Bought the system back then when it came out and wasn't even available in Europe. Been using it for freestyle doing the latest update all the time. Even if I probably watched ~20 video about it by now I still watched this one. Thanks for the great video! This is what I'm going to recommend to new fatsnail pilots!

Just about to go digital so this and your other walksnail videos have convinced me which direction to go in. Cheers Lee.

Perfect timing..just ordered mine, should be here Wednesday 😊 Thanks for this video.

Thanks a lot for the tutorial and all the info, Lee! 😃 For things like updating goggles and others, having a bench power supply is golden! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@KrotowX

10 ай бұрын

I sometimes use unused flight batteries for bench power. Kinda win-win :) But indeed having separate power supply or two is good.

Very comprehensive and just in time as I'm putting it in my Ranger T1 with a Kopilot. Thanks Lee

13:34 binding, I need this. Thank you for your quality content

Thankyou! Definitely need a good digest of the content!

I'm new to the walksnail system, really helpful tips! 😊👍

Nice work! This should be helpful for a lot of people, and hopefully save some frustration.

Great video as ever Lee - thank you!

Thanks Lee, great information.

Excellent video Lee, very usefull.

Very informative thank you!

Oh . Headphones . Thaks for the no flight controller tips for planes or " fpv sleds" to put in cars , boats , planes , and upgrade instructions for quads

This is nice. With their new nite cam, planning to migrate to walksnail from my o3 system. Dji to many drama..

@chrisbee5481

Жыл бұрын

Dji O3 what Drama ? Once you bind it, works great. Also got walksnail on the way to try

@Catiadr

Жыл бұрын

I bought the add on unit and run it on my skyzone O30, and it is awesome.

Thanks for the video.

Well done, thanks.

Thanks for the video, I just ordered my first eve HD video system - WS Avatar HD. Until now I flown only analog.

@Painless360

10 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoy it as much as I, and many others, do. Moving from analogue to HD FPV is an actual 'game-changer'!

Great video thank you 🙏

Thank you uncle

Great stuff......Thanks

Thank you!!!

tip if you can't get osd elements on the left of your goggles : there is an "osd position" that needed to be setup on my VRX module for OSD to work properly. Before that, the OSD elements on betaflight were not on the same position as the elements I was seeing on my fatshark HDO v1

Your videos are the best . Question,On the walksnail vrx , are the patches receiving antennas and the omnis transmitting?

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

One onmi transmits, all others recieve.. Happy flying

This video was really helpful at the right time. I use analog on my rc car and I've maxed out what analog can do and am planning to go towards walksnail too and your other walksnail video helped me and then I saw this come out today which is really helpful. I've ordered my walksnail avatar and vrx and parts to build a cooling unit for it. I just had one question, sorry if you already answered this. So you said before you bind through the setting on the goggles/vrx there's many grayed out options including the transmit power. Once you have binded everything can you set the transmit power of avatar to max or other power outputs from the vrx unit settings or can you just turn off standby mode as you said which sets vtx to full power?

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

Yes, all those options are accessable when an AVATAR unit is bound... Happy flying

Great video to get insights into the Walksnail system. I will however stick to DJI as I’m already heavily invested in it (O3 and it’s predecessor)…

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

That is why my videos on Walksnail are aimed at analogue pilots. I can't see a compelling reason for a pilot to walk away from an existing HD system they have invested in. Happy flying

@Cloudy_FPV

Жыл бұрын

@@Painless360 I changed from DJI to Walksnail. Goggles arrive this friday. I mainly changed because of the size of the goggles and the vtx. You can have micro drones which wont work with DJI the vtx is to big. You have onboard recording with Walksnail and you can fly at night with the pro camera. And I have more space in the frame to work with. And Caddx had a good deal for only 600$ for the goggles and the vtx with the pro camera :D

Thanks!

Yeah I preordered the recons lol. Can you unlock the recon for extra channels and power ? I would also like a teardown or just a how to, on upgrading the antennas on the recon. Great video BTW not a lot of Walksnail content out there.

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

If I get my hands on the Rekons I'll make those... Happy flying

Bravo.thenks

Brilliant video, as always. Is it possible, for those who happen to have both the VRx module and the goggles, to put the VRx in some sort of spectator mode with an independent screen, typically as a groundstation ?

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

Coming soon. Stay tuned

As usual excellent and detailed videos; thank you! I just received my VRX V2 kit and integrating to my X500 Arducopter. I cannot find anywhere which is the positive terminal fot the VRX. Usually the center post is positive but i have seen applications that is reversed. Finally, have you indigrated them with Arducopter so you can setup the VTx through Arducopter Parameters and using a RCx channel turn on/off recording on the VTx?

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

I've not setup Walksnail on ardupilot...yet. Stay tuned!

@NikosSprocket

Жыл бұрын

@@Painless360 If anyone else needs to know, the Center post/pin of the Walksnail VRX power connector is the positive pole; tested and no magic smoke! It looks like most Goggles including DJI using the same configuration for power.

Can anyone tell me what the dimensions are between the screws on the side of the camera?

Nice!! So my HD3's should work nicely I'm thinking for the RX unit? Thanks for the 3d adapter print file!

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

They will work but they can't display 720p without compressing the image. Happy flying

@k4x4map46

Жыл бұрын

@@Painless360 copy that thank you!!

Hi Painless! I`m considering using the Avatar walksnail system with my simple fixed wing aircraft and no flight controller. Should I have a separate battery for the VTX or could I power it from the main battery? And do I need a BEC?

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

You can power the full size AVATAR from the battery. The 1s version needs to be about 4v ideally... Happy flying

Just out of curiosity; do you have any plans to get into the DJI O3 system? I'm really torn right now betwenn WS and O3.

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

I have one here and not planning to buy anymore 03s.

the antennas on the HDO2 goggles are they still be used with the RX unit installed? Does that analog module need to be installed at all?

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

No, you could remove all of that... Happy flying

@k4x4map46

Жыл бұрын

@@Painless360 copy that!! thanks!!

usin my VRx with my Transformers and wow kinda wish i got the SE to use Bino tho its not 1080 720 is a step up for now

I’m completely brand new to the FPV world. Right now I have a controller and simulator learning to fly that way. I’ll be slowly purchasing parts here and there to build my own quad by next year. I’m a little confused. If I buy the HDZero Google’s will I have to buy the VRX module to get digital display? Or will just the goggles output 1080p @ 100fps. Any input works be greatly appreciated

@Painless360

9 ай бұрын

You could but Walksnail are about to release something in October that may change things, so I'd hold on!

Thank you for this . I would like to know how to adjust the colour on the camera . I find the otherwise excellent image too redI I don't use a flight controller

@Painless360

11 ай бұрын

All possible adjustments are done through the menu in the goggles. Update the firmware for the best performance.. Best of luck

If your coming form analog and have pulled you omni antenna off to use the patch to direction find your model, you can ruin you afternoon if you take the wrong omni off....

@Painless360

10 ай бұрын

I would strongly recommend that pilots use the RSSI trick on the radio to find a lost model. One of the top antennas on the walksnail system also transmits so I wouldn't remove antennas unless you really know what you're doing. Best of luck

Hello Lee…Do you need to keep the firmware files on the SD card or can the files be removed after the update? Also, does the SD card need to be formatted to Fat32?

@Painless360

7 ай бұрын

You can delete the files after update. I've not had to format a card here to make it work... Best of luck

@DannyFPV04

7 ай бұрын

@@Painless360 thanks again!

I've recently purchased XI25PPro, with Avatar HD Pro v2 unit inside, from OddityRC. I did not receive that USB-A to JS connector (or whatever it's called) so I could download videos from the Avatar Air Unit (32Gb). Is there any other way of downloading videos, or am I out of luck? What is the exact name of that cable, so I can maybe search some local stores? I've tried contacting OddityRC, but there is no reply since June 16th.

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

It should come in the package. They are specific to the avatar unit and version you have... I'd check the Walksnail site in case they sell spares... Best of luck

What about HDZero goggles with the walksnail VRX ? That seems to be the cover everything (execpt dji) setup now.

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

That works but there are new goggles and options coming out all the time. Plus, once you covert your analogue fleet to HD you don't need that anymore... Happy flying

@narr0wm1nd49

Жыл бұрын

@@Painless360 walksnail googles would be much easier to commit to if they had both HDMI in and out.

Watched a few video's about OSD/INAV (7.1.1) and I have updated FW on both the vtx and vrx. updated fonts added custom osd file and I still can't see the OSD telem on live view or playback.

@Painless360

Ай бұрын

Correct wiring and setup between inav and the AVATAR is vital. Best of luck

What cable to use to get hdmi output on goggles I tried it on a monitor and it said it's not supported but when I hook the vrx up it works

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08ZS74H4K www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08VWGSQ1D These are the two I got that worked for me.

Do you have to download the firmware to make it all operate?

@Painless360

11 ай бұрын

It'll work with the supplied sruff but it is strongly recommended to update to the latest versions to get the best performance and features.... Happy flying

Hello, thank you for your video, I want to know what share menu do?

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

It is a new feature added recently. It allows another pilot to watch your flight footage... Happy flying

@tigranmirvelyan3911

Жыл бұрын

​@@Painless360 thanks a lot

Does the goggles support on any pc simulator for practice

@Painless360

4 ай бұрын

Goggle X has HDMI in .. Happy flying

Can you use this camera system with something ‘old school’ like eagletree vector? It’s actually been a few years since I’ve used mine but I want to get back into the hobby and upgrade to digital… but I’ve never used inav etc and really like the vector.

@Painless360

Ай бұрын

You need MSP Displayport for modern HDFPV systems, and the last time I looked, Vector never supported it. Maybe someone added it to the code after Vector closed its doors? Best of luck

@chrisf5475

Ай бұрын

@@Painless360 after asking I had a think about this and don’t think it would work (unless as you say, somebody added that feature).. I gather that it’s not a case of passing the video ‘through’ a FC / OSD anymore… it’s not overlaying anything, it’s actually displaying data from the FC using its own interface? Totally new way of working for me!

@Painless360

Ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/pH2OuZaqY9nYm5M.html covers how it works. Modern HD FPV stuff uses MSP telemetry from the flight controller to 'create' the OSD in the goggles.. Happy flying!

@chrisf5475

Ай бұрын

@@Painless360 thanks! Obviously this is progress in ones sense and a slight step backwards in another… perhaps within the next few years we will see an OSD from one of these digital systems that equals the ‘beauty’ of what the Vector had! : )

@Painless360

Ай бұрын

Modern HD FPV OSDs, while being character based are full colout and allow for a huge amount of customisation. More videos on a new OSD Font tool for Walksnail coming to the channel soon!

I have tried to update the fonts as you describe but the fonts menu remains greyed out and unavailable. Any idea why ?

@Painless360

9 ай бұрын

What version of the firmware?

@SmallScaleSteam

9 ай бұрын

I believe that I have just installed 34.40.15 @@Painless360

@Painless360

9 ай бұрын

Reset the goggles and make sure that the fonts are in the /userfont directory on the SD card. Video all about this coming soon.

i got one for my tinywhoop but its wierd it doesnt bind correctly somehow i have to press bind buttons everytime i switch batteries which is super annoying on a tinywhoop

@Painless360

11 ай бұрын

I'd make sure that it is updated to the latest version with the goggles. All mine stay bound here..

@bluefpv3263

11 ай бұрын

@@Painless360 thanks for the response i got both on the latest firmware but i try to reset and put latest firmwares on it again hope that helps

I bought the binocular style goggles and had to send them back. My eyes just couldn't cope with them - astigmatism meant my brain was getting two separate images. So the Fatshark Recon HD box style goggles were a life saver for me - they are small but still allow me to wear glasses with them. (But big missing with the Recons is that they have no HDMI input so they will only ever be useful with Walksnail Avatar. Thats a BIG missing in my book). Other issue is the lens that comes with the Avatar cameras. Its very wide angle 2.1mm. Most people seem to be happy with this but I can't get used to it. I want straight lines to look like straight lines. I want near objects to look like they are near. Basically I want to forget that I'm looking through a camera. Too much to hope for? Anyway I've been searching for replacement lenses (2.8mm or 3.6mm or so) but have yet to find anything. The Pro camera has an unusually large sensor for an M12 camera and both Pro and V2 have IR blocked lenses. Makes it very difficult to find suitable replacement lenses. Once I've sorted out the lens problem I'll like my Walksnail Avatar kit a whole lot more !

@Painless360

11 ай бұрын

I've made Walksnail aware of the request. If enough ask, we may get different lens lens options....Happy flying!

@stevep4131

11 ай бұрын

@@Painless360 Cheers!

Ranges (optimum distances) for the walksnail systems?

@Painless360

Жыл бұрын

Over 30km using full power and specialised antennas. Happy flying

@k4x4map46

Жыл бұрын

@@Painless360 whoooaaa!! nice, thanks!!

@k4x4map46

Жыл бұрын

@@Painless360 thank you!!

@Crunklefloop

10 ай бұрын

52km is the current record. However you MUST upgrade your antennas as the stock antennas are completely useless, so much so that the supposedly LHCP polarisation is basically non polarised. I use 4x TrueRC X2-Air on the goggles and TrueRC Singularity on the VTX. I regularly fly out 15+km and normally my battery is the limiting factor. Last night I flew 13km on 500mw without much issue.

Is the update for font in OSD still relevant ?

@Painless360

5 ай бұрын

Not essential but good to do.. Happy flying

@Painless360

5 ай бұрын

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