I'm a newb to FPV drones. I have over 30 years in rc choppers. I've watched a lot of videos on how to set these up, but most of them have been very difficult to follow for me. I'm starting out with a Protek R25 HD and I bought a set of DJI Goggles 2 from your store. I'm already looking for another smaller sub 250 whoop type drone and I'll probably get yours. I like the way u guys roll. U don't try to impress everyone by all that u know about drones that confuses the hell out of me, plus I'm 76 and that don't help much either. When I watched this video, I felt like finally I can enjoy watching a build and setup and actually feel that I can do it because u broke it all down so even someone like me could follow. And these wizzards r what I need. Just an excellent and fun tutorial. Thx so much.
These guys seem to specialize in making the hobby as simple as possible for the new guys. In FPV simplicity costs more, but in the long run you spend less than you would if you bought cheap junk parts that fail and are way more complicated. Time is money. The DJI radio is just fine for most quads. The Vista is simple and works great as a receiver, but if you already have a Crossfire or ELRS this build is still simple and I am sure it’s a blast! How about that 4.3 right? No motor remapping in the CLI or reversing direction in the BL Heli configurator! Like I say simplicity costs money, but buy the quality now. You’ll thank yourself later.
First Build Video Ive ever watched. Love LD & RR's other videos but I want to get away from prebuilts and this video convinced me to do so. Its actually super thought out and informative. Feeling more confident with making the decision. Thank You.
I wanted to follow up with my experience so far. I received the quad in two weeks, the build quality appears solid and even though it’s my first freestyle FPV quad I had it flying in a couple of hours. The USB-C port on the air unit is hard to access and I actually didn’t see it at first. I took the duct off but it might be possible to bend it to the side to plug in. I’ve been flying the DJI FPV in manual mode and flying sims, and it felt very familiar to fly the SkyLite. I was doing rolls and flips and flying around the yard by the 3rd pack. Looking forward to trying it out with the ducts removed!
Carson, I am starting out right now with a dji fpv and was looking at this for something to practice with that can take a beating and be fixed easily. Are you running this build with the goggles v2 and controller 2 from dji?
Best video to do configuration. I have seen many drone build videos but that’s the best one and detailed in a single video. Thanks guys for sharing the best material. Good on you guys. Keep it up. Cheers from Sydney.
For anyone thinking about building this drone, the kit does not come with 20mm m3 screws for mounting the stack. Hopefully this helps. The M2 screws used for mounting the vista do not come with the kit either.
Brilliant. When I first saw the email come through last night I didn’t think much of it. But after watching this video. I love this concept. Nice work Drew!!! 👏🏽
Looks like my next frame :) Little hind, if you just put the solder on the iron tip and transfer it from there to the wires / pads +use little bit of flux 280-350C° , there are no sprinkles and you have one more hand . But you need a good combination of speed and right temperature
I know I’m a little late to the party, but I am also old guy 75 and I really want to build these. I built quite a few RC planes in my day, but I don’t know anything about electronics. This video helped me a lot however when I went to website, I don’t see where I can buy this Drone with all the pieces that I need because I would have no idea where to start if I couldn’t buy a package deal and buy package deal I mean I want to build it myself, but I want all the parts. I hope you see this message and respond. Thanks for this video. It was really good.
Drone is sick. Might be my first drone after a whoop. But working with cars every day when you said "like lug nuts on a car" and went in a circle it hurt me inside a bit😂 supposed to go in a star formation😅 love the videos though! Greetings from the Mitten
For smaller capacitors you can place the heat shrink first on the power leads before soldering them so you don’t need to pull xt60 through:) ps. Just checked: 14mm diameter (22mm when flattened) thin heat shrink baaarely fits over an xt60
Blobs of solder flying everywhere, lol, you need to slow down when you remove the tip from the pad. All it takes is one of those blobs to hit the circuit board and it's magic smoke time.
I feel like these convertable fpv kwads kinda can't do everything perfect. However this one seems to have been well thought out. I am not sure if sub250g is still a thing with this build, but, it is really dope!
My skyliner needs this little buddy. I was looking for a new 3 inch. I use a cingo with the ducts off, but it's extremely fragile. this looks like a mini tank like the skyliner... I'm in.
i just made the same drone with the same parts even the motors because now in rotor riot page they are selling another kind of motor for this specific drone.
ImpulseRc have a similar kit for the Micro Apex.. It is a lot thinner carbon than the RR one though.. TCPE is a great choice for printing ducts. It is almost unbreakable, ALMOST :)
Hello Drew, Now that the DJI 03 has come out & RotorRiot is offering this model with that DJI 03 fpv unit, I would love to request another review of this bad boy.... I have the GEPRC Smart35 (Vista Nebula nano HD) which I love but it does not come with the DJI 03 FPV unit in an RTF option... (please note, i also have the DJI AIR Skyliner Unit you built for me, and love that one for the 5inch situations and you have it tuned smooth as butter)... ....so personally it would be really nice to see the side by side comparison between the Skylite DJI 03 unit and the GEPRC Smart35 unit (Vista Nebula nano HD)... Comment: It looks like you might have the only 3.5 inch dji 03 rtf option out there (please someone correct me if im wrong).... Thanks Drew, Jeff
Cool build, my only complaint is I wouldn't suggest using a firmware version that is a release candidate and think it would be better to use the latest stable version 4.2
How fast do these type of drones go? Why are they better price that the commercial ones? What the difference between racing and stunt drones? Yeah noob questions, I just use dji for my work and sort became addicted to flying and I want something fast and exciting.
i guys, a friend of mine bought this drone. With ducts it flew very well and quietly. When he became a bit more confident, he wanted to fly without Ducts and bought appropriate props. Strangely enough, without ducts the copter flies very unsteady and shakes. The motors get very hot. When he puts the ducts back on, everything is back to normal. Does he have to change anything in the tuning without Ducts? Grateful for any tips.
Damn its been 3-4 years since I've had a drone. But this one really has me intrigued to get a whoop style for my new hero 10. Now before I get too excited do I need to upgrade my goggles and radio to even stand a chance in todays FPV world? I have a Spectrum DX6e and Fatshark Dom V3's. Because it seems everything revolves around the DJI stuff now and im not going to be that invested into the fpv world to want to upgrade to that.
This build, as it is in the video, will require the DJI goggles and DJI controller. RotorRiot has a serious man crush on DJI so all of there builds are centered around it. Perhaps they will offer a build that is analog in the future, but for now this is a digital build.
@@bladezx2 Yeah and thats what I have found is everyone has a crush on the DJI stuff and I get it. Everything you comes across only fits the dji stuff. But its hard because I have no idea anymore or where to look at for a new build using new product analog stuff.
@@matad311 I'm in the same boat, although its been a big longer for me. I'm still watching a lot of videos trying to get caught up but 6-7 years is a LOT of time to make up.
@@bladezx2 Yep I hear ya! I may just end up doing a iFlight 5" quad that's already built and just need to add a RX. Man its so complicated because any fpv website i have come across does make it very clear whats all compatible.
Love to build Fpv and cinematic drone . but I don’t wanna spend so much money on a goggle and a controller.. question ? Does goggle Integra and controller bind and compatible with the drone you built ? If it does ! Please set me up with the website so I could purchase the complete accessory . you guys are great. 👍🥃🥃👌
Looks like a decent 3” freestyle frame. Something there are not very many of in the hobby. Nice one @ledrib Anybody know the dry weight of the frame? Looks heavy..
Are you "pre tinning" your wires or are you just "tinning" your wires? I feel like this is one of those arbitrary uses of "pre" like pre-heating your oven....there are only two states your oven can be in....heated or unheated
What's the all-up-weight of either configuration (without camera or battery)? Is the frame anywhere close to 50-60g? I'm just wondering how reasonable it would be to build as a sub 250g model.
Be carrefull people some scammer are using rotor riot name to make u win a fake silent give away sound like i talked to the drib àd he wanted money be aware they dont want to show proove it s not a scam and they use the name of le drob and vannover 🤬🤬🤬
It's gross and gets everywhere because you're doing it wrong. Get a bottle of thread lock that comes with a brush in the bottle. Such a simple thing yet such a game changer
15:08 "Use specific tools for specific jobs" said a man who cleans soldering iron tip with his jeans :D
I'm a newb to FPV drones. I have over 30 years in rc choppers. I've watched a lot of videos on how to set these up, but most of them have been very difficult to follow for me. I'm starting out with a Protek R25 HD and I bought a set of DJI Goggles 2 from your store. I'm already looking for another smaller sub 250 whoop type drone and I'll probably get yours. I like the way u guys roll. U don't try to impress everyone by all that u know about drones that confuses the hell out of me, plus I'm 76 and that don't help much either. When I watched this video, I felt like finally I can enjoy watching a build and setup and actually feel that I can do it because u broke it all down so even someone like me could follow. And these wizzards r what I need. Just an excellent and fun tutorial. Thx so much.
I’m glad I had all of these tips so I don’t have a bad time
aaallllright evening coffee and RR episode lets go!
Looks like a great 3" for double duty. Wish you offered the kit with no HD unit. Would love to order a kit and add my own ELRS and analog camera/VTX.
Agreed!
I just built one with analog components. All I had to do was add some spacers on each side of the camera and it works perfectly
@@CJan00 how is the total cost with analog?
Thats bad ass. Love those ducts, going to do one and use a little more white. Do a storm trooper build. Long live the empire.
Ohh yes... the amazing quality of those brotherhobby motors...
Damn, it's been 6 months since I've done a build, I'm super impressed with the motor configuration wizards in betaflight.
This is exactly what I want when it comes to a starter FPV! Glad you guys offer it!
Hahaha, that face when heating the cap heatshrink!
These guys seem to specialize in making the hobby as simple as possible for the new guys. In FPV simplicity costs more, but in the long run you spend less than you would if you bought cheap junk parts that fail and are way more complicated. Time is money. The DJI radio is just fine for most quads. The Vista is simple and works great as a receiver, but if you already have a Crossfire or ELRS this build is still simple and I am sure it’s a blast! How about that 4.3 right? No motor remapping in the CLI or reversing direction in the BL Heli configurator! Like I say simplicity costs money, but buy the quality now. You’ll thank yourself later.
First Build Video Ive ever watched. Love LD & RR's other videos but I want to get away from prebuilts and this video convinced me to do so. Its actually super thought out and informative. Feeling more confident with making the decision. Thank You.
I love 💗 this just need to muster the courage to build one! #stayepic I concur I’m also happier when flying drones!
I wanted to follow up with my experience so far. I received the quad in two weeks, the build quality appears solid and even though it’s my first freestyle FPV quad I had it flying in a couple of hours. The USB-C port on the air unit is hard to access and I actually didn’t see it at first. I took the duct off but it might be possible to bend it to the side to plug in. I’ve been flying the DJI FPV in manual mode and flying sims, and it felt very familiar to fly the SkyLite. I was doing rolls and flips and flying around the yard by the 3rd pack. Looking forward to trying it out with the ducts removed!
Carson, I am starting out right now with a dji fpv and was looking at this for something to practice with that can take a beating and be fixed easily. Are you running this build with the goggles v2 and controller 2 from dji?
Best video to do configuration. I have seen many drone build videos but that’s the best one and detailed in a single video. Thanks guys for sharing the best material. Good on you guys. Keep it up. Cheers from Sydney.
Dude, that's clever design
Buying! Thanks for sharing Drew 👍🏻
Just ordered this after watching this video 3 times. Was looking for a whoop of sorts.
For anyone thinking about building this drone, the kit does not come with 20mm m3 screws for mounting the stack. Hopefully this helps.
The M2 screws used for mounting the vista do not come with the kit either.
Brilliant. When I first saw the email come through last night I didn’t think much of it. But after watching this video. I love this concept. Nice work Drew!!! 👏🏽
Drew, great pro tips throughout the video. This is a great video for newcomers to FPV!
I like the "You're gonna have a bad time!" disclaimers. Lol
Looks good frame build
All those rogue balls of solder chilling there all willy nilly are giving me the Forrest Whittaker eye
Now that’s dope Le Drib 👊🏻🤘🏻
Cool! Drew, when you making your next freestyle vid? I've been dying to see more.
Excellent mount and brilliant explanations ! Good job
Any plans for a solder free cinewoop build?
Yes 😍
Looks like my next frame :)
Little hind, if you just put the solder on the iron tip and transfer it from there to the wires / pads +use little bit of flux 280-350C° , there are no sprinkles and you have one more hand .
But you need a good combination of speed and right temperature
everyone needs a pair of snippy doos
I know I’m a little late to the party, but I am also old guy 75 and I really want to build these. I built quite a few RC planes in my day, but I don’t know anything about electronics. This video helped me a lot however when I went to website, I don’t see where I can buy this Drone with all the pieces that I need because I would have no idea where to start if I couldn’t buy a package deal and buy package deal I mean I want to build it myself, but I want all the parts. I hope you see this message and respond. Thanks for this video. It was really good.
Thanks for a lesson, very nice.
AMAZING!!!!
Walksnail antenna lol. Fair play bro.
Great copter and cinewhoop, FPV IT ALL likes it 👍🏻😎
Drone is sick. Might be my first drone after a whoop. But working with cars every day when you said "like lug nuts on a car" and went in a circle it hurt me inside a bit😂 supposed to go in a star formation😅 love the videos though! Greetings from the Mitten
I got some ducks and lets just say , always take your props off !!
Poor liddle 🐤
Question how heavy is it fully build Inc duckts , ex action camera and battery ?
make a solder free 1 :)
It's coming!
Needle nose pliers works best for stretching heat shrink 👌🏾
Ordering this frame in a few days. switching my geprc cinego caddix 6s components to this. Should be a monster 3in. At least I'm hoping
For smaller capacitors you can place the heat shrink first on the power leads before soldering them so you don’t need to pull xt60 through:) ps. Just checked: 14mm diameter (22mm when flattened) thin heat shrink baaarely fits over an xt60
Blobs of solder flying everywhere, lol, you need to slow down when you remove the tip from the pad. All it takes is one of those blobs to hit the circuit board and it's magic smoke time.
Nice design on the frame, I just finished building a CineRat for the same purpose but the SkyLite looks a much lighter build. ✌👍
nice about time thank you
I feel like these convertable fpv kwads kinda can't do everything perfect. However this one seems to have been well thought out. I am not sure if sub250g is still a thing with this build, but, it is really dope!
this is pretty nifty....
Very tempting!
This is awesome!! I need to get one
Heyyyy im first. Haha really does look like a skyeliner
My skyliner needs this little buddy. I was looking for a new 3 inch. I use a cingo with the ducts off, but it's extremely fragile. this looks like a mini tank like the skyliner... I'm in.
I did this with my roma f35. I designed prop ducts in fusion 360 an printed them
Blowing on solder will not crack it. That's more of a welding subject rapid cooling causes linear cracks and wormholes
I love this drone 😍
hey ya
Excellent video! Thx! 😀
i just made the same drone with the same parts even the motors because now in rotor riot page they are selling another kind of motor for this specific drone.
ImpulseRc have a similar kit for the Micro Apex.. It is a lot thinner carbon than the RR one though.. TCPE is a great choice for printing ducts. It is almost unbreakable, ALMOST :)
stretch heatshrink with needlenose pliers, just open pliers and stretch from the inside
Troll me if you want, I bought the frame and I think it's a super cleaver design.
Hello Drew,
Now that the DJI 03 has come out & RotorRiot is offering this model with that DJI 03 fpv unit,
I would love to request another review of this bad boy....
I have the GEPRC Smart35 (Vista Nebula nano HD) which I love but it does not come with the DJI 03 FPV unit in an RTF option... (please note, i also have the DJI AIR Skyliner Unit you built for me, and love that one for the 5inch situations and you have it tuned smooth as butter)...
....so personally it would be really nice to see the side by side comparison between the Skylite DJI 03 unit and the GEPRC Smart35 unit (Vista Nebula nano HD)...
Comment: It looks like you might have the only 3.5 inch dji 03 rtf option out there (please someone correct me if im wrong)....
Thanks Drew,
Jeff
Need me one of these!
Pleas can you make this withe a analog camera
huh nice
Cool build, my only complaint is I wouldn't suggest using a firmware version that is a release candidate and think it would be better to use the latest stable version 4.2
How fast do these type of drones go?
Why are they better price that the commercial ones?
What the difference between racing and stunt drones?
Yeah noob questions, I just use dji for my work and sort became addicted to flying and I want something fast and exciting.
Now, I really want to build another drone. Too bad mine still flies, so I don't have an excuse right now.
MEEEGA I'll definitely will get One ❤ 🔥
So sick!!
i guys, a friend of mine bought this drone. With ducts it flew very well and quietly. When he became a bit more confident, he wanted to fly without Ducts and bought appropriate props. Strangely enough, without ducts the copter flies very unsteady and shakes. The motors get very hot. When he puts the ducts back on, everything is back to normal. Does he have to change anything in the tuning without Ducts? Grateful for any tips.
Dang I think I'm going to get this I love how you can swap out the ducts. Will analog gear fit?
yes.
Need a hotter iron for larger diameter wire.
like it. can you show me and bring the racing in sarasota??
Damn its been 3-4 years since I've had a drone. But this one really has me intrigued to get a whoop style for my new hero 10. Now before I get too excited do I need to upgrade my goggles and radio to even stand a chance in todays FPV world? I have a Spectrum DX6e and Fatshark Dom V3's. Because it seems everything revolves around the DJI stuff now and im not going to be that invested into the fpv world to want to upgrade to that.
This build, as it is in the video, will require the DJI goggles and DJI controller. RotorRiot has a serious man crush on DJI so all of there builds are centered around it. Perhaps they will offer a build that is analog in the future, but for now this is a digital build.
@@bladezx2 Yeah and thats what I have found is everyone has a crush on the DJI stuff and I get it. Everything you comes across only fits the dji stuff. But its hard because I have no idea anymore or where to look at for a new build using new product analog stuff.
@@matad311 I'm in the same boat, although its been a big longer for me. I'm still watching a lot of videos trying to get caught up but 6-7 years is a LOT of time to make up.
@@bladezx2 Yep I hear ya! I may just end up doing a iFlight 5" quad that's already built and just need to add a RX. Man its so complicated because any fpv website i have come across does make it very clear whats all compatible.
Are the ducts only for indoor use? It seems more durable for outdoors and has smoother movements with the ducts on.
Love to build Fpv and cinematic drone . but I don’t wanna spend so much money on a goggle and a controller.. question ? Does goggle Integra and controller bind and compatible with the drone you built ? If it does ! Please set me up with the website so I could purchase the complete accessory . you guys are great. 👍🥃🥃👌
Your the first person ever on TH-cam to correctly use a soldering iron and to say while soldering is correctly.
Looks like a decent 3” freestyle frame. Something there are not very many of in the hobby. Nice one @ledrib
Anybody know the dry weight of the frame? Looks heavy..
We had "Blue" magic smoke back in my benchwork days, has it changed?
Did I miss something; Were is the Receiver?
can you post the stl files for the ducts?
Quad looks amazing way cleaner than mine
Happen to have the g code for the frame? I’ve got a 3018 cnc and carbon fiber I’d like to cut this myself!
Would 2104 motors be overkill for this build? Happen to have 4 lying around
Goodday, what does the quad weighs with ducts and HD cam rtf ? Still under 250gr ?🤷🏼♂️
Are you "pre tinning" your wires or are you just "tinning" your wires?
I feel like this is one of those arbitrary uses of "pre" like pre-heating your oven....there are only two states your oven can be in....heated or unheated
Offer one with analog! :)
Hey Drib I'd like to build this for analog, can i get a part list?
If I was binding to my RM pocket(via Frsky), what should my map channel be?
What's the all-up-weight of either configuration (without camera or battery)? Is the frame anywhere close to 50-60g? I'm just wondering how reasonable it would be to build as a sub 250g model.
I’m not too familiar with DJI remote controllers switches can’t find too much info.
How many takes did the usb plug in take you??
It s like the stan fpv i got 🤔 look the same except the duct are in polycarbonate something string as but yes it s look exactly the stam fpv 3inch
Be carrefull people some scammer are using rotor riot name to make u win a fake silent give away sound like i talked to the drib àd he wanted money be aware they dont want to show proove it s not a scam and they use the name of le drob and vannover 🤬🤬🤬
What kind of flight time will this get with like a hero 10?
This is almost exactly like the toothfairy 2
Only much heavier with less duct options
@@CiottiFPV ya exactly just feel like they ripped it off
It's gross and gets everywhere because you're doing it wrong. Get a bottle of thread lock that comes with a brush in the bottle. Such a simple thing yet such a game changer
Can you bind a frsky radio to a caddx vista air unit?
are his hands shaky af?
How does duct effect sound.
how many voice cracks did drib have?
Analog version!?