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The entire playlist containing all lessons is at: • Learn to fly an FPV dr...
Lessons will be added as they are released!
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00:00:00 - Let's learn to fly an FPV drone!
00:00:50 - A little book-keeping before we get started
Download Liftoff at: store.steampowered.com/app/41...
Download FPV.Skydive at: store.steampowered.com/app/12...
00:03:50 - What controller should you use?
Lowest price, decent quality - RadioMaster Pocket
* Radiomaster - bit.ly/3P3SIuZ
* GetFPV - bit.ly/3P5jWl0
* RaceDayQuads - bit.ly/3QIfN7L
* Banggood - bit.ly/3P5uwrS
My personal daily driver, and IMO best value - Radiomaster Boxer
* RadioMaster - bit.ly/3YkWUZX
* GetFPV - bit.ly/3BDFwpy
* RaceDayQuads - bit.ly/3HGL4U0
00:06:22 - Create a new model on controller
00:07:40 - Connect and calibrate the controller
00:11:29 - Turn off the music?
00:12:01 - Set graphical options
00:13:36 - Select a level and model
00:14:39 - Adjust camera uptilt
00:16:23 - Exercise: Take off
00:20:00 - Exercise: Establish a hover
The entire playlist containing all lessons is at: kzhead.info/sun/htSuiNWGmJ2GZXk/bejne.html Lessons will be added as they are released!
Details my friend details!
Hey JB. Had been watching you videos and I just started to get into FPV by buying a controller & Liftoff. Right time that you are making these videos! Thanks a ton man!
@@aravindshreyas3571yeah, i mean the sim isnt perfect but i started in the sim about 2 months ago, first time i picked up a quad, took me 15mins to adjust, as opposed to 15 hours. just ordered my baby ape pro with the caddx ant yesterday after flying my friend's tinyhawk 3 for the first time, i knew i need sum a bit bigger than a tinywhoop. been hard learning how to fly, but jb has definetly helped with the technical part (aka nerdy shit)😅😅😅
Thank You Joshua!! 👍👍👍
Why am I watching this? Been flying for 2 years now 😅
I bet you can still learn something…
Lol same
Also.. I’m “jonezen” for some Bardwell.. it’s been like 6weeks
Why am I watching this I've been flying for 7.5 years
4yrs for me but just missed hearing some new "Gonna learn something today" 😱
I probably stopped watching your videos in 2016 when I had a kid but now he is interested in flying so I’m just getting back into it again. Perfect timing for me thanks
Same. I stopped for a bit. But now my 9yo is back so I’m worrying through this playlist so I can prep her for the same stuff!
So stoked to have found this series! Been struggling for days, and this step by step orientation to the whole process is invaluable!! Thank you!!
Started learning from you about 4-5 years ago and learned a lot of something’s. It’s amazing how all your experience talking about, building, and flying FPV drones has made you a phenomenal instructor. Keep up the great work!
as someone who flew first time this sunday, i must say practice in simulator really helped. accualy i feel real quad was easier than in liftoff, but i was more afraid of breaking something.
Great feeling, wasn't it! Yup, sims saves a lot of headache and money :) I still go back to them when trying out new tricks to learn.
Been watching for a few weeks after stumbling on a fpv drone video . Just want to say the content is extremely helpful!! Went down a rabbit hole into FPV .. picked up a used zorro .. I went from not being able to move a damn drone in the simulator to winning races in Velocidrone / liftoff . about 30 hours sim , now im building one :D . Thanks for all the helpful videos Joshua.
WITHOUT YOUR VIDEOS JOSHUA, I WOULDNT BE FLYING FPV TODAY. SO THANKYOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE
This is good timing. I just bought a controller to use in liftoff to start to learn and then this comes up as a good step by step guide!
I just want to say thank you for everything. I just bought a couple of your frames the QAV S-2. That’s the best frame I’ve ever bought built and flew. Talking about smooth and well crafted.
Bro I hope this series gets 100+ videos! Not only does it teach us how to fly and great drills, but it’s relaxing as hell to watch all these different levels get played in the sim 💯💯
I ordered my 1st radio Boxer 5days ago and JB dropped this. 💜
The Boxer rules! No doubt, best radio out right now.
Just finishing building your DIY kit a week ago. It’s been a blast so far! I put a review on my channel. Can’t wait to see the rest of this series. Thanks for making it so easy to get started in this hobby!
Nice to see you after some time! 😊 thank for everything!
Thanks for the video and advice! I’ve finally pulled the trigger on a rtf fpv kit and I’m definitely going to practice on the sim.
love the content buddy.. only just started to get into the fpv hobby, your tutorials are great fella.. thankyou
Nice! Just bought the boxer you recommended! I am glad you updated the video series thanks!
I'm lucky that you've just started this series right when I've decided to get into FPV and bought a TX12M2 ELRS RC for sim practice!
It's not super boring, it's super informative! Great job
Barwell, this series of videos of an expirient pilot teaching from the very begining how to pilot an drone give me confidence to finaly star on the hobby. Now I have a point to start from zero. Just bougth an controler ( a good one) and a simulator. The nexts steps wil came naturaly. Thankyou very much.
So this is a total noob question but when I'm looking at t Purchasing a controller there are version options like "ELRS" "4in1" & "CC2500" as well as region options of "FCC" &"LBT" what options do i need??? Literally just starting and this series is going to be helpful. Looking forward to it.
Plug your question into Google, there's a lot to cover. Basically you're gonna have to decide which communication standard you wish to use for your FPV system moving forwards. Depending on the chosen controller it may be easy or difficult to change protocols.
Just bought a boxer and this helped heaps, thanks for your content its so helpful and easy to understand, ill need more like it im just getting into fpv gonna start on sim with the boxer
I'm so glad I was able to learn to fly this way. Thank you!
Thanks, this was the most informative video I have found as I am just starting my drone journey and youtube channel.
First, love your vids! Thank you so much! You got me into the hobby about 2 years ago ❤
GOODJOB!!thx ,i appreciat your channel very much, i looked at the most old vidieos to learn, happy to see a new run, i going to tell all my friends👍👍
Excellent video. The best one that I have seen about learning to fly in ACRO mode. It is nice to have someone explain how the quad responds to the stick movements which is not intuitive. That said, once a person understands how the quad will behave, then it all comes together. Learn easy, Learn simple, just learn to keep the thing in the air and flying.
You made it so simple JB!
This is amazing, I just decided this weekend to start fpv from RC car world. Then your video came out. 🎉
22:40 😂 That's so true for the first 2 hours! I found that if I try to think 2-3 seconds ahead and anticipate where my velocity and acceleration would take me I do a lot better. It's basically a sine wave that you're trying to make mimic a flat line.
Kinda same; I just focus on the vanishing point and how to go toward it. As you said, you are basically waving, floating and giving little burst or smooth throttle shifts.
This commes to the perfect time. I am all in for it. The DIY QAS-J 2 set arrives on friday and I just flew my first 10 hours in the sim the past days.
Thank you for creating this Series. 😊🙏❤️🌏🙌🤝
Excellent! Been watching you now going over a year and loving flying. Now going into Winter (NE Ohio) I'm trying to figure out what to do and while sim's are great; it's not substitute for flying so thinking 2-3" for inside flying :) Thanks Joshua!
Kids have been flying… now it’s my turn. Thanks JB
i was lost in the dark until you showed me the way!!! thank you sir you are the best. now i can practice happy knowing what to focus instead of crashing and crashing. after a few minutes i finally learn how to hover !!!!!!!! i am sooo excited!!!!!!!!!! i am a gamer so i guess it help a little.
ive just bought my first fpv drone. thanks for the help
Fantastic, detailed, but really approachable tutorial. Thanks so much!
Glad to have you back
Greatest sim explanation on the tube!
Mr. Bardwell, thank you for your guide. We have a "climate" here in Sweden that allowes us to fly 2 to 5 days a year. I have allways hated sim flying. And learned on tinywhoops insterad, but after seting the sim up acc. to your guide, it is possible to fly the simulator. I have been flying the Tanq, Geprc mk5, Happymodel Crux35, Happymodel crux3, flywoo firefly 2s, flywoo 1s, mobula7 and mobula6. But the sim was terrible and unflyable, could not go thru the opening in the barn, while i could do it in real life. Now i can train in the sim❤
Im teaching my friend to fly next weekend, thanks for the video
perfect timing just getting into the hobby
I'm 12 hours in velocidrone. My first advice would be to learn float and start and turning in both directions. Most importantly watch Joshua's video about rates and throttle control. Adjusting the rotation rates of your quad around your axis and the curve of the punch of your throttle, will change significantly your ability to fly the quad (for me it was going from 3/10 to 7-8/10). Note that flying is tiring mentally and on your thumbs, you need o say focus at all time or you'll crash. Ifyou like your playstation you can fly thumbing, otherwise I would advice pinching your sticks with your thumb and index finger. Focus on your vanishing point, not on he horizon or on the ground! Lastly, take note of the physical feeling of making a good turn, a good move or a good lap and try to renact it to understand what you did right. (Maybe it doesn't make sense, but it works for me;I literally fly with my stomach)😄
Hi, I'm an Italian guy and I just wanted to thank you for these videos you make. Clear, super precise. They took away the fear of starting out in this fantastic FPV world. Thank you
Di dove sei?
roma te? ho un problema mi sa o con il simulatore o con il controller per caso mi puoi aiutare?@@leo37194
As with all your videos, EXCELLENT. I was trying to learn on my own, on the verge of giving up, made more progress with the 1st 2 videos in 1/2 hr than several hours solo....looking forward to #3 plus......Thanks for all you do for the community !!
It's quite a learning curve right in the beginning. Keep on it!
Thank You @@feelfreefpv
Awesome video and also a great idea for a video playlist series! A good real life alternative to a simulator is a Tinywhoop also. I have a Happy Model Mobula7 1S Tinywhoop, and its basically indestructible this thing lol. Its not super fast but it teaches good throttle control because you're always using 0% to 100% on the smaller Tinywhoop, where as a big 5" drone you only need like 15% throttle to take off and hover even on 6s. But the Tinywhoop 1s is basically all plastic with nice name brand fpv parts and works great on Analog. Plus the 1s batteries are actually super easy to charge for a Lipo, just buy the appropriate charger and youre almost set with that. But yeah i highly recommend buying the Transmitter first and play the Simulator for sure! I'm talking about once youre into it for a few weeks and want to actually go fly, but your most likely still not ready for powerful big fpv drone..
Ordered a flight controller . Did a our 8 hours with an Xbox and it made a lot of drones tougher to fly
Thanks for all the videos you've made JB! They've been a big help to me when I didn't know anyone in the hobby but wanting to get into it.
AWESOME AWESOME REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND AL YOU WORK ON YOUR CHANNEL🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Thanks for doing this !
Love it. The first thing I bought was a tiny whoop. I broke that thing in the first 5 minutes lol
best time to start flying in the sim, winter is here
Thank you JB!
Used your getfvp link hopefully it worked to order after your video and couple people recommended. Its on back order but I have my new RC drift to use. going to watch the series thanks!
This is a godsend ! I was fascinated by FPV when it tsarting to gain popularity in germany ( where I am from ) mid last decade, then kindof lost sight . Idk what restoked the intereset recently - I just started thinking "Whoa YES ! I want to !" again a few weeks ago . Then pricetag became apparent - bummer . Next thing I know : this playlist . So now, wayyyyy before having to deepdive into EU regulations, learning important information and concepts of RC control and drone flying in general ( I have no clue and no technical background ), and spending loads of money...I can get into it at the cost of a controller . Had not clue at all it was so easy . Awesome ! Thanks man ! Godspeed .
I have been following you since 2016. I bought the bflight and emax baby hawk back then after watching your videos. As a beginner, with no ecosystem in my country to get into or learn drones back then, your videos were very useful. Now, I have moved to USA and have access to lot of stuff. Please make an indepth series on building drones as well. I am willing to go for it even if they are paid trainings.😊
Ok here it is :-) kzhead.info/sun/p7KweLKRnomko3A/bejne.html
May RC simulator back in 1978 was a Kraft radio and the guts to push the throttle
This is my 2nd attempt at learning FPV drones, so I still have a transmitter that I got 5 years ago. And I remember struggling with throttle management, but this time round something clicked and managed to get a stable hover.
Thank you Joshua.
Kinda glad these are starting again Idky, but I always feel like I could've done something differently with how I fly.. it is best to learn with whoops and sims....
Thnx man!❤❤
Great video JB! I need to learn my whoop so I can annoy the dogs😂
I didn't learn to fly acro until 2020, but I used that 2015 series to learn in the old fpv freerider. Thanks!
Freerider FPV is perfect for low resource devices. I ended up buying two of them because I know it works on all my devices.. even my phone.
@@MadDragon75 Yes, there is also an android version for those that don't have a PC, and I think the first level is still available for free.
Got a controller to try a sim after I got to play with a friends controller. Its so fun! I might have jumped the gun and also got a small whoop and a cheap fpv headset. Pretty hypeeeeee
I started on DRL on x box. It works well on x box if you don’t have pc. The controls are more sensitive that the controller/radio you’ll buy and calibrate later on. DRL is better on Xbox than liftoff.
Been watching for a while. Seen this and this is exactly what I need to teach my grandson to fly before kills my drone. We are going to build your step by step Freestyle FPV Drone Build For Total Beginners. I'm going to purchase the Radio Master but with what receiver? And of course I'll buy it through your affiliate links.
Dammit man. KZhead brought me a Botgrinder video, first time in years I have even thought about FPV. Now... let me see what I need to do to get back into the hobby now.... where to go nowadays? Rock on Josh, rock on. Of course, your channel was my second stop...
Welcome back buddy.🤘🍺🍺
Love your tutorials! I remember back when you were using Freerider. I have the DJI Avata and FPV and It would be good it you could help out with flying those in manual. I am struggling with turning on the Avata in Normal and Sport where it appears to turn just using yaw with no roll which is obviously different than manual.
Been using a tinyhawk transmitter until now which i've been using to learn the controls in sim (i'm not confident enough to fly the hawk yet lol) and now i've ordered a q x7 because the hawk transmitter is crap. Once it arrives i'm gonna follow this series so that i'll hopefully be able to fly the tinyhawk around the house soon
I started out on a simulator for over three months before I flew even a tiny whoop. A BetaFPV Cetus pro kit is where I started. After I was ready to get off the simulator and fly the Cetus pro, the experience was freaking unreal. The first time i armed the drone, I took off into the sky, and was flying around. I think the only reason that I came down crashing after like over 30 seconds was because I couldn’t believe I was actually doing it. Get on the simulator first and learn for at least 30 days. Especially if you think you are going to just do it for like 20 hours like some dude on KZhead and go grab a 5 inch and just take off. You’re just gonna take off with that 5 inch and lose it really quickly. Either by destroying it we’re just having it fly away and you can’t find it.
Thank you for the video! New pilot here.. I've been in the Sim for a while but still afraid of to fly for real
Get comfortable and fly. Breaking your stuff is part of the hobby.
Hi Joshua, with my experience as a newbie in this hobby, I recommend you make this tutorial explaining everything for a person who knows nothing of fpv drones. like in drone electronics, there are four separate systems (VTX, FC , RX, motor controller) with their own firmware. and in the controller, there is the opentx software and the firmware for the TX. I didn't know anything of this and I struggled for days to pair my boxer to the meteor 7, and the issue was that the version for the TX and RX wasent the same.
Yes. Here is where you should start. kzhead.info/sun/p7KweLKRnomko3A/bejne.htmlsi=e4MBPdbtKo1Mo6U7
Fantastic 1st timers(me) video! I learned a ton! One note on the FPS in the sim. If you monitor is only 60hz (most common) then trying to get the in game fps to 120 or higher is kinda pointless. Good to get that number a little above your monitor spec just so there is some buffer in case it drops during play, but not worry beyond that.
I explicitly address this argument about fps in the vide.
Hi. Thanx for all your videos. Very Informative/enriching for totally newbie🤠👍🇿🇦. So you start without using goggles?
You are a godsend, next time some one asks me, "how can I start?" I send them here..
Bardwell is the freaking man!!
Thanks for this very timely video! I just got my Boxer and have been simming for a bit. I also noticed the microscopic adjustments I have to do to keep the drone level. So much that I was actually contemplating setting up a curve for the throttle to mellow it out a little around the hover point. Is that something that's recommended to do, or should I just stick with default settings and keep on practicing like that?
Starting with a sim is a good idea but I think you could buy small non-toy grade small framed drone for flying indoors, those don't really break when crashed.
When purchasing the boxer what’s the difference between ELRS, 4 in 1, and CC2500?
Trying to buy controller as well but no idea which one to pull the tigger on any help on which one to buy?
Go erls u need a drone with erls too
He's alive!!! Lol XMas is coming, time to start teaching newbies again.
Just learned to fly semi comfortably in a simulator. I would’ve destroyed so many drones if I learned irl lol
Thanks
As a computer tech, I’d like to share that it’s a good idea to use a max fps limit of say 60fps above your max refresh rate of your monitor. The reason being, any fps above what your monitor can actually display is just a waste of energy and creates more heat, and wear and tear on the gpu. So if your monitor is a high refresh rate model, typically around 120-165 etc, I’d set the cap to 180-200 etc. the idea is just to prevent it from skyrocketing past 200. I’ve seen poorly programmed games run fps into the 900’s in the menu. This should be avoided as it can lead to overheating and damage and just wastes electricity.
If you have ELRS you can use BLE Joystick for a bluetooth joystick connection. If your computer has a decent Bluetooth antenna you'll have just as good connection as wired. Possibly as good as the radio connection, but I don't have a way to measure latency. I at least don't notice a significant delay.
It definitely does add a delay. I did some tests some time ago comparing the USB link to an FrSky Rx plus F4 FC RF arrangement. The latency was around 15mS longer on average, hard to be precise because it varies all the time due to the asynchronous nature of the various processes. Over racing laps, this tended to add around 1 second to an approx 25 second lap. I didn't notice an actual delay as such, just that it all felt sloppier. Then I went to ELRS and BLE joystick. Didn't actually do measurements on this (or haven't yet), but the lap time difference seems to be around 0.5 seconds plus. So, I concluded that BLE joystick was somewhere in the middle. Whether the delay is significant, as you put it, probably depends on what you are doing.
Can we expect and good Black Friday sales this year? from getfpv or rotoriot? I’m ready to pull the trigger on my first quad
Hey Joshua great video and super informative. I'm new to FPV and have an issue with binding my equipment. Got a pair of DJI goggles v1 locked on firmware version 608 and I can't get a new version to populate in the FPV Assistant app so I can bind with my Dji Remote controller 2 and Caddyx Vista on the drone. How do I fix this issue please?
Just my two cents, it would be better if u could also explain on ur video about how to hold controller gimbals, either thumber, pincher or hybrid and also other types
good video!
Eyy Joshua, wondering if you are working on a review for the new walksnail goggles? Curious to know what you think about them!
Hello Joshua, my name is Diego, I live in Italy, and I recently discovered your channel. Thanks to your videos, I decided to try my hand at FPV. Following your advice, before purchasing Avata 2, I decided to buy an FPV controller and connect it to LiftOff for training. I noticed that I had to set a fine-tuning value of 0.05 for yaw and roll. Being a new controller, I expected it to be perfect, but it's not the case. Will the error and consequent drift also occur with a real drone? Do you think it's worth changing the controller considering it's under warranty? Thank you.
Joshua, I don't have a PC right now to verify if it still works... But there was a way to set switches from the transmitter to a few actions on Liftoff. Functions like reset and so on... Either way, what I remember is that you needed to use chs 9, 10, 11 and so on... I don't remember the menu name where you set those functions, but it's the same where you can change the keyboard keys to activate them. Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Yes, we can set reset and other buttons on liftoff. I just set mine today
@@SiddharthBhadauria Thank you! 😊
My Question is can I use a RM TS16sMax with liftoff? I can't seem to get controller to be recognized. Thanks for the easy to follow drone flying instruction! ...
Can you recommend a FPV simulator compatible with DJI Fpv remote 2?
I have some comments to it: 1) When I created model for use as a joystick, I also turn off all radio in that model, so it doesn't discharge the battery that fast. Also it is good to assign one aux channel to some button that can be used as reset button in some simulators directly on the radio controller. 2) It is not good to disable V-sync, if you don't have Freesync or G-sync monitor, because you will have picture tearing. Yes, responsiveness will increase but not sure if it worths the tearing. You should have V-sync enabled, so it matches your monitor refresh rate, as 60 FPS if ok, if you don't have faster display. Also decreasing the quality as it was said in the video is not needed, if you have faster PC. This simulator is not that demanding, I play maxed out in 4K at about 100FPS for instance...
Hello sir, do you recommend flysky fs i6x????❤😅
I started with very cheap toy drones to be familiar how a drone works and if i have interest to invest money. Than dji drones with drone mask 2. And now cheap rtf kits.
Did you know if liftof is working good on ps5 and if we can bind most common radio like radiomaster on it ?
I watched it and I’ve been flying for almost ten years.
What about the radiomaster TX12 mkii? Seems like a good middle ground between the pocket and boxer.