little tip for the buzzer: instead of always taking a pair of tweezers with you, just plug in the battery after unpluging it, wait a few seconds (i just wait until the esc started up) and disconnect the battery and the buzzer stops beeping.
Yeah, that is such a convenient feature. Got one on my main freestyle quad squished between the cam and the ESC. There's no way to get to the button there so that is the only way to turn it off.
I really appreciated this format of drone build. Zero distractions from the build itself and it came together in a super concise way. The entire watch was extremely relaxing, too.
Great video, and I would like to build one on the same frame. Please don't take this the wrong way, constructive criticisms only! :) I've completed soldering classes that only AF avionics and NASA techs go to, so I may know a thing or two about soldering. 1- Don't use so much solder. Solder is not glue, and less is better, especially on something that vibrates. Too much solder leads to cold solder joints and adds to the joint mass, causing it to rip the pad off the board due to vibration eventually; and not to mention that fat messy joints can lead to a short. Flux your pad, then your wire. Tin your wire (lightly where you can still see the individual strands, but they are tinned silver), then place the tip of the tinned wire onto the pad, letting the surface contact and heat from the iron melt the solder out of the wire, and onto the pad. An ideal joint will look like a tinned wire stuck to a tinned pad with a tiny fillet on either side of the wire. Any solder joint that has a convex surface is generally considered too much. 2- Set your temperature right. Too hot can cause damage to your controller, so if you aren't using a heatsink, you can damage it and/or fry the pad off the board. Too cold, and you will cause cold solder joints that will pop off eventually. Choose a temp that readily melts the solder, but isn't burning, around 275f - 320f, this will depend on the diameter and composition of your solder, and your ambient air temp. 3- Don't be scared to use more flux. Get yourself some flux paste and a small acid brush. Flux the crap out of all surfaces to be soldered on. Flux cleans the surface and promotes adhesion. After you are done soldering, get an old toothbrush and isopropyl alcohol and scrub off the dried flux. I know pro drone folks have been doing this for years and they've had no problems, blah, blah, blah... however, I prefer to eliminate all possibilities that my soldering isn't going to be a reason for any failure.
I am just blown away with the quality of your work in EVERY respect; the video, the craftsmanship in building this drone and your presentation itself. I want to use your videos as an aid to interest my grandson in drones and all aspects of the engineering that goes into them. Thank you for this and ALL of your most excellent videos.
Awesome! You did everything including footage in less than an hour. Thumbs up for the patience of making those videos and sharing your knowledge with us!
@@johnnymartini1072 exactly, and any wire connected to earth at one place is technically an antenna, so if the length was unfortunate it could resonate and induce noise on the wires, though the twist should counter any common mode signal.
@@garethsmith7628 What I did not knew at this point was, that the noise induced to the power lines seems to be the problem. Therefore I would agree to the theory of shielding the cable. Because noise on the communication lines would lead to communication errors.
Your the reason i built my first dron... was excited to see a new video from you pop up in my feed. Keep it up my guys! Clean and clear right to the point
Thank you for putting together this build video. You list all the parts and go through all the steps, which goes to show it's approachable with some careful attention and patience. You've got me convinced to build rather than buy my first FPV quad!
I have not built a drone yet, ready made so far. After watching your video, I am absolutely going to build one. Already downloaded Betaflight! Thanks for making a video that actually shows "How to do it"!!
Great build vid. Very clean build. Super easy to watch. No BS or waisted time. Ordered everything for a 7” LR build yesterday and wanted to watch a few vids before it got here. Will come back to rewatch a few of the BF parts when done. Probably the best build vid I’ve seen in a long time. Great work … new sub. Thanks!
I flew to Bakers few years back with my mavic, it's fun.. Started at Beverly beach , over misery isl . winds are usually south west so keep that mind in planning safe route back.. maybe landing at Manchester Harbor as backup plan
@TRONCAT FPV can you please let me know if I can use an alternative to the DJI fpv system? I want to try analog before I go and purchase DJI’s expensive equipment. Thank you!!!!
Nice build. I started building exclusively 7" quads - love the way they fly. Have to give you one tiny nudge - long-range builds always get a vertical antenna - horizonal (diversity or not) is for flying around your house ;)
@@snipsey2 I mount them to the camera mount. I go in tinkercad, add 2 hollow 5mm rings about 30mm apaert and stick them to the side of the flight cam mount (if you are using a proprietary flight cam mount and not a printed one, you can just make a standoff mount) and stick the antenna in there (I fly crossfire or dragonlink - this method is for the crossfire immortal T). That way, my contol link is in the least ideal position when flying away from myself, but the most ideal position when flying towaerds myself - this allows you to fly to your control limit (which should theoretically never happen) and not failsafe when turning and beginning the return trip. If you do get near your limit, you can improve control link by turning home.
Do you have any good resources for guys looking to build a good POV, long range drone, have design/fabrication means, but not so good with the coding/auto-pilot stuff?
8x4.5 slowfly bi-prop 4s 5200mah 2808 motors. was using that combo for 20 minute flights 8 years ago. fly it right and set it up with teh right pids in betaflight, no reason you shouldn't get 20 or better. used to do 2212's on 4s 4400 and 10" on my 13" tricopters for fpv and make 12 minutes with a3 axis cnc gimbal swinging a cannon dslr.
sick long range fpv build, bruh. I was thinking of saving up and getting a prebuilt iFlight Chimera 7 or the GEPRC Croc75 but now I don't know, I enjoy building and putting together drones as well, lots of fun.
Can you tell me a couple things I missed. If you don't know or just don't wanna answer its all good 1st. How did he connect the drone to the computer 2nd do you know if the software he was using is free? 3rd can I buy any remote control and headset to pair up to this drone?
@@Beetlejuice2231 1st USB-A To USB-C Cable. 2nd Betaflight is an open source project that 90+% of FPV Pilots use. Yes its free, although I'm sure they would greatly appreciate your donation. 3rd That would be ideal since otherwise you would have a very expensive paperweight.
That is hell of a great video! Well done and thank you for the hard work. In case I'd like to go with ELRS instead of crossfire, what would you recomand to use? Thanks!
Awesome Build! I love the GPS trick. It must act as a shielding for the GPS's wires out to the GPS Antenna Rcvr itself. I wonder if you could do this same thing with the other antennas going over the FC or something noisy, like the RX, Digital AU/VTX or Analog VTX Antenna Leads, etc.. maybe get some better Range as well. One thing i noticed with my older TBS M8 GPS FPV size module is that I used to get 10-12 satellites in a matter of 10-15 secs and then it would reach as high as 21, but at least 15-20 Sats normally and never lose them. Now with the O3 Air Unit finally in because of camera fitment and waiting on parts, i have the Digital in and I have to wait that full 1min or so to get enough Sats for GPS Rescue and all that. It also wont just gain antennas as it goes, it will just all of a sudden go from 0 to 5-6 in the initial wait and then another few seconds and its at about 12 Sats is my normal now, maybe 15max once, but i havent seen it again. 11-13 normally now. Everything still works fine with the GPS and the Drone will remember the Home Spot and all that if you lose GPS a few times during flight, and lose all the gps features like DTH and the H arrow, but its able to recover and still do a GPS Landing, which is good for a far away Failsafe where you probably wont find it or be able to even get it.. Its a chance it will make it back at least closer and maybe get video or signal back. So far its actually worked great for me, its lands super smooth at the end and its pretty damn accurate for small gps only I like that frame as well, and the parts list was probably more high quality for the preset checkbox lol. What kind of range increase do you get with the longer O3 Air Unit Antenna's? And im guessing the diversity TBS T antennas are mounted at the two different orientation's for picking up a signal from all directions better or did it just work out like that? Ive only ever used the XF Nano RX. But ive been planning on building a Long Range out of the 7" drone frame and setup i have already that i got on a combo sale, the brand is raggio i believe. Its nice im just not sure if thats a popular brand or not. I looked on the HGLRC wesbite and i really like that Rekon5 F5 HD frame kit.. I have an analog iflight nazgul5 xl5 v2 6s. Its not a bad drone really, especially for the price i got it for on sale with a CRSF Nano RX already installed as well. $120.. Anyway, i wanted to just add my O3 Air Unit to this one but the frame is kind of too narrow in the center for the 20mm camera for the O3 and it has no front camera protection for a camera that style. So i figured id put the electronics into a nicer frame, add the O3, add the gps. And then use spare parts to build up the iflight again and just use it with analog.. I actually assumed that for a long range build you basically needed to use Analog to really get that range out there.. What is your best range for the video connection? Also if you lose video, can you just hit the failsafe and the gps will start flying it back closer until you regain video and can continue flying..!
To get better performance on your flight controller use the smaller gummies on your ESC and put a nut between the gummy and frame to lock that screw into place and reduce vibrations.
Great Video 🤠 Questions: 1. What if I want to add intelligence to the drone? is there a way to have a flight controller card with enough memory to run a few programs like face, flower or terrain recognition? 2. What changes need to be made to carry 350 gr with some actuator to drop? Thank you.
I don't know about these advanced features you mention, though I always wonder why pilots with this kind of long-range builds don't run Inav instead of betaflight. Inav a forked platform of betaflight is way to go with this rig.
you mentioned multiple time you bought the best part you can got ! what is total cost of your drone ? how many weight can you drone lift ? thanks again ! great video !
I dont know why, but for some reason, this is my favorite youtube video. I've already wtched this build 3 times. I'm stoked about this year's budget build. I noticed the rather new flyfishrc sword motors. They look crisp. You might want to take a look at those, to switch up the game a bit from the velox😅
Waiting for the parts to come in besides the camera since it’s above the price point for me xD As a beginner i’m very excited so I look forward to using this video as my bible!
Hello, I'm so glad you made this awesome video possible as I had asked you on your 5 inch build last year as to when you will make a 2023 version and here you have it, can you please tell me how much it costs for all parts to buy because as I'm looking into each link you provide, it seems maybe 800 to 1k and I just finished watching the review for the Geprc MOZ 7 FPV which is almost the same size drone and same features as yours build but cost about 740.00 us dollars or so that's already built and so I'm trying to see in what direction to go in, thanks in advance.
This long range build is built more with quality in mind than affordability (my 5" "budget builds" are always built with price in mind and I try to keep it under $200). The total cost of this 7" long Range FPV drone came out to somewhere around $600-$700 when I added it up around the time of making this video. That's with an O3 air unit and the 5600mah Li-Ion. 2023 Budget Build video will be released in the next month or two 😉
@@TRONCATFPV Thank you much for the reply as to gain more insight on this and yes, I had added up everything and realized that it's definitely higher end components and thus was much more than I had budgeted for but it's for sure off the hook but I'm going to wait for your next budget build to see if it's a better option. I also wanted to mention that there are other people out there that try to do the same videos and it's a free world but they can't even compare to yours man and just wanted to say thanks again for making these awesome videos because they rock. Looking forward to your next videos.
Does anyone have an update for September 2024 if this is still a viable build? Heard something about DJI or dronel bans. I’m looking to just build my own drone like this, but trying to find a box kit to order everything at once.
Thanks, it really helps to understand many steps of the configuration. I haven't build a drone myself yet, but I'll save this vid for that day ;) Thanks and wish you all the best!
Thanks for the great video. I'm thinking about building my first FPV drone. Got a lot to learn but it seems doable. What was the price on the build? What's the range on this build? You mentioned flying 4 miles to that island so must be at least that. Didn't realize they could go so far; that's awesome.
Awesome video - makes me feel confident about doing my own build 😀 What changes would you recommend for someone wanting to mount a GoPro (or similar) on a gimbal for higher video quality?
Once done with soldering the joints on each of the PCBs while following the tips of @olligesd9343, I would recommend taking a conformal coating such as MG Chemicals 422C or any other similar conformal coating and apply it to the entire surface of each of the PCBs. On both sides. Except for the contact surfaces of the components that come into contact with the heatsink. This will help waterproof everything and protecting against just about anything those PCBs are going to be exposed to while in use. (edited for spelling and grammar correction.)
also might want to do the same for all of the electrical connections and exposed wire/tabs on the beeper unit which also seems awfully lacking in waterproofing.
Between 1:00:59 and 1:01:00 there was a reboot. It went from showing no Baro for most of the video to the Baro showing up. Also, it looked like you soldered all the wires on the GPS so it should have a compass but it didn’t show up. Do you happen to know why in both cases? Maybe compass was not enabled in the configuration Tab? Also, I have noticed that you need to select Manometer as part of the latest FC BF firmware. Maybe the code is not in your firmware?
Awesome video - makes me feel confident about doing my own build. What changes would you recommend for someone wanting to mount a GoPro for higher video quality?
Awesome vid - now on my to-do list! Curious: have you ever considered using copper loom for shielding, instead of rolling your own? And would shielding the motor wires help with RF leakage?
Great video built the same frame and used same parts only problem I’m having when I flash the uavtech preset when I go to arm it flys forward I thought maybe it was something to do with weight but I can figure it out
Got a quick question: Which cables need to go from the DJI O3 to which part of the SpeedyBee F405 stack, when I fly with the DJI controller? Does anyone perhaps know🤔 Would help a lot Thanks to all🙌🙌👍
Hi. Great video. TY. Quick query…. I’m a noob, so please forgive me if this is a stupid question….. I thought that ELRS was the choice for long range - but you’ve gone for Crossfire? Why didn’t you go ELRS? Thanks
Love this build, wanna get into long range, so quick question which remote do you use for tbs crossfire or which one you recommend??, please let me know thanx!!!
I know this is a stupid question, but let's say this was a 5" quad (you wouldn't freestyle with a 7"), what makes it different to a freestyle build? Is it the lower kv motors and therefore the ability to carry a heavier battery (therefore longer flight)?
Maybe someone in the 725 comments has asked this already, but why did you put your motor frequency to 96khz ESC PWM. Everything I've watch on tuning says larger quads 16-24 and small quads 96.. Just curious:)
I'm a total noob to this - a question I have is can this be weatherized more for those days of flying in misty drizzle without affecting performance? I'm still flying my DJI Mini 3 Pro's but want something that's not tied to DJI...
Do you have any source or side by side testing on the shielded GPS/mag cable? Both the UART for GPS and I2C for the mag are low speed digital interfaces designed to tolerate some environmental noise. The power lines should have adequate decoupling capacitance on the GPS board so that any induced noise on the power lines or ripple from ESC draw should be a non-issue (unless the board is garbage). I don't think shielding would hurt anything other than adding a little weight, but I don't see an electrical reason that should make any difference in a quad.
I've done some side by side testing and wrapping the GPS wire like I did in the video helps significantly every time. I've had long range drones go from 3 minutes for sat lock to 30 seconds for sat lock after shielding.
@@TRONCATFPV Can you tell me more about that testing? Did you test shielded or unshielded first? If unshielded first, did you wipe the GPS ephemeris data, wait long enough for it to be fully invalid between testing, or use two different GPS units for the test? I'm having a hard time seeing how shielding the data cable could have had anything to do with time to fix, BUT if you tested unshielded first, then shielded and re-tested on the same quad, it's completely expected that the second fix would be much faster with recent ephemeris stored in the GPS module's nonvolatile RAM.
little tip for the buzzer: instead of always taking a pair of tweezers with you, just plug in the battery after unpluging it, wait a few seconds (i just wait until the esc started up) and disconnect the battery and the buzzer stops beeping.
Just gave this a shot and had no idea that was a way to turn the buzzer off. Thanks for sharing!
Pinning this 🙌🙌
@@TRONCATFPV That's one of its main selling points, replugging the battery for 2s to stop the beeper is just so convenient
Yeah, that is such a convenient feature. Got one on my main freestyle quad squished between the cam and the ESC. There's no way to get to the button there so that is the only way to turn it off.
I built the same drone with the same buzzer and you can pretty much stick your finger to press the button for 2-3 seconds to turn it off.
bet tip ever!
I really appreciated this format of drone build. Zero distractions from the build itself and it came together in a super concise way. The entire watch was extremely relaxing, too.
Glad you enjoyed it! I try and keep these build videos easy for everyone to understand, showing every step required to get the quad in the air 🙌
@@TRONCATFPVI have 2 question, is it possible to load action camera to this setup ? And did you have the same video with 5 inch drone build ?
Great video, and I would like to build one on the same frame. Please don't take this the wrong way, constructive criticisms only! :) I've completed soldering classes that only AF avionics and NASA techs go to, so I may know a thing or two about soldering. 1- Don't use so much solder. Solder is not glue, and less is better, especially on something that vibrates. Too much solder leads to cold solder joints and adds to the joint mass, causing it to rip the pad off the board due to vibration eventually; and not to mention that fat messy joints can lead to a short. Flux your pad, then your wire. Tin your wire (lightly where you can still see the individual strands, but they are tinned silver), then place the tip of the tinned wire onto the pad, letting the surface contact and heat from the iron melt the solder out of the wire, and onto the pad. An ideal joint will look like a tinned wire stuck to a tinned pad with a tiny fillet on either side of the wire. Any solder joint that has a convex surface is generally considered too much. 2- Set your temperature right. Too hot can cause damage to your controller, so if you aren't using a heatsink, you can damage it and/or fry the pad off the board. Too cold, and you will cause cold solder joints that will pop off eventually. Choose a temp that readily melts the solder, but isn't burning, around 275f - 320f, this will depend on the diameter and composition of your solder, and your ambient air temp. 3- Don't be scared to use more flux. Get yourself some flux paste and a small acid brush. Flux the crap out of all surfaces to be soldered on. Flux cleans the surface and promotes adhesion. After you are done soldering, get an old toothbrush and isopropyl alcohol and scrub off the dried flux. I know pro drone folks have been doing this for years and they've had no problems, blah, blah, blah... however, I prefer to eliminate all possibilities that my soldering isn't going to be a reason for any failure.
Great info 👍
Lots of knowledge being dropped. That’s why I love this community everyone is just here to help. Thank you 🙏
Really good info, and respectfull! Noice.
Very informative, thank you.
Bro managed to yap interestingly and very fact full
It costs about $704
Cheers mate doing gods work
You rock. Thank you
Thanks bro
1000 dollars in a year
Hey bro , and how can I get the controller and the goggles pls ?
I am just blown away with the quality of your work in EVERY respect; the video, the craftsmanship in building this drone and your presentation itself. I want to use your videos as an aid to interest my grandson in drones and all aspects of the engineering that goes into them. Thank you for this and ALL of your most excellent videos.
Awesome! You did everything including footage in less than an hour. Thumbs up for the patience of making those videos and sharing your knowledge with us!
Glad you dig the video! I think this is the longest video on my channel haha. Very happy with how the quad came out 🙌
@@TRONCATFPVyes, it's a great video, nice drone too - how much kg can it lift?
That little trick you did with the GPS wires is making the wires a "grounded shield" and its very effective at protecting wires from EMF. Good work 👍
Yes, but only the UART lines to the GPS module are shielded. This wont help the modules itself to get satellites faster...
@@johnnymartini1072 exactly, and any wire connected to earth at one place is technically an antenna, so if the length was unfortunate it could resonate and induce noise on the wires, though the twist should counter any common mode signal.
@@garethsmith7628 What I did not knew at this point was, that the noise induced to the power lines seems to be the problem. Therefore I would agree to the theory of shielding the cable. Because noise on the communication lines would lead to communication errors.
@@johnnymartini1072i dont think its necessary, RX and TX are digital. Not analog, so the small fluctuation would not do a lot
@@hexidev It's not about RX and TX. Its about the supply wire for the modules. A noisy power supply can weaken ur gps performance
Only real builders can truly explain how valuable blutac is to this hobby,...😉
Your the reason i built my first dron... was excited to see a new video from you pop up in my feed. Keep it up my guys! Clean and clear right to the point
I’m pretty sure it’s one guy… lol
Thank you for putting together this build video. You list all the parts and go through all the steps, which goes to show it's approachable with some careful attention and patience. You've got me convinced to build rather than buy my first FPV quad!
I purchased specifically every exact part used in this build. Can't wait!
I just love how quads today are almost plug and play. Remember those days of individual escs and pdbs?! Great video.
I have not built a drone yet, ready made so far. After watching your video, I am absolutely going to build one. Already downloaded Betaflight! Thanks for making a video that actually shows "How to do it"!!
Glad my video helped!
Great build vid. Very clean build. Super easy to watch. No BS or waisted time. Ordered everything for a 7” LR build yesterday and wanted to watch a few vids before it got here. Will come back to rewatch a few of the BF parts when done. Probably the best build vid I’ve seen in a long time. Great work … new sub. Thanks!
14:57 You say "Flux Capacitor" brought me back....... back to the FUTURE!!! Great vid dude!
I flew to Bakers few years back with my mavic, it's fun.. Started at Beverly beach , over misery isl . winds are usually south west so keep that mind in planning safe route back.. maybe landing at Manchester Harbor as backup plan
Holy Jesus... Do you ever have a great way of presenting your build. Well done. Very informative and easy to follow along. Keep up the great work.
thank you 🙌
Which DJI goggles did you use in this build? Does one give more range?
I don't even fly a drone but I watched this whole video. Def interested
where you been bro!!!
ive been flying the heck out of my 2022 budget build !!
thanks for getting me into fpv
The timing of this video couldn’t have been more perfect I was looking for a long range build, also what kind of top speed can you get out of this
cruising I was seeing about 50-60mph
i dont watch these videos to build drones, but actually i find it very mesmerizing how you can easily build these things
I use my mini to scout for fishing and ice climbs. A drone like this is a game changer
bro use heat shrink on both ends of the wire mesh on the motor wires so it looks cleaner and doesn't move around 👍
@TRONCAT FPV can you please let me know if I can use an alternative to the DJI fpv system? I want to try analog before I go and purchase DJI’s expensive equipment. Thank you!!!!
Nice build. I started building exclusively 7" quads - love the way they fly. Have to give you one tiny nudge - long-range builds always get a vertical antenna - horizonal (diversity or not) is for flying around your house ;)
What’s the best way to mount a vertical antenna, in your opinion?
@@snipsey2 I mount them to the camera mount. I go in tinkercad, add 2 hollow 5mm rings about 30mm apaert and stick them to the side of the flight cam mount (if you are using a proprietary flight cam mount and not a printed one, you can just make a standoff mount) and stick the antenna in there (I fly crossfire or dragonlink - this method is for the crossfire immortal T). That way, my contol link is in the least ideal position when flying away from myself, but the most ideal position when flying towaerds myself - this allows you to fly to your control limit (which should theoretically never happen) and not failsafe when turning and beginning the return trip. If you do get near your limit, you can improve control link by turning home.
Do you have any good resources for guys looking to build a good POV, long range drone, have design/fabrication means, but not so good with the coding/auto-pilot stuff?
8x4.5 slowfly bi-prop 4s 5200mah 2808 motors. was using that combo for 20 minute flights 8 years ago. fly it right and set it up with teh right pids in betaflight, no reason you shouldn't get 20 or better. used to do 2212's on 4s 4400 and 10" on my 13" tricopters for fpv and make 12 minutes with a3 axis cnc gimbal swinging a cannon dslr.
sick long range fpv build, bruh. I was thinking of saving up and getting a prebuilt iFlight Chimera 7 or the GEPRC Croc75 but now I don't know, I enjoy building and putting together drones as well, lots of fun.
Dude, I consider myself very experienced in drones and electronics, but I learned many useful things from your video. Thanks!
Can you tell me a couple things I missed. If you don't know or just don't wanna answer its all good
1st. How did he connect the drone to the computer
2nd do you know if the software he was using is free?
3rd can I buy any remote control and headset to pair up to this drone?
@@Beetlejuice2231 1st USB-A To USB-C Cable. 2nd Betaflight is an open source project that 90+% of FPV Pilots use. Yes its free, although I'm sure they would greatly appreciate your donation. 3rd That would be ideal since otherwise you would have a very expensive paperweight.
Yeah how did he connect it to the computer
Do I have to use the DJI O3 air unit? Or could I do a Caddx Vista to help save on costs?
That is hell of a great video! Well done and thank you for the hard work.
In case I'd like to go with ELRS instead of crossfire, what would you recomand to use?
Thanks!
Awesome Build! I love the GPS trick. It must act as a shielding for the GPS's wires out to the GPS Antenna Rcvr itself. I wonder if you could do this same thing with the other antennas going over the FC or something noisy, like the RX, Digital AU/VTX or Analog VTX Antenna Leads, etc.. maybe get some better Range as well.
One thing i noticed with my older TBS M8 GPS FPV size module is that I used to get 10-12 satellites in a matter of 10-15 secs and then it would reach as high as 21, but at least 15-20 Sats normally and never lose them.
Now with the O3 Air Unit finally in because of camera fitment and waiting on parts, i have the Digital in and I have to wait that full 1min or so to get enough Sats for GPS Rescue and all that.
It also wont just gain antennas as it goes, it will just all of a sudden go from 0 to 5-6 in the initial wait and then another few seconds and its at about 12 Sats is my normal now, maybe 15max once, but i havent seen it again. 11-13 normally now.
Everything still works fine with the GPS and the Drone will remember the Home Spot and all that if you lose GPS a few times during flight, and lose all the gps features like DTH and the H arrow, but its able to recover and still do a GPS Landing, which is good for a far away Failsafe where you probably wont find it or be able to even get it.. Its a chance it will make it back at least closer and maybe get video or signal back. So far its actually worked great for me, its lands super smooth at the end and its pretty damn accurate for small gps only
I like that frame as well, and the parts list was probably more high quality for the preset checkbox lol.
What kind of range increase do you get with the longer O3 Air Unit Antenna's? And im guessing the diversity TBS T antennas are mounted at the two different orientation's for picking up a signal from all directions better or did it just work out like that? Ive only ever used the XF Nano RX. But ive been planning on building a Long Range out of the 7" drone frame and setup i have already that i got on a combo sale, the brand is raggio i believe. Its nice im just not sure if thats a popular brand or not. I looked on the HGLRC wesbite and i really like that Rekon5 F5 HD frame kit.. I have an analog iflight nazgul5 xl5 v2 6s. Its not a bad drone really, especially for the price i got it for on sale with a CRSF Nano RX already installed as well. $120..
Anyway, i wanted to just add my O3 Air Unit to this one but the frame is kind of too narrow in the center for the 20mm camera for the O3 and it has no front camera protection for a camera that style. So i figured id put the electronics into a nicer frame, add the O3, add the gps. And then use spare parts to build up the iflight again and just use it with analog..
I actually assumed that for a long range build you basically needed to use Analog to really get that range out there.. What is your best range for the video connection? Also if you lose video, can you just hit the failsafe and the gps will start flying it back closer until you regain video and can continue flying..!
To get better performance on your flight controller use the smaller gummies on your ESC and put a nut between the gummy and frame to lock that screw into place and reduce vibrations.
Great Video 🤠 Questions: 1. What if I want to add intelligence to the drone? is there a way to have a flight controller card with enough memory to run a few programs like face, flower or terrain recognition? 2. What changes need to be made to carry 350 gr with some actuator to drop? Thank you.
I don't know about these advanced features you mention, though I always wonder why pilots with this kind of long-range builds don't run Inav instead of betaflight.
Inav a forked platform of betaflight is way to go with this rig.
🤠 Thank you for your response. What are Inavand betaflight?
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I appreciate the way you go into details of this build within the time. What is the maximum distance you can cover with this buid?
Wondering this also
What charger do you use for these Upgrade Energy batteries? I'd love the link to it! Thank you!
I just built the same frame. I used the Mamba F722s and the F50 pro. But I had a question on the kHz, why did you choose that?
you mentioned multiple time you bought the best part you can got !
what is total cost of your drone ?
how many weight can you drone lift ? thanks again ! great video !
I dont know why, but for some reason, this is my favorite youtube video. I've already wtched this build 3 times. I'm stoked about this year's budget build. I noticed the rather new flyfishrc sword motors. They look crisp. You might want to take a look at those, to switch up the game a bit from the velox😅
4.6 miles! Did the VTX actually hold that far out? I barely reach 2miles before losing video.
yeah it really depends on the location. I've seen videos of a Mavic 3 going out to the ocean 7.75 miles out.
Haven't tested range at that beach yet but we will see! I hope so lol
Waiting for the parts to come in besides the camera since it’s above the price point for me xD As a beginner i’m very excited so I look forward to using this video as my bible!
When configuring a drone build how do you know what electronics are compatible with each other?
Hello, I'm so glad you made this awesome video possible as I had asked you on your 5 inch build last year as to when you will make a 2023 version and here you have it, can you please tell me how much it costs for all parts to buy because as I'm looking into each link you provide, it seems maybe 800 to 1k and I just finished watching the review for the Geprc MOZ 7 FPV which is almost the same size drone and same features as yours build but cost about 740.00 us dollars or so that's already built and so I'm trying to see in what direction to go in, thanks in advance.
This long range build is built more with quality in mind than affordability (my 5" "budget builds" are always built with price in mind and I try to keep it under $200).
The total cost of this 7" long Range FPV drone came out to somewhere around $600-$700 when I added it up around the time of making this video. That's with an O3 air unit and the 5600mah Li-Ion.
2023 Budget Build video will be released in the next month or two 😉
@@TRONCATFPV
Thank you much for the reply as to gain more insight on this and yes, I had added up everything and realized that it's definitely higher end components and thus was much more than I had budgeted for but it's for sure off the hook but I'm going to wait for your next budget build to see if it's a better option. I also wanted to mention that there are other people out there that try to do the same videos and it's a free world but they can't even compare to yours man and just wanted to say thanks again for making these awesome videos because they rock. Looking forward to your next videos.
I might try this. Good video. Would I get 10 miles to a lighthouse and back?? 5 minutes taking video of the lighthouse? i wonder
You can use Sony VTC6 18650 Lithium-Ions..It is 3000 mAh and 15 A a piece. Weighs 640 grams in total at 6S2P config.
Does anyone have an update for September 2024 if this is still a viable build? Heard something about DJI or dronel bans. I’m looking to just build my own drone like this, but trying to find a box kit to order everything at once.
Thanks, it really helps to understand many steps of the configuration. I haven't build a drone myself yet, but I'll save this vid for that day ;)
Thanks and wish you all the best!
Thanks for the great video. I'm thinking about building my first FPV drone. Got a lot to learn but it seems doable.
What was the price on the build?
What's the range on this build? You mentioned flying 4 miles to that island so must be at least that. Didn't realize they could go so far; that's awesome.
same here, wondering how much it would cost.
Also wondering
This looks awesome. I'm thinking about building it at my first drone. What was the total cost? Thanks!
Drone 30k(INR ₹)
REMOTE 16K (INR ₹)
FPV SYSTEM 70K (INR ₹)
The drone totals about 700 or more (US dollar)
You don’t need dshot beacon enabled as you have a real buzzer. Great build 👍🏻
Awesome video - makes me feel confident about doing my own build 😀
What changes would you recommend for someone wanting to mount a GoPro (or similar) on a gimbal for higher video quality?
I was one of the first to fly allot of long range fpv . I miss it and racing. Nice quad
I ordered all these parts. But what goggles and controller shouldi use.
I use dji googels 2 and it works pretty well, but my contoller not yet
@@migelburgu1419 I got the dji goggles 2 and tbs tango 2 for the controller. Working great together
so what would be the maximum distance you can squeeze from it ?
Curious about this too, I commented hoping for an answer as well 🙏
It has a tbs crossfire receiver so it goes pretty far 😂😂😂 don’t tell the FAA 😅😅😜
@@dronie_potato913how far you thinkin like 10 km or further?
Once done with soldering the joints on each of the PCBs while following the tips of @olligesd9343, I would recommend taking a conformal coating such as MG Chemicals 422C or any other similar conformal coating and apply it to the entire surface of each of the PCBs. On both sides. Except for the contact surfaces of the components that come into contact with the heatsink. This will help waterproof everything and protecting against just about anything those PCBs are going to be exposed to while in use. (edited for spelling and grammar correction.)
also might want to do the same for all of the electrical connections and exposed wire/tabs on the beeper unit which also seems awfully lacking in waterproofing.
Also, it fluoresces under UV, so you can clearly see if you missed anything OR got it somewhere it shouldn't be. Good call.
Between 1:00:59 and 1:01:00 there was a reboot. It went from showing no Baro for most of the video to the Baro showing up. Also, it looked like you soldered all the wires on the GPS so it should have a compass but it didn’t show up. Do you happen to know why in both cases? Maybe compass was not enabled in the configuration Tab? Also, I have noticed that you need to select Manometer as part of the latest FC BF firmware. Maybe the code is not in your firmware?
How much was the cost build? Wish it was included
Would be nice to know😮
that ball of sticky-tack is friggin' brilliant!
What would be a good remote and goggles for a build like this. Drone looks awesome!
Awesome video - makes me feel confident about doing my own build. What changes would you recommend for someone wanting to mount a GoPro for higher video quality?
Nice build, would like to see one of those little plastic plates above the fc to stop the buzzr/cam/GPS wiring rattling against it
What total cost???? You know you should include that!
Hello,
Footage is it provided from O3?
I'm asking to make sure that this type of frames can avoid the props in front of the fpv cam.
Thank you
how much will of the components cost??
If I install 10000mah on this drone will it be able to fly for at least 40 minutes?
I like that blue tack trick for holding the capacitor.
Awesome vid - now on my to-do list!
Curious: have you ever considered using copper loom for shielding, instead of rolling your own? And would shielding the motor wires help with RF leakage?
Excellent upload I really appreciated the drone build help. but what was total cost to go out and fly as you did, maybe 1400,00 $?
May be a weird question, but do you know how heavy that drone is overwall?
If you decided to stay away from DJI. What other camera might you choose?
I believe instead of copper on the GPS wires Mumetal would block stray signals better. Your thoughts?
Possibly, I haven’t tried it though
This is so awesome! I wish I could learn to fly something like this. What an awesome hobby.
Great video built the same frame and used same parts only problem I’m having when I flash the uavtech preset when I go to arm it flys forward I thought maybe it was something to do with weight but I can figure it out
How much did it cost if you don't mind me asking? Thanks for the video
650$
Hi I’d like to ask you what kind of remote control do you use
What goggles / remote work with this build guide?
DJI Goggles, and anything with a crossfire transmitter.
Thanks! Still helpful all these months later!
@@florosive I just finished up this build and had the same question, haha. So far it's going solid!
What is an actual range you can achieve? I am just getting into this hobby, and I cant imagine what range is it getting cca
Best and most detailed build series on youtube!! Thank you !! Subscribed!
What controller and goggles do you use?
can't wait to check out that long range flight to that island.
Got a quick question:
Which cables need to go from the DJI O3 to which part of the SpeedyBee F405 stack, when I fly with the DJI controller?
Does anyone perhaps know🤔
Would help a lot
Thanks to all🙌🙌👍
Love it, thanks for sharing man, making it a lot easier for us noobs to understand!!
Thats the goal! 🙌🙌
Hey man do you have anymore flight video's of this amazing build and how's the gps rescue mode working for ya, let us know Thanks!
Hi. Great video. TY. Quick query…. I’m a noob, so please forgive me if this is a stupid question….. I thought that ELRS was the choice for long range - but you’ve gone for Crossfire? Why didn’t you go ELRS?
Thanks
Great Video thank-you! Stupid question ... If I wanted to use the DJI FPV remote only do I even need to install another receiver?
Love this build, wanna get into long range, so quick question which remote do you use for tbs crossfire or which one you recommend??, please let me know thanx!!!
Hello, Great video! Can you make a tutorial how to connect the TBS Ethix Mambo and the Dji V2 Goggles? Thanks!
I needed this video last week!!! Great build. I need to switch my cap mounting to the way you used it. Mine kept shorting out on the frame
That hole at the front of the frame is perfect for the capacitor, especially with how tight this frame is
Beautiful build. Thanks for the video. I'm building a 7 inch. And I really needed this. Appreciate it!
I know this is a stupid question, but let's say this was a 5" quad (you wouldn't freestyle with a 7"), what makes it different to a freestyle build? Is it the lower kv motors and therefore the ability to carry a heavier battery (therefore longer flight)?
Maybe someone in the 725 comments has asked this already, but why did you put your motor frequency to 96khz ESC PWM. Everything I've watch on tuning says larger quads 16-24 and small quads 96.. Just curious:)
You can turn off buzzer by reconnecting battery for 3-6s
What is the top speed of it and how much range it offers. Please tell me this info is really helpful for me.
I must have missed it what transmitter are you using? This was the best build I've seen and the footage was stunning. Thank you for doing this.
14:55 why antenas go up when the transmiter is every time down?
I'm a total noob to this - a question I have is can this be weatherized more for those days of flying in misty drizzle without affecting performance? I'm still flying my DJI Mini 3 Pro's but want something that's not tied to DJI...
Any tips and recommendations to building a recon/ uav drone?
What is the lifting capabilities of the drone and I would assume weight would have an effect on the distance of travel
Do you have any source or side by side testing on the shielded GPS/mag cable? Both the UART for GPS and I2C for the mag are low speed digital interfaces designed to tolerate some environmental noise. The power lines should have adequate decoupling capacitance on the GPS board so that any induced noise on the power lines or ripple from ESC draw should be a non-issue (unless the board is garbage). I don't think shielding would hurt anything other than adding a little weight, but I don't see an electrical reason that should make any difference in a quad.
I've done some side by side testing and wrapping the GPS wire like I did in the video helps significantly every time. I've had long range drones go from 3 minutes for sat lock to 30 seconds for sat lock after shielding.
@@TRONCATFPV Can you tell me more about that testing? Did you test shielded or unshielded first? If unshielded first, did you wipe the GPS ephemeris data, wait long enough for it to be fully invalid between testing, or use two different GPS units for the test? I'm having a hard time seeing how shielding the data cable could have had anything to do with time to fix, BUT if you tested unshielded first, then shielded and re-tested on the same quad, it's completely expected that the second fix would be much faster with recent ephemeris stored in the GPS module's nonvolatile RAM.
really interested in following along to build this. Do i need a specific DJI pair of goggles to use the DJI 03?