Head tracking digital FPV is the future of the hobby where it takes regular old RC pilots like us into the cockpit of an airplane where you get a different perspective for RC flying.
Our aim as a group is to expand the horizon of fellow RC pilots to a new way of flying.
We share our techniques and equipment with hopes that you will be inspired to fly FPV with your friends. FPV air combat and formation flying bring s a team element to a very individual Hobby.
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Have you seen that girl who does FPV with cellular trucks and a full racing rig? It's pretty dope (channel cloudrc). But I like the head tracking.
yup cool stuff!
Which can fly slower the rv-8 10e or the 60e?
They are so similar but the Rv8-10e can fly slower
Flying formation with Blackstar FPV technology is an amazing experience that I'll never forget. I could taste the adrenaline doing my best to fly stable and smooth so wingmen Eric and Alex could stay close to my wing tips. Thank you for the opportunity!!
Sweet
Thank you!
Just AWESOME! Any advice for 2 guys who have the delusion that we can do something like this?
Anyone can do this with some dedicated friends and practice. Start with something easy to fly and less expensive like an Aeroscout or wing. Don't be afraid to mid-air and push yourself to get closer and closer each flight.
would you agree the better pilot is not the lead but the wingman? My thought is the lead should just be smooth but the other position needs higher pilot skills@@BlackstarFPVDemoTeam
@@gsulliv1 Lead needs to be smooth and communicate VERY well, this cannot go unsaid. The lead needs to watch airspeed/alt, call out turns + corrections and maintain a heading to make a single trip in the pattern. You are setting up rest of the formation for success if you have a smooth confident Lead Pilot. The wings and trail positions need to use their headtracking, manage throttle and have great reaction timing while being very smooth. Wing positions needs a lot of practice and depending on which way the pattern going makes a huge difference. EXAMPLE: At our field, the outside wing goes FULL throttle on the turns to stay with the lead while the inside wing pulls the throttle to IDLE to not run into the lead.
@@BlackstarFPVDemoTeam Have you considered making a video on how to fly formation? I know a lot of people that would appreciate it.
nice! very cool!
Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it
Very cool. Have u moved yo the new dji or caddx goggles yet? Motionsic headtrackers?
We have not tried the new goggles yet no. We are using our own Blackstar headtracker
You guys are good, very enjoyable video. cheers!.
Thank you kindly!
very cool, especially landing!
Thanks a lot!
impressive
Thanks very much for watching!
Now that is BadAss! Very cool!
Glad you enjoyed it!
men wing
Thanks for watching!
This is incredible. Just ordered one looking forward to testing it out in my Tomcat. Definitely seems more user friendly than INAV and Ardupilot!
Thank you very much! We hope you enjoy it, let us know if you need any setup tips!
Why no BAG?
We used this setup to show a cheap and easy way to FPV with Katana.
I want one bad !
Thanks for watching! Get your Katana Flight controller here: blackstaravionics.com/
@@BlackstarFPVDemoTeam will this be the hardware for a while with updates through development? 199 is an investment haha
What is your auto pilot? Very clear
Katana made by us, check it out! blackstaravionics.com/products/blackstar-katana-flight-controller
is this going to be available???
Hello, our current list of products available can be seen here: blackstaravionics.com/collections/blackstar-fpv-products
Is this designed for jets, or a general FC for all types of planes ?
the intended application is scale RC, especially models with inherent stability issues like jets, taildraggers.
WoW! 😊👍
Thanks! 😃
You guys need to work on cleaning up the OSD elements and the ability of the customers to place them where they want them. These are nice features but you are competing with INAV which is tough to beat considering no charge for the software and $38 FC boards.
this is indeed tough, can you drop us a link to this $38 FC board? We would like to do some comparisons.
Interesting, and very smooth UI for setup. Are there any options for Autotune, or do you have to adjust PID values manually? Is is Mavlink compatible? Terrain following? well at any rate, nice to see alternatives to Inav and Arduplane being developed.
Thanks! Katana is intended specifically for small scale RC airframes, with designs grossly out of alignment with their low Reynolds numbers. In a contrast with a typical well-behaved FPV platform, this mismatch makes some warbirds and EDF jets almost diabolical to handle, mostly because of deficiencies in the static/dynamic stability. Katana helps with that. We also needed a way to avoid crashes caused by radio/video signal losses. Katana's a/p is there for these eventualities, to keep the model in the pattern established for a particular R/C field without causing traffic disruptions. Plus, of course, OSD with telemetry and entertainment options for dogfighting and racing. And we just added a power switch for the VTX to prevent overheats on the ground, this happens a lot on hot summer days and causes aborted takeoffs, e.g. while waiting for a busy runway to clear. Everything in a small enough form factor to fit into a typical 4s racer and simple enough to setup for an RC hobbyist. Autotune might be coming in the future, for now we are just building a library of popular models, so everyone will have a good starting point for gain settings. Professional grade flight autonomy will require more computing power and sensor fidelity. If we do this we wouldn't stop at terrain following. Most likely it will be a blend of full-on high speed SLAMing with depth perception AI to about a half a click range to tackle constrained airspace in urban environments, always a tempting challenge :-). Thank you for the kind words again, happy someone understands the complexity of making things like this simple.
Now that! Was! Epic!! 🔥
Thank you!
チャンネル登録しました実機 みたいで 素晴らしい編隊飛行❤
Thank you!
That’s exactly what I’ve been building up to I have f-16 80mm I’m looking next to get mig-29 80mm
Great planes! Good Luck and thanks for watching!
electric brushless motor? esc amp ? battery s ??? excelent , ı like that .
Thanks for watching! Mig29 has upgraded castle ESCs & Shubeler EDFs. F16 is completely stock. Batteries are 5000-6000mah 6s LiPo batteries. AL37 is stock as well.
@@BlackstarFPVDemoTeam Thank you for your reply. Good work.
Too too awesome!
Thanks!!
This is awesome! You should reach out to us, we'd be interested in carrying it. Goes back to our roots!
Emailed you guys on your support page :)
Can you tell us what is needed to add to the Katana fc? (I have already a Radiomaster and a Spektrum DX9 Tx, DJI O3 and Goggles V2 with headtracker, frsky speedometer, vario/alt and GPS...)
Looks like all you need is a Katana and a plane to put all these on 🤪! Preorder link is up on our website: blackstaravionics.com/products/blackstar-katana-flight-controller
Can we have airspeed input instead of gps speed ?
yes, of course
This was apparently worth the wait, must preorder one! but can't see the "direction to home" arrow on the OSD?
It’s all the way up on the left where it tells you the coordinates. And preorder is up on the website.
Yes but if you can't send to France, no interest for me...😢
Fortunately, good news while I thought you were definitly out of business, so I switched to INAV and Speedybee F405 Wing FC to fly FPV!
We were working hard on this, I’m sure you will appreciate it when you get your hands on one.
Can't wait to be able to get one!
Hi @BlackstarFPVDemoTeam This is awsome! Good work guys 👌 Do you have a pre-order link? Cheers Evel-Knievel ✌
Yes! We do, it’s up for preorder . blackstaravionics.com/products/blackstar-katana-flight-controller
Oh man, I really wish I could figure out how to get responses from your email. I’ve emailed 3-4 times now over the past 2 months with no response. I wasn’t sure if you were still in business. I see responses to the comments in here. So I guess you’re still around?
We are here, might have missed your emails in spam. You can DM us from Insta and would be happy to assist.
Same for me, and already bought all the hardware to suit the former fc, hope it will go with the new box!
Does it support CRSF protocol ?
if the crossfire receiver has an SBUS output then yes
@@BlackstarFPVDemoTeam CRSF is NOT Crossfire, but the 2 way protocol between FC and RX. So it's SBUS only then.
Amazing system!!!! Can't wait to try it.🙂
Hope you enjoy it!
Impressive!! As always!
Thank you! Cheers!
This was easily the most fun I’ve had flying RC in a long time. Racing against your buddies fair with real data in totality different planes and finishing less than a second behind was indescribable 😁
Thank you, Yata!
Looks fantastic to me!
Thank you!
Oh man, this is a dream come true!
It really is!
Super amazing innovations for the sport! I can't wait to get my hands on this!
Thank you! Send us or Eric an email or text, and we can set you up!
Thank you for working on these technologies to push the boundaries on RC, a fantastic addition.
Our pleasure!
I’m hopeful for this one last multi function box you guys made really made it difficult to understand and end up losing interest on figuring it out to make osd work
we are always here to help whenever you need it just shoot us an email or DM from our socials. And , yes we are always learning & improving our products.
@@BlackstarFPVDemoTeam I highly suggest do a tutorial video from start to finish on either Frsky and spektrum systems. Include What’s needed to complete the project. And make easy so even tho I was warn about the 5v power supply I have no idea how to step down my voltages to the multifunction box. why don’t you guys supply that too I wouldn’t mind paying extra to have everything needed to complete my fpv project
Interesting ! Great to see some alternative FC firmware.
More to come!
HI HOW are you getting the Canopy clear enough to have a good view????? The Quality of the most kits is relay bad , and i would expect a bulry view
We create our own FPV canopies in-house. Ultra clear view!
@@BlackstarFPVDemoTeam OHHHHHR pls make a video how to doe ore even better start a business I’ll bye …….😛😀😀😀😀
Hello, controllers XL still unvailable? waiting to buy one...
Katana has replaced XL, please check our website
How, please share
sorry for the late reply but please send us an email and we can answer all of your questions about this car's setup.
Niiice!
Thank you!
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Scott we appreciate it!
🎉🎉🎉🎉😊
thank you very much!
this got me obsessed with RC's, that was so smoth
Thank you for watching!
Holy shit😂
glad you enjoyed our video
@@BlackstarFPVDemoTeam yeahhh