Josh,We are honored that you enjoyed our product!Thanks for sharing you experience with your followers!😀

@crisnmaryfam7344

Жыл бұрын

Impressive!

@Editer38738

Жыл бұрын

5 years we all will be Ripping in the dark dark ... Cheers from Knoxville

@fpv-teacher

Жыл бұрын

This might just be the point that makes me change from DJI finally, what is everyone thinking?

@FATSNAIL-FPV

Жыл бұрын

Why are the 20x20 holes NOT threaded?!?!?

@jonscot8393

Жыл бұрын

@@FATSNAIL-FPV you make the decision, metric or rmerrycan

For the record, FAA requirements for part 107 operations at night are: 1) LAANC approval if in controlled airspace--per usual, but LAANC didn't used to be available at night and now it is, 2) strobe visible to 3 statute miles installed on the drone, and 3) have passed the recent 107 recurrent exam that includes provisions for night ops without waiver. All other usual requirements such as registration and spotter also apply. If you fly at night without complying with these rules, the FAA may contact you. Also, be aware that the rules allow the brightness of the strobe to be reduced (but not turned off completely) if in the judgement of the PIC it is in the interest of safety to do so (for example, if the brightness of the strobe is so high that it impedes the ability of the spotter to look at the drone).

In gyroflow look at the timeline. You have a red sync point, I think that means the first sync failed. You can delete that point and the footage will look 100 times better (smoother).

Wow great job WalkSnail! This system has really proven itself this day in 2023! Cheers!

Hi Josh, Great video and review of the walksnail V2, WoW. That looks great, I love flying with my friends at night, we meet up at a parking lot, and I am really impressed with the walksnail. Thanks for the video and information about the walksnail v2

Exactly what I asked for in the live stream a hands on review video! So satisfying for some reason 😅

Definitley impressive! Love innovation 🙌

Audio works fine!

You call that A Dark Area? Most starlight Cameras like the Caddx Ratel 2 work very Good in the dark even without ambient light around! I would’ve like to have seen how that camera performs in a pitch dark area, like your back yard JB.

That's impressive! The upgrade to 32gb of onboard memory alone would have been a nice upgrade. This reminds me of the sensor from one of my old favorite analog cameras the caddx ratel.

Definitely something Ill be getting to upgrade my DarwinFPV 7”!!

Yet again. Amazing video. This is awesome. A whole new allowed application for all who own led quads. Now one is not limited to practice time as I seem to always chase evenings hrs. And the o3 dosent do well at low light.. I see long range night races with 9"/12" quads over countryland. not with any of these systems..

Would love to see a video where you get Gyroflow work right. I have had the same issues with Gyroflow with other cameras/gyros where the stabalized video is more jerky than the raw video. Thank you for great content 🙏

I have a Caddx on one of my drones and it will surprise you how well it works . And with a ir light wow . That one works good too . I want to try the DJI 03 . I have the DJI Goggles 2 and I heard somewhere Caddx would work with them . Great video .

Would really love to hear more abt these cameras! I am THIS close to buying another unit 👍👍

Great Content

Caddx low light has always amazed me.. my baby ratel starlight allowed me to fly. It was like someone Turned on the lights in my goggles.. So I doesn’t surprise me they they brought their “A” game to their digital system

Hey Josh, can u do a comparison about signal stability of the old and new VTX. I don't really care about the camera, but I do concern about reduce two antennas to one. Will that cause a shorter range? For long range builds, which one should I choose? Thx

@JB There are in fact 3 new cameras. The gyro sensor is in the camera, which results in v2 cam without gyro v2 cam with gyro pro cam with gyro So now we have 5 VTX (v1, lite_v1, lite_v2, v2/8GB and v2/32gb) and 6 cameras (v1_micro, v1_nano, lite, v2_wogyro, v2_gyro and v2_pro) - all compatible That's actually pretty cool. I can already see my NightWhoop™

I like my polar Vista cam . Helps to see where I'm going

Ive been flying the old camera with the IR filter ripped off and it was working fairly well. It would be cool if you could rip the IR filter off the new low light camera and get even better performance.

While in the dark parking lot, I was expecting Doc Brown and the Delorean to pop up any minute 😂

Great review - 2 commissions headed your way 😉

The light performance is very good, but the blockiness seems to be accentuated during daylight. But it looks very good when flying slow.

Awesome!

@s1lv3r101

Жыл бұрын

No audio

You can take the small plastic IR filter out of a Caddx Ratel and get better night vision, but it ruins the daylight image and turns everything green.

So true on that point of flying into places you wouldn't have flown into before. That normal camera looked so dark I couldn't see anything behind that building with the broken parking lot light. Low light camera at least let you barely make out some details.

Walksnail is ticking all the boxes for me. I'm cheap, and I don't fly professionally, just for fun, but I do have an FPV obsession. I built a 75mm whoop with the 1s board and couldn't be happier, it basically makes all of my 75mm HD whoops, 75mm analog whoops obsolete, and it creates a new class of HD that is fairly impressive. When all my other quads are down for the count, i can fast charge some 1s batteries and keep flying that little walksnail whoop that could. The fact that they are advancing to a v2 this early in the game gives me hope, there will be good support and lots of updates and new toys in the future using this system!

@AlexLebed

Жыл бұрын

Could pls uploaded your kit and fly footage?

The most important thing about this video is that SPRING IS COMING!

Not exactly the topic here but since a while I exchanged my Avatar lenses with the ones from my old Foxeer Cat 3 and it works perfectly for me and is better than the original ones :) (narrower angle) But more light sensitivity would really be great and I think I will change my cams asap.

@kandredfpv

Жыл бұрын

Good to know. I scratched the lens in my Avatar HD cam and will need a replacement 😢

The further North you live, the more important low-light is. And I'm not talking about flying in the dark, but rather flying at dusk, when it starts getting dark at 5 pm when you get off work. I prefer the Caddx Polar Cameras in, for that exact reason, on my DJI builds.

I am so glad I just received a V1 VTX off a 2 month back order..... DAMN this new stuff is FIRE. biggest BY far for me is 20x20 and HELLO 4:3

It's good your doing more videos In Knoxville.....

Great, right after finishing buying all the vtxs I needed with my vrx module!

I noticed this for the first time flying fpv. Flying till 9 in the evening and taking off the box. I qas surprised how dark it was. This was years ago back when the bixler first came out.

if we got a goggle V2 that had a Damn HDMI and or analog input, and they put a usb on the vtx everyone else could just go out of business.

🙂 Great vid, Peace

Ive found that the Caddx Polar Starlight camera is exceptionally good in low-light. Better than the footage I'm seeing here. Ive flown in absolute pitch black conditions and any ambient light is makes it such that there is actually more visibility with the Vista than with the naked eye. Its the one major downside to migrating to the O3 unit - the camera is great in daylight but pretty much unusable at night

@chrisbee5481

Жыл бұрын

O3 you mean...

Honestly those goggles are so much more comfortable than the goggle 2… if I was starting now. Hdzero would be a strong contender. But I might still go hdzero route. If I started today. But hard to complain about dji robustness. Vistas don’t die..

I've never used gyroflow, but I've heard several times the 1st, and the last part should be trimmed because the bump from setting down, and picking the quad up messes with sync.

Often one must change the rotation / IMU settings in the bottom left part of Gyroflow to fix stabilization issues.

Awesome revieiw JB! Thanks a lot! Btw with Gyroflow I have it the same... Like all the tutorial are "Just click on autosync and everything is completely stable, so just export and you're done"... Meanwhile whatever I do, I ALWAYS have worse result then without GF... I wish there would be a really good deep tutorial on Gyroflow :(

@skreamfpv

Жыл бұрын

@Tomica Stingy has a pretty good video explaining how he stabilizes his Action 2 footage with Gyroflow where he suggests changing the dynamic zooming setting to a static zoom. I think you might like the results better as the zooming in you see that makes it look unstable happens because of this setting.

Excellent flying and review, Joshua! 😃 Honestly, I don't see any point in going with the DJI O2 anymore. (I mean the Vista/Link.) This system is already much better! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@anthonyfpvminiquad1728

Жыл бұрын

Why? The Vista still looks better overall, is cheaper and the avatar still has insane amounts of smearing in comparison

@creationlabsinc.189

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonyfpvminiquad1728 he’s a self admitted analog pilot. He’s talking nonsense

Audio is working for me.

Cadx Ratell 2 and baby ratell cameras can fly by moonlight like the sun is out.

Any chance of a comparison between the vista and the new walksnail system?

Looks just like my RunCam Owl 2 from 5 years ago! Lol

It would be nice to see a side by side night of Hdzero v2 and walksnail pro camera, Hdzero does good at night

It would have been great a comparison with the other digital system that can also fly in the dark (hdzero).

Is there a way to raise the bitrate on the recording in the Vtx - that would reduced the macro blocking digital breakup. Fpv cams, action cams, security cams, all use the same sizes of sensors, as do some phones. The phone and security market volumes have diven developments in small sensor technology over the last few years. FPV gets to reap the benefits 😊

😁 I just installed my Pro system on my Apex 4". It's under my quad.. But it's installed and ready for a update. I'm just wondering if it will melt my 3M double sided tape and zip ties.😬

Buys this cam so I can fly at night but never uses it because flying at night is dumb. Goes home & comes back tomorrow when one can actually see. 😏

There a haze in the areas where the lens is focused to Infinity. And some ca

The Runcam night eagle 3 might be a bit better at low light

You really are on it buddy well done.

So is this camera like the Polar starlight camera that I love for the DJI FPV system which works great in very low light?

audeo good here

Is there any settings that can be changed on the dji air 3 unit that will allow be the get a brighter image . Like if I want to fly in low light and have it look not so dark?

I'm guessing the new V2 should be good enough to ditch a GoPro now at 1080p 🤔 And can 4:3 work in 1080p? I'm also guessing no 2.7k or 4k?

in gyroflow, rotation roll 90 degrees.

The low light improvements are amazing, and I love the new features - but the colours and dynamic range sadly don't impress.. Caddx had some really nice cameras in the past, I hope they keep releasing more for the system.

It looks like you’ve replaced the stock face foam for your dominator goggles… I’ve been searching and can’t find anything! Can you give a recommendation?

@Joshua, is there a very good night camera for Caddx Vista, something that's better than Polar?

It would be nice if the VRX could use true 4:3 aspect ratio with the new camera and 4:3 goggles (orqas for example), but I don't think it's capable to output 4:3 through hdmi.

Very nice. I'd love to see a side by side with the Caddx Polar. It seems they have a similar performance.

@thatguycarlos

Жыл бұрын

I fly 3 quads with polars and i was thinking the same thing.

@siltres05s112064

Жыл бұрын

Check out Chris rosser’s review.

@erikvf7

Жыл бұрын

@Toiletduck I saw the review there, but he didn't compare it with the Polar.. :(

@thatguycarlos

Жыл бұрын

@@erikvf7 word... Well he said there was "it's better".

@chrisbee5481

Жыл бұрын

​@@thatguycarlos which one is better? Polar ?

would these cameras work with a dji vista? great video by the way thanks for all you do brother

@JoshuaBardwell

Жыл бұрын

No these cameras work only with walksnail.

How does the new pro camera compare with the old Polar Pro?

Now add an LED in the 850-900nm range and you have basic digital night vision with an infrared illuminator

Hey Joshua, is the low light camera better than the Night Eagle 3 or Foxeer Night Cat 3 at night?

Hi JB... How is it compared to caddx polar?

Would be cool, if you would try to fly with a Night Vision:)

Walksnail has come a long way. I’m already invested into DJI but I would choose walksnail over HD zero 10 times out of 10

@creationlabsinc.189

Жыл бұрын

Analog 2.0

Wonder if 1200 mode got better

Nice video - but makes it hard to have your spotter help you 😂 Speaking of, how are the US FPV community trying to change the rule that you have to have a spotter when flying FPV ? This rule is now applicable in Denmark where I live, and I really don't see the point of it unless you fly proximity to residential areas which is ALSO not allowed,(150 meter rule).

Noon question , does this avata works with Dji goggles v2 ?

Your critics are your biggest fans. Keep up the quality work. Thank you for the review.

Time for a Gollum quad with glow in the dark props for bando hunting.

I kind of feel like i have seen this before with the polar.

Really nice camera comparison. You have a knack for explaining things. Sure you’re not a teacher?

This looks like my starlight analog cameras. Time to pull the trigger on some avatar. Awesome video! 👍🏽

Is it possible to fly in 4:3 and record in 16:9?

Honest question: If you fly in conditions this dark, is the video of a gopro or action cam on the drone even worth it?

But the pro v2 comes in one antenna . Is there any disadvantage using 1 antenna instead of 2 like v1 ? .

@JoshuaBardwell

Жыл бұрын

In my testing the performance seems about the same.

@Fz.adrenaline

Жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaBardwell thanks for info 👋

Why you doesn't use digital fpv system

Is it possible to use the pro camera on the 1s VTX?

@andrewcooke8014

6 ай бұрын

Yes, it works on all the vtx

Looks like caddx just made the polar and og DJI camera for walksnail.

@CADDXFPV

Жыл бұрын

it much better than polar.and high frame

@Deathdezine

Жыл бұрын

Good to know. The polar is my goto cam for nite flights.

I want to upgrade to HD so bad. I am ready to make the transition for sure!

Companys need to put a power button

Ooo that would be perfect for a stealth night quad if you can get some of those silent props from Zipline as shown in Mark Rober's latest "Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything" at the 13:50 mark.

@lemonsquareFPV

Жыл бұрын

Those props are amazing, talk about intelligent nature inspired design!!! Single pulse, 1.5 blade, ultra aerodynamic prop, I have never seen anything like it! 👍🏻👍🏻 would be cool to see how it would perform on our quads! Literally the only propeller that has interested me outside of what I normally use. Zipline do so much cool development and testing, definitely one of my favourite companies. My night rig is the Avatar v1 nano camera with the IR filter removed and an IR illuminator above it, on the top plate in front of the battery, blows this camera out of the water for sheer visibility and fun, but if someone has night vision they can easily spot you. 😜 The OG Avatar cameras have good IR sensitivity and it literally looks like daytime with an IR source. My favourite is flying in caves or abandoned facilities that are literally pitch dark… good times… definitely recommend 👍🏻👍🏻 I have done the same with DJI and HDZero. DJI’s cameras are pretty meh compared to Avatar, on the IR side, and HDZero is quite amazing, very, very impressive actually, it’s just that the video systems signal doesn’t do as well in complex stone/steel and high penetration environments. But for flying around the neighbourhood at night it’s awesome. 🤌🏻 I rip the Runcam90 with the Predator 5 lens and an IR illuminator and it is literally one of my favourite things in FPV, so good!!! 😊 IR is the best way to fly in the dark, for me, otherwise even with an amazing high gain camera it’s just hard to see and more stress than fun. Good luck dodging branches and such 😜 with IR, the smallest little branch glows, and I can rip through a forest faster than in the daytime. Happy flying.

Great video JB. The fact that the pro camera doesn’t increase FOV in 4:3 mode is enough for me to be very happy with DJI.

I find the compression artifacts in both the V1 and V2 cameras while flying during the day are SUPER noticeable. Anyone else seeing this?

@JoshuaBardwell

Жыл бұрын

Are you watching in 4k? KZread has bad artifacts atower resolutions.

@anthonyfpvminiquad1728

Жыл бұрын

The smearing looks insane to me and the artifacts arr from oversharpness

@adamdude

Жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaBardwell yep, turned on 4k and I can definitely notice the artifacts. It seems more like the compression refresh rate is slow. So it causes the compression artifacts to not change smoothly leaving a more blocky look sometimes.

No audio. Hopfully it's just still processing by YT

@MCsCreations

Жыл бұрын

It sounds normal now, at least.

@KenPiper

Жыл бұрын

I had the same problem, reloaded the video and it worked fine, guess it's just because we clicked the notification too fast

Not hearing any audio

With gyroflow, I've found that I need to set the "rough gyro offset" to be the distance from the start of the video to the point the quad was armed, in seconds, accurate to a second or two. Only then will AutoSync produce a good sync.

@JoshuaBardwell

Жыл бұрын

I think the gyro offset should be zero because the camera is recording the gyro data, not the fc.

@timlong7289

Жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaBardwell Oh yes, good point Joshua. But the sync you got using AutoSync was pretty poor. I would want at least 8 or so good (green) sync points and you only had 2. Perhaps adding a few manual sync points would be the way to go.

@JoshuaBardwell

Жыл бұрын

I'm still confused why sync points are needed, since the gyro data was recorded directly by the vTX, I would think it would maintain perfect sync throughout. But like I said, I need to learn Gyroflow better :-(

@AdrianEddy

Жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaBardwell Perfect sync actually requires a lot of effort by the hardware and is currently only done by GoPro 8+ and DJI. All other cameras, even if recording internally, need the synchronization done by the user. This is explained in detail in the official gyroflow documentation

I don’t understand why more people don’t use IR leds and remove the filter on the lens like I do. It’s literally a night vision conversion that is so simple and cheap that you don’t need a camera that cranks high ISO. You can do it on any quad 65mm to x class. Oh well 🤷🏻‍♂️

@lemonsquareFPV

Жыл бұрын

I do this too!!! It’s one of the coolest experiences in FPV! Especially when flying in pitch dark in caves and forests! I use 850nm LEDs either from a flashlight or custom 4 LED creations with drivers. What have you had the best experience with? The Avatar V1 and HDZero V2 and 90hz cameras are the best I have experienced. And I have only used 850nm, never bothered to try 700 or 900 or anything…

@jsnlmb42

Жыл бұрын

@@lemonsquareFPV Probably the best was a de-cased IR flashlight I bought on Ali express. I built a custom 3d printed housing and powered it using a 5v pad. I could detach the light using a bt2.0 connection. The camera was just a cheap analog camera. I have the Caddx Walksnail system and used a spare lens and it’s flies amazing at night. I posted a build on rotorbuilds and I have footage on my ig that shows what it can do. But I did mess up the resistor so I have to eventually update the build on rotorbuilds.

@phranque2781

Жыл бұрын

Any videos of this?

@YouBetterEnjotIt

10 ай бұрын

😮 my topic to research tonight. Can you point us in the direction of a good youtube video? I love flying at night. But haven't changed from stock gear

@jsnlmb42

9 ай бұрын

@@YouBetterEnjotIt Well fair warning I think you could get in trouble with the FAA (or somebody...) for night flights.... Having said that there are some videos on youtube etc...just search "IR led FPV" catch22mania I think has some good builds but hes not in the US...There are also some builds on rotorbuilds that you can find. I think most people dont do it because you get rid of the ir filter in your camera. And unless you like swaping in and out a different lens for the time of day you are stuck with a really ugly color for your feed during the day. But I prefer flying with IR LEDS over trying to buy all these dumb cameras that dont actually let you see at night.

What are the goggles he is using

@JoshuaBardwell

Жыл бұрын

Walksnail Avatar / Fat Shark Dominator HD.

Who knew you were a mustang guy

I'm still waiting for a DJI low light camera that is 120fps.

You never showed the pro cam itself... I would have liked to have seen the lens...

Has anyone tried to put the camera into a DJI system?

@JoshuaBardwell

Жыл бұрын

Walksnail cameras can't be used with DJI air units. The physical plugs don't match up, and the data connection also wouldn't work.