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Above the Big Sky
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Life is good in Northwest Montana...
Check your seriousness at the door and enjoy.
Thanks for watching.
Check your seriousness at the door and enjoy.
Thanks for watching.
CANYON SPRINT - HELION 10
A quick rip through a portion of the river canyon below Kootenai Falls in NW Montana.
The scenery along the Kootenai River is some of the best. I hope to explore longer portions of this canyon soon.
Gear:
iFlight Helion 10
Radiomaster Boxer
GoPro Hero 12
DJI Goggles 2
1985 Sony Walkman
Night Rangers Greatest Hits cassette
The scenery along the Kootenai River is some of the best. I hope to explore longer portions of this canyon soon.
Gear:
iFlight Helion 10
Radiomaster Boxer
GoPro Hero 12
DJI Goggles 2
1985 Sony Walkman
Night Rangers Greatest Hits cassette
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Wings Motorcycle Fun Run 2024: Libby Dam
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The annual Wings Motorcycle Fun Run in Libby, MT, raising money for Wings Regional Cancer Support. This year, the group was able to enjoy a ride across Libby Dam, which has been inaccessible since 9/11. I was very grateful to be asked to capture the crossing from the air. Enjoy! Wings Lincoln County Montana Facebook: LincolnCountyWings Wings Motorcycle Fun Run Facebook: facebook.co...
Montana Timber Cruise
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The Fisher River drainage east of Libby, MT has it's fair share of semi-arid hillsides littered with sparse timber. These are fun slopes for FPV... containing unending flight corridors with great valley scenery. Gear: iFlight Helion 10 Radiomaster Boxer ELRS Upgrade Energy 9000mah Lion RED pack GopPro Hero 11 DJI Goggles 2 Brass knuckles... because, yeah... bears.
Late Day FPV
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Relaxation comes in many forms. Tonight, the best way to forget the day was hanging off the front of the Helion. Nothing fancy here. Just a beautiful spring evening in NW Montana. Gear: * iFlight Helion (DJI O3) * DJI Goggles 2 * Upgrade Energy 5600mah Dark Lithium Red Pack * GoPro Hero 11 * Radiomaster Boxer ELRS 2.4 * John Denver's Greatest Hits (cassette)
Helion Road Trip
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Short attention span? Enjoy! A recent trip across the state found a LOT of great places to fly. With time and weather working against me, I barely found an opportunity to explore two cool areas. Another trip may soon be necessary. Gear: iFlight Helion DJI Goggles 2 Radiomaster Boxer (ELRS 2.4) GoPro Hero 11 Upgrade Energy 5600mah Li-Ion Batt Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunch 🌮
Sutton Creek with the Helion
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I take a short cruise through the Sutton Creek drainage off of beautiful Highway 37 in NW Montana. Per usual, the Helion fly's great. However, a near fatal power loop at the end reminds me that it does NOT perform like my Nazgul. 😏 Gear: iFlight Helion (ELRS 2.4) DJI Goggles 2 Radiomaster Boxer GoPro Hero 11 Upgrade Energy 5600mah Li-Ion Batt 1980's Permed Mullet
In Search Of... HYOH-WU (who?)
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With my Helion at the ready, I take to the sky's over a desolate, post-apocalyptic wasteland in search of famed RUclips celebrities Jesse and Blitz of HYOH-WU. @hyoh-wu Spoiler: I didn't find them. Its assumed at this point they are wolf bait. Oh well... this was a great flight. Gear: iFlight Helion 10 ELRS 2.4 Radiomaster Boxer Upgrade Energy 5600mah Li-Ion DJI Goggles 2 Delicious Snickers Bar
Air Time
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From family health issues to poor weather... my flight time has been nearly non-existent lately. Time for some mindless cruising with the Helion. Enjoy! Gear: iFlight Helion 10 Radiomaster Boxer - ELRS 2.4 DJI Goggles 2 Upgrade Energy 5600mah Li-Ion Batt GoPro Hero 11 Hanes Boxer Briefs
Helion 10 - Grounded Early In the COLD (Goggles 2 Battery Overheat Warning???)
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Helion 10 - Grounded Early In the COLD (Goggles 2 Battery Overheat Warning???)
Helion 10 - Canopy Access Modification and Pinch Point Warning!!!
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Helion 10 - Canopy Access Modification and Pinch Point Warning!!!
Savage Lake, MT - Early Fall Bass Fishing
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Savage Lake, MT - Early Fall Bass Fishing
Expedition/F150 Heated Seat Harness Install
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Expedition/F150 Heated Seat Harness Install
Force RC HammerJaw - Axle Shaft Issues... SOLVED!
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Force RC HammerJaw - Axle Shaft Issues... SOLVED!
McGillivray - Lake Koocanusa, Montana
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McGillivray - Lake Koocanusa, Montana
Yellow-Headed Blackbirds - Lakeside Montana
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Yellow-Headed Blackbirds - Lakeside Montana
Very nice 😊
Love this spot! Damn that thing can cruise
Awesome I love these videos
Reminds me of Evil Dead for some reason. GROOOOOOOVY!
Doesn't everything remind you of Evil Dead, Jess? LOL
Nice flying and great scenery. Love the Helion 10.
Hello everyone, I bought a Helion 10, installed it, and everything seems fine, but the range is very small, probably a maximum of 700м? Goggles lose contact. I'm using the following equipment: (Crossfire Tango 2 transmitter, DJI Goggles 2. TBS crossfire.) There are no significant interferences. I tested it in an open field. Big thank you for any help!
Have you done the FCC update for the Goggles 2? The Helion comes from the factory with the air unit in low power mode. The FCC hack will fix it. Here are Rotor Riots' instructions... ruclips.net/video/5hz6VNRmngI/видео.htmlsi=PfYaIiGNmylLy8nG
and can jump an amazing 300 yards.
True statement
Gobble gobble!😊
Very Nice! Very Nice!
The collective term(s) for turkey is A Rafter of Turkeys...or Jive Turkeys!
Wonderful video & what a beautiful area to be flying in. I have a Helion 10" & live in northern Michigan where I'm wanting to fly in areas like this. I'm trying to figure out the best gps settings & the return to home option & make sure it works correctly before going any long distance so for now I've been simply flying around a big open park. Are you running betaflight 4.5? Great flying btw.
Hello! Yes... updated to 4.5 right after getting it. I have had to engage RTH twice since then due to video loss behind obstacles. It has always worked flawlessly and gotten me back to where the video has come back.
There are a lot of Black Widows in Compton...but now that they have cleaned up the gang violence its not as bad.
How beautiful. Man we are lucky people to live where, when, and how we do. Good show, cheers.
Thanks! Where do you call home?
Lol! yes the platipus islands
Great description from an online source: The tower atop Libby Dam in northwestern Montana is truly representative of the cooperation between Canada and the United States. The upstream face of the tower contains this massive sculpture commemorating the Columbia River Treaty between the two countries for the cooperative development of the vast Columbia River Basin water resources. The man pictured in the center is a Kootenai Indian-the first people on this land. His harnessing of two wild horses represents the harnessing of natural forces by man. Clouds, rain, and sunshine symbolize creation and the ever-present forces of nature at work. The fish and flying geese represent the wildlife that finds sustenance from the waters of the Kootenai River and the environment. In the lower left is a bald eagle representing the United 1 States, and opposite that in the lower right is a maple leaf representing Canada. This figure commemorates the two nations working in cooperation in the construction of Libby Dam. The sculptor, Albert Wein of Encino, California, was selected by international competition. The giant bas-relief sculpture measures 27x30 feet and weighs 75 tons.
Whybis it called treaty tower?
7.2 trillion, really????
😅🤣😂
I’m thinking about getting one of these. Do you have to set it up on a computer or can I just bind it and go fly ?
Nothing like and evening Fly By...
THAT Hobo waving on like the 10 car was hilarious. Good catch!
Hi, I just purchased the Helion 10, together with the commander 8 (remote controller) and dji goggle 2. Iflight has no manuals for how to bind these together. Would you please be able to recommend a manual for binding ? This would be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance!
Binding the goggles to the air unit?
Bardwell has a great tutorial to bind goggles 2 to the O3 air unit... ruclips.net/video/OuJhWgNnplo/видео.htmlsi=acND7k6etwyqTST0
@@AboveTheBigSky many thanks. Much appreciated
I just did an amazing flight of Jump Creek Falls in Idaho only to discover that I had forgotten to replace the ND filter after I took it off and all of the footage is blown out. :/ Gotta go back next week. Ugh.
Using the O3 or an action cam?
Action cam 😅
Awesome video ddue! I want a helion!
Beautiful flight ~ I'm loving my Helion
Can’t believe not more snow there? I lived in red lodge and billings freakin glove it out there!
Yeah.. not much accumulation this year. Hoping for a wet summer for sure!
Butte and Missoula area?
I’m wondering that too Jessie
Bearmouth area near Drummond and Thompson Falls.
@@AboveTheBigSkyahhhhhhhhhhhh
Im definitely doing this.
Make sure your props are tight. There should be no gap props to motor bell. I had a prop come loose carrying a heavy li-ion pack. Props were tight but had a little daylight showing. Luckily only one arm broke falling from 150 ft with a 18,000 mah pack. 24 cells two red 9ah upgrade energy packs.
Great Idea with the heatshrink. Motors are a bit on a small size, nice for a cruiser.
Yes!
🤘
Your one hell of drone cowboy fly boy. That music makes me want to plan a heist, watch night court, or take advantage of myself..not quite sure . lol
You nailed it Jess... exactly the mood that was intended. 😏
I can't wait for my helion to get here!
Awesome video Byron....unfortunately we had to bail out....after we got off the road walk part the blowdown was just a little manageable for Blitz pulling a sled. So we will attempt again next week without slide. We still got in 11.5 miles yesterday.....so if anything we both got our exercise. This is great intel on what to expext further on down the ridgeline.
Good work!
Hello, great, I have a concern, could you help me?,,,,,, I have the new Helion 10" from Iflight with tbs crossfire diversity and a Tango 2, I am not an expert in configurations, just testing the drone, the quality of Rssi that shows the OSD on the glasses is 1:100 and a friend gets 2:100 with the Elrs receiver, how could I get 2:100 on my OSD, I guess it's settings in betaflight? And I guess having 2:100 Do I have better reception? When I'm a little far away it changes to 0:100 and I get a notification that says: RXLOSS But the "Tango 2" control signal itself has the full 5 dashes, meaning full signal... What does it mean that I'm losing signal? control? The radio is a Tango 2 with 1w power. I would appreciate your help!!!👍
The numbers you are looking at are the LQ or Link Quality. X-Fire will have slightly different numbers than ELRS, so dont get too excited that you aren't getting 3:100 as your friend is. I wonder if your X-Fire is set to dynamic packet rate, which is why you are seeing such fluctuations. I can't explain RSSI and LQ better than Oscar Liang. Here is the link to the best description on the web. I bet it will help. oscarliang.com/lq-rssi/#What-is-LQ
@@AboveTheBigSky Great, thank you very much!!!👍👍
This is good intel for my camping trip up to Rainy Divide Tomorrow....looks like I will have snow....and a lot of it. Will be looking for elk sheds to. your pretty brave with that drone man.....threading the needle. Bam
Def tape the wires
Cool Upgrade Energy pack on the drone ;) I just ordered a Helion 10 from ProgressiveRC, excited to see what pack works best with the drone. I'm thinking a 6s2p Molicel P45b with the XT90 should work well
I love your cells for long range. In my opinion, they are the best Li-Ion packs on the market. So far I have been getting great flight times on the red 5600mah packs. For me, these have a great capacity to weight ratio for larger long range birds.
Use some tape on those wires. This drone flys sweet. I use it to cover Offroad races when the winds are high. Cool mod. My usb 5v port was doa. Waiting for the new board to arrive.
AWESOME
Yes! I had my goggles 2 battery overheat warning also in cold higher altitude. It was so strange, almost popped up immediately I changed the power cable and grounded that specific battery, hasn’t popped up since…
Right on...
Great video Byron I always enjoy them.
Thanks Mike!
Overheating...in 0° ..That makes no sense ...that makes no sense at all. Very cool footage...Does that thing have sensors.?
Yes... it senses FEAR. 😆 But seriously... no sensors like your mini Jess.
So my gopro batteries freeze up in the cold. I tried using the USB power on the helion but it was stopped recording a few min into flight. Run into this issue yet?
@CRAGLORD I know mt mini 3 pro batteries HATE the cold....have had batteries go from 35% to 7% in a mater of seconds without warning.
@CRAGLORD in my bench review of the Helion I touch briefly on the USB port and how I lost power while using it. I'm still not sure what the reason is??? As far as using batteries in my gopro, I mostly use the Enduro battery, which is more cold resistant and provides longer run time. I haven't had any issues while using that specific battery.
what size are the screws and threads ?
They are standard M3 fine thread machine screws just like the ones used in the canopy (most iFlight drones come with a few extras of these in the package... in various lengths). Just make sure that the total stud length is about 10 or 12mm after you cut the head off. Then screw it in until about 4mm is still exposed.
nice ! this should be good , the antennas also holds the cover in place, so its not going anywhere.
SMA 's have a very short life span. 500mating cycles, not to sure i like the idea of having to take the antennes off every single time. they will wear.
Sounds like me
Nice review! Thanks!
If you ain’t flying, you can use it to mown the lawn or prune the tree. 😂
Thanks for this video. As of making this comment, I've only had one flight day with my Helion, but upon inspection following watching this video, I noticed one of the (aft canopy, left) motor wires had an indentation from the canopy. I added some fabric tape and a zip-tie at each of the arm/body junctions creating what is (perhaps) a "smoother" alignment into the designed canopy openings and hopefully providing better clearance/relief to any "pinching"
Excellent. Glad I could help, sir.