Build an FPV drone in 2023 - Part 14 - Your First Flight!
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
- Today is the day you build your first FPV drone and experience the thrill of flight!
All videos in this series are in this playlist: • 2023 Freestyle FPV Dro...
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00:00:00 - This is part of a series
00:00:24 - YOU DID IT!
00:00:43 - Failsafe Check
00:01:40 - Install the props
How to install quadcopter props correctly BEGINNERS WATCH THIS NOW!
• How to install quadcop...
00:03:46 - Pre-flight check
00:05:37 - Walksnail vTX output power
00:06:51 - DJI vTX output power
00:07:28 - Analog output power
00:08:42 - Sample flight!
00:10:34 - I'm so proud of you!
Sometimes it doesn’t matter what the video is about, I just like to hear Bardwell talk.
haha same here😂
Same, his voice is satisfying 😂
agreed, him,Justin and a few others who aren't really known at all keep my interest
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Same here. Just start a built video before go to sleep 😂
WooHOO!! Feels fantastic to get to this point, and to hear JB say he's proud of me. :) I'm proud of me, too. Completed the build, and had a great first day of flying. After the fact, I had a realization about another benefit of DIY: Bothered by the routing of my O3 cable and a little 'tangle' hanging out the side of the FC -- I didn't have a MOMENT'S hesitation about grabbing the driver, removing the top plate, removing the FC and cleaning up the cable -- and had the whole build buttoned back up and ready to fly in just a few minutes time. The confidence of knowing EVERY detail about the assembly and custruction of the build, and exactly steps any process would entail - was something I haven't experienced with previous (either commercial DJI, or bind-n-fly) quads. Thanks again for all of the inspiration, information, and mentorship!
damn I had never realised this but that's 100% something I have with my kwads, although many times it's knowing how much of a hassle it's gonna be ahah
Just finished the build. First build for me, first 5" quad. First flight today and it is AWESOME!! I LOVE IT! If anyone is thinking about doing this, I HIGHLY recommend it. Stop thinking and pull the trigger! Thank you, Joshua!
I Used this series to build a quad of my own, and I must say, the amount of detail, and thoroughness that you bring to these series is so appreciated. Every possible question I may have had you answered, or gave links on how to find the answer. Also your library of information is so deap I found myself watching 3-4 year old videos of yours that still were incredibly helpful! Thank you Joshua, I'm flying FPV in no small part because of you
I'm so glad to hear it!!!
That tree bump was sick!
Changing to max power on your VTX is really important. My first time flying I went blind on my Tinyhawk 3 freestyle. I did it in BetaFlight
Then came the walk of shame while I searched the area for my lost quad while neighbors laughed at me. I recovered the quad, downloaded betaflight and fixed the issue in minutes.
What a great moment for so many new (and existing) FPV pilots. Good luck everyone, take it steady and spend as long as you need walking before you run. 😊
Amazing tutorial! Would love to see the GPS one!
Along with the whole series, I love the fact that you "tied" the log to your trees, rather than nailing It in. Nice job Joshua.
If you are new to Fpv,theese series of built videos along with Joshua,is the peefect way to start your fantastic trip.
Thank you for this build series. I built mine a month or so back. With some minor tweaks for my preferences (hq prop5x4.3x3 V2S, added gps, elrs 250hz preset, xing 2208 1800kv), and it is such a blast to fly.
You are so awesome! I love you I love you I love you. This series was exactly what I needed, and came out just when all my parts were arriving. Even though I didn't have the kit you have in mind in these videos, you are incredibly educational throughout and I was able to figure out how to make mine work. I bought the wrong sized camera for the frame I have (I even tried really hard to match em up, lol), so for now only one side of the camera is screwed in. Still works just fine though :P. Upgrading from a whoop to one of these is like a golf cart to a supercar. The feeling of free falling upwards while in full control of which way you are looking is so unique and amazing. I was doing loops just looking at the ground and swooping out for an entire pack. Thanks again for the hard work you put into this content!!
EDIT: After 3 weeks of ripping packs, I am so happy I got into this. One of the best and most freeing feelings I've had in a long time. Thank you Bardwell and everyone else in this community for being amazing humans and welcoming vs gatekeeping. Peace and love
Awesome! I built my first drone by following your last Build-guide! This one seems even better, great work! 💪😎
You da man JB . You da man 🤘🏻🦾
Joshua, thanks for all the great work you do!
I have only been flying a few months and started with 2 inch cinewhoops. Decided I wanted to start learning on a 5 inch and wasn't sure if 6s was the wrong move for a newer pilot but seeing you build a 6s for a first build tutorial is definitely making me feel better about the decision. I started with prebuilt drones, which I've already destroyed and rebuilt, so I feel like I learned all of these lessons in scattered order but went through this whole series start to finish and picked up a lot still. Feeling confident to put together my first drone from frame to flight.
This series was great. I really enjoyed it. I’m getting ready to build my first quad soon I’m accumulating parts right now. Currently flying a couple Rotor Riot builds and I unfortunately been trying to fix some stuff and should’ve really finish watching the series before I tried replacing the battery lead in the capacitor. I wouldn’t of fried my ESC if that were the case. But I like learning things the hard way apparently. I hope you add the GPS and buzzer and more content to this playlist. It was really great. Thanks so much, I learned a lot
Thanks for the awesome series!
Great series, thanks. I built a 3” Siren F3 on 5-6s with 1408 2300kv motors. I used this series, plus the MurdersFPV Siren F3 build video, to finish my first build. Tremendous fun to fly!
Yeah I got to this step. Thank you so much for a whole series. 😊🙏🤝👍👏🙌
Thank you so much for putting the work in that helps us get into this hobby!! I just bought my FC and ESC (SpeedyBee f405) and I am so excited!!
PS: Really liked your tree-tap at 9:18!!
Thank you so much for this series. Great job.
Watched all the videos wish I had the money to follow along looks awesome!
Awesome flying, Joshua! 😃
Thanks a bunch for all the tips!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Awesome tutorial as always, good job
Joshua!! Thanks for the videos and the build. This was my first build ever and my first 5in. Just finished the maiden flight. Ive only been flying for about 2 months now and haven't flown larger than a 2.5 in. this was awesome thank you. One alternative to Loctite that we have started using in the firearms community is Vibratite. It sets faster and is intended to be reusable. Works great for our uses. Ill try it out on some of these drones now. Not sure if you wanted to try it out too Thanks again.
Just amazing 😍.... Love from India❤️
thank you!
dziękuję za Twoja prace dla nas.
Thank you!!
Your series make me bought your kit !
First!
I’m thinking of getting this drone with the 03 air unit for my birthday, can’t wait!
1000 gracias Joshua🇪🇸.
1000 tank you, ready to fly
👍👍👍👍
I like loctite, as some of my previous posts indicated, but I would never use it on things like props that get removed more often than a stack. But great advice and a good reminder.
Thanks a lot Joshua ... such a great tutorial , it was my first build so every bit helped 👍 Also i was wondering if i can add gps since i fly a lot on our farm and would hate to lose it in a corn field .. I do have a beeper but wouldn't mind having gps but wasn't sure if the Xilo Stax V2 has more that 2 Uarts since i'm running DJI and ELRS ??? Sorry i came from a Avata and i loved gps ..
I finally got my drone built and finished my pre flight! Thank you for the tutorials and all the information. No way I could have EVER done this as a newbie. If I was to use a Caddx Vista would the insulation be same as using the 03 air unit since DJI makes it and would it be compatible with the Goggles 2. I see the pairing in the goggles for the 03, Avata and FPV air unit. Thanks again for the help and advice!
All videos in this series are in this playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLwoDb7WF6c8l24IM83wIS94XzhuMVC2gx
We will add a gps too ? Hoping to see that video. 😊
@Joshua Bardwell, thanks so much for making this series! I want to build a whoop style quad. I think it would be less intimidating as a relative noob, and I like that I can practice with it at home. Is there any whoop style kits you would recommend, and would I be able to follow along your tutorial with one of these? Also, how about doing a whoop build in 2024? Thanks!
i learned alot with your videos. I am now getting my drone and rewatching to build. By chance do you teach how to fly and do those cool ticks or is it that easy. Sorry Newbie
Nice guide! What is total weight of analog version?
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Every time he said Deez nuts I laughed my ass off yep I no 28 year old child
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hey it flies. who'd a thought?
hey mate would i be able to find anywhere all the parts you used for this except the frame so i can custom build the frame or is it only the kit
How much does it weight with the O3 Air Unit?
Would you recommend 5 inch DC for cinematic footage, longer flights and a GoPro, less acro? Finally stepping away from Dji fpv drone .. thanks 🙏🏻
I'm wondering if its possible to add a flow position sensor to a freestyle quad . I have a broken drone with a good one in it . Maybe thats what a sonar sensor in BF is for 🤔
great! This is the best FPV school. But,,, Now that I just finished building it.... it's raining :( Can't even try it ...
While waiting for proper weather... where can I get to learn the RadioMaster Boxer settings?
Please add steps for gps 😅, ❤️ from the 🇬🇧
First flight was amazing and it’s fast! Is it normal to hear a rattling of some sort coming from the drone motors? I checked everything and nothing is loose, but I can’t tell where the noise is coming from.
Now it gets crazy, how to I use Betaflight on an FC F3 to use gyro and heading on a two wheel combat robot? Do I just use a Bicopter setting and include gyro and heading as the two main commands?
does the analog vtx menu ever pop up while flying since its controlled with the radio? or is there a safety around that?
It will only open if your quad is disarmed (the motors aren't spinning)
How mutch the weight for the flight? The mine doesn't fly with all motor works correctly
Is 2s lipo battery sufficient to arm fpv drone kindly help
How did you get audio of the quad on walksnail?
hey mate, got a baby ape pro here and when i throttle up over 25% the motors continue to gradually spin up to full rpm [ props off ] even when i bring the throttle to 0%, they cant me stopped unless i disarm, any ideas why this is happening
This was happening to me and I turned off airmode and it fixed it
Hi i am building my first fpv drone I want to use all the parts for the baby ape v2 but they do not include the antena and the 3d pars can someone help please
I really want to get the DJI googles 2 and the oled screens ,, but most the videos say the V2's are better ,, you have both ,, I cannot stand the V2 googles size , they sag ,, drives me crazy ,, I love my skyzone size that's why i fly mostly analog ,, can you clarify the latency between 100 and 120 fps if you notice a huge huge difference .. Thanks
Joshua, the video feed of where you live is just so beautiful can you tell me which state they are in? Hope I am not being to nosy, Steve from the Philippines, thank again.
Tennessee
@joshuabardwell I want to say thank you for the series. Honestly took my dream of building a quad and made it a reality. However my quad decided to pop up wildly on preflight check. Is there a video you have done that will help me understand what to do next? Or why this is happening.
If the quad suddenly pops up in the air and then disarms when you arm, it is almost always one of these things.
1. Clockwise prop installed on counter-clockwise spinning motor or vice versa. Double check the motor direction is as expected and then double check that the correct prop is on each motor.
2. Flight controller not facing forward. Go to the Setup tab in the configurator. Tilt the quadcopter on all axes (pitch, roll, yaw) with your hands. The 3D model in the configurator should move the same as you move it with your hand. If it does not, use the Board Alignment parameters in the Configuration tab to fix it. Do not use the "GYRO/ACCEL" parameter. Use the "Roll Degrees", "Pitch Degrees", and "Yaw Degrees" parameters.
3. Motors not wired correctly. TAKE OFF YOUR PROPS. Plug in a battery. Go to the Motors tab. Use the "Reorder Motors" wizard to ensure that the motor order is correct.
4. Motor spinning wrong direction. Do the same as step 3 but use the "Motor Direction" wizard to ensure that all motors are spinning the same direction as shown in the diagram.
Thank you so much!!!! It turns out that my calibration on my tango 2 was off. After watching your vid I didn't realized that you have to move the sticks in that cross pattern after you map all the quadrants. As you do it will tighten up the calibration and no more pop ups. You have put so much effort into this series that I just had to be a part of it and make my own JB quad. I'm definitely going to start showing up in your patreon. Keep up the great work! @@JoshuaBardwell
mr bardwell u might already had covered this topic, but, what is the cheapest digital vtx vrx kit i can get, i have older drones with analogue vtx from 25mw 600mw and 1w and ground units, i have recently seen how stable digital vtx are, so i would like to get myself into the digital realm the cheapest posible way, could you please share some knowledge on this topic
Basically, they are all about the same expensive.
An F35 is lost rtn flying on autopilot after the pilot ejected over South Carolina . It wouldn't be lost if it had remote ID but they dont require RID on the F35. Only on toy aircraft because of the extreme danger they pose.
Maybe they should enforce remote ID for the F35 thats flying around on auto pilot rtn after the pilot ejected.
Its funny the toy aircraft are so strictly regulated but not at all for full size aircraft capable of delivering nuclear weapons. 🤨🤔
Please show us a solution to record sound, if we use the o3 :) are there serious mini micros? thx
There is no solution for recording sound with the O3.
@@JoshuaBardwell thanks for reply. Ye o3 has no mic. Maybe you or your friends having a good external micro solution? :)
My motors are not switching directions any way to fix that i used the wizard and individual and nothing swapped
Are you using the same hardware as in this tutorial or different hardware?
@@JoshuaBardwell ya the xilo stack I fixed it just had to use the bl heli 32 configurator
Did you break the lens at the end?
No. It's fine.
What is a weight of this drone?
F35 lost and flying on autopilot rtn after pilot ejected over SC was not RID compliant.
I'm having an issue, never really happened before, but i fly in airmode, and im aware it causes errors in the pid loop when coming in for a landing, so it bounces, but my quad sometimes freaks out as of late and just spins out of control, not to many videos on this or how to fix the tune from causing errors, i have blackbox logs. im on an f7 v3 chip- BF 4.4.2. have blackbox for further detail.
That sounds like a motor or ESC problem first thing I'd check.
That sounds like a motor or ESC problem first thing I'd check.
@@JoshuaBardwell i've check the esc with a multimeter, seems good. Also not sure what to look for on the motor, accept they freely spin, or don't look to be bent. Just seems it flys good up until i come in for a landing, bump the ground, and just jumps unpredictably.I will try to inspect my esc & motors more thoroughly. If it's not those it had to be airmode i suspect. Seriously appreciate all your hard work Mr. Bardwell, It's made it easier for me to learn so much. Thank you.
first time commenter long time watcher. I have made it... Almost, I am not getting a signal bar (TX NOT binding) when I plug my battery into the quad. I do however get a bind (little C at top right corner and strong signal bars) when I power the FC via USB. I'm so close and want to be a success story. Is this an appropriate form to ask for help? Thank you for everything, very excited to get this thing in the air.
Did you do the thing where you turn model match on and then off again?
DJI S-Bus was also using same uart as Rx. I have graduated. thank you for your efforts and getting folks like myself into the hobby. WWJBD
I'm going to guess you're using Speedybee F4 and not the Xilo Stax that's in the video. It has the issue where it puts Rx2 in the DJI header and on the board to solder to.
One Question about this Dron is the Camara System include in the kit?
The analog version of the kit includes camera and video transmitter. For the digital version of the kit, you buy the video system separately, since there are several different video systems you could use with it.
Thanks.
You are the best
Unfortunately it's 10:15 at night and that first flight is going to have to wait. I tried my best.
Do you know radio that only one hand can fly! I do not have any right hand!
this hobby suuucckkkeeed
i'm glad it's finally over
Why did it suck for you?
Sucks to suck
I got it working and then cut my finger open
How much does the final drone weigh
With or without battery I got it so I can tell you
@@myersbob7517 what does it weight with battery?
@@damian4176 I'll go check
@@myersbob7517 that would be nice, I have another question and that is how long can you fly with 1 of your batteries?
@damian4176 one battery lasts a few minutes it doesn't sound like much but trust me it feels like longer
Well....second flight (first battery) and the quad is lost! Had vtx at 25mw....was throttle up abt 30%. Rolled abt 20*....lost video, snatched goggles off (put glasses back on)....
It flew off into very dense woods. Searched until the battery was dead. Never even got close to finding it. Fast way to piss away $400!
Sorry to hear about this. Always disarm immediately if you lose video, unless you are definitely experienced enough to recover another way. Always fly somewhere where if you dump the quad, it will be recoverable (not over dense forest or water for example). And best to use max power as shown in the Playlist.
@JoshuaBardwell I was in panic mode. Now I'm in wife unhappy mode. My yard is similar to yours except I'm surrounded by 100 acres of woods. No choice...well that's not true. I SHOULD have (a) spent more time in simulator. (b) gone somewhere with more open room while learning. (c) had a spotter with me. (d) not been so damn impatient to fly.
Loved putting the kit together and learned a ton from it and your videos. Guess I'll start with getting 1 or 2 parts per payday now. At least I've got a good radio and some goggles. Maybe i should do a "SUPER DUPER CHEAP 5 INCH BUILD" video with the absolute cheapest parts i can find. 😀
Thanks again JB! I did learn something today!
Hey josh i really need some betaflight help if you could get ahold of me i need help fixing a cli file my tinyhawk 2 has stopped working
Buy the DIY build kit at:
* Analog video version - bit.ly/3QtWKOd
* Digital HD video version - bit.ly/45AUklt
Link doesn’t work
F35 remote ID violation????
Would it be possible to connect the FC with a raspberry pi so I can control the drone with my computer app / wifi ?
In theory yes. In practice there would be a lot of details to work out.