I love this for 2 reasons. 1. I love wing content because i want one. 2 i LOVE how jazzed and excited you and Steve were. Makes the video more fun for me as a viewer =)
thanks mate. loved the feedback. fun is the aim of the game, im just like you guys having fun flying in the field. except I film it. You should come visit a live stream some time.
Great fun mate! LIttle Tip... Fly it first one flight not FPV and trim the control surfaces out so it flies flat and level at half throttle. While doing all this time your flight so you know exactly how long you have and subtract 1 minute for safety to come back and land in case you need to do a second approach. Been flying for 35+ years. I also had a Wing same as Steve's and they fly and glide great too. Had a flight controller in it and it takes all the shakes form the wind out of your flight in level mode, similar to drones. Something also to learn is how to glide "dead stick" (no motor power) as this is life saving for your aircraft. Happy flying mate!
thanks for the awesome advice. I flew again yesterday.... it was very windy and I may have crashed into the house trying to land... it just wouldnt slow down
I recently jumped into fixed wing FPV with both feet! It is super fun! I'm actually about to order my 5th plane! (I ordered my first one about 4 weeks ago, and I've already successfully converted one to VTOL on inav 7! I still love flying my quads, don't get me wrong, but after 2 years and almost 30 builds,I was starting to run out of ideas. I guess now I'm both a quad guy and a wing guy! And there is nothing wrong with that! It's like falling in love with FPV all over again!
I flew a sky king in my experimental phase, great fun way easier than a drone. But being able to fly sideways, backwards and hover is what put me on drones in the end
This was fun to watch 😂 I recently got into fpv wings also and absolutely LOVE it 🎉 I now have 5 planes. I’d definitely recommend INAV or some kinda flight controller for smaller wings in the wind. Also u can slow down and do a lot more gliding when it gets bumpy. I still love drones with their amazing stability and performance but wings really made me fall in love with fpv again 😎
I was getting burned out on FPV a couple years ago, and mixed some LOS rc planes and FPV wings (wangs for the hardcore, lol) into my routine, and it gave me a good break. Such a different vibe.
A mini race-wing is probably the hardest option to get set up for a 'My First FPV Plane'. Suggestion, ZoHD Drift with Kopilot flight controller and the basic camera that comes as ZoHD's "ready to fly FPV" package kit.
Since I built my $99 dollar quad using your video about 5 years ago, which I still am flying now with my Turnigy Evo TX and Aomway Commander v1, after a couple of months I bought my Baby wing AR, but never tried flying it. I'm too scared to even try. Lol. This time around, maybe I would. can't wait to try it.
@@UAVfutures It’s a mode in inav so you will need a flightcontroller. When autotune is on (with a mode switch on the transmitter) you fly a few minutes and do really hard manoeuvres , first roll left and right , if ok then proceed with pitch. The plane will feel better and better and will tune itself. After landing you perform a “save” action and the plane’s pid’s (actually called piff’s for a wing) will be tuned and stored. Then fly again and tune more if needed but my wing was tuned within a few minutes. The flight is much more enjoyable, the plane is a lot more steady and not all over the place like you have now. It is 1000 procent worth it and makes flying so much easier. Painless 360 is the man for setting up a inav plane. He has a video for the setup you can follow. Good luck!
drones are obviously far more difficult to learn and fly and far more flexible and fun, I don't imagine I'd ever care to fly wings, seems just too simple and boring
@@tyborg314It’s pretty cool though to sit there for 30-45 minutes and blast through trees for a lot longer than a quad can fly or just head out for a long range cruise, much further than a drone can fly.
Thanks for the fun wing video! For those who are looking for a good and inexpensive wing flight controller I've been using the SpeedyBee F405 Wing Flight Controller and am impressed. I'd like to try the Mini version as well, have heard good things.
Can you make a video on how you deal with the fpv laws in Aus/QLD. It’s quite hard to navigate and I really want to come back into the hobby but just have no idea what I can do..
Hey Stew, How many times do I need to remind you? It's AR BABY WING. I have been building wings for years, and they all fly with INAV. This time, I have my ELRS Boxer and the MT12, I found these two ground ELRS receivers, and i plan on using the 3 channels to fly my AR Baby. I plan to use walksnail with it .but it's a bummer not having an OSD. Maybe I will get a Speedybee wing FC instead, I like my battery voltage. I'm already a supporter,you can't have a raise this month. That's why I fly INAV. AUTOTUNE: Once that's done, it's smooth flying. Good going, Steve. Welcome to wings. Thanks for the video.
been flying wings , planes , boats etc fpv long before drones , since the late 70's on tube tv and yes 5 second latency. but some of my coolest is fpv a glider , lay down and enjoy catching thermals and you can fly till batteries dead. wings are a blast too. maybe go digital getting old
You need to manually PIFF tune. However until iNav 8 tuning isn't easy. It's mostly increasing the FF until it's about 80% of manual, and increasing I from like 4 to 10. Then you can have auto launch. For wings it may be safer to launch them almost vertically with 2 hands than a boomerang throw.
@@UAVfutures Yes. I admit it's scary. Else once you've increased the I and possibly did an auto tune to auto-adjust the FF, then auto launch should help
Will a speedybee405 flight controller (mini) and the walksnail Moonlight kit fit in it? I see it is fairly small, how does it handle wind? I have Wing Wing Z-84 would it be just as good of a platform to do automated flights with?
well, that first "landing" could've been prevented in that way if there'd be a use of voltage telemetry. no idea what RX has been used, it did kinda look like the radiomaster elrs receiver and those ones have battery voltage telemetry. just set the radio to call out voltage either automatically or when hitting a switch to prevent running out of power/discharging the battery too much :D
Got the fixed wing itch a while back, the setup without a “fc” is totally weird.. got a kit, havnt had time to build, let alone fly.. would love to see a fc build with betaflight or inav ..
@@UAVfutures the setup is best when you have the radio configured for elevon mix ant definitely no more than 50 percent travel, I found 30 percent fine,and yeah 25 percent or so on the expo. Really do appreciate all of your work and information that you have provided over these years!
If you're new to wings, a good trick I learned to ensure that your controls are all moving in the correct direction is to put the radio above the plane (with the plane right-side up, facing away from you) and each control you activate should have the corresponding control service move upwards towards you, as if giving you a high-five. The only tricky one is pitch down, as the control surface is at the back of the plane and thus has a loooong high-five that goes under the plane to meet you at the front.
I loooove FPV, its just becoming a bit to expensive for me now. I still have my old LarvaX n few cheao wuads but i fly super carefully nowadays as i cannot afford to break anything haha.
Been looking about getting into wings lately but perhaps something of a slightly bigger craft for better stability. Hopefully I’ll be able to afford something within a few weeks or after the election.
I wouldn't recommend a small flying wing as a first fixed wing. So bouncy and unstable as per this video. AtomRC Dolphin has been my favourite small and stable FPV plane. Either kept light and simple or loaded with long range batteries and GoPro.
@@UAVfutures i think Oscar Liang said it was 150g before adding batt, video, and rx. My 3s 1100mah is 71g and my vid and rx components only about 10g. Should have a little room for error. Ordered a wing today. So we're gonna find out in 3-4 weeks.
Im honestly getting so frustrated with training myself with quad FPV simulators, I can fly wing no issue but quads breaks my brain. I'm only 5hrs in with my SIM training/practice in acro mode, I'm hoping it will click soon.
I love this for 2 reasons. 1. I love wing content because i want one. 2 i LOVE how jazzed and excited you and Steve were. Makes the video more fun for me as a viewer =)
thanks mate. loved the feedback. fun is the aim of the game, im just like you guys having fun flying in the field. except I film it. You should come visit a live stream some time.
Great fun mate! LIttle Tip... Fly it first one flight not FPV and trim the control surfaces out so it flies flat and level at half throttle. While doing all this time your flight so you know exactly how long you have and subtract 1 minute for safety to come back and land in case you need to do a second approach. Been flying for 35+ years. I also had a Wing same as Steve's and they fly and glide great too. Had a flight controller in it and it takes all the shakes form the wind out of your flight in level mode, similar to drones. Something also to learn is how to glide "dead stick" (no motor power) as this is life saving for your aircraft. Happy flying mate!
thanks for the awesome advice. I flew again yesterday.... it was very windy and I may have crashed into the house trying to land... it just wouldnt slow down
@@UAVfutureshaha yes they glide well as they have a huge surface area for lift. Practice practise practice mate and enjoy haha.
I recently jumped into fixed wing FPV with both feet! It is super fun! I'm actually about to order my 5th plane! (I ordered my first one about 4 weeks ago, and I've already successfully converted one to VTOL on inav 7! I still love flying my quads, don't get me wrong, but after 2 years and almost 30 builds,I was starting to run out of ideas. I guess now I'm both a quad guy and a wing guy! And there is nothing wrong with that! It's like falling in love with FPV all over again!
I flew a sky king in my experimental phase, great fun way easier than a drone. But being able to fly sideways, backwards and hover is what put me on drones in the end
This was fun to watch 😂 I recently got into fpv wings also and absolutely LOVE it 🎉 I now have 5 planes. I’d definitely recommend INAV or some kinda flight controller for smaller wings in the wind. Also u can slow down and do a lot more gliding when it gets bumpy. I still love drones with their amazing stability and performance but wings really made me fall in love with fpv again 😎
I was getting burned out on FPV a couple years ago, and mixed some LOS rc planes and FPV wings (wangs for the hardcore, lol) into my routine, and it gave me a good break. Such a different vibe.
I love it I've been trying planes for a year they are fun and cheap, just be ready to learn. Cool vid Stu slap inav in it next even more fun
A mini race-wing is probably the hardest option to get set up for a 'My First FPV Plane'.
Suggestion, ZoHD Drift with Kopilot flight controller and the basic camera that comes as ZoHD's "ready to fly FPV" package kit.
i actually have a zod somehwere.... maybe I should build that up
Since I built my $99 dollar quad using your video about 5 years ago, which I still am flying now with my Turnigy Evo TX and Aomway Commander v1, after a couple of months I bought my Baby wing AR, but never tried flying it. I'm too scared to even try. Lol. This time around, maybe I would. can't wait to try it.
Great Fun! virtually unbreakable, full throttle can be a bit of a hand full 😂
Nice save on that 1st flight Stew.
Been doing this for years..love the run times and Efficiency. Sent many on 10km missions for fun..😉
One way? :D
@@mariusztv4339 Really...🤔
this looks awesome !!
Inav Auto launch and auto tune for the win 👌 look into these, it has made my wing a total other plane!
auto tune? tell me more please?
@@UAVfutures It’s a mode in inav so you will need a flightcontroller. When autotune is on (with a mode switch on the transmitter) you fly a few minutes and do really hard manoeuvres , first roll left and right , if ok then proceed with pitch. The plane will feel better and better and will tune itself. After landing you perform a “save” action and the plane’s pid’s (actually called piff’s for a wing) will be tuned and stored. Then fly again and tune more if needed but my wing was tuned within a few minutes. The flight is much more enjoyable, the plane is a lot more steady and not all over the place like you have now. It is 1000 procent worth it and makes flying so much easier. Painless 360 is the man for setting up a inav plane. He has a video for the setup you can follow. Good luck!
Funny thing I was just watching on the boxes with my wings and I was thinking just get one of them out and fly
Loved this 😂😂
To get voltage you could wire the voltage wire to your positive on your battery cable and have the radio say it out loud the battery voltage
what voltage wire?
@@UAVfutures from receiver. It you have the PWM ones. Like the ER5C V2
What do you prefer, wings or drones?
Drones are impressive, but fpv wings are sweet! Hard to say really, but im thinking im going with the wing. 😅
drones are obviously far more difficult to learn and fly and far more flexible and fun, I don't imagine I'd ever care to fly wings, seems just too simple and boring
@@tyborg314It’s pretty cool though to sit there for 30-45 minutes and blast through trees for a lot longer than a quad can fly or just head out for a long range cruise, much further than a drone can fly.
@@tstrrtstrr745 Seems like only bigger wings would be fun, because all this bouncing seems harsh..
I prefer planes, because of the versatility. And because I'm biased as I develop them ;)
Thanks for the fun wing video! For those who are looking for a good and inexpensive wing flight controller I've been using the SpeedyBee F405 Wing Flight Controller and am impressed. I'd like to try the Mini version as well, have heard good things.
What does that run?
@@UAVfutures Both full size and mini versions come in around the $40 USD price point. Lots of features and options for wing builds!
You need the WS gimbal and head tracker with your walksnail lite goggles
hehe almost same experienced with my first fpv wing. all wobbly and sweaty palms.
awesome fun though right?
Can you make a video on how you deal with the fpv laws in Aus/QLD. It’s quite hard to navigate and I really want to come back into the hobby but just have no idea what I can do..
Hey Stew, How many times do I need to remind you? It's AR BABY WING. I have been building wings for years, and they all fly with INAV. This time, I have my ELRS Boxer and the MT12, I found these two ground ELRS receivers, and i plan on using the 3 channels to fly my AR Baby. I plan to use walksnail with it .but it's a bummer not having an OSD. Maybe I will get a Speedybee wing FC instead, I like my battery voltage. I'm already a supporter,you can't have a raise this month. That's why I fly INAV. AUTOTUNE: Once that's done, it's smooth flying. Good going, Steve. Welcome to wings. Thanks for the video.
I know, but im just going offthe site names
been flying wings , planes , boats etc fpv long before drones , since the late 70's on tube tv and yes 5 second latency. but some of my coolest is fpv a glider , lay down and enjoy catching thermals and you can fly till batteries dead. wings are a blast too. maybe go digital getting old
what glider do you recommend
Nice heck yeah
Rock on!
Just ordered it. Let's see if I can fit Vista in there
you can for sure
You need to manually PIFF tune. However until iNav 8 tuning isn't easy. It's mostly increasing the FF until it's about 80% of manual, and increasing I from like 4 to 10. Then you can have auto launch. For wings it may be safer to launch them almost vertically with 2 hands than a boomerang throw.
like over head backwards. I was worried about the prop?
@@UAVfutures Yes. I admit it's scary. Else once you've increased the I and possibly did an auto tune to auto-adjust the FF, then auto launch should help
SPEEDYBEE F405 MINI ON INAV
Will a speedybee405 flight controller (mini) and the walksnail Moonlight kit fit in it?
I see it is fairly small, how does it handle wind?
I have Wing Wing Z-84 would it be just as good of a platform to do automated flights with?
yes. LOTS of room vs a drone build
well, that first "landing" could've been prevented in that way if there'd be a use of voltage telemetry. no idea what RX has been used, it did kinda look like the radiomaster elrs receiver and those ones have battery voltage telemetry. just set the radio to call out voltage either automatically or when hitting a switch to prevent running out of power/discharging the battery too much :D
the reciever was actually the er3c-i its a tiny 3 channel car rx.
@@UAVfutures oh, those are nice, i use the er5c-i on a little viper
Stew,s flight video looks amazing. At first I thought that was digital until I saw the breakup. Is this because you didnt use an OSD? Very curious
just a really nice cam. I was impressed too. looks great
@@UAVfutures now that I watch it on my PC, that looks just like the Runcam Phoenix.
Got the fixed wing itch a while back, the setup without a “fc” is totally weird.. got a kit, havnt had time to build, let alone fly.. would love to see a fc build with betaflight or inav ..
ill look into this
I've been trying to do wings too, but failing so far. Does a fc help with the bumpiness?
Wings do get more stable with the bigger models ive found but dont quote me on that lol
Exponential on the elevons is critical for wings at least 30 percent
I do have a bit of expo on all of them (not throttle though). i also cant go past 50% on the flaps?? is this too little?
@@UAVfutures the setup is best when you have the radio configured for elevon mix ant definitely no more than 50 percent travel, I found 30 percent fine,and yeah 25 percent or so on the expo.
Really do appreciate all of your work and information that you have provided over these years!
nice
If you're new to wings, a good trick I learned to ensure that your controls are all moving in the correct direction is to put the radio above the plane (with the plane right-side up, facing away from you) and each control you activate should have the corresponding control service move upwards towards you, as if giving you a high-five. The only tricky one is pitch down, as the control surface is at the back of the plane and thus has a loooong high-five that goes under the plane to meet you at the front.
I loooove FPV, its just becoming a bit to expensive for me now.
I still have my old LarvaX n few cheao wuads but i fly super carefully nowadays as i cannot afford to break anything haha.
Been looking about getting into wings lately but perhaps something of a slightly bigger craft for better stability.
Hopefully I’ll be able to afford something within a few weeks or after the election.
Ar wing or S800 reptile. Thank me later.
AtomRC Dolphin. Super stable compared to these wings.
I wouldn't recommend a small flying wing as a first fixed wing. So bouncy and unstable as per this video. AtomRC Dolphin has been my favourite small and stable FPV plane. Either kept light and simple or loaded with long range batteries and GoPro.
Can it be sub 250g AUW with a 75g 3s 1100mah battery?
ill check and getback to you
@@UAVfutures i think Oscar Liang said it was 150g before adding batt, video, and rx. My 3s 1100mah is 71g and my vid and rx components only about 10g. Should have a little room for error. Ordered a wing today. So we're gonna find out in 3-4 weeks.
Could have just put a beeper
on the wing... how do I hear that when its out over the ocean??
33rd comment. WOOT! WOOT!!
Im honestly getting so frustrated with training myself with quad FPV simulators, I can fly wing no issue but quads breaks my brain. I'm only 5hrs in with my SIM training/practice in acro mode, I'm hoping it will click soon.
it will. keep atit.
My guy nobody is sick of FPV
so shaky, looks hard
change the motor it will burn out i have seen 3 crash from that motor ps shove INAV in it happy flying INAV is better than BF
any board you recommend?
@@UAVfutures speedybee mini
Hard to admit but StickmanSteve is better pilot then you 😝😎😂
how do i delete this comment before he sees this........
@@UAVfutures 🤣😂❤️
I have lots of tips for wings 🪽 ....I mean....i might have just 1 or 2 😂😂