Bought the lr4. When asked why this instead of the chimera or croc from the owner of pyrodrone I said "Dave c." They had the lr4 w/o the Vista and ordered the Vista from getfpv.
This one is a fresh breath of innovation. It has it's own category now. 4 inch ultralight long range acro quad. I never get tired of seeing your LOS flying skills.
Hey bud, I got it last week, flown it three times and the hype is real. Its the type of quad I have been waiting for just to roam around with my DJI system. Fantastic....
My experience with GPS rescue mode has been very positive so far. I've tested it many times and setting it as failsafe has spared me a few walks across the field. I would highly recommend activating the use of Galileo sattellites if the GPS module supports it (not sure about the LR4's module). Just set "gps_ublox_use_galileo = on" in the CLI and save.
@@kibbycabbit Many GPS modules can use Galileo satellites additionally to GPS and Glonass satellites. That means you will get more satellites, a faster fix and higher precision with no disadvantages.
I've got one on order! Analog v2 with the upgraded 850mW VTx. Plan to give it mismatched color props for line-of-sight too. So cool. Also your line-of-sight skills remain enviable. I hope to some day be half that good.
Thanks Andy. I had already ordered mine, and have been waiting for a few weeks. But now I feel more convinced that I made the right choice. Love your videos. Keep it up!
Your so correct. Gps rescue is something you need to practice and I would highly recommend having xfire gps telemetry setup and having it drop. Your accelerometer has to be really well calibrated after every crash. Drop is definitely the better option unless the other is loosing the quad anyways
my Hubsan 501s flies 20 minutes. Has GPS, return to home. Goes 1.5 miles away. Has a monitor and a radio. I paid less than $130. I am trying to find a reason to buy the LR4 . The hubsan is a cheap drone, but I never had a problem and if I do go out of range it does return home. it might be just a toy, but a toy I can afford to loose. The LR 4 inch stuff with a gopro is about $700 I cant afford to lose. I do think it's a great drone, but I am waiting to see what else comes out as LR under 250 grams will soon be the way to go.
Camera drones and fpv drones are completely two different platforms. With your zino, mavic or any other camera drone you can not do acro. Watch Andre Larsen on instagram and you will know what Im talking about. Ive got mavic pro and I just ordered this Flywoo Explorer lr & dji goggles. Flying with goggles is totally diferent experience than flying a gps dron with a smartphone or tablet. Ive been flying fpv for a year now so I should be fine. I dont think that this will be a good fpv drone for fpv beginners.
I'm well lucky then. I've had mine a month but I did pull the trigger the second it was listed😎 Totally agree with your sentiments regards GPS, it's totally hit or miss when you flick that switch so be ready!😯 Anyway a concise synopsis as ever Andy🧐
Yeah, the GPS receiver is a cheapo with no compass onboard either...badly sighted too under the vtx stalk...The answer of course is to load it up with iNAV..Not only a rock solid RTH, but autoland too...It works..Will it tune up for Freestyle?...Why not?
Those warnings are just because betaflight has to account for builds that aren't quite so clean. If it's a good quad I have found best filtering practice will almost always give you those warnings. As long as motors not hot I'll take the sliders even farther.
Nice drone, buat after 40 days of preorder and delays without noticed..flywoo just cancelled my ordered and said that high risk..I am very diasappointed, won't buy or touch anymore flywoo product ever..
At first I wondered, which version of LiftOff you were using, it looked so realistic 🤣 This year I've been flying nitro planes a lot and very quickly got used to 10 minutes (plus) flight time. This might be good to "cool down" to get used to the usual flight times again.
the latitude and longitude are recorded into the google, if you see via the googles, you have like a switch to have the osd on yours recods, with all the screen so you have the last point gps, you have to turn this on, and voila ;)
Will say that mine is a horrible experience - waited 2 months for the analog version, it flew 90 sec with horrible reception (like, could barely get past 15 feet.) After that the VTX cut out entirely, it fell and broke an arm and a motor. The motors are out of stock forever, so that means more waiting, and of course the motor wont fix whatever is wrong with the VTX, which now only outputs blackscreen. I've seen posts saying the VTX is wired wrong, I dont know if thats the problem but somethign is clearly not right. What a mess and regret.
A tip for getting gps lock faster is to power up the fc via USB port while your setting up using a power bank, that way you dont power on your vtx. I've found i get a lock within a minute. If i try getting a lock by powering up the whole drone theres times where i'll just never get it to lock on to a good signal.
I ordered explorer because Dave c.. others didn't come out yet.. but still haven't gotten it. Analog r9mm. Thinking might give up and change.. I'll lose naked gopro though and batteries. But RMRC will make u 1300 and 1500mah xt30 batteries
⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ 5 star review, that is how a review is made. Closer look of the drone talking about its characteristics then a fly around, but this LOS kills itto see it propperly Thanks
Goddammit. Waited patiently for this review, but gave up this very morning and ordered the one from GEPRC, the Crocodile Baby. Bit of a punt, but it looks good at least
Taking off without a fix is the issue with the gps. I found a whole bunch of gps models had issues with slow locks then I tried glonass only ones and they lock quickly.
Hey Andy. Could you please make a video on how camera mounting affect the jello (something you mentioned in passing on this video)? How hard mount vs soft mount vs TPU mount affects the jello, and what is best strategy to minimize jello overall?
Hi Andy! I finally received mine last night .. waited over two months. I also ordered the gp7 naked. This will probably be a silly question but my lr has two sets of wires hanging off the top.. one obviously to power the gopro.. but I have no idea what the other is for.
Nice always theroux, I have not seen a rock video of you looking forward to one You have heard of Eddie Van Halen RIP he was one of those people who inspired me THANKS
I was really wondering about iNav on this model and if it's worth it for something like light freestyle mountain surfing and longer range endurance where recovery might be more near impossible... 🥃 cheers 🍻
As far as I know, iNav requires a compass for the return to home to work and the LR4 does not have it. Your could change out the GPS unit but the FC does not have any spare ports to connect the compass so you have to swap out the FC as well to one with more available ports. That start to add up in costs.
Would love to see a vid of a long flight (Not long range) freestyle mod of an LR4 prebuilt... there are bunch of long range acro builds, but seeing this video and your take on this drone... Would love to see a MOD of this drone for long flight time acro. (Why a MOD? and not a scratch build: If anyone has a prebuilt LR4 an loves it! but wouldnt mind to spend a bit of cash to level up its freestyle potential... a couple of cheap basic changes. Maybe loose the gps, tri props, or a frame swap same electronics... bla bla yada) Imagine a 4 inch frestyle build that could run at least 20min flights?
I'll use angle mode with this once mine finally arrives - supposed to be Tuesday after waiting since Aug 16, and I even ordered the analog one. Is it possible to set a throttle hold somehow on OpenTX to get it to fly sort of like a DJI drone? like, a switch that locks throttle at a certain level or something? Also, would it be possible to replace the GPS with one of the integrated compass models?
Does the naked GoPro degrade GPS reception? On mine it causes satellites to randomly drop in and out. It's hard to believe I can't find anybody else who observed this.
Hi Andy great review, I had to wait almost 3 months for my explorer, I have the analog version and I was thinking to sell it and get either the geprc or iflight version but based on your review It seems I have a great drone, I need to wait for my bateries so I can fly it though :( Quick question, as you mentioned the analog version has a vtx that only goes to 450 mw, I want to use this for long range so based on your experience which vtx would you recommend to replace the stock vtx? Thank you for your assistance, greetings from Colombia
@@carlosfuhrer I doubt the pro32 would fit without a squeeze. Unify might... Not sure what antenna connection it comes with. Ufl or mmcx, don't think they use sma. You can always buy an antenna to suit the vtx you're using, they're not too expensive.
Great vid/review. AndyRC I purchased the geprc phantom after watching your vid for that. It's now happening again, need to unsubscribe lol. Looks like it's fun to fly.
I am super anxious to do acro with mine, the one thing that really stops me is the fc and esc are connected via pins. the fc is soft mounted from the esc and i can only imagine its a matter of time before it breaks. it fly super good, smooth, 12min on a 750mah 4s. there is pads to direct solder the fc to the esc. what do you think?
I am using this FC in toothpick and I have crashed it probably a 100 times without any issue. I think the pin connector is ok for 16x16mm stacks but not anything bigger. Anything will break if the crash is hard enough but it should not break from normal abuse.
450mW analog is probably about the same range as 1.2w of digital, with the right antennas of course. Some people are still pushing 5.8 analog way beyond 30km now!
@@AndyRCchannel Thanks for the reply. The binding is ready. When AIR MODE, which was assigned to AUX2 in the mode setting, was removed, LQ became normal and ARM was created.
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Crocodile Baby 4: bit.ly/2GGiMvM
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Bought the lr4. When asked why this instead of the chimera or croc from the owner of pyrodrone I said "Dave c." They had the lr4 w/o the Vista and ordered the Vista from getfpv.
This one is a fresh breath of innovation. It has it's own category now. 4 inch ultralight long range acro quad. I never get tired of seeing your LOS flying skills.
Thanks for watching :-)
Hey bud, I got it last week, flown it three times and the hype is real. Its the type of quad I have been waiting for just to roam around with my DJI system. Fantastic....
Remember how we used to complain about the hypetrain?
Hypetrain! We've missed you, don't ever leave us again!
My experience with GPS rescue mode has been very positive so far. I've tested it many times and setting it as failsafe has spared me a few walks across the field. I would highly recommend activating the use of Galileo sattellites if the GPS module supports it (not sure about the LR4's module). Just set "gps_ublox_use_galileo = on" in the CLI and save.
Can you tell us the benefits of using Galileo satellites?
@@kibbycabbit Many GPS modules can use Galileo satellites additionally to GPS and Glonass satellites. That means you will get more satellites, a faster fix and higher precision with no disadvantages.
@@Gosuminer wow I’ll definitely turn it on and give it a try!
I've got one on order! Analog v2 with the upgraded 850mW VTx.
Plan to give it mismatched color props for line-of-sight too.
So cool. Also your line-of-sight skills remain enviable. I hope to some day be half that good.
Thanks Andy.
I had already ordered mine, and have been waiting for a few weeks. But now I feel more convinced that I made the right choice.
Love your videos. Keep it up!
The question is.. when you will be reviewing the new V2 version of this quad?
Your so correct. Gps rescue is something you need to practice and I would highly recommend having xfire gps telemetry setup and having it drop. Your accelerometer has to be really well calibrated after every crash. Drop is definitely the better option unless the other is loosing the quad anyways
best flywoo video ive seen
Amazing flight Time ! Thanks for the review Andy 😉
Great review - you made it look fun with your flying. You have great control! You made flips and rolls look easy. Great LOS skills.
first thing i would do with this model , is installing inav on it , way better for a longrange cruiser , and flawless with the gpv RTH
my Hubsan 501s flies 20 minutes. Has GPS, return to home. Goes 1.5 miles away. Has a monitor and a radio. I paid less than $130. I am trying to find a reason to buy the LR4 . The hubsan is a cheap drone, but I never had a problem and if I do go out of range it does return home. it might be just a toy, but a toy I can afford to loose. The LR 4 inch stuff with a gopro is about $700 I cant afford to lose. I do think it's a great drone, but I am waiting to see what else comes out as LR under 250 grams will soon be the way to go.
Camera drones and fpv drones are completely two different platforms. With your zino, mavic or any other camera drone you can not do acro. Watch Andre Larsen on instagram and you will know what Im talking about. Ive got mavic pro and I just ordered this Flywoo Explorer lr & dji goggles. Flying with goggles is totally diferent experience than flying a gps dron with a smartphone or tablet. Ive been flying fpv for a year now so I should be fine. I dont think that this will be a good fpv drone for fpv beginners.
You wont do this gps camera drone:
instagram.com/p/CBRS1dDnxYP/?igshid=17gkt9gq9xilo
Fantastic flying, Andy! Amazing review!!! 😃
Yeah, finally longer flights! I need one of those!!! 😂
Stay safe there! 🖖😊
I'm well lucky then. I've had mine a month but I did pull the trigger the second it was listed😎
Totally agree with your sentiments regards GPS, it's totally hit or miss when you flick that switch so be ready!😯
Anyway a concise synopsis as ever Andy🧐
you got it glad you managed to get one. Cheers
@@AndyRCchannel Only managed to get about 10 packs through her so far as it wont stop raining in Wiltshire☹🌧
Thoughts about installing iNav & barometer on this model to better leverage the GPS return to home capability? Very good review. Thanks! :)
Yeah, the GPS receiver is a cheapo with no compass onboard either...badly sighted too under the vtx stalk...The answer of course is to load it up with iNAV..Not only a rock solid RTH, but autoland too...It works..Will it tune up for Freestyle?...Why not?
Those warnings are just because betaflight has to account for builds that aren't quite so clean. If it's a good quad I have found best filtering practice will almost always give you those warnings. As long as motors not hot I'll take the sliders even farther.
Nice drone, buat after 40 days of preorder and delays without noticed..flywoo just cancelled my ordered and said that high risk..I am very diasappointed, won't buy or touch anymore flywoo product ever..
At first I wondered, which version of LiftOff you were using, it looked so realistic 🤣
This year I've been flying nitro planes a lot and very quickly got used to 10 minutes (plus) flight time. This might be good to "cool down" to get used to the usual flight times again.
I hope you do get a Baby crocodile and the LR iFlight as your opinions are valuable to us guys trying to decide on a LR rig.👍👍
the latitude and longitude are recorded into the google, if you see via the googles, you have like a switch to have the osd on yours recods, with all the screen so you have the last point gps, you have to turn this on, and voila ;)
Will say that mine is a horrible experience - waited 2 months for the analog version, it flew 90 sec with horrible reception (like, could barely get past 15 feet.) After that the VTX cut out entirely, it fell and broke an arm and a motor. The motors are out of stock forever, so that means more waiting, and of course the motor wont fix whatever is wrong with the VTX, which now only outputs blackscreen. I've seen posts saying the VTX is wired wrong, I dont know if thats the problem but somethign is clearly not right. What a mess and regret.
Great review, looking forward for comparison between Iflight and GEPRC versions!
A tip for getting gps lock faster is to power up the fc via USB port while your setting up using a power bank, that way you dont power on your vtx. I've found i get a lock within a minute. If i try getting a lock by powering up the whole drone theres times where i'll just never get it to lock on to a good signal.
I find 16 by 16 boards overheat when connected to usb too long. Make sure you have fc temps on
@@AndyRCchannel good to know, i havent used any 16x16 fc's but ill keep that in mind :)
I ordered explorer because Dave c.. others didn't come out yet.. but still haven't gotten it. Analog r9mm. Thinking might give up and change.. I'll lose naked gopro though and batteries. But RMRC will make u 1300 and 1500mah xt30 batteries
Top as allways. Thx
Dang... I already wanted one now I just do more...
⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ 5 star review, that is how a review is made. Closer look of the drone talking about its characteristics then a fly around, but this LOS kills itto see it propperly
Thanks
Btw some people reviews are like frame brand tittles then all you see is a FPV drone video flying around that offcourse does not tells anything.
@@porroco thank you :)
Goddammit. Waited patiently for this review, but gave up this very morning and ordered the one from GEPRC, the Crocodile Baby. Bit of a punt, but it looks good at least
Taking off without a fix is the issue with the gps. I found a whole bunch of gps models had issues with slow locks then I tried glonass only ones and they lock quickly.
Hey Andy. Could you please make a video on how camera mounting affect the jello (something you mentioned in passing on this video)? How hard mount vs soft mount vs TPU mount affects the jello, and what is best strategy to minimize jello overall?
Hi Andy! I finally received mine last night .. waited over two months. I also ordered the gp7 naked. This will probably be a silly question but my lr has two sets of wires hanging off the top.. one obviously to power the gopro.. but I have no idea what the other is for.
Nice always theroux, I have not seen a rock video of you looking forward to one You have heard of Eddie Van Halen RIP he was one of those people who inspired me THANKS
I was really wondering about iNav on this model and if it's worth it for something like light freestyle mountain surfing and longer range endurance where recovery might be more near impossible...
🥃 cheers 🍻
As far as I know, iNav requires a compass for the return to home to work and the LR4 does not have it. Your could change out the GPS unit but the FC does not have any spare ports to connect the compass so you have to swap out the FC as well to one with more available ports. That start to add up in costs.
All good points I was thinking about scratch building one but that defeats the point of a BNF at thos price point 😅
non Andy mate there all out of stock. me nazgul5 hd still not come yet. i was lazy and went tbs version instead of the xm+ that was in stock
I give this video 10 💫 you blow it out of the park with this one 🤓🍿👍🏽
Would love to see a vid of a long flight (Not long range) freestyle mod of an LR4 prebuilt... there are bunch of long range acro builds, but seeing this video and your take on this drone... Would love to see a MOD of this drone for long flight time acro. (Why a MOD? and not a scratch build: If anyone has a prebuilt LR4 an loves it! but wouldnt mind to spend a bit of cash to level up its freestyle potential... a couple of cheap basic changes. Maybe loose the gps, tri props, or a frame swap same electronics... bla bla yada) Imagine a 4 inch frestyle build that could run at least 20min flights?
Hi Andy , great vids mate , always watching , i have a frsky xlite non eu, That i use with me newbee drones on D8 , going analog what RX would i need?
Thank Andy.
Very great AndyRc 👌👍🤗🇵🇹
I have been waiting over a month for the analogue version with crossfire. This is not going to get much use now due to the UK weather.
great vide Andy thank u
BRILLIANT 👍
I'll use angle mode with this once mine finally arrives - supposed to be Tuesday after waiting since Aug 16, and I even ordered the analog one. Is it possible to set a throttle hold somehow on OpenTX to get it to fly sort of like a DJI drone? like, a switch that locks throttle at a certain level or something? Also, would it be possible to replace the GPS with one of the integrated compass models?
I havent heard anyone say " who'd a thunk it" in so long haha. Nice review mate 👍
I need a quad so bad. I fly my whoop vigorously but don't have anything larger. Do you still do give aways? I have a Dx6e and turnigy evo
Does the naked GoPro degrade GPS reception? On mine it causes satellites to randomly drop in and out. It's hard to believe I can't find anybody else who observed this.
dammit...they hype IS real! awesome video.
I am getting the same setup in 2 days .
Hello Andy, can you perhaps try to see how it works with 6s and what props to use, cheers mate
It's only rated to 4s
@@AndyRCchannel some are saying its possible to use 6s with a different props, I hope you are getting better too, and keep the good work
Flywoo stock in UK seems non existent, trying to find LR4 V2.
Hi Andy great review, I had to wait almost 3 months for my explorer, I have the analog version and I was thinking to sell it and get either the geprc or iflight version but based on your review It seems I have a great drone, I need to wait for my bateries so I can fly it though :(
Quick question, as you mentioned the analog version has a vtx that only goes to 450 mw, I want to use this for long range so based on your experience which vtx would you recommend to replace the stock vtx?
Thank you for your assistance, greetings from Colombia
800mw would be better for long range
AndyRC any brand in mind that could work?
@@carlosfuhrer TBS unify pro32 does 1000mw+ or standard unify. Rush tank make good vtxs too.
Slippery FPV thanks, but will those work with the antena that the flywoo uses? And will fit the frame?
@@carlosfuhrer I doubt the pro32 would fit without a squeeze. Unify might... Not sure what antenna connection it comes with. Ufl or mmcx, don't think they use sma. You can always buy an antenna to suit the vtx you're using, they're not too expensive.
hows the back arms behaving. which motors are hotter? is balanced?
But you didn't cover which one to get -- HD or Analog, which is why I watched.....
Does it support 2s battery? I am interested using it with 2x18650 only for cruising.
If I choose to get this with the TBS crossfire receiver, will it work with my crossfire micro
Roughly what would be the top land speed of this quad?
Great vid/review. AndyRC I purchased the geprc phantom after watching your vid for that. It's now happening again, need to unsubscribe lol. Looks like it's fun to fly.
I am super anxious to do acro with mine, the one thing that really stops me is the fc and esc are connected via pins. the fc is soft mounted from the esc and i can only imagine its a matter of time before it breaks. it fly super good, smooth, 12min on a 750mah 4s. there is pads to direct solder the fc to the esc. what do you think?
I am using this FC in toothpick and I have crashed it probably a 100 times without any issue. I think the pin connector is ok for 16x16mm stacks but not anything bigger. Anything will break if the crash is hard enough but it should not break from normal abuse.
Has anyone had any issues with the explorer not binding with the TBS Tango 2?
is there a way to fold down the vtx antenna to bring down the size for transporting in a bag?
put it back how you got it in the post.
450mW analog is probably about the same range as 1.2w of digital, with the right antennas of course. Some people are still pushing 5.8 analog way beyond 30km now!
Lol...that's hilarious..
if i use this to practice LOS i think it will not last one battery..lol
Hello.
The LQ of the OSD is 0. I can't ARM. Is there a workaround?
Are you bound to the quad? Do the axis move in betaflight ?
@@AndyRCchannel
Thanks for the reply.
The binding is ready.
When AIR MODE, which was assigned to AUX2 in the mode setting, was removed, LQ became normal and ARM was created.
Noice.
I really don't like dead cat frames, I really enjoy props in shot.
Easy enough to glue some old props in front of the camera. 😋
@@ShinyVideoStuff probably the best response that could of been said hahahahaha