I have been watching you for damn near 4 years now. Thank you for these videos. I don't get this excited for any of my other TH-cam subscriptions as I do when I see your name pop up in the feed.
It's like getting a new toy every time you upload a new video! Doesn't matter what it's about, because it's sure to have the right balance of info, fun, learning and in a HQ modern filming environment. I love your content and method of videoing it!
Awesome video! I have made similar upgrades to my DJI Phantom 1 (FC40) including a 2-axis Walkera G-2D gimbal, the pitch control lever on my transmitter, larger landing legs, a GoPro camera, and larger DJI Phantom 2/3 propellers. Despite that, your upgrades were far more extreme and daring than mine. For your first multirotor, you did an awesome job upgrading your Phantom! Really great job!
Will, as an owner of a phantom 2 I do believe it to be a great video platform however, the upgrades on your phantom 1 was awesome. I learned a lot from your video (as I always do) and that is why I subscribe to your channel. It would be easier to buy the p2 but adapting and tweaking things inspires innovation. Keep up the great work.
Hey will, I'm not sure if you know about this or not but getting a OSD (on screen display) might be a little better than a timer in the radio. The OSD is a small device which sits between the cameras transmitter and puts an overlay onto the sent video, you then run the battery cable through the device and it will measure how much current you have (and are) using. As long as you know how many amps the battery has you can work out how much is left. With the timer you only get a rough idea of the battery capacity remaining rather than an exact figure. Cold weather will increase consumption which the OSD will be able to reflect. Team Black Sheep have a good OSD, search for the 'TBS Core' and you should find it. :) On a side note have you thought about custom building a quad copter? the one that you have now looks like you are pushing to the limits. looking forward to the next video :D
one thing id like to say is really sick setup and great job, but get rid of the prop guards. They tend to create shakiness in the wind because there's more for the wind to catch, and also can ruin your shot as they stick out quite a bit farther than the props. you wont notice if a prop gets in the shot but can really notice the guards. There's always zooming but how much of the shot do you really want to edit out by zoom/They're good when flying inside but outdoors they're not needed. They also have been proven to be more dangerous around people because they can get wrapped around limbs easily.
Thank you so much for sharing your trials and tribulations with this project. As I am a newcomer to this exciting new dimension of aerial filming I feel that I am not qualified to comment regarding your experiments except to say again ; thank you for sharing and i will follow your adventure. Shane
I don't see any updates (other than1/4 " thread mount) since this June 2014 vid. 1. How did your tweaking of the gimbal control go? 2. How did your battery time extend? I am just new into having a quad. Only a few weeks. Probably less than a dozen flights. But I've watched a bunch of youtubes. Mine is a Phantom FC40, which you probably know by now, comes with it's own camera with built-in wifi. FPV is via iPhone app with a clamp to hold the iPhone onto the controller. I saw a vid someone put a safety wire to hold camera to Phantom just in case the 3 rubber shocks come loose. Another vid shows how to trim battery opening just a smudge to all a Turnigy 4000mah battery to fit. There's a great video on the HobbyKing website about their multirotor batteries including the C factor. I wonder how much battery time difference the prop guards make? The 1st week I did not have guards. The pavement knarls them good. The guards kept it in the air when too close to a tree, chewed up a few leaves, but kind of bounce off the tree leaves. Flew it once in the house, guards kept it from chewing up the sheer curtains. 3. Propellers. Tell me about balancing them. Did you mean you changed from 8" to 9" props & propeller guards? or are your props smaller than the Phantom FC40 model? Mine are 8" and I just ordered some 9" both plastic and carbon fiber. Someone cautioned NOT using non-oem props and not using carbon fiber because they would be stiffer and sharper and therefore more dangerous around people and/or other fragile items. 4. I liked your (or someone I watched today) suggestion about turning off GPS to allow the video to be smoother. 5. I noticed your antennas were dangling. The small pieces of tape were included in my box to allow taping the 2 antenna and the compass ribbon cable to the leg.
The best DIY video I have ever seen! You are such a dude!! Freakishly good troubleshooting skill mate! Really enjoyed watching and taking some notes Mr Man! =D
I would put the compass sensor closer to the drone chassis on the leg or even glued to the chassis and then check if the weight that is each leg is supporting is similar , if not then would repositioning of the gimble bracket and live feed transmitter on the chassis until legs press the floor with the same pressure. The rule is the following: Centre of gravity of the aircraft must be aligned with the position of the naza sensor/controller inside it and closest possible the middle of the whole chassis.
I found the same things you did. Flight was around 6 and half minutes with gimbal. I put on the stock 9 inch phantom 2 props and run a 2700 mah battery got me back up to 10 min of flight time. Check out my mod for the camera pitch control, easy and works like a charm.
Same guys - my P1 flight time after pimping it out was low - approx 6 min - here are the results of trying to get just one more pan! th-cam.com/video/Em8zsQWudnM/w-d-xo.html I did since upgrade to the P2 which has solid flight times & performance. Love the channel & the DIY/get in there spirit.
That's what I was thinking too but I was thinking "okay maybe that's not the first flight" for him to turn around and mention it was. Brave man to do so much on the first flight on a new setup.
And are you recording on the Go pro or on a recorder from the signal you are receiving on the ground ? By the way super Video and thank you for everything
a good idea would be to change the antenna on your quad fpv transmitter to a clover leaf, the antenna you have is really just a straight piece of wire while the clover will give much better range, or use a helical antenna. good luck.
I know you claim to not be an expert but I'm interested to see your opinion on the phantom 2 vision + with the built in gimbal. At the time of your purchase I don't think it was available but would you of rather gotten it now? Watching your channel I have a feeling you'd rather make it your own with your own parts but I'm curious as i might be in the market for one soon.. and thanks for another great video!
I have a highly technical question relating to your fantastic clip . And might I say , you seem a happy , clever and enthusiastic fellow with an excellent workshop . ( An Idea . How about makig the entire frame of the Phantom our of battery material ? Does a Li-Ion battery/s need to be flat and conformist ? I see range as being the biggest hurdle to your research . ) My question is ; what's the sound track ? Particularly at about 17.17 onwards ? Best luck and long happy life to you .
I would encourage you to fly your quadcopter in a park or something especially when test flying vs over people where it could fall out of the sky and hurt someone or something. I know its pretty rare for something like that to occur but if it does the ramifications are pretty severe to you and also the the rest of the hobby, this hobby already gets a bad rap and we dont want to make it worse! Keep up the good work!
Are the V3 3D printed parts for a Phantom 3 maybe? Might that be why the compass was angled wrong? I have a Phatom 2. This landing gear setup seems to be the best I've seen, surprisingly, but the compass is way too important to be messing with.
As always great video, am so very close to getting this one.., just waiting for all the glitches to be fixed..I cannot deal with it if it does not work out of the box :). You must have incredible patience and time...and Now waiting for your next video.. :)
Thank you for your videos. You have inspired me to tackle my life long dream to make and edit videos. What should I purchase first? Any and all information is greatly appreciated.
Will watch when you mount a monitor to your handset. You are best to find the lightest monitor otherwise you may find your hands getting tired quickly. You can use a lanyard but they tend to hold the handset really close to you.
Neat video...turntable is a nice touch. Geez, $40 for the landing gear without the cf...that IS a ripoff. Nice workshop area, would love to have that much room.
eliminate vibration, you will improve all aspects, in addition to balancing props balance motors (you can view howto on youtube) smaller props with more pitch will help the speed reacting to PID oscillations Jellow is more caused by vibration as well
Maybe a solar cell on the top might give you some extra juice ? The existing camera seems to be a bit loose so I'd suggest ones that are built independent of the desktop screen with the most swivel where the best configuration might allow for a better bolt on underneath. And after watching a few spooky UFO documentaries on TH-cam of late I'd suggest you fly the Phantom around area 51 during your vacation and see what you might find ! But I know you won't do this because you are far too busy these days ! Great vid as pre usual.
its just a question but would it make sense to install some solar panels? (i know it sounds ridiculous :D) somthing like this bit.ly/1l5VEhz by the way im not knowing much about drones but i try to mention some ideas wich help you, maybe :D
+Smily Smily If it is a DJI quadcopter then on the DJI GO app for iphone or android then download the app if you don't have it already. If the flight you lost the quadcopter with then on the screen with the connected aircraft there should be a return to home button that uses gps to bring the quadcopter back to it's original landing point. If you do not have a dji copter then you may have a different situation. If you have a parrot quadcopter then there should also be a return to home button on the on screen controls. Please tell me the name of the quadcopter so I can help you get it back
hey will if you're into this stuff you should check out a channel called *Flite test* they have videos on great immersion goggles you might want to use with this
I have been watching you for damn near 4 years now. Thank you for these videos. I don't get this excited for any of my other TH-cam subscriptions as I do when I see your name pop up in the feed.
It's like getting a new toy every time you upload a new video! Doesn't matter what it's about, because it's sure to have the right balance of info, fun, learning and in a HQ modern filming environment. I love your content and method of videoing it!
Plus you're interested in all the right things! Your videos really make me want to have my own workshop
Awesome video! I have made similar upgrades to my DJI Phantom 1 (FC40) including a 2-axis Walkera G-2D gimbal, the pitch control lever on my transmitter, larger landing legs, a GoPro camera, and larger DJI Phantom 2/3 propellers. Despite that, your upgrades were far more extreme and daring than mine. For your first multirotor, you did an awesome job upgrading your Phantom! Really great job!
What an awesome architecture in your city! And so high in the air that you cant really enjoy it from the ground. So nice to have your camera drone :)
An awesome video. What city is that?
Dave Dugdale Oakland
Will, as an owner of a phantom 2 I do believe it to be a great video platform however, the upgrades on your phantom 1 was awesome. I learned a lot from your video (as I always do) and that is why I subscribe to your channel. It would be easier to buy the p2 but adapting and tweaking things inspires innovation. Keep up the great work.
Hey will,
I'm not sure if you know about this or not but getting a OSD (on screen display) might be a little better than a timer in the radio. The OSD is a small device which sits between the cameras transmitter and puts an overlay onto the sent video, you then run the battery cable through the device and it will measure how much current you have (and are) using. As long as you know how many amps the battery has you can work out how much is left.
With the timer you only get a rough idea of the battery capacity remaining rather than an exact figure. Cold weather will increase consumption which the OSD will be able to reflect.
Team Black Sheep have a good OSD, search for the 'TBS Core' and you should find it. :)
On a side note have you thought about custom building a quad copter? the one that you have now looks like you are pushing to the limits.
looking forward to the next video :D
one thing id like to say is really sick setup and great job, but get rid of the prop guards. They tend to create shakiness in the wind because there's more for the wind to catch, and also can ruin your shot as they stick out quite a bit farther than the props. you wont notice if a prop gets in the shot but can really notice the guards. There's always zooming but how much of the shot do you really want to edit out by zoom/They're good when flying inside but outdoors they're not needed. They also have been proven to be more dangerous around people because they can get wrapped around limbs easily.
Thank you so much for sharing your trials and tribulations with this project. As I am a newcomer to this exciting new dimension of aerial filming I feel that I am not qualified to comment regarding your experiments except to say again ; thank you for sharing and i will follow your adventure. Shane
I dig that studio man
I don't see any updates (other than1/4 " thread mount) since this June 2014 vid.
1. How did your tweaking of the gimbal control go?
2. How did your battery time extend? I am just new into having a quad. Only a few weeks. Probably less than a dozen flights. But I've watched a bunch of youtubes. Mine is a Phantom FC40, which you probably know by now, comes with it's own camera with built-in wifi. FPV is via iPhone app with a clamp to hold the iPhone onto the controller. I saw a vid someone put a safety wire to hold camera to Phantom just in case the 3 rubber shocks come loose. Another vid shows how to trim battery opening just a smudge to all a Turnigy 4000mah battery to fit. There's a great video on the HobbyKing website about their multirotor batteries including the C factor. I wonder how much battery time difference the prop guards make? The 1st week I did not have guards. The pavement knarls them good. The guards kept it in the air when too close to a tree, chewed up a few leaves, but kind of bounce off the tree leaves. Flew it once in the house, guards kept it from chewing up the sheer curtains.
3. Propellers. Tell me about balancing them. Did you mean you changed from 8" to 9" props & propeller guards? or are your props smaller than the Phantom FC40 model? Mine are 8" and I just ordered some 9" both plastic and carbon fiber. Someone cautioned NOT using non-oem props and not using carbon fiber because they would be stiffer and sharper and therefore more dangerous around people and/or other fragile items.
4. I liked your (or someone I watched today) suggestion about turning off GPS to allow the video to be smoother.
5. I noticed your antennas were dangling. The small pieces of tape were included in my box to allow taping the 2 antenna and the compass ribbon cable to the leg.
The best DIY video I have ever seen! You are such a dude!! Freakishly good troubleshooting skill mate! Really enjoyed watching and taking some notes Mr Man! =D
Good job - good editing
"At $40 it's a complete ripoff". For some reason that was the funniest thing I've heard all day.
I would put the compass sensor closer to the drone chassis on the leg or even glued to the chassis and then check if the weight that is each leg is supporting is similar , if not then would repositioning of the gimble bracket and live feed transmitter on the chassis until legs press the floor with the same pressure.
The rule is the following: Centre of gravity of the aircraft must be aligned with the position of the naza sensor/controller inside it and closest possible the middle of the whole chassis.
Hey Will. I really enjoy your video. Congrats for a upgradig. I really think about i need a Phantom DJI2 :)
Hi, I just wounds ur tube channel and I'm very impressed. I like to ask, how much weight that drone can carry?
YAY another video!
I found the same things you did. Flight was around 6 and half minutes with gimbal. I put on the stock 9 inch phantom 2 props and run a 2700 mah battery got me back up to 10 min of flight time. Check out my mod for the camera pitch control, easy and works like a charm.
lost mine into the horizon! Sick! I have a feeling some combine will be finding it the hard way for me.
Same guys - my P1 flight time after pimping it out was low - approx 6 min - here are the results of trying to get just one more pan! th-cam.com/video/Em8zsQWudnM/w-d-xo.html I did since upgrade to the P2 which has solid flight times & performance. Love the channel & the DIY/get in there spirit.
A+ video enjoy every min . Good job Will
Sweet video! That footage was great!
I feel uneasy watching that thing take to the skies, so damn expensive
That's what I was thinking too but I was thinking "okay maybe that's not the first flight" for him to turn around and mention it was. Brave man to do so much on the first flight on a new setup.
And are you recording on the Go pro or on a recorder from the signal you are receiving on the ground ? By the way super Video and thank you for everything
a good idea would be to change the antenna on your quad fpv transmitter to a clover leaf, the antenna you have is really just a straight piece of wire while the clover will give much better range, or use a helical antenna. good luck.
your running 2.4ghz I think your vid said im not sure if clovers cover that range, but a better antenna will help
I know you claim to not be an expert but I'm interested to see your opinion on the phantom 2 vision + with the built in gimbal. At the time of your purchase I don't think it was available but would you of rather gotten it now? Watching your channel I have a feeling you'd rather make it your own with your own parts but I'm curious as i might be in the market for one soon.. and thanks for another great video!
I have a highly technical question relating to your fantastic clip . And might I say , you seem a happy , clever and enthusiastic fellow with an excellent workshop . ( An Idea . How about makig the entire frame of the Phantom our of battery material ? Does a Li-Ion battery/s need to be flat and conformist ? I see range as being the biggest hurdle to your research . )
My question is ; what's the sound track ? Particularly at about 17.17 onwards ? Best luck and long happy life to you .
I would encourage you to fly your quadcopter in a park or something especially when test flying vs over people where it could fall out of the sky and hurt someone or something. I know its pretty rare for something like that to occur but if it does the ramifications are pretty severe to you and also the the rest of the hobby, this hobby already gets a bad rap and we dont want to make it worse!
Keep up the good work!
Are the V3 3D printed parts for a Phantom 3 maybe? Might that be why the compass was angled wrong? I have a Phatom 2. This landing gear setup seems to be the best I've seen, surprisingly, but the compass is way too important to be messing with.
Wow!!! Thank you for sheering, excellent video I'm in the market for something like this
As always great video, am so very close to getting this one.., just waiting for all the glitches to be fixed..I cannot deal with it if it does not work out of the box :). You must have incredible patience and time...and Now waiting for your next video.. :)
kool you guys are from the Bay!!!!
Baja Bug!!!
Any guestimate on when you think you'll start/ be done with that?
Dang, you are one smart dude!
Thank you for your videos. You have inspired me to tackle my life long dream to make and edit videos. What should I purchase first? Any and all information is greatly appreciated.
Great video!!! Amazing
Hi - great video, can I ask where you got your white rotating thingy you display items on?
Fuck man... Please upload more often, I really enjoy your half assed projects and the baja bug build.
Will watch when you mount a monitor to your handset. You are best to find the lightest monitor otherwise you may find your hands getting tired quickly. You can use a lanyard but they tend to hold the handset really close to you.
p.p.s. put a couple zip ties thru the rubber gimbal isolation mounts just in case it does separate, it will keep it from falling and killing someone.
Neat video...turntable is a nice touch. Geez, $40 for the landing gear without the cf...that IS a ripoff. Nice workshop area, would love to have that much room.
eliminate vibration, you will improve all aspects, in addition to balancing props balance motors (you can view howto on youtube)
smaller props with more pitch will help the speed reacting to PID oscillations
Jellow is more caused by vibration as well
very cool brother
Maybe a solar cell on the top might give you some extra juice ? The existing camera seems to be a bit loose so I'd suggest ones that are built independent of the desktop screen with the most swivel where the best configuration might allow for a better bolt on underneath. And after watching a few spooky UFO documentaries on TH-cam of late I'd suggest you fly the Phantom around area 51 during your vacation and see what you might find ! But I know you won't do this because you are far too busy these days ! Great vid as pre usual.
What kind of tablet are you using?
Why would you buy the Arris gimbal if its cost 350$ while the zenmuse H3-3D from dji cost 350$ and has 3 axsis?
How long flighttime did you get with all that gear on a phantom 1? Like 5mins?
also get some cf props 9" loose the guards it will be smoother
landing gear was visible in the shots, that's something that needs sorting
***** lose the prop guards and get some phantom 2 props and you will get a couple more minutes of flight and also it will fly alot smoother.
do you have a technician class FCC license and did you get a permit for flying over Oakland ?
hi, where you take the power for the transmitter ?
fligth time after upgrade?
Great vid
On my Phantom 2, I get right around 10% more flying time with no prop guards. The unit is also more stable, especially in wind/gusty conditions.
People are mounting stock P2 props on their P1s to get 20%+ flight time gains. Very little modification required.
Damn you are smart 👏🏼👏🏼
What batterys do you use?
What about the battery life?
At this point wouldn’t just getting the Phantom 2 Vision make more sense?
cool video..
hi
How much flight time do you have?
What voltage settings do you use?
5.8 rc system and 5.8 fpv system works together ?
phantom 1 and 1.1.1 are working on 2.4ghz. phantom 2 is 5.8ghz
hey awesome well where can i buy dji phontome im from morocco :( and there is nothing here :(
Shit man ur patient.. U like took everything apart 40 times:).. Good Vid!
can you use some smartphone batteries instead of the common batteries?
smartphone batteries are thiner so i think you can use more of them
its just a question but would it make sense to install some solar panels?
(i know it sounds ridiculous :D)
somthing like this
bit.ly/1l5VEhz
by the way im not knowing much about drones but i try to mention some ideas wich help you, maybe :D
Can i have the name of your tactile computer pls ?
probably a microsoft surface
thank you.
whats it all cost you so far?
***** thanks for answering
hi I lost frequency to my son quadcopter how can I get it back???
+Smily Smily If it is a DJI quadcopter then on the DJI GO app for iphone or android then download the app if you don't have it already. If the flight you lost the quadcopter with then on the screen with the connected aircraft there should be a return to home button that uses gps to bring the quadcopter back to it's original landing point. If you do not have a dji copter then you may have a different situation. If you have a parrot quadcopter then there should also be a return to home button on the on screen controls. Please tell me the name of the quadcopter so I can help you get it back
15:35 Some...much vibration there...mmmmmmmmmmm a lot of time and money for that...thanks for the video.💢
Should be doing school work and work...buttttttt i think i should take a break!
you good!
hey will if you're into this stuff you should check out a channel called *Flite test* they have videos on great immersion goggles you might want to use with this
nice video , i wish to be in your place :)))
i like your town
Foarte interesant
you really should get a 3d printer it would pay for itself in no time with all the stuff you build.
your shop is boss. sooooo jelly./ {;
That seems over complicated for a add-on. Not exactly plug-and - play. Don't think I would bother.just fly smooth instead
fo 300$ you add 30$ and buy zenmuse H3 3D
Nevermind i just scrolled down. My guess was right
i could of 3D printed those for, ALOT lower and still made a profit :L
Battery life must be shitty to none.
new flight time 4 minutes.... lol
Will what gimbal do u recommend for the phantom 1 for under $75
Conner Hess *****