Thank you so much for this video. I decently purchased my first drone and so frustrated flying it due to the changing orientation that I returned it. After watching this I think I might give it another try.
As a total noob, this was EXTREMELY helpful. I'm not comfortable enough yet to use the camera on the drone I bought, got a $250 for $50, as I can't adjust the camera from the remote and have a lot to learn without looking at a video with a delay. Thanks for sharing this.
You forget to say that many cheap drones when you turn on the drone and calibrate before taking off you have to be behind the front off the drone and then only turn headless mode when the drone is in the air ! other way headless mode will be completely working wrong!
I've yet to see a what I would consider a truly complete written or video tutorial on the headless mode. "Normal flying" (essential for FPV flying) works from the perspective of the operator sitting in the pilot's seat of the quad/plane/etc and the Tx controls behaving like on-board controls. "Headless Mode" works by defining a grid on the ground and the Tx controls flying the craft relative to that grid regardless of the orientation of the craft or TX. Thus "Headless" works the same as on almost all recent toy (& not so toy) quads. Choose a line on the ground (facing up-wind if you possibly can!) Set the quad facing forward on this line and, for least pilot confusion, stand straddling it. Select headless and take off. The pitch stick will drive the quad forward and backwards ALONG THIS LINE regardless of which way the quad (or the controller) is facing. (If the quad is off this line it will travel along a line PARALLEL to this line.) The roll stick will drive the quad at 90 degrees to this line. Always allow for wind drift. DO NOT USE the (so-called) "Return to Home"button often included on cheap, non-GPS quads for use in conjunction with the Headless mode. This only acts the same as pulling the pitch stick back so will only bring your quad back to you if it is directly in front of you on your set line. PLUS you will have to cancel it when it arrives or it will continue on behind you without stopping. To return the quad to you whilst in headless mode, hold the transmitter facing along the set direction and pull the pitch/roll stick (right stick in controller mode 2 - TAKE CARE, Syma & Bayangtoys call this mode 1 on their transmitters!) to the opposite direction to where the quad is positioned. IE If in front of you pull back, if to your left push right etc. Again allow for wind drift. You must define a direction (& often select headless) at the start of your flight for it to be really useful. No use at all trying to switch it on once it's way out there pointing Gawd-knows-where. In that case, leave headless off and add forward pitch. If it heads to the left add left yaw till it stops turning. It's then flying straight at you. Hard forward pitch and home to Pappa. (Allow for wind drift.) If on adding initial pitch it stays straight, it's either flying straight at you or away. Add left yaw. If it flies left its going away from you. Add yaw till it stops going left, then forward pitch to home. If it flies right it was pointing at you - add right yaw to straighten it up and home. Different makes & models of quads vary in how and when the headless direction is set and/or retained. Some - for example the Hubsan H501ss - set the direction each time headless is selected and lose that setting each time it is switched off by the operator or cancelled by the quad's firmware - IE during RTH, Circle Me & Follow Me. A 502e seems to be the same so probably all Hubsans on this protocol are the same. The Bayangtoys X16GPS seems to be the same. (Except that RTH does not cancel headless.) The Bugs B2 series set the headless direction at motor arming and retain it (with headless off or on) till disarming. The SJRC S70W/Promark Shadow Drone/Holy Stone HS100 appear to be the same. The Syma X8 series (& headless equipped X5s) set the headless direction 1... on selecting headless (hold down left sholder button for 2+ seconds till Tx beeps on X8C etc controller or right stick on X5UC/X8SC etc controller) and retain the set direction. Contrary to ALL THE SYMA MANUALS the headless direction is NOT set at Quad & Tx binding. Or 2... on pulling both sticks to bottom left. 2 over-rides 1 - but does not turn headless off or on. (Only 1 does that.) The set headless direction is then held, with varying degrees of accuracy depending on how violently the quad is thrown around (or crashed) until you power off the quad or land & reset using 2. Not sure yet what happens in the event of a momentary loss of signal/power! (Some quads like the SJRC X300-2 do seem to drop the headless selection in this circumstance.) A lot of other types (the Australian Kmart Stunt Drones & the Huanqi 899B included) DO set the headless direction at quad & Tx binding. Similar (or seemingly identical) clones can have very different controls. Take the 4 cheap ducted nano quads - Furibee F36, JJRC H36, Eachine E010 & Nihui NH-010. The Furibee F36 ducted nano is an anomalous type. The headless direction is set at Tx/Quad binding but to turn it on you must first select the "Return to Home" function (by pressing the throttle stick down.) This causes the quad to fly backwards along the headless line. To stop this (otherwise it will just continue along till out of range) & select normal headless mode push the pitch stick forwards. (Backwards also works, but not sidewards.) The Tx beeps in headless. To turn off press the left stick again. The headless direction is retained for the duration of the power on but each time you select it you must go through this sequence. However you can reset the headless direction during a power on cycle by re-orientating the quad on the ground & then pulling both sticks to the lower left. (Both to lower right is gyros calibration.) JJRC H36/EachineE010 are identical quads -the headless direction is selected & the headless/"return to home" functions are turned on with what is usually the right/left yaw trim buttons. (Under throttle.) "Return to home" functions even with headless turned off. Selecting "return to home" before setting a headless direction with the right yaw trim headless key also defines the headless direction. (Kill RTH with the pitch stick.) The set headless direction seems to be retained for the duration of a quad power on even if the controller is turned off & rebound. However it can be redefined/corrected for drift during a power on by both sticks down & in. (Down & out is gyros calibration.) Check your own toys folks! :-) Our geriatric flyers group have a reasonable number of models & types between us but the fellahs who do reviews have much greater access to same. So I wish that when they were doing reviews we could get them to do a proper quick evaluation of headless. IE At startup, place quad on ground facing to your right. Bind quad then pick up & turn to face away from you (or if motors require arming ,place facing left & arm) then take off, turn to fly forward, select headless & observe behaviour. EG quad flies right, left or forward on forward pitch and full yaw. Return quad to you, (by RTH if a GPS equipped unit) deselect headless, (if still selected) turn quad 90 degrees to original heading, reselect & again observe behaviour. Then dismiss "Headless" & return to "Normal Mode" like a "Real Flyer"! ;-)
Is there a way to make it so when I press forward, the drone goes forwards when not facing me? For example, if the drone was facing backwards and I’m facing straight, it flies towards me when I press forward instead of going away?
REALLY, REALLY! Impressed with that video wee man! Good clear explanation of what 'headless mode' means and what it does and then a demonstration of what that equates to in flight that was just as clear and as easy to understand and follow as the explanation so 10/10 dude! Deffo a 'like' from me n I'll be checking a few more vids to see if I should sub......... Keep em up dude, I look forward to learning a few other things, cheers kid 😉👏✌️🍀🖖😷👊
Hey so idk if you will answer but I got a mini drone and I just fly it a little bit up and I dont do anything and it goes up and in a random way at full speed,does headless mode work
I think it is easier for me to use non headless mode because I can already tell which direction it is facing which makes it easier to do tricks and move in a like circle for example but it’s harder for headless mode
lets say drone is to far away to see front or back and its just a spec in sky...can headless mode help you bring it back to where you are? so you don't lose it ... thanks
what if i change my direction of my remote. Lets say i am facing front, and my remote is facing fron, but ehn i turn and racing left. the headless mode seems not working once i change my physical direction of the remote
So I guess if I'm using my monitor to fly I do not want headless mode but if I am flying without the monitor then I may want headless mode thank you for clarifying.
Somebody can tell what is auto Orientation mode in a drone because I purchased a sharper image platinum series from 004 drone and doesn't have headless mode but has auto Orientation.
Read the instructions manual, damn. Or join an online forum. Or just search the forums for your brand of drone. Kids these days have all the answers at their fingertips but they ask busy TH-camrs instead, who are busy trying to make a living. Damn, take some "man up" pills and read a forum. If you can't even learn to fly your drone how are you gonna repair it yourself when it gets a boo-boo on its widdle fingie ? Take some man up pills and try harder.
If headless mode makes it easier to fly and I think it does then why is the default mode always the other way around? why do I have to turn it on to headless mode every time I want to fly it
5 Year old video and still gave the best explanation I’ve heard!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 bravo
6 yr old
7 yr old
It gets older😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
7 years lol
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Thanks That explains it. You went way further with your explanation than needed. The first part of your video was spot on! two thumbs up!
Thank you so much for this video. I decently purchased my first drone and so frustrated flying it due to the changing orientation that I returned it. After watching this I think I might give it another try.
Thanks. I guess I'll be flying mine (a teeny weeny one I just got, my very 1st one) in "headless" mode...
As a total noob, this was EXTREMELY helpful. I'm not comfortable enough yet to use the camera on the drone I bought, got a $250 for $50, as I can't adjust the camera from the remote and have a lot to learn without looking at a video with a delay. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks again! I'm a noob to the drone scene, and I really like how you explained headless mode.
Thanks that’s explained it perfectly, can’t wait to try it now.. it should be a whole lot easier in headless mode! Big 👍🏽
Your explanation is very understandable. Keep it up man 👍
Thanks, glad it helped :)
Thanks
Thanx for the explanantion.. now I understand what is headless mode
You are most welcome!
Thank you, I'm actually confused if i understand the headless mode, but this video confimed that i understand it well.
Holly molly!!! Finally, you explained to me why my drone drove me crazy . Thanks, A lot!!!!
We're glad this helped you out, Alex!
OK!!!!!!!! I NOW UNDERSTAND!!!!! thanks a bunch brotha!!! Something I can use for super high flights
Good explanation of headless mode. Great video!
Awesome video. Newbie here and this is extremely helpful. Thank you.
great explanation bro!
A rarity, I understood what the guy said! Well done.
Thanks from England! Mate. Easy to follow your excellent Explanation. OFF HEADLESSLY!
Finally I solve mystery of headless mode🤔🙂
So glad this helped you out!
Thanks for teaching an old [76] dog new tricks. Now I need to learn how to text.
Thanks a lot great video instructions don’t say much about this
Great simple explanation! Especially with some of the really bad instructions that come with some dromes.
Really well explained. Thanks mate.
Your explanation was awesome well done and thanks.
what happens when u move your remote then, like when u spin your body in different direction??
The drone might get a bit confused if you move, so it's better to stay still when using headless mode.
@@ShopUSAToyz The drone operating in the Headless Mode won't get "confused" - but the pilot certainly will! 🙄😉😊
Thankyou, getting my first drone this weekend.
I was sooooo confuse when I picked up my drone and this thing move exactly the way that I did not expected
I'm like whatttt ?
Now all clear
Thank you
Glad this video could help!
You forget to say that many cheap drones when you turn on the drone and calibrate before taking off you have to be behind the front off the drone and then only turn headless mode when the drone is in the air ! other way headless mode will be completely working wrong!
Very good tutorial. thx
Definitely for the experienced!!! This helped thanks!
Thanks for clarifying!!
Thanks. It's clear as glass
Am guessing, with headless mode on ,. If I fly it towards back of me.. everything becomes backwards as I turn around. Good video
Flip stuns mode (hold down for 3 second)
thanks for this vid.👍🏽
Thanks!!! Great vid man
very good explanation. thanks for that
Thanks That explains
Tx buddy, nicly explained
Oh shit, I didn't know that. Thanks.
Wow thanks for this tutorial 😊😊😊
Thank you Jim
Thank you for this video, very helpful! I have a cheap drone at the moment with no headless mode and I’m looking to upgrade...
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very well explained thank u.
I've yet to see a what I would consider a truly complete written or video tutorial on the headless mode.
"Normal flying" (essential for FPV flying) works from the perspective of the operator sitting in the pilot's seat of the quad/plane/etc and the Tx controls behaving like on-board controls. "Headless Mode" works by defining a grid on the ground and the Tx controls flying the craft relative to that grid regardless of the orientation of the craft or TX.
Thus "Headless" works the same as on almost all recent toy (& not so toy) quads. Choose a line on the ground (facing up-wind if you possibly can!) Set the quad facing forward on this line and, for least pilot confusion, stand straddling it. Select headless and take off. The pitch stick will drive the quad forward and backwards ALONG THIS LINE regardless of which way the quad (or the controller) is facing. (If the quad is off this line it will travel along a line PARALLEL to this line.) The roll stick will drive the quad at 90 degrees to this line. Always allow for wind drift.
DO NOT USE the (so-called) "Return to Home"button often included on cheap, non-GPS quads for use in conjunction with the Headless mode. This only acts the same as pulling the pitch stick back so will only bring your quad back to you if it is directly in front of you on your set line. PLUS you will have to cancel it when it arrives or it will continue on behind you without stopping.
To return the quad to you whilst in headless mode, hold the transmitter facing along the set direction and pull the pitch/roll stick (right stick in controller mode 2 - TAKE CARE, Syma & Bayangtoys call this mode 1 on their transmitters!) to the opposite direction to where the quad is positioned. IE If in front of you pull back, if to your left push right etc. Again allow for wind drift.
You must define a direction (& often select headless) at the start of your flight for it to be really useful. No use at all trying to switch it on once it's way out there pointing Gawd-knows-where. In that case, leave headless off and add forward pitch. If it heads to the left add left yaw till it stops turning. It's then flying straight at you. Hard forward pitch and home to Pappa. (Allow for wind drift.) If on adding initial pitch it stays straight, it's either flying straight at you or away. Add left yaw. If it flies left its going away from you. Add yaw till it stops going left, then forward pitch to home. If it flies right it was pointing at you - add right yaw to straighten it up and home.
Different makes & models of quads vary in how and when the headless direction is set and/or retained.
Some - for example the Hubsan H501ss - set the direction each time headless is selected and lose that setting each time it is switched off by the operator or cancelled by the quad's firmware - IE during RTH, Circle Me & Follow Me. A 502e seems to be the same so probably all Hubsans on this protocol are the same. The Bayangtoys X16GPS seems to be the same. (Except that RTH does not cancel headless.)
The Bugs B2 series set the headless direction at motor arming and retain it (with headless off or on) till disarming. The SJRC S70W/Promark Shadow Drone/Holy Stone HS100 appear to be the same.
The Syma X8 series (& headless equipped X5s) set the headless direction 1... on selecting headless (hold down left sholder button for 2+ seconds till Tx beeps on X8C etc controller or right stick on X5UC/X8SC etc controller) and retain the set direction. Contrary to ALL THE SYMA MANUALS the headless direction is NOT set at Quad & Tx binding. Or 2... on pulling both sticks to bottom left. 2 over-rides 1 - but does not turn headless off or on. (Only 1 does that.) The set headless direction is then held, with varying degrees of accuracy depending on how violently the quad is thrown around (or crashed) until you power off the quad or land & reset using 2. Not sure yet what happens in the event of a momentary loss of signal/power! (Some quads like the SJRC X300-2 do seem to drop the headless selection in this circumstance.)
A lot of other types (the Australian Kmart Stunt Drones & the Huanqi 899B included) DO set the headless direction at quad & Tx binding.
Similar (or seemingly identical) clones can have very different controls. Take the 4 cheap ducted nano quads - Furibee F36, JJRC H36, Eachine E010 & Nihui NH-010.
The Furibee F36 ducted nano is an anomalous type. The headless direction is set at Tx/Quad binding but to turn it on you must first select the "Return to Home" function (by pressing the throttle stick down.) This causes the quad to fly backwards along the headless line. To stop this (otherwise it will just continue along till out of range) & select normal headless mode push the pitch stick forwards. (Backwards also works, but not sidewards.) The Tx beeps in headless. To turn off press the left stick again. The headless direction is retained for the duration of the power on but each time you select it you must go through this sequence. However you can reset the headless direction during a power on cycle by re-orientating the quad on the ground & then pulling both sticks to the lower left. (Both to lower right is gyros calibration.)
JJRC H36/EachineE010 are identical quads -the headless direction is selected & the headless/"return to home" functions are turned on with what is usually the right/left yaw trim buttons. (Under throttle.) "Return to home" functions even with headless turned off. Selecting "return to home" before setting a headless direction with the right yaw trim headless key also defines the headless direction. (Kill RTH with the pitch stick.) The set headless direction seems to be retained for the duration of a quad power on even if the controller is turned off & rebound. However it can be redefined/corrected for drift during a power on by both sticks down & in. (Down & out is gyros calibration.)
Check your own toys folks! :-)
Our geriatric flyers group have a reasonable number of models & types between us but the fellahs who do reviews have much greater access to same. So I wish that when they were doing reviews we could get them to do a proper quick evaluation of headless.
IE At startup, place quad on ground facing to your right. Bind quad then pick up & turn to face away from you (or if motors require arming ,place facing left & arm) then take off, turn to fly forward, select headless & observe behaviour. EG quad flies right, left or forward on forward pitch and full yaw. Return quad to you, (by RTH if a GPS equipped unit) deselect headless, (if still selected) turn quad 90 degrees to original heading, reselect & again observe behaviour.
Then dismiss "Headless" & return to "Normal Mode" like a "Real Flyer"! ;-)
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Oh...... I think I will go and lie down
Holy shit man
Great video
Dude thank you awesome thanks
Thank you so much!
Really helpful thanks dude 👍
Thanks.. Its help alot
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Thank you USA toys
Is there a way to make it so when I press forward, the drone goes forwards when not facing me? For example, if the drone was facing backwards and I’m facing straight, it flies towards me when I press forward instead of going away?
REALLY, REALLY! Impressed with that video wee man!
Good clear explanation of what 'headless mode' means and what it does and then a demonstration of what that equates to in flight that was just as clear and as easy to understand and follow as the explanation so 10/10 dude!
Deffo a 'like' from me n I'll be checking a few more vids to see if I should sub.........
Keep em up dude, I look forward to learning a few other things, cheers kid 😉👏✌️🍀🖖😷👊
Thanks for easy to understand video!
the video was very helpful
Thanks. Now i can fly like an expert 😏😊
Thanks brother 👏👍🦅
Hey so idk if you will answer but I got a mini drone and I just fly it a little bit up and I dont do anything and it goes up and in a random way at full speed,does headless mode work
Great video, thanks!
Thank you very much! very clear explanation
I think it is easier for me to use non headless mode because I can already tell which direction it is facing which makes it easier to do tricks and move in a like circle for example but it’s harder for headless mode
Thank you! Quite good and simple explanation
Glad you liked it
I learned something new today
Hi. Can you turn the headless mode on or off while the drone is in the flight?
thanks bro 1000 times
Very useful
lets say drone is to far away to see front or back and its just a spec in sky...can headless mode help you bring it back to where you are? so you don't lose it ... thanks
Thank You!
Nice.
Good job!
what if i change my direction of my remote. Lets say i am facing front, and my remote is facing fron, but ehn i turn and racing left. the headless mode seems not working once i change my physical direction of the remote
Thanks since I got a drone saying headless mode and I am like what does that mean so that I can understand what it is .
Thank you. Now I know what it is :)
also does that drone also have altitude hold?? and whats its cost? thax
Lol I thought my drone was broken
😂
Thanks bro!
Great explanation thanks.
My drone dosnt fly so what can i do when i turn it on and move the sticks the wing move but does not go up
Try moving left stick up then down to pair drone. And if it has a start engine/ take off button, hit that.
Look up the drone instructions manual
This is the best mode for begginers
Finally! Thanks bro! :)
thank you brother 😊😄
So I guess if I'm using my monitor to fly I do not want headless mode but if I am flying without the monitor then I may want headless mode thank you for clarifying.
Somebody can tell what is auto Orientation mode in a drone because I purchased a sharper image platinum series from 004 drone and doesn't have headless mode but has auto Orientation.
Read the instructions manual, damn. Or join an online forum. Or just search the forums for your brand of drone.
Kids these days have all the answers at their fingertips but they ask busy TH-camrs instead, who are busy trying to make a living.
Damn, take some "man up" pills and read a forum.
If you can't even learn to fly your drone how are you gonna repair it yourself when it gets a boo-boo on its widdle fingie ?
Take some man up pills and try harder.
If headless mode makes it easier to fly and I think it does then why is the default mode always the other way around? why do I have to turn it on to headless mode every time I want to fly it
I always use headless mode, more natural
at 4:37 the drone has blade covers but at 5:00 it doesnt oh and it was a great video
Yes, but how do i enable "chicken with its head cut off" mode?
Thats probably a follow-up video, I'm sure.
Thank you for clarifying.
It was great I knew what what it was by 1:40
This will help me a lot lol I almost lost my drone because the controls were backwards so like e
I broke a law just to get my drone
Thanks
Thanksss
Thx m8
I dont lnow how i can set mi drone in headless mode. Drone is yr577-4
Understood!
OHH so thats what it does
I got it.....I think.....maybe not.....Damn!!!!
man you said that in headless mode it can get confusing, Then you say it's best and easier to fly, I'm still lost!! Learning this is so frustrating.
Smh 🤦♂️ I thought something was wrong and I slammed my drone on the ground from rage
Man U r so fucking dumb!
I dont know who this is
lmao same
It's been 6 years now