Welcome to the club. One of the great things about fpv crawlers is that you don't have to worry about crashing. Now you just have to add pan&tilt to the camera for an even better experience!
I've been trying to get the RC community into FPV since 2020. It's still shocking to me how much resistance there is to ground FPV. The experience is just so much more fun in my opinion.
@@SurfingTacoMedia Caddx and Walksnail just came out with a set of affordable digital FPV goggles with built-in headtracking that easily pairs with their new GM3 gimbal. Super cool stuff!
It's the los for me why I prefer a non fpv rc truck. I still would have at least one for sure. Just wish I could fly los . It's two totally different worlds.
Re the bouncy camera: I've had a lot of success using 2 and 3 axis brushless gimbals based on the storm32 gimbal controller. Stabilizes your view and has inputs for rc connections for pan and tilt etc. Won't lie its hard to make it run well. But it can work and makes off road a lot more fun. Whether you have a gimbal or not the best first step to take is to build up off the chassis and mount your camera system extremely solidly. For fpv the Trx4 is an excellent choice! Also your slash 2wd can be a very smooth runner, one of my favorites for sure. As a guy that only does ground fpv its very exciting to see you dive into this! Cheers!
I was wondering how you did it. It looks great. I'm going to have to try it just to make off roading that much better of an experience. Still need to learn up on what storm32 even is lol.
@@Magneticitist its been a process for sure. I've learned a ton of stuff making it all work, i try to guide others to build them as well but its challenging
Did this last year with my 1:24 scale Powerwagon.. flying through my garden was amazing, but driving through it opened a whole new playground. Definitely something people should try if they have an RC car!
Hey Joshua just want to thank you for everything that you do I yust finished building my first quad and you helped me out verry much. Keep making the content that you do its perfect
I did this to my X Maxx last summer. Its a blast, but its super bumpy. And I build mine inside a metal housing, so when it flips over, it does not destroy the camera.
I've been doing this for a couple of years with cheap analog camera/transmitters from Ali Express. Hopefully now that it seems popular, people much smarter than me will figure out a gimbal system that will stabilize or automatically keep camera level. It is hard to see straight when my truck is doing over 50mph. Also, headtracking would be dope Come on smart people! You can do it!
I have also seen headtracking units before, I have never made one. It would be so cool if someone made it so the servos responded to gyro data so the camera would shake less. It gets crazy in the goggles at speed. @@wedgie502
I did a little narrated rip with my Traxxas TRX-4m a couple months ago on this very subject! it's so fun! Now we just need to wait until real-time stabilization is developed to put it on faster rigs. I also (not FPV, 2020/21 when I started creating) mounted a GoPro on my Traxxas MAXX and stabilized the video in post for much smoother video. But yea, it is a hell of a good time driving these around. Now put a better control link on it and use that new RadioMaster MT12 with a LR protocol like TBS or ELRS and then you can get further, crawlers don't need a strong link because most are controlling it in close proximity. Great vid!
I have one of those. It's easy to take an old prop to use as a mount and put it inside where it's safe from roll overs. I'm pretty rough on mine, driving on rock features and crashing. I found it was also helpful to tape a stick on top that extends over the hood and put a string with a weight on it since you have no sense of angle. and I've thrown a bunch of upgrades at it. A hobbywing axe motor gets mine to about 30mph compared to the stock 11mph.
I made one of those too, designed an enclosure for the TX, and slapped it all on a rc car, because I had a colleague that needed it to be able to inspect the crawlspace under his house. Works like a charm
I've been putting FPV cameras on "sleds" for years now. (I call em sleds, when the camera and vtx (and often a dedicated battery) are all on a self contained unit that I can strap to my rc cars and stuff. My favorite rc vehicle right now is a tiny 1:35 scale rock bouncer with a caddx ant and a tbs nano sized vtx. I drive it around the school where I work, into offices, classrooms around the halls. its a blast! - I had issues with the range of the control link, so I hacked my own expressLRS surface radio and flashed some pwm firmware to a elrs receiver. - Thankfully radiomaster has released a proper elrs surface radio which I just got last month. much better than the homebrew solution!
This is great!! All i need to install this setup is a soldering kit, a 3D printer, and a degree in computerscience to manually alter the fpv in DJI flight assistant!👍🏼
So far,I have fpv'd (analog) an Arrma Typhon,an Arrma Vortex,an Axial Bomber 2,and some little Losi car for a friend.I think the Vortex on asphalt and the Bomber 2 in the woods were the most fun.Its nuts driving around the house from the couch...even more so if you use a RD40 5.8g receiver and run it into the tv.
Been using RC ground vehicles with FPV to train school pupils on the way to fly FPV for the past five years. Buggies, Cars, Truggies, Hovercraft. Its a successful and well used valid process.
Awesome JB! I have basically the same truck and I put the MotionSic servo-gimbal thing in the driver seat and added head-tracking. It's AMAZING. I highly suggest the upgrade.
With that sweet, sweet radio and a little work you can set up buttons to turn on crabbing and 4 wheel steering, at which point that crawler becomes one of the most fun and challenging things you can do in RC.
I drive a full size vehicle every day but I don't fly a full size aircraft every day. That's what makes flying fpv so much better than vehicles. It allows me to see what flying is like. I like rc vehicles but just get bored quickly with them. Nice video. The only rc fpv vehicle that would be cool to me would be racing Formula one cars fpv on a track. That would be cool with the front tires in the fpv view.
Gotta put the camera inside the cab for peak immersion. My 1/24 scale axial fits one of those aio 200mw analog systems in the cab and it's great and doesn't overheat.
I used to FPV my old buggy before it stopped working . I have been on the hunt for a new buggy or truggy . Something like the Lasernut will be perfect for me!
Biggest pro of the ground rc hobby...no FAA to deal with while we play with our toys haha nice video Joshua! I have recently got into rc drifting so I am really wanting to try fpv with it too 🤘
I built a similar 4x4 1/10th scale rock crawler with analog FPV to check the crawl space of my house. I hate climbing down there when I have to repair a pipe or just inspect things. 1/10th scale tires are a little small, but they sell adapters to put on 1/8th scale wheels. I also widened the stance of it with wheel spacers. In case anyone wondered how such a vehicle would work for this job, it works great.
Hi Josh, about time you put a fpv system in your rc crawler. I have been using my fpv crawler since 2014. Next time you need to go with a headtracker system. It's a blast.
Silly thing that I made on mine: I took a busted AIO FC (esc fried), and used that as the vtx. That way I managed to repurpose an FC, and get some OSD on it!
For those that have ever played the FPS game Half-Life, Joshua sounds like the scientist that engages with Gordon Freeman. (this is meant as a compliment). This video especially shows JB's mad skills in harnessing power.
I set this up recently as well. Traxxas Summit with Radiomaster MT12 elrs for longer range, dji vista camera with pc cooling fan similar to JB in this video, but also added a servo to turn the camera bound to a knob on radio.
instead of the step down voltage reg, look at your rx in the truck. there should be an open port, just plug it in there if there isn't then get a Y splitter to help. the Rx on the crawlers are mostly 5v, some are 6.5v. The fans sold for these are plug in play typically.
I raced surface RC growing up but got out of it a long time ago and got into fpv flying before dropping it around 2019/20. About a month ago I got back into RC stuff in general and have been planning a fpv crawler for next summer. For now though its winter and I got the RCTF snowcat ready to go... just need snow lol.
Idk why more folks wouldnt do this for racing scenarios… this would be AMAZING on a roadcourse or offroad/indoor…(or oval in the good old days of rc racing)
Because unlike when u upo high in air on a drone when the camera is inside the car not on the roof you are so low to the ground and the camera are not really that good the ground moves so fast and camera cant focus fast and its a blurry mess .. kinda sux tbh
Great video. Next step - add a Storm32 3-axis gimbal to stabilize the video. I've seen several others doing that - it is a project I plan to work on soon to add to my FPV RC car.
Oh....I'm in the process of making a FPV pod, Joshua, but I don't have a 3d printer, so I'm going to cut it out of PVC sheets I made myself (from PVC pipes). I also don't have HD FPV, so I'm using a Caddx Turtle v2 and a Rush Tank Mini VTX. But I wasn't planning on putting a fan!!! I know it's not ideal, but I have some small PC fans! I'm going to see if any fits a 20x20 stack! 😃 The difference is that I'm building it with 2 sheets, one on the bottom and other on the top, using brass standoffs. So, I'm going to need to make a hole in the top part as well! And, anyway, I'm going to use it for rc cars and airplanes, fixing it with dual lock in them. 😊
I have been scouring the internet looking for a suitable mount for my Runcam Wasp/Link unit to sit on top of the Traxxas Rustler Ultimate. I've printed alot but still nothing works as good as I think this will. I am using the free connections, on my Traxxas, to run motor fans so I'll power the VTX using a 2s lipo I got laying around. Good Job. I think that I'll buy you a cup of coffee.
just use 5v fans and plug the fan in to the reciver , witch is normaly 5-6v it just works fine. i use an old analog system on my rc buggy, and i dint have an fan on my transmitter, but a heatsink. its enough to keep it from overheating but it still gets a bit warm. i dont add fans because i get a lot of stuff in there, because its realy fast for its size. i run 3s 2400mah packs (the same packs i use in series for my 7" drone) also i use the balance plug to power the vtx and cam
Really cool :) would be interesting to see if ground vehicles become more popular for fpv, it should be possible to build some quite nice vibration absorbers
cameras cant focus fast enough its a blurry mess unsuitble for racing so close to the ground .. its not like a BIG go pro stuck on the roof then watching recording the live feed is terrible because cameras cant handle focus on the ground moving so fast camera tech transmitting is not good enough yet
I did this to my traxxas slash but with walksnail an the camera mounted on the inside to protect form the elements an flips its fast an fun just wish i had other people to race with in fpv
Added an OG air unit to my Ridgerock a couple years ago, no fan.. still worked great, but need to reinforce the plastic body so it doesn't wiggle and bounce so much.. still thinking about the best way to do that.
I did this almost 2 years ago with a smaller 124 scale rock crawler, but I wanted the true perspective, so I put the camera inside the cab. Works great I get just about as much range with the video as I do with the transmitter so it works perfectly fine. You just need short grass because it’s a 124 scale or drive it indoors.
I've heard that somehow the Goggles 2 can get away with that, but I've also heard they need to be armed. With the V2's you still actually need to arm it to get full power. It's a weird thing that DJI did there. I don't really know the power increase it provides but I can see an increase in consumption with it being armed vs only in high power setting.
@@kotelnikov-blog Yea I mean you still need to arm it. It gets it from an FC not the goggles. Which if not an FC can be an arduino. Chad Rains is releasing a plug in board that will do it also eventually. From Oscar Liang's website for context: "Has to be Connected to an FC for Full Power Keep in mind that even with Low Power mode off, the O3 Air Unit does not output maximum RF Power until it receives the Arming command from the flight controller. This is a concern for those flying fixed wings without a flight controller, as it currently seems that the best range requires connecting the O3 to an FC. I think this might just be a bug and hopefully it will get fixed by DJI in the future(?)."
I did my red cat Shredder I use it for hunting deer but I don't have digital I use analog with low output power so I don't use fan I put infrared and use night vision lens I also added Servo for left and right
Put a 1w vtx on my 1/10 about 2 months ago and was great except the vibration. Put small cam/vtx on the 1/24 scale crawlers for the kids and due to the slower speeds the vibration isn't so bad and works fantastic!
Been doing this for a while and I highly recomend a “prerunner” type truck that has soft suspension to smooth out the camera view without a gimbal. The losi Baja rey is a good choice. I’m so glad you did this video to bring fpv cars to the mainstream. Thanks bardwell.
I was gonna use the Traxxas UDR with some mods to it, they really need speed controls that allow us to run 8S but not blow the tires off and flip the thing...
When i started doing fpv in 2014 one of the first things i did was hook up a irc 250 vtx and camera to my traxxas slash and it worked good on street but not dirt. then i got a traxxas summit a bit later and it was great since it has big tires and the option of 90mm of suspension along with 2 speed and locking diffs. Butter truck?..lol
I have started my trip down this Rabbit hole. I ordered up a Traxxas UDR, I am bummed that if I wanted head tracking that I would have to either run 2 controllers or rip out the Traxxas and go with a Radiolink (I do like the Bluetooth option in the Traxxas). Trying to follow all the gotcha so the installation looks as easy as what you have here. I ordered the Air Unit 3 and after reading and watching all of Joshua info I decided to return it and get the Vista. I don't understand why the Traxxas makers can't make a little of this easier seems like a boat of money they are leaving on the table. setup: 1. Unlimited Desert Racer (AKA UDR RC Truck from Traxxas) 2. Caddx Vista (Camera and Transmitter to DJI Goggles) 3. Goggle 3 DJI (News Goggle from DJI) 4. Protek Fan Ordered 5. Battery Elimination Circuit (step-down) voltage regulator A bit worried about my ability to Solder wires. Hoping to get it all working before I put it into the UDR. After this most like will flip out the TQi for RadioLink RC8X with the v2.1 to get the 3 ms timing. That would then let me install Bad Ass Gimbal Where to get the BAG: fpvdogfight.com/products/motionsic-b-a-g-badass-gimbal How to install (Head Tracking): ruclips.net/video/hv9Ir-Lu1oM/видео.html TRX4 FPV PAN&TILT With Motionsic BAG: ruclips.net/video/kpJWaU7eGlU/видео.html BAG Planes: ruclips.net/video/GhVvaWg2TDk/видео.html Any insight I might have missed please let me know
i built a weird ardurover crawlerbot thing with fpv, and yeah heat management and DUST management has been the main problem to solve. I ended up with a mini PC fan surrounded by a cloth filter forcing air into a tupperware box that holds all the electronics, with small vents near the hottest parts.
Yeah this is super fun I did it already just taped my tiny whoop on my RC truck worked great I remember a few years back there was a guy up here on YT who posted vids of him getting in police chases out on the highway with his super fast long range RC car it was pretty cool
I think If you have 6v, you could simply try to power everything off it. Fan would spin little faster, but should be ok. And 6v is still in the lover limit of 2S. SO There is a good chance your whole system would work just all right. And if not, it would be an additional content for the channel.
I wish you go into UGVs. I thought about doing a crawler, but decided to go with a UGV, as I can add a robotic arm. And provide more electronics and programming aspects.
Mr. Joshua BMF Bardwell, Would you happen to have a 3mf file (Full Fixed) that fits the "Original" Air Unit and fan laying around your virtual world? I was so excited I went out and purchased a K1 Max, and printed your 3D Model but forgot the Caddx is much smaller. Yes I know, I'm an idiot. Maybe there are other options, I'm just getting started.
So when I did it I found a 12v fan that had 20x20 mount I printed a whoop canopy then I built a bracket out of erector set pieces. Then built it like a whoop. Bracket, fan, Vista then the whoop canopy with the camera and antenna mount 4screws run up through the whole stack. The 12-volt fan runs just fine on a 3s battery it doesn't have to spin up all the way to keep the Vista cool then you can just direct wire everything and what I did is I soldered a male and female battery connector and had the two leads connect to that so that you could just plug it in line with the battery when you power up the vehicle
This year was my first FPV truck experience. I have a 20 year old Traxxas T Maxx nitro truck, and I just made a box with an analogue camera and eachine nano vtx. I cut a hole in the bonnet and popped the camera out just above the front bumper. it was an absolute blast, but wow, the old control links with the crystals are terrible!! 😂❤
If you can find one of the old steering wheel and pedal setup for xbox or pc game racing and you can convert that into the transmitter as well. VERY cool
Welcome to the club. One of the great things about fpv crawlers is that you don't have to worry about crashing. Now you just have to add pan&tilt to the camera for an even better experience!
I've been trying to get the RC community into FPV since 2020. It's still shocking to me how much resistance there is to ground FPV. The experience is just so much more fun in my opinion.
I have an arrma 4s outcast that I would love to fpv in the skatepark or the beach
Weird. My buddy can’t wait to get a cam on his trucks haha
@@SurfingTacoMedia Caddx and Walksnail just came out with a set of affordable digital FPV goggles with built-in headtracking that easily pairs with their new GM3 gimbal. Super cool stuff!
It's the los for me why I prefer a non fpv rc truck. I still would have at least one for sure. Just wish I could fly los . It's two totally different worlds.
I just bought an 03 unit for my rc snowblower with a three axis controllable gimbal.
Re the bouncy camera: I've had a lot of success using 2 and 3 axis brushless gimbals based on the storm32 gimbal controller. Stabilizes your view and has inputs for rc connections for pan and tilt etc. Won't lie its hard to make it run well. But it can work and makes off road a lot more fun. Whether you have a gimbal or not the best first step to take is to build up off the chassis and mount your camera system extremely solidly. For fpv the Trx4 is an excellent choice! Also your slash 2wd can be a very smooth runner, one of my favorites for sure. As a guy that only does ground fpv its very exciting to see you dive into this! Cheers!
I was wondering how you did it. It looks great. I'm going to have to try it just to make off roading that much better of an experience. Still need to learn up on what storm32 even is lol.
@@Magneticitist its been a process for sure. I've learned a ton of stuff making it all work, i try to guide others to build them as well but its challenging
Thanks for your inputs, how do you arm dji air unit using FC? And do we need to change some settings in BF to play well with ground fpv? @jipper
Dude, I'm pumped he's diving into this as well! This might be the movement we've been waiting for to get more people into ground FPV.
Did this last year with my 1:24 scale Powerwagon.. flying through my garden was amazing, but driving through it opened a whole new playground. Definitely something people should try if they have an RC car!
Mount that FPV inside the bronco buddy!
Hey Joshua just want to thank you for everything that you do I yust finished building my first quad and you helped me out verry much. Keep making the content that you do its perfect
YES , YES , YES .... I'm Off Roadin . HILARIOUS !!!
I did this to my X Maxx last summer. Its a blast, but its super bumpy. And I build mine inside a metal housing, so when it flips over, it does not destroy the camera.
I want to do this to my rustler but I want to mount the camera under the body facing out the windshield I have been looking into this for awhile !✌🏽
Had a rollcage on the slash to protect the 3-axis gimbal. So much fun on the road, but nauseating on dirt.
Did the same could drive around my home but jumps for me are harder to land with fpv
Anybody having trouble with the Radio Master ELRS receiver not operating the throttle? Steering works and esc lights up but no throttle. Traxxas xmaxx
@tennesseestubby UP! Have you figure out how fiz this issue
I've been doing this for a couple of years with cheap analog camera/transmitters from Ali Express. Hopefully now that it seems popular, people much smarter than me will figure out a gimbal system that will stabilize or automatically keep camera level. It is hard to see straight when my truck is doing over 50mph.
Also, headtracking would be dope
Come on smart people! You can do it!
i have seen head tracking on a crawler (from inside the cab) and that was awesome. i havent seen any kind of anti-vibration stabilization yet though.
I have also seen headtracking units before, I have never made one.
It would be so cool if someone made it so the servos responded to gyro data so the camera would shake less. It gets crazy in the goggles at speed. @@wedgie502
I been doing it lately with DJI vista and added express and the range is crazy and so much fun.
This is so freaking Kool JB! Happy New Year!!
ive had an fpv system on my rc turck for years its so fun
did this years ago to my rc XJ but put the camera on a swivel so i can look everywhere., its fun, welcome to crawlers
Build a headtracker pan and tilt instead and install it in the car
Fun to see something different. I like it.
Thanks! you helped me a few days ago via FB. my stupid goggles question
I did a little narrated rip with my Traxxas TRX-4m a couple months ago on this very subject! it's so fun! Now we just need to wait until real-time stabilization is developed to put it on faster rigs. I also (not FPV, 2020/21 when I started creating) mounted a GoPro on my Traxxas MAXX and stabilized the video in post for much smoother video. But yea, it is a hell of a good time driving these around. Now put a better control link on it and use that new RadioMaster MT12 with a LR protocol like TBS or ELRS and then you can get further, crawlers don't need a strong link because most are controlling it in close proximity. Great vid!
For me RC cars was a natural transition after so many years of FPV drones, oh boy is a lot of fun to race RC cars on FPV ♥♥♥
I’ve been doing this for a couple years now in the winter. Put the cam inside the truck behind the wheel and blow your mind.
I ended up cutting the wind sheild out and mounting the camera in the roll cage to minimize damage from roll overs
I have one of those. It's easy to take an old prop to use as a mount and put it inside where it's safe from roll overs. I'm pretty rough on mine, driving on rock features and crashing. I found it was also helpful to tape a stick on top that extends over the hood and put a string with a weight on it since you have no sense of angle. and I've thrown a bunch of upgrades at it. A hobbywing axe motor gets mine to about 30mph compared to the stock 11mph.
I added a flight controller I got rssi satellite and distance from home. Just like arming a kwad
I made one of those too, designed an enclosure for the TX, and slapped it all on a rc car, because I had a colleague that needed it to be able to inspect the crawlspace under his house. Works like a charm
I've been putting FPV cameras on "sleds" for years now. (I call em sleds, when the camera and vtx (and often a dedicated battery) are all on a self contained unit that I can strap to my rc cars and stuff. My favorite rc vehicle right now is a tiny 1:35 scale rock bouncer with a caddx ant and a tbs nano sized vtx. I drive it around the school where I work, into offices, classrooms around the halls. its a blast! - I had issues with the range of the control link, so I hacked my own expressLRS surface radio and flashed some pwm firmware to a elrs receiver. - Thankfully radiomaster has released a proper elrs surface radio which I just got last month. much better than the homebrew solution!
This is great!! All i need to install this setup is a soldering kit, a 3D printer, and a degree in computerscience to manually alter the fpv in DJI flight assistant!👍🏼
So far,I have fpv'd (analog) an Arrma Typhon,an Arrma Vortex,an Axial Bomber 2,and some little Losi car for a friend.I think the Vortex on asphalt and the Bomber 2 in the woods were the most fun.Its nuts driving around the house from the couch...even more so if you use a RD40 5.8g receiver and run it into the tv.
I was doing this with my Axis crawler back in 2011
Did this to my SCX10 a couple of years ago. Lots of fun
Been using RC ground vehicles with FPV to train school pupils on the way to fly FPV for the past five years. Buggies, Cars, Truggies, Hovercraft. Its a successful and well used valid process.
he sounds very excited at 2:18
Awesome JB! I have basically the same truck and I put the MotionSic servo-gimbal thing in the driver seat and added head-tracking. It's AMAZING. I highly suggest the upgrade.
Head-tracking sounds really cool. I want to try it myself on one of my RC ground vehicles.
@@ddegn The channel Painless360 has a good tutorial for the DIY headtracker. It's not very complicated.
With that sweet, sweet radio and a little work you can set up buttons to turn on crabbing and 4 wheel steering, at which point that crawler becomes one of the most fun and challenging things you can do in RC.
Big like! There's nothing more interesting for an FPV pilot than how it is going around on the ground....^^
Where’d yah get the measuring stick for the screw sizes? (6:10)
It’s a 3d print, available on printables
I've got a few of these ground FPV set ups! the best is the one on my Blizzard2.0 snow cat! Blasting through fresh powder on tracks is so much fun!
I drive a full size vehicle every day but I don't fly a full size aircraft every day. That's what makes flying fpv so much better than vehicles. It allows me to see what flying is like. I like rc vehicles but just get bored quickly with them. Nice video. The only rc fpv vehicle that would be cool to me would be racing Formula one cars fpv on a track. That would be cool with the front tires in the fpv view.
Dude every little project you do I seem to want to do..so fun in process now!!
7:00 - dang you put this in, took me aggggges to realise why when I first upgraded to digital! Good info as always.
Gotta put the camera inside the cab for peak immersion. My 1/24 scale axial fits one of those aio 200mw analog systems in the cab and it's great and doesn't overheat.
I used to FPV my old buggy before it stopped working . I have been on the hunt for a new buggy or truggy . Something like the Lasernut will be perfect for me!
Biggest pro of the ground rc hobby...no FAA to deal with while we play with our toys haha nice video Joshua! I have recently got into rc drifting so I am really wanting to try fpv with it too 🤘
A little pan/tilt servo and G2 goggles and you've got a cool little scout :)
I built a similar 4x4 1/10th scale rock crawler with analog FPV to check the crawl space of my house. I hate climbing down there when I have to repair a pipe or just inspect things. 1/10th scale tires are a little small, but they sell adapters to put on 1/8th scale wheels. I also widened the stance of it with wheel spacers. In case anyone wondered how such a vehicle would work for this job, it works great.
Hi Josh, about time you put a fpv system in your rc crawler. I have been using my fpv crawler since 2014. Next time you need to go with a headtracker system. It's a blast.
Crawling in FPV is really awesome, with DJI 03 ( there's a solution ) and ELRS you get a long range off road Car.
Awesome to see you do this. I love fpv crawlers and your drone videos. Just Awesome
Scrolling through these comments, the only words that light up for me and of a further interest was Head Tracking. xx
Been doing this for years worth my crappy 5.8 rig. It's a great diversion when I can't fly!
Great clip and welcome to surface RC glad to have you. Project suggestion…include head tracking to surface fpv solution…TIA
Definitely fun I've been doing this for about 2 years
Awesomeness lives here.
Silly thing that I made on mine: I took a busted AIO FC (esc fried), and used that as the vtx. That way I managed to repurpose an FC, and get some OSD on it!
Next turtle mode.
Building with parts you have is awesome. That's how some of us build much of the time.
Then head tracking.
For those that have ever played the FPS game Half-Life, Joshua sounds like the scientist that engages with Gordon Freeman. (this is meant as a compliment). This video especially shows JB's mad skills in harnessing power.
10:42🤣Is it just me who finds this way too funny?
It was just sitting there in the drawer😂
Nice Wheels, Thumbs up
I set this up recently as well. Traxxas Summit with Radiomaster MT12 elrs for longer range, dji vista camera with pc cooling fan similar to JB in this video, but also added a servo to turn the camera bound to a knob on radio.
You should mount inside so you are looking through the front window .
instead of the step down voltage reg, look at your rx in the truck. there should be an open port, just plug it in there if there isn't then get a Y splitter to help. the Rx on the crawlers are mostly 5v, some are 6.5v. The fans sold for these are plug in play typically.
But the Vista requires absolute minimum 7V that's the problem.
Great job, I love your enthusiasm .
I raced surface RC growing up but got out of it a long time ago and got into fpv flying before dropping it around 2019/20. About a month ago I got back into RC stuff in general and have been planning a fpv crawler for next summer. For now though its winter and I got the RCTF snowcat ready to go... just need snow lol.
Idk why more folks wouldnt do this for racing scenarios… this would be AMAZING on a roadcourse or offroad/indoor…(or oval in the good old days of rc racing)
Because unlike when u upo high in air on a drone when the camera is inside the car not on the roof you are so low to the ground and the camera are not really that good the ground moves so fast and camera cant focus fast and its a blurry mess .. kinda sux tbh
@@Bogues_88 yea youre right… its prob fun for some bashing but on a track it wont be a fun time
Great video. Next step - add a Storm32 3-axis gimbal to stabilize the video. I've seen several others doing that - it is a project I plan to work on soon to add to my FPV RC car.
Ive been doing this for years in my crawlers. I also installed a set up in my 8s mojave exb. 60mph snow drift via FPV is so dam fun
Oh....I'm in the process of making a FPV pod, Joshua, but I don't have a 3d printer, so I'm going to cut it out of PVC sheets I made myself (from PVC pipes). I also don't have HD FPV, so I'm using a Caddx Turtle v2 and a Rush Tank Mini VTX. But I wasn't planning on putting a fan!!!
I know it's not ideal, but I have some small PC fans! I'm going to see if any fits a 20x20 stack! 😃
The difference is that I'm building it with 2 sheets, one on the bottom and other on the top, using brass standoffs. So, I'm going to need to make a hole in the top part as well!
And, anyway, I'm going to use it for rc cars and airplanes, fixing it with dual lock in them. 😊
I have the same trx4 and wanted to do fpv on it, this was perfect timing
Very cool to see you bring your FPV skills to surface RC's!!! Rock crawling is so much fun!!!🤘🤘🤘
I have been scouring the internet looking for a suitable mount for my Runcam Wasp/Link unit to sit on top of the Traxxas Rustler Ultimate. I've printed alot but still nothing works as good as I think this will. I am using the free connections, on my Traxxas, to run motor fans so I'll power the VTX using a 2s lipo I got laying around. Good Job. I think that I'll buy you a cup of coffee.
just use 5v fans and plug the fan in to the reciver , witch is normaly 5-6v it just works fine. i use an old analog system on my rc buggy, and i dint have an fan on my transmitter, but a heatsink. its enough to keep it from overheating but it still gets a bit warm. i dont add fans because i get a lot of stuff in there, because its realy fast for its size. i run 3s 2400mah packs (the same packs i use in series for my 7" drone)
also i use the balance plug to power the vtx and cam
Really cool :) would be interesting to see if ground vehicles become more popular for fpv, it should be possible to build some quite nice vibration absorbers
A gimbal might be overkill but it'd be sweet. On TikTok I've seen a lot of comical caravans of FPV RC car vids.
Softer suspension and tires do it. I have an FPV traxxas Summit thats like driving a couch.
The FAA has definitely helped push more of us into ground rc lol 😆
cameras cant focus fast enough its a blurry mess unsuitble for racing so close to the ground .. its not like a BIG go pro stuck on the roof then watching recording the live feed is terrible because cameras cant handle focus on the ground moving so fast camera tech transmitting is not good enough yet
@@Bogues_88pairing a wide angle lens with small aperture and high ISO sensor makes focus irrelevant. Its pretty easy to accomplish.
Yes!!!!! I knew it was coming lol i asked and jb answered 🙏🏼🔥
That fan!!!!! Wow
Very cool stuff
I did this to my traxxas slash but with walksnail an the camera mounted on the inside to protect form the elements an flips its fast an fun just wish i had other people to race with in fpv
I knew youd love it!
Added an OG air unit to my Ridgerock a couple years ago, no fan.. still worked great, but need to reinforce the plastic body so it doesn't wiggle and bounce so much.. still thinking about the best way to do that.
I did this almost 2 years ago with a smaller 124 scale rock crawler, but I wanted the true perspective, so I put the camera inside the cab. Works great I get just about as much range with the video as I do with the transmitter so it works perfectly fine. You just need short grass because it’s a 124 scale or drive it indoors.
I was actually able to run my o3 full power without flight controller. You just need to change low power mode setting in your goggles
I've heard that somehow the Goggles 2 can get away with that, but I've also heard they need to be armed. With the V2's you still actually need to arm it to get full power. It's a weird thing that DJI did there. I don't really know the power increase it provides but I can see an increase in consumption with it being armed vs only in high power setting.
I’m using goggles 2😅
@@kotelnikov-blog Yea I mean you still need to arm it. It gets it from an FC not the goggles. Which if not an FC can be an arduino. Chad Rains is releasing a plug in board that will do it also eventually.
From Oscar Liang's website for context:
"Has to be Connected to an FC for Full Power
Keep in mind that even with Low Power mode off, the O3 Air Unit does not output maximum RF Power until it receives the Arming command from the flight controller. This is a concern for those flying fixed wings without a flight controller, as it currently seems that the best range requires connecting the O3 to an FC. I think this might just be a bug and hopefully it will get fixed by DJI in the future(?)."
I’m doing this with my t-Maxx! That’s it!
I did my red cat Shredder I use it for hunting deer but I don't have digital I use analog with low output power so I don't use fan I put infrared and use night vision lens I also added Servo for left and right
Josh, I finally did it. This video made me sign up for Patreon
Put a 1w vtx on my 1/10 about 2 months ago and was great except the vibration. Put small cam/vtx on the 1/24 scale crawlers for the kids and due to the slower speeds the vibration isn't so bad and works fantastic!
Been doing this for a while and I highly recomend a “prerunner” type truck that has soft suspension to smooth out the camera view without a gimbal. The losi Baja rey is a good choice.
I’m so glad you did this video to bring fpv cars to the mainstream. Thanks bardwell.
I was gonna use the Traxxas UDR with some mods to it, they really need speed controls that allow us to run 8S but not blow the tires off and flip the thing...
That's the dream fpv truck@@BlackTownie999
I absolutely love it, I was in the middle of doing this using the rush tank but Bardwell beat me to it!😂
When i started doing fpv in 2014 one of the first things i did was hook up a irc 250 vtx and camera to my traxxas slash and it worked good on street but not dirt. then i got a traxxas summit a bit later and it was great since it has big tires and the option of 90mm of suspension along with 2 speed and locking diffs. Butter truck?..lol
I have started my trip down this Rabbit hole. I ordered up a Traxxas UDR, I am bummed that if I wanted head tracking that I would have to either run 2 controllers or rip out the Traxxas and go with a Radiolink (I do like the Bluetooth option in the Traxxas). Trying to follow all the gotcha so the installation looks as easy as what you have here. I ordered the Air Unit 3 and after reading and watching all of Joshua info I decided to return it and get the Vista. I don't understand why the Traxxas makers can't make a little of this easier seems like a boat of money they are leaving on the table.
setup:
1. Unlimited Desert Racer (AKA UDR RC Truck from Traxxas)
2. Caddx Vista (Camera and Transmitter to DJI Goggles)
3. Goggle 3 DJI (News Goggle from DJI)
4. Protek Fan Ordered
5. Battery Elimination Circuit (step-down) voltage regulator
A bit worried about my ability to Solder wires. Hoping to get it all working before I put it into the UDR.
After this most like will flip out the TQi for RadioLink RC8X with the v2.1 to get the 3 ms timing. That would then let me install Bad Ass Gimbal
Where to get the BAG:
fpvdogfight.com/products/motionsic-b-a-g-badass-gimbal
How to install (Head Tracking):
ruclips.net/video/hv9Ir-Lu1oM/видео.html
TRX4 FPV PAN&TILT With Motionsic BAG:
ruclips.net/video/kpJWaU7eGlU/видео.html
BAG Planes:
ruclips.net/video/GhVvaWg2TDk/видео.html
Any insight I might have missed please let me know
omg I remember the video when you walked into frame with an armful of those Vistas during peak COVID, lol
i built a weird ardurover crawlerbot thing with fpv, and yeah heat management and DUST management has been the main problem to solve. I ended up with a mini PC fan surrounded by a cloth filter forcing air into a tupperware box that holds all the electronics, with small vents near the hottest parts.
I guess I better get out my old Losi racing setup. However am I really going to go back to using a Spektrum radio? Hmmm....
Yeah this is super fun I did it already just taped my tiny whoop on my RC truck worked great I remember a few years back there was a guy up here on YT who posted vids of him getting in police chases out on the highway with his super fast long range RC car it was pretty cool
I think If you have 6v, you could simply try to power everything off it. Fan would spin little faster, but should be ok. And 6v is still in the lover limit of 2S. SO There is a good chance your whole system would work just all right. And if not, it would be an additional content for the channel.
I wish you go into UGVs. I thought about doing a crawler, but decided to go with a UGV, as I can add a robotic arm. And provide more electronics and programming aspects.
2:15 thaking all these noises and making them my edgeTX sounds 😂
You need a head tracking Gimbal....I am so all in for this new character arc
Mr. Joshua BMF Bardwell, Would you happen to have a 3mf file (Full Fixed) that fits the "Original" Air Unit and fan laying around your virtual world? I was so excited I went out and purchased a K1 Max, and printed your 3D Model but forgot the Caddx is much smaller. Yes I know, I'm an idiot. Maybe there are other options, I'm just getting started.
So when I did it I found a 12v fan that had 20x20 mount I printed a whoop canopy then I built a bracket out of erector set pieces.
Then built it like a whoop. Bracket, fan, Vista then the whoop canopy with the camera and antenna mount 4screws run up through the whole stack. The 12-volt fan runs just fine on a 3s battery it doesn't have to spin up all the way to keep the Vista cool then you can just direct wire everything and what I did is I soldered a male and female battery connector and had the two leads connect to that so that you could just plug it in line with the battery when you power up the vehicle
I did this on the inside of an scx24 and I love it
This year was my first FPV truck experience. I have a 20 year old Traxxas T Maxx nitro truck, and I just made a box with an analogue camera and eachine nano vtx. I cut a hole in the bonnet and popped the camera out just above the front bumper. it was an absolute blast, but wow, the old control links with the crystals are terrible!! 😂❤
If you can find one of the old steering wheel and pedal setup for xbox or pc game racing and you can convert that into the transmitter as well. VERY cool
really easy hack. I have a nazgul evoque f5 and the trick is to tape the drone to the car! gets a little warm at 1.6 watts tho...