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I did exactly the same thing with the USB connector unit. Still, you got to admire guys who are actually willing to crawl under their model to pump in each new mission. What were AtomRC thinking?
@@Videolinquency That was a bit of a fumble from atomrc. Nothing major though
A bit windy JD!
@timtheplaneman Yes sir. That storm rolled in quickly. But this was the soonest opportunity for me to try this 🙂
show off : )
@@designaddict101 😎
Looks like you are in Louisiana
@@MichaelPipes101 Close. But no.
Looks like it's working right to me
@@MrCottonmouth I believe so too
i cant even get DragonLink systems anymore
@joki6395 you can find people selling DL in forums and on the Dragonlink Facebook Page.
I own 2 pair. 1st run and 2nd run production.Coming up on 2 years for the first goggle. I have 8 quads on HDZero which are all 5 inch freestyle. 3 with first V1 VTX and the rest with V2 version. The system is perfect for racing and close in flying. You hit on the key point in the video. Don't expect to fly long range unless your system is perfect. Walksnail is my go too system everday, with DJI being used with longer flying with total confidence!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience
it takes about 30 seconds for my yong heng to fill my jts airacuda max from 1900 psi to 3000 my old dookie vevor compressor that broke in 5 months! took like 5 to 7 minutes
I just watched your nano goblin build video from 6 years ago and was like let me see if he is still in the flying game. And sure enough you are. Good to see another blk man in here with me
Yes sir! FPV for Life
Nice. I find the little 3800kV stock motors that come with these to be a bit lacking as well. Mine flies okay, launches are scary since it 'dips' before rising up, but after half a dozen flights, it feels like there's some play in the bearings and it 'howls' like crazy on launch. I do have one of those talon motors floating around somewhere. But I've got to stick to 3S for now, since I invested in a few 3S lipos. Weirdly I can't find any of those stock 3800kV motors anywhere; bit of a headscratcher working out what to replace it with.
Totally agree. 4s is so much better. Just have to be careful with the amount of throttle on launch. 🙂
Very nice thought glad you didn’t have to play around in different modes to dial too much in your in great shape
Thank you sir 😊
Thats awesome those look like loads of fun! Keep up the great work!
Thanks! Will do!
Looks like it's totally locked in..!!
Inav 7.1 for ya 😉
nice job
Sweet!
Thanks! I like to think it is too
So loiter is the old "Position hold" right? What I have to add to my switch/nodes to hold the altitude and to fly circles in the air?
All you need is loiter mode. And set the radius in advance settings in inav. The default settings are okay.
What the vtx and power
What I like about the 177 the trajectory is flat and you can shoot heavyweight 177 for higher impact for larger game…not too mention longer distance with having to upgrade to the magnum rifles
Ever though tof using a good microphone to record with? Would be nice to hear what you are saying!!
Try using close captions
3/16 is for 22cal only!!! Go one size smaller for.177cal
Yep I agree. I tried one hole on my ammo belt starting at (uk 4mm) and it didn't really do anything. Tried 4.5mm and it started to take the flanges slightly. The 4.8mm (which is near as damn it a 3/16) smoothed the hole out perfectly BUT the pellet moves in the belt hole and can fall out. I also checked the claim that the flanges damage the pellet - 100% they do - I pushed a pellet through and there were 4 clear marks on the head and dome of an excite .177 pellet. I did it again on the same pellet reoriented and there were 4 more.
Love this video. I'm actually about to buy one of these. What battery are you runnin?
My setup wasn't stock. I ran 4s on mines. See my channel to find the setup video for this plane
Ok sure thing. Thanks
What battery do u recommend
All depends on the auw and how you lay the components out across the frame. I'm not a low voltage guy and mah guy. So I went with a custom made 3s li-ion. Which isn't ideal for most. So I would have to refer you to what zohd recommended for this plane in the specs.
Does it come with controller?
No
Creasy fly well done🎉messing!
Oh u got a few toys😏😏😎
Yes sir. It looks totally different today
How do you get it to fly so smooth? Mine flies like it's on a gravel road.
I would have to see what yours looks like in action to know the difference 🤔
Your issue could be the wind bouncing off all those houses. You should try going out to an open field to fly.
@@JD_1 kzread.info/dash/bejne/hGejrNl_gNLQo9o.htmlfeature=shared What do you think?
kzread.info/dash/bejne/oHymyKalqd2eh5s.htmlfeature=shared I fixed the OSD on this one @@JD_1
Definitely look into Express LRS 915 ( has a lot higher telemetry output than 2.4 version) over crossfire if you’re not going to use the DragonLink. I switched out all my crossfire and love it.
Cool. Thanks for the insight 😎
Are you in Florida? Would like to meet up if so?
No unfortunately. Sorry
I recently picked up a FX-61. Big, light, a bit flexi. I am putting pencil to napkin to modernize it without changing the good things. Everything is on the table. Shave the foam blocking the motor/prop. Twin Tractor? Arduplane? DIY servo retracs?
Nice! Retracts 🤔 That would actually be pretty cool. I will have to consider that. Since it will be a lot lighter with the new components. Thanks
If you do decide to remove and fill in the spaces you can use a thin sheet of paper and trace the existing shapes exactly and then transfer it to spare foam and then after go over it smoothly with a blade then use drywall spackle and sand everything and you won’t be able to notice anything once you cover it you’ve mentioned a million times about the X-5 and I’m happy you got it i laughed when i saw the FC i was like dam that’s old school 🤣 that’s even older than my Eagletree i use one things for sure it’ll fly better today once your done because of the amount of weight loss it’ll get shortening the wires smaller lighter motors new inav fc and the crossfire weigh it first before anything this way you can compare apples yesterday to apples today with newer technology
It will be a lot lighter for sure. Just by changing out the motor and prop. It's 900 something grams now without the battery. I believe I can shave off close to 200 maybe 250 grams just by changing out the components. Will be very nice. But this plane likes alot of nose weight. So i will have fun designing a p&t for it. May do a retract landing gear of some type on it 🤔
Awesome find! Some TLC and it will love you back. ♥👍 One possible option for telemetry might be to add telemetry using a 2nd receiver with Crossfire, or ELRS by only connecting Tx, (no Rx) in parallel with with connected Tx/Rx of DragonLink (I have not tried, but though would make for interesting experiment). Adding an optical isolator on the 2nd Rx line would ensure electrical isolation (they <$1). Give you something to think about, as a possible hardware solution. INAV might even have a config option to pass out telemetry on a secondary UART, which would eliminate need for optical isolator.
Grand ideal. Thank you! I'm honestly hoping that inav will work now with streaming telemetry thru Dragonlink. But telemetry is honestly not high on my list, considering i only use it today for audible information coming from radio. So we will see. I'm hoping for the best. I'm still debating on the role of this setup. It's more of a sentimental and collection piece for me. But I for sure want it to be fast and efficient. Probably more on the higher cruise speed side of the house. So I know I asked you this before... But when are you going to share some footage 🤔 I know you are very knowledgeable, and you comment on all the known people in the hobby videos... This must be like your 2nd account huh 🤔😂 I would never tell your secert... Who are you?
Nice video man!, thanks for taking the time to explain. Really appreciated 👍 I gotta question about the vtx voltage... Do you find the vtx runs hotter on the higher voltage? I've been running mine off of the FC, so getting a supposed ~9v, I figured it might run hotter if I went with vbatt if it had a linear reg in there, or does it not make much difference as long as it got good airflow - cheers dude
No. A vtx at full transmitting power will always run hot. Which is normal. Airflow is the key to success. And pit mode or low transmitting power while sitting disarmed. Thank God for smart audio 😂 Back in the day, we would have to manually switch from low power to high before launch. While we waited for gps count to rise and preflight checks. Many flights started out at lower power and had to turn around immediately to land to change to full power 🤦🏾♂️🤣
@@JD_1 Cool! thanks for that man👍 I'm gonna give going straight to vbat on analog next time it actually stops raining here, 💯on the smart audio, yeah I turn it up as needed so I can squeeze every last watt out of the battery. I got a walksnail setup over xmas, and I have to keep the vtx unplugged while I get a GPS fix (on a f405-wmn as no user switch) - even in standby it starts getting real hot, real quick, so in kind of a step backwards. I don't think I'll be replacing my analog stuff anytime soon though, WS is a bit pricey and I like the very visual warning you get with analog when your signals getting low, also 2 separate receivers no problem, I always fly with goggles and a spare receiver/screen just in case the goggles decide to die on me - cheers dude!
Dude, I wish you lived near me, I am so clueless on this long range fpv...so much invested, so much I don't understand
It takes times to learn your gear and the do and don't. That what makes this hobby fun. Keep at it. Don't give up. Finding a good open location to fly is key as well. Ask questions, and I will try to help.
@JD_1 ...thank you sir I've been flying many years but never really fpv, flying a mavic pro is the closest. I have several different platforms and also built a ground station. I originally started with crossfire equipment but could never get mavlink over bluetooth or wifi to really work. So I built two planes using pixhawk cube fc, had everything communicating fine, fpv worked great, but no mavlink. So now I have dragonlink and I'm having trouble understanding how to wire it correctly, there's no diagram or youtube to illustrate...so I've been stuck
@theroc495 it's funny you say that. Cause I found it easy to set up mavlink with crossfire. But it was very difficult with Dragonlink. And I flew with Dragonlink for years before I switched. Lmbo The only issue I had setting up Dragonlink with mavlink is the fact I used inav and not ardupilot. Dragonlink was based off of ardupilot. Crossfire was made with inav in mind. So if you need help setting up Dragonlink, you will have to dig around the internet for instructions. Search through old videos on KZread or go to the rcgroup page for Dragonlink. That's is where the real answer is. Great community there. The owner of DL will usually respond to your questions. I'm honestly behind time with Dragonlink. Despite being a tester of the gear in the past. I just flew it without mavlink. And it's still my choice pick for my longer range missions. With crossfire at distance, the mavlink is hit and miss. But I have seen Dragonlink using mavlink working 💪🏾 at some serious range. Today I just rely on the osd feed. I use to setup antenna trackers and extra.. But I learned how to fly within the ground station point of view.
@JD_1 ...wow...I did get in touch with the guys from dl but I really didn't get what I needed...I asked bonefied pirate (Keith) since he uses dragonlink and he gave me some info for wiring up matek fc, but not pixhawk...so here's the deal my brother JD, I don't think I can fly with my goggles, I think I'll get motion sickness quick, so my goal was to fly with mission planner and use the live map and my video feed to my PC. Ardupilot is so advanced, I haven't flown to confirm, but that's all I hear. So I'd have to fly with monitors once out of sight (I can feel my self clench up just typing that:)...I'm 64, flown forever, but just haven't done those fov flights...LIKE YOURS, IM JEALOUS !!!
@theroc495 Aww, Bless your heart. What state are you in?
Smooth fly
Nice fly
Thanks
Great video, but would have loved to actually see the Airplane fly.
Thanks! I do not have a camera person to do it. And honestly... it's so fast, the camera person would not be able to keep up. 😂 This is a small wing.
Still a great video. Actually, just ordered this Delta from Motion RC. Can't wait. THANKS. @@JD_1
c'mon man 😡 right at the sunset 🌅 you cut it off?? I thought you were gonna bring out your 🐉 otherwise man great video the nd filter actually gave the video a nice hue
I cut it cause the rest of the footage was too dark to make out anything. The Dragon 🐉 is on the bench. It's coming
Looks good! Can’t wait to get mine in the air 🎉
What's your plans for it? What gear will you use 🤔
I have the pnp was thinking about trying my 2s 3400 lipo on it for now but I’m gonna end up with 3s on it
@@dronepilot260rc why 2s?
@@JD_1 2s is working really well for me on the Dart 250g so figured I could use that same pack to fly both birds. I’m challenging myself to make more 2s build since 90% of my builds are 4s . 2s has it’s limitations but on a small aircraft like this, I feel like it would pair up well with the stock motor and esc. I had the 6s Diatone Ripper R690 which was fun , fast, and efficient but 2s just has a different feel to it
@dronepilot260rc 2s on the Baby AR Wing Pro Pnp would probably not even launch. 3s is barely enough. And the recommendations from Sonicmodell is 3s. And besides that... The amount of dead weight you would have to add using 2s would be nuts. But Hey, do you, lmbo. We Live and Learn 😂 🤔 you might could change out the stock prop. To make 2s work... Just saying.
Nice job ! What’s fly time you get with ?
Over a hour easily now since I upgraded the motor.
13:40 i swore you was gonna fly through that smoke and btw that sunset at that point was awesome glad you uploaded KZread boring right now everyone going digital and flying laps around themselves not really flying to their potential i also noticed you easily easily could’ve went further you had not used much mah totaled in flight anyway nice job ill wait for your 🐉 to be uploaded btw tell your boy i said hello i noticed he hasn’t appeared in your videos no more
Oh noooo. I do not fly through smoke. I learned that lesson years ago. The aircraft can carry the smell back with it. Not to mention ashes as well. We still fly a lot together. I do not upload ever flight I do. Glad you enjoyed. God Bless You and Your Family 😊
Nice to see this classic Baby AR Wing Pro in the air. 4S seems to be doing it's magic. :) Regarding the GPS dropouts, it could be solar interference. 2024 will be the solar maximum in the 22 year solar cycle. So you might be seeing some "space weather" side effects. (GPS signals are weak, and signals from satellites lower to horizon can be lost if ionosphere is distorted, or a blast of RF interrupts)
Most definitely plausible. Me and my co-pilot was discussing this after the flight. Or Space wars going on that are not mentioned 🙄 😂
😂 ... There have been a couple of x-class flares in last few days. Hopefully no karens with EW jammers. (EW is a growing military concern)
Great time to restore the Reptile Dragon 🐉 .. (with DragonLink🐉even 😉) On the Lunar Calendar, we officially entered the Year of the Dragon. Happy New 🐉Year!!
Can’t wait to see this in action!
Stay tuned. Still debating on what to do... 🤔 It was pretty efficient as is. And flew very smooth. Setting it up on 6s would be nuts!
What is your engine propeller combination?
kzread.info/dash/bejne/pHZtyLGyqt3VeLw.htmlsi=9ybM3Cr38_TaObbX
how much power does it have on 4s?
16.8v 🫣😂
Super efficient!
Yes indeed. I've gotten pretty good at picking out efficient motor prop combos. Glory to God 🙌🏾 for the wisdom 🙂
@@JD_1 I just ordered a pnp version of this. I have the dart 250g which is efficient but I’ll add this one as well. I like these compact ones that I can take everywhere
@@dronepilot260rc Awesome
This is one of the most underappreciated planes in FPV. I love mine, but like you it gets pushed out of the rotation every once in a while.
Absolutely a Awesome Plane. A must have in everyones collection
Hahaha, thank you for encouraging me to finish my Alpha Strike build 😂. Serious now, you didn't touch your INAV settings or FC angle or autotune during last flight 2 years ago? Problem appeared during the first turn in cruise mode, I had once this throttle up during turns in cruise mode, long time ago and changed the FC angle or the CLI nav_fw_pitch2thr (cannot remember) but if you didn't change INAV that's not the problem. Other item: during landing you see the shadow of the plane with a freewheeling turning prop? No motor brake? And two prop blades turning? Well , questions remains 😁
Nope. I haven't touched any setting in inav. And that was the 2nd turn made when this happened. I never use motor brake on any plane. I will have to look at the footage again, but will be hard to tell if one of the blades is missing or not in the shadow.
@@JD_1 Pusher props with motor braking on just before landing are most of the times rotating until the point of least wind force, which is the horizontal position. For me the max possible motor brake setting in the PWM esc or in the BLHeli settings in case DShot is possible, works best for the fast wings. If the prop is still rotating during low throttle, the changes of breaking a prop are much bigger. Worth a try, cost you nothing and can save you a few props, maybe.
@ApappieK truly appreciate you. But out of my personal experience. Motor braking is not for me nor my setups. And this is with almost 20 years of building and flying experience. You can literally scroll through all my years of flying from my channel. And learn all the things I have learned.
Saw your FB message about the ZOHD Alpha Strike Hope weather improves soon for some flying. Looking forward to it 😊
Hi from south australia! glad i found ya mate,i just lost my 3rd drone ,i usually LOS fly, but now i got goggles bought a hdzero freestyle vtx n cam, but it was to hot so i left the goggles off ,bad mistake .i lost sight of my 1st 5inch build sppent 1k aud aaprox 650usd ....gone then fell down the stairs so now i can move a lil better im goin huntin hopefully find me drone not some ol snakes hehe, have a good day.peace n God bless!!
Bless your Heart! Sorry to hear that. Keep pushing forward. And God will take care of the rest friend.