back the Twitter post about it was (few weeks ago), this is probably quite a late video, with everything already done.
if he does First Person View Arctic Hobby Land Rider 503 RC Firetruck Racing next he may just peak again
just scroll down to see this comment
It's not his most viewed video, why is this a top comment.
Darthmufin it was
I'm disappointed that there doesn't seem to be a follow up to this :(
I second this comment.
something similiar look up video Driving my rc car at night in instanbul traffic
@79Zhyr there is one now but with Mario cart posted a few hours ago
We tried it with a mix of pre-built and DIY stuff. I really recommend you give it a go :) th-cam.com/video/cHk-261Xbjw/w-d-xo.html
Where is follow up :(?
I have a ton of experience with the traxxas cars. Even at the speeds you are traveling it's easy to break the caster block in the front suspension. A broken part would be a huge buzzkill to an otherwise very cool project at LTX. I Highly recommend some aluminum caster blocks to stop a potential tragedy at the show.
Traxxas part number : TRA3632a
You can also change the top speed of the cars by changing the pinion gear on the motor. Smaller pinion (less teeth) = Less speed.
I am associated user they need to put brushlees motor in it lol, but they will have to drop the VR more than likely.
@@patrickmcdonnell8835, associated here to 😁 still with my Sc5m
@@patrickmcdonnell8835 What does installing a brushless motor have to do with VR? People fly drones at 60-100 mph using 360° goggles.
Hahaha... ive bashed the hell outta all my slashes and have NEVER broken a caster block. They arent even building a brushless system on lipo dude. They will be fine.
Edit: ok so they ised lipo. But its still slow af haaha.
@@xenonram Random people at an event that will probably break shit, plus those cars can do serious shin/ankle damage
Now make 3 more, drop in a mini beach ball and have first person, RC Rocket League.
with rocket league now owned by epic id consider buying it
RC VR Rocket League, your comment needs to be pinned/highlighted! Would be awesome!
Except there's no rocket thrusters that makes the car fly. We're gonna need a little help from Elon there.
Lélahel Hideux im sure he would be down
Exactly!
I love that thrustmaster encourages modifications to make their stuff cooler.
In this instance, this means many ppl that aren't even gamers buying their equipment. Its basically free customers, this also 150% voids warranty so yeah they probably don't mind
@@whmlprod upgrades people upgrades
those steering wheels are old and pretty shitty. no force feedback, 180 degrees, and meant for ps3. they didn't mind at all clearing some place up in the warehouse.
they even sent it to them for free to "tinker" with lol
@@costerowywot So you want force feedback in RC car?
"You didn't pay for this!"
"Neither did you!"
"Yes I di... well, Linus Media Group Inc did..."
10/10 quotes
"who's that"
Yeah, this is the only criticism I can basically come up with for Linus. He mentions the "I pay for the stuff" way too much in his videos. However I think he should realize that it's the combined effort that pays for stuff, even though maybe it's still his signature on the checks.
I have run into this behaviour before in some psycho who thought he was god until he landed in jail due to st00pidity.
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12:03 The physics quality looks pretty good ngl
Ok now do a vr drone that follows you as you walk around. real life third person, it'd be like playing GTA irl.
Something like this th-cam.com/video/anE3RNf_3s0/w-d-xo.html but, with a follow me drone. something about walking while seeing yourself in 3rd person is terrible to get used to you have no real reference to where your feet are going and even though you probably don't notice it you look at the ground in front of you with every step you take.
search corridor they have done real life gta and other super fun stuffs.
Maybe that will happen next year!
@@anything.everything that's not the same as a drone that follows you on its own.
I want it for airsoft
tell jake to wear ltt merch. free ads on that real estate is not something to joke about.
BIG OOF
Linus hire this man now
Calm down man, the roast was last week!
FPV RC hobby is the greatest hobby
Josh Bardwell made it into a Linus video! Some of us have been doing this stuff for years so I wanted to point out that the DJI FPV stuff is incredibly expensive, as much as 10X the price of stuff we normally use. It also has a lot more latency and is far too slow for racing drones. It is also much bigger, heavier, and overheats more. But yes, FPV rc cars are a lot of fun. Flying with FPV is so much better though that I hardly touch my cars any more.
I hardly game any more since I got into FPV years ago
DJI OcuSync might be expensive, heavy and relatively high latency, but it provides an HD link! And in the case of RC car racing, i would argue that this is potentially a good trade-off. Latency is low enough, weight doesnt really matter and if the price can be paid...why not?
Most visitors at LTX probably have no clue about FPV systems and would be disappointed with standard quality.
Oh dear god. Hopefully linus doesn't discover and make fpv mainstream.... A bunch of people will flood the scene and more rules will make it impossible to fly!!!
Edit: people keep correcting me and I should have said "more mainstream that it already is"
Im just worried that since linus's audience is mostly younger kids, people are gonna start doing more dumb stuff and we will be forced to stay on AMA fields.
@@Christheawsome3 Lol as if fpv wasn't mainstream yet. Or at least "drones" in general (which always have some sort of video downlink so can be considered fpv.) 4-5 years ago when the racing scene started out that was an edgy little niche in RC sports but now? Just look at all the hipster pseudo cool fpv youtubers annoying the shit out of everyone ;)
@@Christheawsome3 Lol that's already happened
FPV is the greatest thing that's ever happened to things. Welcome to our world. :)
@David meh. lol
lol I was thinking the same thing, been strapping wireless cameras to RC plane, tanks, cars, quads, etc for years. I almost died at the part where they said we "don't want it to be too fast so we won't vomit",
Nintendo: "Write that down, Write that down!"
yeah you didn't steal that from further down did you...xD
Good luck with the video signal sharing the 2.4/5.8Ghz Wifi bands at LTX.
daemn42 ...if he had just look on bang good or geatbest for a drone fpv set up he could have done 3d glasses with 3d cameras and bought servos and more batteries for overpriced dji products that record every flight you make and are locked down more than an apple product.....
@@melgibson6331 no, I'm glad he went with a digital system. Analog video world have crushed everyone else. Just saying there isn't going to be any free bandwidth on either band.
@@gianlucagasparis4506 Jump on R1 and blast 800mw XD Knock out local wifi signals
@@gianlucagasparis4506When I do test flights around my house it pisses off my neighbors. I sort of like the power hehe
@@gianlucagasparis4506 There are non-legal analog channels low on the "5.8"Ghz band (like E4 5645Mhz), but DJI Occusync will likely have 100% overlap with regular 2.4Ghz and 5.8Ghz Wifi transmissions.
MORE OF THIS STUFF PLEASE!!!!! Maybe hire a person who has some circuit design XP or even some light engineering XP that could do vids on electrical mods n such if none are already available on staff?.
LTT hiring some people with circuit design / microcontroller programming experience to create DIY electronics content would be _fantastic_
They should hire Michael Reeves.
As an avid RC enthusiast, I'm glad you did this all the right way, did your research, and didn't slaughter my hobby.
Also, if you think a slash is expensive, you're in for a deep, deep rabbit hole.
now can we turn this into a ChannelSuperFun video?
THIS!
Yes, if they mounted on Traxxas's XO-1, the 100 MPH RC car. LOL
yeah came here to point out that ChannelSuperFun is only dead because Linus hates everyone else
Gordon Freeman DADDY
@Yggdrasil i agree, jake is so much more mature than everyone else that it is off-putting having him around.
This title 3 month ago:
“THIS IS SO COOL” or “The COOLEST RC Car EVER”
And they would both have been true :)
this was the title a few weeks ago: www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-91965/l/episode-391-first-person-view-rc-car-with-ps1-steering-whee?ICID=e14-presents-videos
None of this s*** is new I've been flying drones for years that do a hundred miles per hour in first person view
OMG. So true. Thank God they stopped that.
@@easley421 Well that's obvious given they even use a headset that was specifically made for that purpose.
This will be the future of motorsport - cars going at crazy speeds being driven remotely at a safe distance, meanwhile public roads will be full of self-driving cars taking passengers.
FPV is literally all my channel is about. I enjoy developing things in the space. Would love to help you guys do anything. Been watching you since the very beginning. Like, maybe before Google even bought TH-cam. 😂
I've been harassing Bardwell to get with them as well. They need to reach out to the actual cornerstones of the hobby instead of just drudging through forums.
@@chrismawson4430 would be so awesome
@@Kabab It really would be. I'd love to see somebody take a squirt through the LAN during the convention
Nice shout out to #RCSparks. I've been watching his channel for years now. He's just another fun fella Canadian :)
Me too man 😂
I watchin since the beginning of the his channel... Aaron is a nice guy and should be invaded to LTT
Latency issues in fpv racing isnt really an issue imo. Even a $125 usd tinywhoop does a great job
Michal Reeves mind control car + this
I don't expect this comment, but nice idea 😂
Also swearing when bumping into something or bumpfeedback when you hit soemthing. either physicaly or with a bit of electric fun.
@@StreuPfeffer yes, maybe a rotating hat brim to keep the sun from glaring on the camera too
And give it a option to take tomatoes out of your salad.
That would be amazing!
Now just imagine their reaction with a racing quad and that sick fpv setup
As long as they don't use any shit from DJI I'll be happy. Fuck a pair of HDO's are probably cheaper than that shit DJI goggle or they could get a pair of skyzones or the like that do 3D that would have been sick on the ground vehicle maybe add head tracking and they wouldn't even believe it if they were impressed by this. Hell they were impressed with 50ms+ latency I couldn't even imagine trying to use that to fly.
@@thirtythreeeyes8624 even aomway and flysight have affordable good goggles,
^ That. Aomway goggles can be bought for $150 if you are lucky. And their video quality is quite acceptable :)
@@thirtythreeeyes8624 oh well, now it's pretty much the standard digital setup for flying
As an embedded hardware and software developer working for an RC company, I have developed a remote control that takes any USB HID peripheral and uses it as input to control any RC model, just have to plug the peripheral into the USB host interface of the transmitter. Even a mouse can be used, I have flown a quad-copter with the wireless mouse of my computer... That should be far more convenient than all of these soldering, sawing and...
Ah new channel super fun video! Oh, wait..
RIP
wut
Yeah Im like this should be on Channel Super Fun
I thought this is channel super fun too D:
"Channel Super Fun For LTX"
You should do this with the Arctic hobby land rider 503 rc firetruck
THIS WAS AWESOME!
now put a threadripper on it.
I bet this setup is more expensive than linuss civic
Dude, I do this ever day with my Cars.
RC is a great hobby.
While I havent done RC cars in several years, anything RC is good!
You do what everyday? You do realize that the FPV isn't the main feature of this build, but rather the modification of the PC USB steering wheel to control the RC car, right?
what do you own, man?
I kind of wish they would include (a little) rc coverage, especially for the pc/ rc crossover communities
Agreed. I've been into it for 5 years now and I can certainly say RC is an extremely underrated hobby.
This is amazing. Need a walk through on how to recreate this. How much did it cost in total?
You can get it much cheaper (and at a similar quality) than what they did. This is what you need for the FPV part:
Camera: Eachine TX02 (or similar) for ~$18
Goggles: Eachine VR D2 Pro for ~$80, or Eachine VR006 for ~$40
Then get any RC car you want. The AIO camera mentioned is actually made for micro drones so it is tiny, has a range of a few hundred meters, works fine indoors, needs no cooling and doesn't use much power.
someone let the guys at Flite Test know about, LTT needs there help with this one!
they could help with the soldering job too... look @ 5:55
I mean if they spend more than 700 bucks on fpv gear alone, the sky is the limit right? Imagine them saving money on the car by using foam board :D
their
ray taylor right
ray taylor and it’s their not there.
I did something like this in the late '90s. The resolution wasn't as good, I used the standard dual stick RC controller, and it would display to a TV (through VCR first so I could record my driving), but it's still basically the same thing.
What I was really hoping for here, since you showed a VR headset, was that you had used 2 cameras thereby giving a stereoscopic (3D) driving experience.
Now THAT would be something!
or even head tracking goggles with pan/tilt on the camera
Stereoscopic would have been amazing.
dual 360 degree cameras, so that you could actually look around a little ;)
@@grim-upnorth I know for a fact I've seen someone do this... Now I have to find it again
Hazah! I found it:
th-cam.com/video/z9gSZwVMybc/w-d-xo.html
What about FPV RC Plane control? :D
I think they did it last year.
Basically the same as the FPV racing drones. But with a plane. I'm sure it's been done already. Just like this should have been really easy to do with most of the same hardware. They're just adding difficulty by using PC controls for the car.
you want do cause a major crisis? like....next step war type alike?
I think that's pretty common already, you can buy cheap planes with cameras builtin.
@@DoubleMonoLR yeah, or istall them yourself
*_Arctic Hobby Land Rider 503 RC Firetruck Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips_*
First Person View Arctic Hobby Land Rider 503 RC Firetruck Racing
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We're almost full circle!!!!!
Damn the new Re-Volt remastered looks lit.
exactly what i thought: making a real-life re-volt game, how awesome is that?
I remember that game! xD
It was fun!
Re-Volt VR...holy shit
Your immediate use of hot glue to attach everything is the most RC thing in this video. I have planes that with significant weight added from years of hot glue repairs.
I'm repeating my comment from floatplane. FPV RC laser tag do itttt!!!
Channel Super Fun revival!
Whats Floatplane??
...... oh! ....BURN!
LINUS U GOT TO DO THIS !!!!
Try checking out Robomasters
It’s a competition for college engineering students made by DJI.
It’s Team RC robot and drone combat.
The last time I measured the resistance of a component with the rest of the circuit attached, I failed a pratical exam in college... RIP me.
Yeah, I can see why it would be a bad idea.
Yeah... that's like one of the first things you learn you've done wrong in any introductory circuits course. They probably should have gotten help on this project from someone who understands at least some electrical engineering
@@alzhn In this case since the voltage sense pin (to which the pod is connected) will probably be High-Z so it doesn't matter for strict resistance measurements. Especially not for "close enough" measurements like this.
@@EraYaN yeah it's true, I'm not saying they did it wrong, clearly it was enough, I was just sharing my sad story ahahah
@@EraYaN I mean, the steering and throttle pots would probably be in parallel in the original controller if they're used as a voltage divider, meaning you'd measure half the resistance if they were the same...
Come to think of it, that could be why the throttle response is so bad here - the steering wheel and pedal are separated
Amazon: We have drones
Linus: Hold my Rc-Car
I genuinely cant wait for the next video on this subject. Great idea Jake!!
You should contact #FliteTest guys and make it together. Those guys are crazy and bulid everything what can you image on RC based fun.
They are very competent and have a huge amount of KNOWLEDGE.
was going to mention them. They also do FPV at venues (FliteFest) so making the video reliable in those conditions is something they know tips for.
i was gonna mention them too lol
and it would also boost both channels i think
Best ray-tracing I've ever seen. Colors could be better adjusted, and the NPC are kinda standard, but the physics are excellent!
wow a irl RC bandito? does it also cost 1.5mil
nah, this is a brushed 2wd traxxas slash, about 250 - 300 usd on its own with a decent lipo + charger.
the fpv stuff is the most expensive though, about 500 - 700.
There are ofc cheaper & smaller stuff out there that has like 360p 60 fps & similar. Like these guys over at flitetest has. th-cam.com/video/18seUg-uNqg/w-d-xo.html
These tiny cars does about 18 - 25 km/h.
Appreciate the detailed informative reply (even tho I'm not OP) but it's a joke that references the RC Bandito, an RC car you can buy in GTA Online. It's an RC car that costs more than the original most expensive super car in the game (the Adder) lmao
@@MinecraftAnd9646 yep, knew that but figured id put in that the cost can be done cheaper, being bored at home atm heh.
Your talking to a man aka Linus who bought a rc car that is so fast it can drive in water and he’s saying he wants a slow one 🙄
@@Zahoodo Wasn't it supposed to go to some event? You don't want this thing ripping around the place and smashing into people and potentially injuring someone
so awesome, imagine rc racing with a setup like this. You should organize a race event where people can come with their own versions of this and race each other in the "LTT 500"
Linus! I'm glad you finally discovered FPV! I've been flying FPV drones for a few years. It's a lot of fun and you can FPV more than RC cars and Drones... There's a lot of content around FPV I can see your channels doing =)
I thought it was an ChannelSuperFun video, miss the old times...
Guess you haven't watched ltt for that long. Once upon a time there was only 1 or 2 channels depending on how you look at it (ltt and ncix tech tips) . Those were the good ol'days. ;)
But nothing is as responsible for the good old days then a bad memory
@@arvidjohansson3120 I also know the time way back at ncix, but that was an other sort of fun. Something like this on csf would be an office race and the winner could design the working space of the loser.
... or get his car painted
@@siedenburg1 that sounds like an amazing idea. But Chanel super fun was all about nicky V in my opinion.
Hopefully it will become one
i love how linus said "The Graphics the graphics...its irl!"
As someone who spent about 100 hours trying to remake a racing wheel from a garage sale basically from scratch (fittingly a logitech wingman formula gp) it's cool to finally see someone else opening one of these up and then struggle with potentiometers that seem to have a mind of their own
I love the RCSparks youtube channel especially his second channel with the TH-cam gold parody!
Okay, this went way better than I expected for a LTT video (ILY regardless
I laughed when I found this video and checked the date. I setup an RC car back in 2006 with a wireless CCT to drive around my office when I had to work night shift. Fun to see I'm not the only weirdo out there, I'm just ahead of my time.
Done that on events, my own project. Up to 5 cars on track with FPV - funny experience :-)
Great video! You should have collaborated with Flitetest. They really know their RC and FPV.
I love flitetest
If the cars are too fast or too agile, just add some dummy weight to them. RC cars have much better weight to volume ratio than actual cars. That's why they are so quick, agile and could cause sickness when playing with them from first person view. Also one of THE most awesome of your projects.
The leader always get's the most flack, keep rollin linus!
Ey Joshua Bardwell videos. Someone at LTT learned something that day. :P
hope so :)
look like they learned nothing, cuz you can buy better setup for MUCH less :D
@@tmb282 haha exactly
@@tmb282 they traded money for convenience; I see nothing wrong with that. The time they'd have spent learning how to set up FPV is much more valuable than what they the money they spent on the pre-made setup.
@@shanzid01 yeah, I now, but they just can go to local hobby shop with FPV equp and ask. Or collaborate with other youtubers from FPV community ;) googles are great for a non-hobbists, but camera a VTX looks waaay too bulky and fragile for fast RC car...
10:35 PROTIP: You don't have to rip things apart to disassemble hot glue. A few drops of isopropyl alcohol will release the glue and let you pull the pieces apart with zero force.
hey guys, if you liked this first person video car (fpv), you should DEFINITELY check out fpv racing drones and quadcopters, it's like flying in a cockpit of a drone, doing freestyle tricks and rolling, going thru gaps and all that good stuff, it's a hella of an adrenaline rush, im an enthusiast myself and i can't believe that i live in a time where i can pop on some goggles and just fly, like a bird, more like a really badass bird who does rolls, tricks and i think you get the point... i think you'd enjoy it xdd
whats the total cost for a beginner set up?
Blueeyedmerle varies, but a nice indoor/outdoor quad is the US/UK65 (brushless tiny whoop class), half a dozen batteries (quad comes with charger), then a FlySky i6 and a pair of $100 budget goggles is like $250
If you want a speed freak (100+ mph and takes a beating hitting trees and fences at 80 mph like it’s nothing, and you will smash into things...), then the Diatone GT R349 is a fantastic quad with high end components and the best carbon fiber job I’ve ever seen. The Quad is $180, and batteries are about $12 to $18 (varies if you get 1 or a 4 pack, get the 4 pack, you’ll be smiling for longer!). You’ll have air that with a micro PPM receiver or get the BNF option, but it’s seriously just 3 wires. That would set you back about $320 to $350 in total, but don’t fly it in your house unless you want some new “skylights” added, haha!
My goggles are super dated, I haven’t had a reason to upgrade other than I might opt for a DVR recording option, but they were like $80 way back in the day (I think that included VTX too). I actually preferred them over my friends Fatshark goggles (mine are 480p and standard monitor aspect ratio of 16x9 like I’m used to, I haven’t games on 4:3 like the fatsharks in a while and it felt weird)
I’d also get a $8 soldering iron and $5 in solder so your prepped with good tools when you need them, the Diatone is actually really nicely thought out and easy to solder. I haven’t broke anything on it yet though, and with my flying and crash rate pushing it to 1 crash per minute, then that’s a miracle it lasts even a day (0 cracks, no smashed lenses, just bent up props. Trust me, those tree and fence incidents at full throttle were not made up, I’ve never seen a battery fly so far away...)
Get extra props and have fun!
(Batteries used on R 349 is XF Power 4s 850mAh 70c with XT30 connector, I think it was $40 for 4 batteries), you may be slightly over 250g weight, go with 750mAh if your worried about it.
@@jakegarrett8109 Hey man thanks for the info. I'll check it out. I appreciate the depth of the post lol. Have a great day!!
Yes, jumping an RC in FPV goggles is killer. I did a setup on a Traxxas Summit - very cool.
I had an idea for almost this exact same set up back in 2014 when I was in high school, so I was VERY interested to see how LTT made a project like this possible. That's great you got it working and that there are other people who have tried this too, as I would really like to try this on. Hearing the problems and challenges you guys had to work through also helps me know what to look out for when doing something like this myself.
Thanks for what you guys do, this is amazing and has helped me so much.
*RE-VOLT* (VR) on ultramax graphics settings.
Genuinely surprised someone mentioned this game :D
Those were great times play in LAN mode. Here you go for a throw back. th-cam.com/video/Voj2M9lhGBA/w-d-xo.html
@@lucasrem WTF are you talking about? If you mean unreal engine, then Who the fuck asked you? Unreal engine is shit, "mining in the background" like performance. Even some games decreased graphics setting to mario levels, the engine still burning your GPU with 60fps limit.
Hahah, that's funny because recently i thought about the same idea!
I'm gonna try it one day. ;) I've seen some 1st person drone race and stunts and it was awesome too.
That's why I love LTT man! They always do a bunch of crazy stuff.
You better make that thing go fast again or I will be severely dissapointed
and go off road with it
Hopefully they didn't turn off training mode in that final test
Wouldn't it be really beneficial to put the FPV camera in a sort of a stabilizer mount to reduce the vomit inducing?
DJI OcuSync also has integrated uplink for control. With a simple board, you could route the wheel control to the headset via the stereo jack. This way you will benefit the OcuSync uplink range, which I have personally tested at 4 kilometers with a straight line of sight. I bet the out of the box radio controller has a much lower range. Also if they operate on the same frequency - both ranges will suffer significantly. If you decide to stay with your current setup and run into interference issue - keep in mind the OcuSync can operate at 2.4GHz or 5.8GHz selectable from the racing goggles headset.
I really like Jake when he doesn't talk.
he has toned it down a bit though - Its ok to razz people just not 120% of the time. a good jab here and there is fine.
brilliant content and idea, nice work......i will have to wait for LTX Europe LOL
Oh that is SO cool! That's like the dream of every child with remote controlled cars - "What would it be like if I were little and could be in that car for myself?"
Fpv cars are fun but you really need to try an FPV racing drone 🙂
i just said that but they wopuld need to start out with like a whoop drone to learn to fly. they probably wouldent even be able to get into acro. linus would destroy and set his shop on fire i think
@@kirill2525 I would literally give them one of my race quads to see Linus try and handle flying FPV
@@kirill2525 😂😂😂😂 yea a brushless tiny whoop would be a great start
@Michael Taylor, The difference is that there is no altitude or position hold, return to home, or even auto level (depending on the mode you are in). So you are responsible for completely controlling the drone. I would recommend you get a sim if you want to start with a 5inch (standard size) first. Other wise you could get a tiny whoop which is much smaller and safer so you can fly it indoors. I would recommend a NewBeeDrone product if you choose that option.
If you want more information go to Joshua Bardwell's channel, he is the greatest source of knowledge when getting into fpv.
freestyle baby!
Did Linus watched Home Alone 3 recently?
Jake did i guess.
No
old tech, terrible goggles.
@@Martin-xh1hd you must be fun at parties
7:25 this is why you have to calculate the angle of rotation of the potentiometers, in addition to their total resistance value
Shoutout to Joshua Bardwell for best FPV Camera's.. I build and fly FPV drone's so was nice to see him in the top results
I thought this video was from Kevin Talbot, ahaha amazing how you guys are using RCs!
Nice one! I've always thought VR would be great for RC (Full size RC, how mad would that be!) and you guys have gone an actually done it, bravo!!!
Home alone 3 did this years ago, if you think about it.
We do not talk about the third Home Alone movie.
@@jubuttib How 'bout Fast Five ? and R/C scouting
the purge
>not too expensive
>great battery life
>reliable
So you chose the absolute worst and most expensive rc cars for this?
Since when is a 190$ RC car expensive.
Traxxas RC cars are some of the most robust and expandable on the market
Yah same goes for the FPV system... most expensive one on the market an (at least in the FPV drone world) not up to par...
@@ixionn563 Did your LHS tell you that? Ever heard of Arrma/ECX/Tekno ?
@@leiftastad490 Since its about 100$ too expensive for what it offers.
You could have just put a 10K resistor in parallel with the potentiometer to reduce it's span to 5K. They would then function as parallel resistors. The formula for calculating total resistance when there are only 2 resistors in parallel is as follows: Rt=(R1*R2)/(R1+R2). So we add in our values, Rt=(10k*10k)/(10k+10k), and when we do the math, we find that Rt = 5k. The resistance value of our pot will change as it's turned, so our resistance will still be linear. I'm not exactly sure what the resistor's wattage requirements would be, but I generally just match the wattage of the pot and I've never had a problem.
Linus: "Just like our sponsor-
Me: Yeah ok *skips 30 secs*
Shhh...
Why would they get dji fpv goggles 50ms of latency is quite a bit
I'm pretty sure they explained why, a more reliable set-up for the LIVE event. Just like making a PC, there probably are better parts but pre-made systems are ,generally, very reliable.
John Doe yeah and now that I think about it for the speeds the car is going is shouldn’t matter. I fly FPV drones and when your going 50mph through 2 foot wide gaps every ms matters but when your going 10 mph on the floor it won’t matter as much...
@@coltonwilliams1559 I know nothing about this type of stuff which is why I can relate to their choice of the pre-built set-up. With your knowledge, I'm sure you would be able to get a better, cheaper and reliable set-up.
I will admit though, I am interested in trying something like this myself now.
@@gaijinkuri684 Its an amazing hobby, join!
OMG RC SPARKS I LOVE ARRONS CHANNEL shout out to you man, been watching the channel since skate park pain 1!
This is when I realise it is not as simple as shown in home alone 3
LTT Needs to go hang out with the guys at flitetest
Nice fist bump 😂😂😂 0:14
Crashes the RC Car. .
"I press esc and restart but nothing happens, weird."
We need a William Osman x Linus collab!
Unfortunately Osman is so small he probably isn't even on these guys radar :(
Osman did collabs with Tom scott and idubbbz. I cannot give up hope!
Yeah he's getting pretty well known along with his 12 year old brother Michael.
Y'all should revisit this as the tech has advanced significantly since this video.
frkn cool o// but 50ms is the opposite of a "super low latency". in the fpv world we usual deal with 2-8ms. 50ms is very slow. no one would ever use this on a racing drone. 50ms are too slow for dodging "things" -_-
Joshuar Bardwell and the dudes from FliteFest and/or RotorRiot could be a huge help with your ideas/project. I mention them because they youtube-personalities as well. They're all very nice people and helpful!
Link to the RC car? Like you jumped on the opportunity to sell all the stuff but the actual RC car 🤦♂️
traxxas slash 2wd traxxas.com/products/models/electric/58024slash
Fortunately they're so common, you dont really need a link. Google rc car and this exact car will likely show up 4 times on the first page alone
He mentioned what it was. It just wasn't provided like the other stuff so he didn't have obligation to mention it as fully. It is a Traxxas Slash.
www.amainhobbies.com/traxxas-slash-1-10-rtr-electric-2wd-short-course-truck-blue-tra58024-bluex/p772563
Traxxas slash
One of their best projects I've ever seen.
Why is youtube recommending me a video more than a year old, i even like the video...wtf YT?
Allan Cristhian Kath Kipfer pathetic
Me not seeing a mask on both their faces and feeling like something is wrong even if I know this video was before quarantine
As someone who works at a grocery store in a state that enforces masks my brain has started to like take a second to adjust when I see someone not wearing a mask irl lol
Crashes the RC Car. .
"I press esc and restart but nothing happens, weird."
that wheel you're using was literally my first racing wheel that i used with a ps3 for Gran Turismo 6
Get a pan and tilt system for more realism
Better be the vxl not a brushed motor
Update and its a brushed
At least its traxxas.
a over priced intel cpu ahaha they don’t need a Vxl! They are just using it for fun
@@br1ann88 true i hope they don't over heat it.
But is Traxxas any good? I'm not so convinced about my Traxxas slash...
Arrma/hobbyco or CEN is much better in price and performance
yep, my thoughts exactly.
kind of disappointed they went with OcuSync too. Was hoping to see a wicked TBS Fat Shark Combo. If they were so amazed by OcuSync, imagine their joy after testing it out with TBS haha
@@RCCarRacing they only issues i have had with my slash is the wheel axels breaking
you guys are freaking amazing.
Just check out the FPV systems for racing drones. Done. Simple. Where is the problem?
Agreed.