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The government is banning model aircraft with a proposed law by the FAA less than a year after that dude flew over Epsteins pedo island. It's not about aircraft safety it's about aerial journalism
Dude don't dream just do it! You can buy simpler fpv packages almost ready to go from places like readymaderc or getfpv. It all takes practice but with baby steps it's super fun and very safe.
Watching these makes me want to build something like this so badly but I know I could never afford it or stick with the project haha. Great work, this is incredibly impressive
I don't know how I missed this one. It's awesome! 5:40 is amazing! Your skills have truly advanced over the years man. That was like 4 or 5 videos worth of content. I know that RUclips favors longer videos these days, but too bad because now we have to wait way longer between your releases!
I'm only 3 minutes 28 seconds in and I'm loving the air-to-air in cinematic video you've done. You really stepped up your video skills. All right I'll keep watching
stumbled across your videos and was doing 2 mile FPV 7 years ago. I'm blown away by your videos and editing. Very well done. 5:00 cloud surfing is amazing...and the mavik chase plane of the fpv...brilliant! Very great closing segment on how it all plays...
I’ve been watching your videos for quite a long time now. I love always really enjoyed what you do and your video style. You just seem like a cool dude. Congrats
Nice. Going back to level up on old challenges. loving the progression. Please do more of that diagram explaination of your setups. so cool to see you break it all down in a realtively simple visual way !
I wish I could accompany you while you setup all that equipment and during the flight. I can just watch all of it without saying a word. Such a wonderful hobby. I have always wished to do the same. Maybe I will sometime in future. 😇
Awesome yet again. You never cease to amaze me with all you do. And to think the FAA wants to shut down this type of innovation. So sad. Keep doing what you're doing. We love it !!!!
But what he is doing could be legal. That would make it so much better for those in the hobby. This video is incredible but it's just another bullet in the FAA's weapon.
I'm just going to say for an FAA spies. He had spotters set up all along the route with transmitters and radios to communicate and control if need be ..
The air to air shots are amazing. The whole video is great. Never had a disappointing video pop up from you. Would love to see some more paragliding vids in the future if you're still doing that.
Hi Daniel i wached your Video several times. I allways start my LR-Ranger 2000 with less throttle and apply flaps during take off procedure. Full throttle pushes the nows allwais almost into the ground. Your footages specialy the few down from the Mavic flying Ranger over the trees is just awesom! As well as your passion for our Hobby.
If those batteries are 18650s the highest capacity right now is 3400 mha or 3.4ah. Love the video makes me feel bad I threw away my ranger. Had to save space to move. Do a capacity check with your charger.
One of your better videos! Can't help but think there is another motivation to posting this with the current situation with the FAA and licensing of UAV's. This is a direct challenge to them. I will be curious on how it plays out!
This just fuels their reason to put RID NPRM in as it is wipe out our hobby. The manufactures of FPV parts will be shut down as well as importing parts.
Excellent. I've got a volantex ranger 2400 and a mavic pro. Once I get my matek 405W Fc installed i'm going to attempt something similar. Really impressive video shots.
thank you so much for explaining the details!! thank you for the video I want to begin my long range flying and I can't tell you how helpful this video was.
Nice! Hey in case you’re not already aware, an easy and accurate way to calibrate amp draw is to divide mah put back in by mah consumption reported, times your AMPS_PER_VOLT value. Works great.
What you are doing is a dream for many people. Even though we have that desire to achive our hobby but due to the rotten rules of the government and lack of access to the International markets we don't have the freedom to fly. Great job!!! Keep flying!!!
15:05 Now *that* is an outro! None of this, "Please like, comment, share, subscribe, follow me on facebook, instagram, twitter, myspace, buy my merchandise and here's 10 minutes of paid promotions." Awesome views BTW, those frosty mornings look breathtaking.
I find it incredible that you have posted, and thereby encourage, such dangerous and illegal activity. You are a poster child of why the FAA and aviation authorities worldwide find themselves forced to advance further burdensome regulation on this hobby. I enjoy R/C flying as well, but understand why there are regulations on the hobby and work to always abide by them. As a general aviation pilot within the United States, and also an airline pilot flying the Boeing 777 worldwide, I can assure you that this illegal activity is costing lots of money and eroding safety margins within the air transportation system. Just last December, while on arrival to Osaka, Japan, we were informed that the airport had just been closed due to unauthorized, illegal drone activity within the airport air traffic area. We, along with many, many other commercial jets, had to hold for almost an hour while the authorities tried to locate and stop the activity. In our case we used up all of our reserve fuel and had to divert to another airport (for us, Nagoya). Several other aircraft also required diversions. We finally arrived in Osaka nearly 4 hours late, after refueling in Nagoya and meeting the unplanned customs requirements in Nagoya. Of course the late arrivals had a ripple effect that probably took days to recover from. I'm sure the costs to all those involved went way over a million dollars. Our company dispatch informed us that this same thing had happened less than a week earlier at the same airport. Please, please respect the laws and restrictions on UAV flying. How would you feel if your actions were responsible for the crash of a small plane, or worse, a jet airliner? And just to make a video???
Appreciate the breakdown of the auto pilot software, I have been using an Eagletree Vector, and I love the OSD and flight control functions but have always been curious about auto pilot, and I really like the telemetry on the laptop. Keep up the great videos, I enjoy watching them, I used to fly at 60 acres park all the time which has the same look as where you fly, admittedly its probably fairly close to your test field.
Cool stuff Daniel. Just a couple of things that worry me a little. You should have a spotter next to you whenever you're flying FPV with two things in the air and probably not flying it over built up area. If I were closer, I would love to help you and be your spotter. The other thing is your plane with return to home when flying over the clouds sound ok but if a plane/heli comes near it, you can't visually see the plane to make corrections to avoid a plane/heli. The second part in the video seems a lot safer, much more open area.
I'm definitely feeling these long range plane videos. I've got to make it out of Miami to find a good place to fly planes, they're so much funner than FPV drones in my opinion. Also, any worries of the Eff-Ey-Ey seeing you fly out of LOS? Best of luck, love the videos.
Ha! I recognize that place! I used to fly around there many years ago when I lived in Bothell, WA. That's the Sammamish Slough, running through Woodinville :-)
Dude I am addicted to the things you do with long range flights on the channel. I'd love to see you push it until you think it'll go no further. I've watched multi rotor pilots push 20 miles and back, but I know you could go much further. A take off in the dark a watch the Sun rise would be fantastic! Imagine what the military have achieved if this is what civilians are doing
Outstanding video! Love the setup. I'm about to start ordering all the parts to pull this off. Using a Believer for my setup for heavier payload capabilities and more battery.
Love the video! Funny you mention EMergent RC... they are local to me and were recently bought out by a missile defense company, which means you are technically using military grade equipment... cool!
I blame this shit on DJI et. al. In the past, it took work and practice to fly RC aircraft (of any type). As a result, there wasn't all that much activity and it was pretty much ignored - i.e. not enough activity to make it worthwhile regulating. With the advent of things that took absolutely no skill (relatively speaking) to fly, every yahoo was putting stuff up in the air and not necessarily discretely. The threshold of activity was crossed and the authorities took notice that Something Must Be Done, and here we are.
Thank you, You have done again. Great vids and flights. Awesome flight time and I was just thinking of flying out too five miles. I thought that was too far. maybe your next project LRS/FPV electric fighting jet. Keep up the great work!
So in theory you had enough battery power to accomplish an Autonomous Out And Back flight from Mt Vista & Clearstone Orchard to the town of Mattawa and Back Again or about 30 Miles as the crow fly's with a little juice left to spare...COOL!
12:45 Yeah, in theory that’s what each cell is at. But their internal resistance could be vastly different (should be checking this every so often to keep them matched), which means one cell could be at 2.5 or 3 while another is at 4. And I’m sure you realize the danger that presents.
Its crazy that youre allowed to do such things. Im from Germany and it would be most likely against multiple Laws. You would probably have to get multiple Permissions to do it and then its still illegal to let a drone fly by autopilot without steady monitoring and the Option to take over Manual control at any Time. So far i know. I love your Videos :D
You do such great videos, nice nice work. :-) I especially like the Mavic chase footage. I love quads, they're amazing, but my first and truest love will always be fixed wing. When you said how you love flying that Ranger in for landings, I was totally on the same page with you. Every time I brought my FPV planes in for touchdown, it felt just brilliant. Taking off, flying and landing in a fixed wing is... just right. :-) I really like that plane, btw. If I was just starting out with RC and FPV, I'd definitely start with one of those. Not sure how I feel about plastic parts because I learned on and did my whole reign of terror on foamies, but still. NICE plane. BTW I've taken to studying your videos as a how-to guide. It's not like I couldn't just pick up where I left off and build myself a custom FPV flyer like no big deal, but you're really truly _good_ at this. Anyone can learn quite a lot from how you do things. BTW, don't you need some solars on top of that wing? ;-)
That was super helpful at the end. Is there an affordable way to use satellite coms for navigation? Also wondering about viability of using StarLink for controls and video streaming?
I really appreciate that final segment explaining ardupilot setup and the hardware. Thank you!
Thank you! You just inspired me to start my journey into RC and autonomous aircraft.
5:40 one of the most beautiful FPV shots i have ever seen!
I second that, although the music freaked me out ;)
Your beating yourself again one of your best cinematic works ever!
The music kill it for me though.
@@stressballer Oh thank God. I thought it was just me.
The government is banning model aircraft with a proposed law by the FAA less than a year after that dude flew over Epsteins pedo island. It's not about aircraft safety it's about aerial journalism
@@waleswideman1 ok and? Still got to catch us
Man, I love your videos. You do everything that I've always dreamed of doing.
You should do one of your dreams and film it! I'd watch it
Dude don't dream just do it! You can buy simpler fpv packages almost ready to go from places like readymaderc or getfpv. It all takes practice but with baby steps it's super fun and very safe.
This is mostly what RUclips consists of. Vicarious living
@@DathCoco scheiß drauf, kann dich doch keiner in der Luft anhalten 🤣
@@DathCoco its only forbidden if you get caught ;)
Watching these makes me want to build something like this so badly but I know I could never afford it or stick with the project haha. Great work, this is incredibly impressive
Charlie Millhollin its not that expensive just building it up over time
Same
@@jakekovacevic3435it's not that expensive, most people on earth are just poor and can't afford such hobbies
I don't know how I missed this one. It's awesome! 5:40 is amazing! Your skills have truly advanced over the years man. That was like 4 or 5 videos worth of content. I know that RUclips favors longer videos these days, but too bad because now we have to wait way longer between your releases!
BuT iS tHiS lEgAl?
I'm only 3 minutes 28 seconds in and I'm loving the air-to-air in cinematic video you've done. You really stepped up your video skills. All right I'll keep watching
Just love to watch these types of videos!
Wow! Mavic above a plane above a flock of birds circling doesn’t get better then that.Really nice work dude.
stumbled across your videos and was doing 2 mile FPV 7 years ago. I'm blown away by your videos and editing. Very well done. 5:00 cloud surfing is amazing...and the mavik chase plane of the fpv...brilliant! Very great closing segment on how it all plays...
I’ve been watching your videos for quite a long time now. I love always really enjoyed what you do and your video style. You just seem like a cool dude. Congrats
Nice. Going back to level up on old challenges. loving the progression. Please do more of that diagram explaination of your setups. so cool to see you break it all down in a realtively simple visual way !
Absolutely brilliant video. Really enjoy your video style and the laid back feel you convey which no doubt comes from a lot of prior planning!
Dude its so cool to see you still doing this stuff years later. I remember watching your early videos. Great stuff.
One of the most impressive air to air shots I've ever seen. Incredible
I wish I could accompany you while you setup all that equipment and during the flight. I can just watch all of it without saying a word.
Such a wonderful hobby. I have always wished to do the same. Maybe I will sometime in future. 😇
Awesome yet again. You never cease to amaze me with all you do. And to think the FAA wants to shut down this type of innovation. So sad. Keep doing what you're doing. We love it !!!!
Since what he is doing already is illegal, FAA will not stop him.
But what he is doing could be legal. That would make it so much better for those in the hobby. This video is incredible but it's just another bullet in the FAA's weapon.
I'm just going to say for an FAA spies. He had spotters set up all along the route with transmitters and radios to communicate and control if need be ..
That plane has been on my want list for a while, most interesting was the batteries, very cool.
Great video, very informative as always. Thanks Daniel
2:49 HOW COOL LOOKED THIS I AM SO FREAKING SATISFIEDDDD
great video, im sure the FAA would not be as thrilled though ..
why even!!
@@prolska you are not supposed to loose line of sight on any drone you are operating
@@JSPHism Unless you have an autonomous license but yeah
No one cares
@@JSPHismwho cares
very impressive work to put this all together and get all that footage. i know that would be a lot of planning. great job so inspiring!
That was amazing! The range blew my mind and the quads filming the plane in flight was so cool!!
The air to air shots are amazing. The whole video is great. Never had a disappointing video pop up from you. Would love to see some more paragliding vids in the future if you're still doing that.
Your drone piloting has gotten so much better, atleast the camera footage looks very smooth and very good.
I'm used to old apm telem setups and this one is the best ive ever seen, very simple, I love it.
ANOTHER SLAM DUNK. Everything about Daniel is bad-to-the-bone. GENUIS
The air-to-air footage was gorgeous from both the Mavic and the Nazgul. I like how your video editing style continues to evolve.
Screw the FAA....... This is some nice video along with some low level cross country flying..... I enjoyed every minute.
Yeah, fuck the state
Okay, I'm really having a hard time with this one. How is this not safer than a weather balloon? How isn't it safer than a rocket?
@@mattweger437 The FAA issues NOTAMs for weather balloon and rocket launches. These notices let pilots know to avoid the area.
Hi Daniel
i wached your Video several times. I allways start my LR-Ranger 2000 with less throttle and apply flaps during take off procedure. Full throttle pushes the nows allwais almost into the ground. Your footages specialy the few down from the Mavic flying Ranger over the trees is just awesom!
As well as your passion for our Hobby.
Man, I love your videos. Thank you for making them
Hey Daniel! I’d love to come chase one of your planes around with my drones sometime!
I live just over in seattle.
If those batteries are 18650s the highest capacity right now is 3400 mha or 3.4ah. Love the video makes me feel bad I threw away my ranger. Had to save space to move. Do a capacity check with your charger.
Not even done with the video yet and I'm totally in love. Love the mavic footage! Super cool
i was just binging your last 6 vids lmao cheers for the upload mate really inspiring
The most amazing thing about this video is that your breaking so many laws, and flat out getting away with it.
Yes I'd like to echo that.
The final explanation was very much appreciated .
LOVE the last part with the pics....now i can see what im missing..
Well done.Always have enjoyed your videos all the way back to loading railroad spikes to test payloads.Thanks for sharing.
One of your better videos! Can't help but think there is another motivation to posting this with the current situation with the FAA and licensing of UAV's. This is a direct challenge to them. I will be curious on how it plays out!
This just fuels their reason to put RID NPRM in as it is wipe out our hobby. The manufactures of FPV parts will be shut down as well as importing parts.
@@Mike-01234 I would like to think what you have said will not come true but I am unsure exactly what the outcome may be.
Excellent.
I've got a volantex ranger 2400 and a mavic pro. Once I get my matek 405W Fc installed i'm going to attempt something similar. Really impressive video shots.
thank you so much for explaining the details!! thank you for the video I want to begin my long range flying and I can't tell you how helpful this video was.
Imagine that you can do this today with a off the shelf drone without all those crazy antennas. But this here is still cooler.
Nice! Hey in case you’re not already aware, an easy and accurate way to calibrate amp draw is to divide mah put back in by mah consumption reported, times your AMPS_PER_VOLT value. Works great.
Super entertaining video! So much flights and infos and even an explanation in the end. Fov nerd heaven Daniel! ;) thanks for sharing, Geets, Mario
What you are doing is a dream for many people. Even though we have that desire to achive our hobby but due to the rotten rules of the government and lack of access to the International markets we don't have the freedom to fly. Great job!!! Keep flying!!!
I just love the fact that you get straight to what people came to see . Definitely earned a subscribe from me 💪🏽
Loved the video and especially the cinematic shots! Great work, Daniel!
FAA: NOOO!!!! YOU CAN'T JUST FLY OVER 400 FEET AND OUT OF LINE OF SIGHT!!!!
Rcflighttest: Ha bixler go buzz buzz
Always had a little go here and there but bit the bullet and bought the mavic air fly more!! Epic rig!
Awesome !! Nice city landscape sight. Great video, I love it 👍
15:05 Now *that* is an outro! None of this, "Please like, comment, share, subscribe, follow me on facebook, instagram, twitter, myspace, buy my merchandise and here's 10 minutes of paid promotions."
Awesome views BTW, those frosty mornings look breathtaking.
Soooo cool! Especially the top-down air-to-air clips with the mavic!
Outdated, but not outgunned. Great flying, exquisite craftsmanship.
I find it incredible that you have posted, and thereby encourage, such dangerous and illegal activity. You are a poster child of why the FAA and aviation authorities worldwide find themselves forced to advance further burdensome regulation on this hobby. I enjoy R/C flying as well, but understand why there are regulations on the hobby and work to always abide by them. As a general aviation pilot within the United States, and also an airline pilot flying the Boeing 777 worldwide, I can assure you that this illegal activity is costing lots of money and eroding safety margins within the air transportation system.
Just last December, while on arrival to Osaka, Japan, we were informed that the airport had just been closed due to unauthorized, illegal drone activity within the airport air traffic area. We, along with many, many other commercial jets, had to hold for almost an hour while the authorities tried to locate and stop the activity. In our case we used up all of our reserve fuel and had to divert to another airport (for us, Nagoya). Several other aircraft also required diversions. We finally arrived in Osaka nearly 4 hours late, after refueling in Nagoya and meeting the unplanned customs requirements in Nagoya. Of course the late arrivals had a ripple effect that probably took days to recover from. I'm sure the costs to all those involved went way over a million dollars. Our company dispatch informed us that this same thing had happened less than a week earlier at the same airport.
Please, please respect the laws and restrictions on UAV flying. How would you feel if your actions were responsible for the crash of a small plane, or worse, a jet airliner? And just to make a video???
FPV station IS elegant! Another fine vid, Dan, thanks!
Your videos are always nice. Greetings form Germany ✌🏽
Dude...I just had an Ohbabygasm..... just great cinematic depth....awesomeness!
Appreciate the breakdown of the auto pilot software, I have been using an Eagletree Vector, and I love the OSD and flight control functions but have always been curious about auto pilot, and I really like the telemetry on the laptop. Keep up the great videos, I enjoy watching them, I used to fly at 60 acres park all the time which has the same look as where you fly, admittedly its probably fairly close to your test field.
Thanks mate very interesting video 👍 you have taught me a couple of things so thankyou
This is really interesting, using a Mav to film an autonomous plane- and back.
Very nice job. Thanks for sharing 👍
Cool stuff Daniel. Just a couple of things that worry me a little. You should have a spotter next to you whenever you're flying FPV with two things in the air and probably not flying it over built up area. If I were closer, I would love to help you and be your spotter. The other thing is your plane with return to home when flying over the clouds sound ok but if a plane/heli comes near it, you can't visually see the plane to make corrections to avoid a plane/heli. The second part in the video seems a lot safer, much more open area.
I'm definitely feeling these long range plane videos. I've got to make it out of Miami to find a good place to fly planes, they're so much funner than FPV drones in my opinion. Also, any worries of the Eff-Ey-Ey seeing you fly out of LOS? Best of luck, love the videos.
Really enjoyed watching the vid Dan just gets better and better,
Ha! I recognize that place! I used to fly around there many years ago when I lived in Bothell, WA. That's the Sammamish Slough, running through Woodinville :-)
Bring back the Slow Trainer and Air Truck. So much fun. Awesome Video and Production. Thank you and Staying Tuned
The shot of the mavic passing from the plane was GREAT!
Omg. That music... I love it, love it love it... so awesome. Forgot what you were doing in the video...
Imagine actually being good at your hobby to make these kinds of things like this guy.
Super cool video! Love your posts. Very fun to see such range and flight time limits pushed beyond the typical rc pilot.
Dude I am addicted to the things you do with long range flights on the channel. I'd love to see you push it until you think it'll go no further. I've watched multi rotor pilots push 20 miles and back, but I know you could go much further. A take off in the dark a watch the Sun rise would be fantastic! Imagine what the military have achieved if this is what civilians are doing
Outstanding video! Love the setup. I'm about to start ordering all the parts to pull this off. Using a Believer for my setup for heavier payload capabilities and more battery.
Love the video! Funny you mention EMergent RC... they are local to me and were recently bought out by a missile defense company, which means you are technically using military grade equipment... cool!
Bro, the Mavic follow sequence with the music and all...yes. Keep it movin.
i don't know if anyone's ever told you that you are a really good videographer ....
Another awesome Vid.... Thanks for the education and the beautiful views.... Keep up the good work...
I blame this shit on DJI et. al. In the past, it took work and practice to fly RC aircraft (of any type). As a result, there wasn't all that much activity and it was pretty much ignored - i.e. not enough activity to make it worthwhile regulating. With the advent of things that took absolutely no skill (relatively speaking) to fly, every yahoo was putting stuff up in the air and not necessarily discretely. The threshold of activity was crossed and the authorities took notice that Something Must Be Done, and here we are.
I've had the same Volantex model for about a month and the plane is pretty solid.
Heyy glad to see a new FPV video, keep making them :)
Thank you, You have done again. Great vids and flights. Awesome flight time and I was just thinking of flying out too five miles. I thought that was too far.
maybe your next project LRS/FPV electric fighting jet.
Keep up the great work!
The "Air2Air"from 5:40 to 6:09 was the best. Watched it a couple of times.
Cool Huntington Beach sticker on the back of your pickup
So in theory you had enough battery power to accomplish an Autonomous Out And Back flight from Mt Vista & Clearstone Orchard to the town of Mattawa and Back Again or about 30 Miles as the crow fly's with a little juice left to spare...COOL!
12:45 Yeah, in theory that’s what each cell is at. But their internal resistance could be vastly different (should be checking this every so often to keep them matched), which means one cell could be at 2.5 or 3 while another is at 4. And I’m sure you realize the danger that presents.
Its crazy that youre allowed to do such things. Im from Germany and it would be most likely against multiple Laws. You would probably have to get multiple Permissions to do it and then its still illegal to let a drone fly by autopilot without steady monitoring and the Option to take over Manual control at any Time. So far i know. I love your Videos :D
Air to Air shots are so pretty. Nothing like it
😱 Absolutely love the air to air videos!!
Amazing footage, thank you! Love "Mission Planning & Execution." Top flight.
You do such great videos, nice nice work. :-) I especially like the Mavic chase footage. I love quads, they're amazing, but my first and truest love will always be fixed wing. When you said how you love flying that Ranger in for landings, I was totally on the same page with you. Every time I brought my FPV planes in for touchdown, it felt just brilliant. Taking off, flying and landing in a fixed wing is... just right. :-) I really like that plane, btw. If I was just starting out with RC and FPV, I'd definitely start with one of those. Not sure how I feel about plastic parts because I learned on and did my whole reign of terror on foamies, but still. NICE plane.
BTW I've taken to studying your videos as a how-to guide. It's not like I couldn't just pick up where I left off and build myself a custom FPV flyer like no big deal, but you're really truly _good_ at this. Anyone can learn quite a lot from how you do things. BTW, don't you need some solars on top of that wing? ;-)
Love these videos. As an i
AI and robotics student, I have so many ideas you could take advantage of
Your videos are always really cool.
Omg! Im from Kathmandu and you made Kathmandu curry. Awesomee!
To anyone interested you can now do this using a $25 omnibus f4 board and ardupilot instead of an expensive flight controller
That was super helpful at the end. Is there an affordable way to use satellite coms for navigation? Also wondering about viability of using StarLink for controls and video streaming?
Going full ArxangelRC, awesome!
thanks for sharing! Made my day!
You must have a bit of the Richard Pearse DNA I reckon. Brilliant stuff
cool mix of various technologies. Looks like a blast.
Man the air to air with the drone is amazing. Well done
Crazy long flights and crazy far! One smart plane brain!