ZOHD Drift First Look • Superb Plane for FPV Newbies
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- Опубликовано: 27 дек 2024
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Do you want to get into FPV but you're not sure where to start? Stop looking, you've found the answer. While this is a first look video at the ZOHD Drift, I've had plenty of time to do the shakedown flights of the ZOHD Dart which is a cousin to the drift. They use the same power system, same computer, same camera, they weigh the same, and use the same batteries. I'm here to tell you, the Dart is a straight-up beast of a basic FPV airframe.
Don't be fooled by the diminutive size of the ZOHD Drift either. The ZOHD Kopilot Lite flight controller has proven to be very competent for stabilization and return to home duties. With a 2s 2500MAH LION battery, I'm averaging about 35 minutes of flight time with the ZOHD Dart which weighs the same as the drift, so I expect similar flight time with the Drift. Toss an HD camera into the mix and you've got a competent aerial footage FPV plane with superb stabilization capabilities.
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Lost count of how many times we have been starting by having a look at the fuselage ;-) Great walk through - tks for the great contend.
The next video will really mess you up then--it's COMPLETLY backwards.
Nice detailed review man
I find it weird that they have the carbon fibre spars on the top
Thank you. Appreciate the comment...
You'll see this a lot if they're really trying to watch weight. You can install a spar on top and on bottom and between the two of them when they're glued-in, they wind up making the wing very rigid without the added weight penalty of a tube. Crash Test Hobby wings and the Defiant Spec wing do the same thing. Spars on top and bottom. The spars on the Defiant wing are only 2mm in diameter, but when you glue them in on top and bottom they turn the wing into a baseball bat.
Vey good video i have both of them i first flew the drift with the stock c of g it was windy and it spin right to the ground in a soya field i recover it and installed carbon fiber strip to the wing the wing profile is tiny and flexible after that mod and move the cg aft it flew great but never flew it again in strong wind conversley my dart fly like a mad eagle it can take strong wind can you please tell me wat kind of battery you use to acheve a 40 minutes fly thanks and keep on the good work
I made a 2s 2500 LION pack made with Samsung 25R batteries.
@@RCVideoReviews thanks wat is your cut off voltage for the lion
Thinking of getting a wing..been flying drones 3 years.. fpv acro. Thanks for information 👊👊💪💪 subed
Welcome to the channel. If you're looking at these little planes and you like wings, check out the Dart 250 too.
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Yes! A FULL configuration video for the Kopilot Lite. I’m going to need that for sure! Thanks John.
How are you going to fix the tail indexing?
I knew you were waiting for that Kopilot video--DROPPED! It's all you now buddy.
I fixed the tail index issue by using channel locks. I put them on the tube and tightened them enough to just touch the tube but not to compress it. So clamp the locks with plenty of open area between the jaws and tube, then screw the jaws down so they just touch the tube. Then I rested them on the ring and gave it a couple of taps in different positions on the channel locks. The ring popped right off. It also left a mark from it's prior glued position. Then it was just a matter of using some thin CA, re-indexing the tail boom with the ring in its seat and on the mark, then dropping a couple of drops of thin CA at the ring/boom join. My tail section is perfectly indexed and locked in place now.
PS You could probably just glue the boom in place too. Contact cement would probably do the job nicely.
I'll be watching with interest as I have had two of these little planes and have not had an easy time with them. I have watched other set up vids. and try to duplicate what I see others do but with little joy. I will say that auto launch and RTH work well. stability mode feels like I have little control of the plane in both pitch and yaw. I am going to take the Kopilot out and install a receiver to run the servos to make it a fun flyer. Other forums and videos mention that the CG needs to be just ahead of the mold marks in the wing. I hope I learn something from your videos that I have missed in the past.
I will admit the CG does look like it's back there a bit, but I'm sticking with it out of the box to see how it does. If you don't feel like you have enough control in stability mode, increase the gain a little.
Here's one other thing that I'm sharing as a "hunch" only. After you perform the radio calibration by moving the mode switch to stabilize mode and pressing the setting card button for 3+ seconds, the aileron servos will travel stop to stop twice. When they stop, move your aileron and elevator to their full deflection. That is a thing from the S6R and I too noticed at one point the stick caused the servo to move to a stopping point (not full deflection) when the stick was only at about 50% of its travel. I performed the radio calibration and when the servos stopped, I moved my stick stop to stop and that issue went away. So I have no proof because I couldn't replicate it, but I know what I saw.
Do you have a video of the modifications that you did to the Dart 250? I know I'm a year late to the game but I'm curious.
I didn't really do anything to my Dart 250--just balance it on the marks and turn the Kopilot gain way down. It flies great.
I have just purchased a Drift and hope you can answer two questions for me.
1) How did you get the collar on the tail boom loose and then re glue it in the correct position ?
2) The instructions with the ZOHD FPV camera tell you that it will rapidly overheat and get damaged. What power level have you flown yours at, and have you had any problems with the camera / VTX getting too hot ?
Regards,
Colin.
To remove the collar, I used a pair of channel locks and set them to lock so the center of the jaw cleared the tube but not the collar. Then I used a hammer and gently tapped on the channel locks until the collar came loose. I also rolled the tube while tapping to ensure distribution of force around the diameter of the collar.
I've flown mine at full power and these little things definitely do get hot. It's unfortunate they make that disclaimer because consider what happens even on a good landing. You may have to walk for more than 30s to get the plane.
If it concerns you, set the power to 200mw. You will still get very good range with that.
@@RCVideoReviews Thanks for helping me out with those issues.
Hi. I'm finally ready to maiden my Drift. Can you please tell me what "clock" position you ended up with for the Aileron and Elevator potentiometers on the KoPilot Lite adjustment board ? Having an idea of where to set the pot's will make my maiden somewhat safer.
Start low--around 11 o'clock. This is a small and light plane, it doesn't take much.
@@RCVideoReviews Thanks for the advice.
@@RCVideoReviews Do you find that if you use a low gain setting that the KoPilot also massively reduces the throw of the servos when in stabilised mode compared to what is present in Manual Mode ? I tried your suggestion of starting around 11 o'clock but the normal (around 60 degree in manual mode) servo movement is reduced to just a few degrees for full stick deflection when in stabilised mode. The control surface movements in stabilised mode are so small that I have no confidence that there will be sufficient control authority to fly the Drift. The pots have to be fully rotated to get normal servo movement when in stabilised mode which will probably give far too much gain for the gyro to stabilise the flight.
Also, re the "twisted" tail that seems common. I found that on mine the vertical stabiliser was almost correct but the horizontal stabiliser was way out of true. Some thin plastic packing on opposite sides of the slot in the vertical stabiliser corrected the twist in the horizontal stabiliser.
Question in general, how do I calculate the V of the battery, according to the KV data of the motor and esc? And can I roughly calculate the flight time based on this data?
I really don't understand this question. Voltage of the battery has nothing to do with Kv/motor/ESC. Voltage is derived from the number of cells in the pack. Nominally, LIPOs are 3.7v or 4.2@ peak. So for a 3s, use 12.6, 4s use 16.8. You cannot estimate flight time with just Kv and motor, you also need to know what size prop, motor power, and battery voltage. You should go look at ecalc.ch and play around in there to get an idea of how the variables interact.
While you're breeding planes I'll be waiting patiently for the Kopilot vid.
I'm putting the wings from the Goblin on the Drift right now....(kidding). You didn't have to wait long: ruclips.net/video/NqKFKvMlaV4/видео.html
great RUclips bro quick to the point and no B.S ! you should teach a How to review products on YT class!
Very nice of you to say so. I'm constantly trying to make my videos better, so thank you for recognizing the effort.
Hello I realize this video is three years old but maybe you or someone out there can tell me what receiver and transmitter is needed to fly this plane. For now it sits in my Banggood wish list just trying to gather info before buying. I will be getting the FPV version.
all the best
The plane doesn't require any specific rx/tx. You can use anything combo you want. I don't know what they use for stabilizers these days--or if they even still include a gyro--as the Kopilot seems to be out of production, but your RX may need to provide SBUS to the gyro.
Wow! U gaff segment was almost as long as the video itself.
Was there some partying prior to video.
And that wasn't all of it. No drinking...just couldn't seem to get what was in the brain to cleanly traverse the gaping hole in the front of my face.
should you need to replace that ring on the carbon fiber tube - www.thingiverse.com/thing:4524107
Rdq while I'm in USA , bangood while I'm in Europe
I like RDQ. I just found out they were only about an hour away from me.
@@RCVideoReviews oh wow I wish , ye , it's so much easier to get this stuff in USA than to get it in Europe I'm so jealous , once i bought from rdq I wish we had that in Europe too
@@nistax2880 We are lucky that way. I don't know how many Americans realize that.
You've hit the Satan quantity of subs as of this comment....
Will be waiting for the Kopilot Tutorial...
Thankfully we blew right by that #! I saw your Kopilot comment already so I know you caught it.
Sorry, I have sworn off everything Chinese. Not totally possible, but doing, or not doing, what I can.
Gotta have convictions. I get it.