Glad I watched this before testing mine as I only installed today with everything at default lol, looks like I will be changing some settings first thanks to you. Cheers Wayne
Great vidio. I found with my settings that when you have your return to home speed high around 15.000 it flies much smoother back to home. Like you said in the video its only use it for emergency. The landing is definitely not as smooth with the higher speed but I just don't let it finish the landing. Where I fly the wind can be quite strong.
2:30 when it was coming in hot and just flopped down hard and your reaction had me laughing way to hard. I'm sorry hut that was to funny and I needed that. Thank you sir
Noooooooooooo! That sucks. I nearly lost this one before, had to watch the last moments on the goggles to estimate where it ended up. That's whuly I now fly with latitude and longitude showing in the gogtles, for a reference of exactly where in it was when it craps out.
hello dear, great video! two questions from my side: 1) by using DJI controller2, if you lost the video signal, Betaflight activate the GPS rescue, or the O3 Air Unit prevails and disarms the engines 2) when the drone is back, is possible to take the control back by just moving the sticks or is necessary to configure some swithc? thanks
When updating betaflight on my Nazgul Evoque v2 to perserve pid settings i just need to copy and paste CLI variables after update? I wonder why iflight warns so much against updating betaflight firmwire if its that simple??
Nice to see its working. Just set it up and was wondering where to set the ground speed etc. Going to try yours having the same drone. Im used to ardupilot and it sure is precise and was little hesitating to try how betaflight has managed to make it work. DId you just estimate the hover throttle or measured it? Liked and subbed.
Whould you mind sharing your 4.4 config? I do wonder if there is a difference with the F5D.But dont think so or make a video on how to update it to 4.4?
Not much of a difference - the stock tunes look the same. Mine is slightly tweaked, but it is so well tuned as standard, it didn't need much. The best way? Take a screen shot of the sliders and config from your current betaflight, and use them for reference in deploying v4.4. Always take a full nackup from your working setup first! If you get stuck, just shout, and I am sure we can sort something out together. :)
I now have a bn-880 fitted which has a compass, but is won't talk to the f7 FC. I do t think the compass will interfere as from reading the GitHub pages, GPS rescue uses flight data only along with the accelerometer (yaw) to determine position and heading.
Does your flight controller have a barometer? The heading and position control are obviously affected by the lack of a compass but with a barometer is should be able to fairly accurately control the altitude. In your second flight there was a weird jump during the descent.
Do you have barometer? I tested on RC5 and my second landing was really close to the take off point. I think it becomes more accurate one you have had a fix for awhile and that persists across power cycles as long as you are in same location. Mine seemed to handle altitude better when descending to land.
@@nozzlewizard I had one quad where the flight controller didn’t have barometer. GPS is horrible for altitude. The amount of drift you get on GPS is even worse for altitude. I ended up buying a barometer/compass board that connects through I2C (FlyWoo). This greatly improves the altitude consistency. GPS is better at getting an estimate above sea level but drifts. Barometer doesn’t drift but changes based on temperature and weather. The two readings can be used to cancel out some of the shortcomings each has. For a flight that will last for about 8 to 10 minutes at most, it’s not likely the weather will change abruptly.
On this, using a switch. I have since turned off the radio with the same result. Prefer not to do that often though as I would like to maintain control of my drone at all times outside of an emergency.
1:50 Good video but... not really cool to test new feature with Googles off and with "no idea where it is" :) Don't trust this feature that much especially with spinning propellers without guards that may hurt someone if the drone will fly in wrong direction.
His property is bordering a completely empty field. And of course he knew where it was, in the completely empty field behind his house. Your point may be valid in some situations. But in this case it just makes you sound silly.
Nothing to worry about. My hand was on the kill switch, and I could see and hear the drone. No other humans within a mile. No cars, roads, or people flown over. Spotter also behind the camera (camera shy). Inrpomise there was no risk taken here and I covered off safety to the best of my ability.
@@nozzlewizard I checked the video one more time. You are right with this empty field. I was just triggered by you saying 'googles off, I have no idea where it is, I can't hear it'. Good that you had spotter. I take back my word that it wasn't cool :)
For the O3? It doesn't loose signal any sooner or later, but it does keep the unarmed transmission power high, so only affects the drone when the arm switch is disarmed or armed. For loosing signal faster, setting the idle power down (auto temp control) doesn't make a difference unfortunately. A good thought though!
i have the same quad deadcat version.i have backed up settings from v4.1 that was on it and flashed it with 4.4,then used the online convertor to fix the back up settings.when i input the settings back in via cli,most of them seem to go on ok but the betaflight osd isnt working and when i switch on gps it appears the rest of the uart settings clear thewmselves! if i go without the gps for testing,headset googles and reciever connect up but when i try to fire up the props it just beeps.because i cant see betaflight osd in the googles i cant see any warnings! not having much joy,if u got any tips id really appreciate it!
Best inside baseball video description, period.
I have no idea what you mean, but - awesome! 😀
@@nozzlewizard acronym soup 🍲 😋 👌🏻
@@jasontrauer hehehe. Yeah, I see that now. Catchy right! 🤣
Thank you. I’m getting ready to go to 4.4 on my 7.5 Chimera with the 03 cam. Subbed!
Nice! Good luck and thanks for the sub!
Hat off to the betaflight devs! excellent results considering the limited sensors.
It's crazy good considering the data it has to work with! Very impressed. 😀
Great tutorial! Thank you for showing a real life scenario and the tweak of settings. You never know when you'll need it.
Thanks for the comment!
Glad I watched this before testing mine as I only installed today with everything at default lol, looks like I will be changing some settings first thanks to you. Cheers Wayne
Good luck Wayne! The best secret sauce, is simply more satillites.
Great vidio. I found with my settings that when you have your return to home speed high around 15.000 it flies much smoother back to home. Like you said in the video its only use it for emergency. The landing is definitely not as smooth with the higher speed but I just don't let it finish the landing. Where I fly the wind can be quite strong.
That's the real idea, unless you have a spectacular tx explosion!
2:30 when it was coming in hot and just flopped down hard and your reaction had me laughing way to hard. I'm sorry hut that was to funny and I needed that. Thank you sir
I was trying not to laugh so hard. An epic landing! Might see if I can get it to do that on demand for cheering me up. 😂
Damn good for no proximity sensors and no compass. Thanks for testing.
Most welcome. Thanks for watching. 😊
Thank god for this video lol, lost a Nazgul v2 with o3 last week
Noooooooooooo! That sucks. I nearly lost this one before, had to watch the last moments on the goggles to estimate where it ended up. That's whuly I now fly with latitude and longitude showing in the gogtles, for a reference of exactly where in it was when it craps out.
Awesome content mate. Pro tip, click hide unused on the modes tab to make it easier to see what is set up. Subbed :)
Absolutely, great tip. The reality is I can't multitask. That bit was painful too watch back. 😂
Also, thanks for the sub! Appreciate it. 😊
Tried this today for the first time. Came back OK, was quite erratic coming down the for the last 1 meter just dropped out of the sky.
This is going to help me to adjust the settings to something better. Thx!
Good luck, and have fun!
Such lovely views
Brilliant garden
Thanks I'm very lucky to have the space. Good job I like mowing.
Awesome Vid thanks for this. Ill be tinkering with mine soon
Thanks, and good luck!
Will. hiya!.y ou did stunning masterpiece.
Thanks for your kind comment! 😊
Nice testing brother, good video.
Thanks 👍
nice informative video. Well done.
Thank you. Comments like this make me want to do more videos. I appreciate the comment. 😊
@@nozzlewizard You are welcome. Keep going.
Nice video subbed! I’m eager to flash BF 4.4 On my 7” to test the gps rescue !
Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! :D
@@nozzlewizard ok done on my 7”! Incredible ! th-cam.com/video/9mZZspVsEIw/w-d-xo.html
@@nozzlewizard ok done on my 7”! Incredible ! th-cam.com/video/9mZZspVsEIw/w-d-xo.html
I'm here cuz I'm about to test mine :)
Have fun, hope it goes well for you!
hello dear, great video! two questions from my side:
1) by using DJI controller2, if you lost the video signal, Betaflight activate the GPS rescue, or the O3 Air Unit prevails and disarms the engines
2) when the drone is back, is possible to take the control back by just moving the sticks or is necessary to configure some swithc? thanks
i have a feeling it would/will work better when earth coordinated yaw is enabled for angle mode
One to test!
When updating betaflight on my Nazgul Evoque v2 to perserve pid settings i just need to copy and paste CLI variables after update?
I wonder why iflight warns so much against updating betaflight firmwire if its that simple??
Nice to see its working. Just set it up and was wondering where to set the ground speed etc. Going to try yours having the same drone. Im used to ardupilot and it sure is precise and was little hesitating to try how betaflight has managed to make it work. DId you just estimate the hover throttle or measured it?
Liked and subbed.
Whould you mind sharing your 4.4 config? I do wonder if there is a difference with the F5D.But dont think so or make a video on how to update it to 4.4?
Not much of a difference - the stock tunes look the same. Mine is slightly tweaked, but it is so well tuned as standard, it didn't need much. The best way? Take a screen shot of the sliders and config from your current betaflight, and use them for reference in deploying v4.4. Always take a full nackup from your working setup first!
If you get stuck, just shout, and I am sure we can sort something out together. :)
which modes should be using" failsafe o GPS rescue? what is the difference between the two modes??
Great video! My GPS has a compass built in, is this a problem if BF does not use it or can it be turned off? Thanks!
I now have a bn-880 fitted which has a compass, but is won't talk to the f7 FC. I do t think the compass will interfere as from reading the GitHub pages, GPS rescue uses flight data only along with the accelerometer (yaw) to determine position and heading.
Does your flight controller have a barometer? The heading and position control are obviously affected by the lack of a compass but with a barometer is should be able to fairly accurately control the altitude. In your second flight there was a weird jump during the descent.
There is a barometer yes. Not sure what happened, just had a bit of a blunder. :D
Did you use your Pids and Filter Settings from original tune?
No, I've had a fiddle with filters and pids after gathering some blackbox data. Hardly a flutter now and very responsive. Very pleased.
Do you have barometer? I tested on RC5 and my second landing was really close to the take off point. I think it becomes more accurate one you have had a fix for awhile and that persists across power cycles as long as you are in same location. Mine seemed to handle altitude better when descending to land.
Yes I have
The barometer helps for sure, but I more agree with the fact that more sats - more accurate height and position.
@@nozzlewizard I had one quad where the flight controller didn’t have barometer. GPS is horrible for altitude. The amount of drift you get on GPS is even worse for altitude. I ended up buying a barometer/compass board that connects through I2C (FlyWoo). This greatly improves the altitude consistency. GPS is better at getting an estimate above sea level but drifts. Barometer doesn’t drift but changes based on temperature and weather. The two readings can be used to cancel out some of the shortcomings each has. For a flight that will last for about 8 to 10 minutes at most, it’s not likely the weather will change abruptly.
Hi can I just ask are you just turning the tx off or using a switch to use rescue mode?
On this, using a switch. I have since turned off the radio with the same result. Prefer not to do that often though as I would like to maintain control of my drone at all times outside of an emergency.
Hi , Stage 1 (Channel Failback Settings) Throttle = AUTO ? really ? That means throttle during 1.0s will be set to 0
Have a question -- what is your baud rate set to for the GPS?
57600. 😊
@@nozzlewizard thanks! Do you know what your gps module frequency is as well?
@@JohnCuppi 5Hz default on the BN-220. :)
1:50 Good video but... not really cool to test new feature with Googles off and with "no idea where it is" :) Don't trust this feature that much especially with spinning propellers without guards that may hurt someone if the drone will fly in wrong direction.
His property is bordering a completely empty field. And of course he knew where it was, in the completely empty field behind his house. Your point may be valid in some situations. But in this case it just makes you sound silly.
@@7996hobguy a perfect point! 😊
Nothing to worry about. My hand was on the kill switch, and I could see and hear the drone. No other humans within a mile. No cars, roads, or people flown over. Spotter also behind the camera (camera shy). Inrpomise there was no risk taken here and I covered off safety to the best of my ability.
@@nozzlewizard I checked the video one more time. You are right with this empty field. I was just triggered by you saying 'googles off, I have no idea where it is, I can't hear it'. Good that you had spotter. I take back my word that it wasn't cool :)
turn off your auto temp control and you wont lose signal as fast
For the O3? It doesn't loose signal any sooner or later, but it does keep the unarmed transmission power high, so only affects the drone when the arm switch is disarmed or armed. For loosing signal faster, setting the idle power down (auto temp control) doesn't make a difference unfortunately. A good thought though!
ahahaha it just flopped itself on the ground, wtf was that.
Best arrival ever! 😂
i have the same quad deadcat version.i have backed up settings from v4.1 that was on it and flashed it with 4.4,then used the online convertor to fix the back up settings.when i input the settings back in via cli,most of them seem to go on ok but the betaflight osd isnt working and when i switch on gps it appears the rest of the uart settings clear thewmselves! if i go without the gps for testing,headset googles and reciever connect up but when i try to fire up the props it just beeps.because i cant see betaflight osd in the googles i cant see any warnings! not having much joy,if u got any tips id really appreciate it!
Curious to know if you've fixed this, I'm considering pushing mine to 4.4 for the GPS improvements as well
Same issue