Dave is the GOAT!! Really nice to see you back on youtube, insta doesnt do you justice. The FPV community needs more of your valuable input and contributions so please dont stop sharing.
Just finished building a Rekon 7 Pro… you are such an amazing engineer/designer/creator. Glad you keep pushing the boundaries and keep thinking outside of the box!!!
This is super cool. I want one because it is just so different from what everyone else is doing. You should definitely capitalize on this and make a 2207 "Tank" version for freestyle. Either way, this is badass and props (hahahaha) to you for making such a unique frame.
glad to see my motor mounting idea was used, back when kababfpv did a y6, and someone else made micro y6 of various sizes, i wasnt happy with the way motors got mounted.
I’ve always wondered if the motors stacked on top of each other causes inefficiency? because if you think about it, both top and bottom motors are pushing the same air molecules, but if they were spread apart they would be pushing twice the air instead of pushing the same air twice. Either way that still a bad ass drone.
I like what you have done. HD is an awesome platform, I have several of them. Do you plan to do a video on the analog platform? There are still customers using analog and would like to see the performance of analog as well as 03, caddx, and walksnail.
yeah i agree, i plan on replacing that right when i get it. Not sure why they would go that route over simple cloth tape. And the tape just looks so much better on top of actually holding the wires down under Gs. Its literally the only complaint i have so far untill i get it in the air.
can u just put on a good camera like a night vision DJI cam style & leave out the Go-Pro? It looks like it should get good reception with the antenna like they are.. it looks really good quality
what aio board is used. i see no 6 in 1 aio board sold on your website. where do i purchase it and what is it called. I bought the frame with no aio board
It’s different I like it. I’m very interested in this quad for a job opportunity with the media company and all they need from me is GoPro footage. He not liking the 03 footage from my rig and I need a little more speed. Nice work sir.
you can always try shooting in dcinelike and then give them hevc main10 for better color correction. O3 really needs to make sure you dont overexpose and set an appropriate iso limit to prevent exposure blowout when coming out from a shaded part of the scene. Its a finicky camera!
@@BrandonBeans I told the owner of the company that I would play with it some more to see if I could make it better but at this time he asked to set up my gopro and had me run some lines. He said he had 15 pilots in three states all DJI mavic pilots and no freestyle pilots. This was my interview and the company I work for was having a marketing video made and the owner of my company told him that I was a freestyle pilot. This was so F up but really cool at the sametime. Thanks for the tips Brandon
I think the moonlight 4k Walksnail is superior to dji, they have the adapter which allows it so you don't have to use goggles and can use a field monitor with that alone allows it so you don't have to keep the goggles on!
Looks very nice, but isn't the tail overpowered due to center of mass being way in the front? That would reduce efficiency. Also not quite 50% more prop area due to inefficiences of stacked props. Back in time they used higher pitch - lower diameter props on the bottom to compensate for this. One real benefit of this setup is the added redundancy if one of the motors or ESCs fail.
Why not use prop nuts instead of the T-mount? I really hated the t-mount on my rekonfpv4 FR and switched to 1804's with propnuts. Losing those tiny screws in the field, only to find them down in my flight bag when i get home really ruins an already ruined trip to go fly. One clipped prop causes waaaaay more hassle then needed... Prop nuts please. Would instabuy if it had those, and maybe a version without the vtx, so i can instal my Walksnail V2 or whatever. Maybe even with a pre installed vtx cable so we can pnp our digital vtx after some re-pinning (so HDzero pilots can enjoy this to).
It can be either RHCP, or LHCP, whichever you want but you must have same RCHP or LHCP on your goggle antennas. Got to be same on goggle antennas as 03 system antenna, but no matters which you want RHCP or LHCP.
@@indroneswetrust1 I am aware of the difference between RHCP and LHCP but are you part of the development team so you know what they will ship with it? I am looking for brand of antenna as well. R and L do not match what is on any modern Latest DJI Goggles and starting with G2 the internal ones cannot be replaced and G3 or Integra none of them can be replaced.
@@gregdavidd ohhh I'm sorry, but I'm not with any of development team or anything, I'm just regular FPV pilot flying my customized build drones with HD system as of DJI Air Unit 03 system and Vista with polar camera. I been flying ever since January of 2015, but I was on analog system for first 4-5 years then the very first original DJI Air Unit HD system came out as 4s max only at that time and I got one and never looked back to analog system ever since I started on HD system about 4 years now, so I'm just regular FPV pilot, sorry to confuse to you or something.
Wow Dave thats a really good drone, I really like it and actually I would want to buy it but it's not sub250. Is there any mods I can apply to it so it will be sub 250?
Why dont you make use of the antenna as landing legs/stands instead of just pointing out all over the place, you can make em multi-purpose that way and give em a strong springy plastic or something. Send me a drone to test if you make use of this :P im broke and it looks cool
Is there such a thing as a separate 'mothership' drone with a sole purpose of hovering up high / hold it's altitude statically with a signal repeater setup of sorts? I would think the signal penetration and distance would be much greater than just ground to drone alone. Sounds like a product begging to be created with many uses even outside just hobby level.
@@DaveCFPV Oh, sadly, thought it's somewhere near the xt60 connector,, behind the body. At the specs on the site therefore some sort of misleading, coz there are buzzer listed. Also complaining between this one and rekon 5. I'm relatively new in FPV, and for this moment i figured out, that minilongrange is my main interest. Wanna carry fullsize gopro on the aircraft. This one is more capable, but wanna see more reviewa and footage of flight performance, light freestyle. Can't find rekon 6 on sale,, i think if it was, i took rekon 6 to carry gopro.
You told you will talk about the pros and cons but the cons never came :( Here I got some what I was seeing and hearing in the video. After take off a seconds later you tell you have an ND filter and stabilization ON and right in the next sentece you say it's not stabilized (afterwards, No! Becuse you can't stabilized a footage twice).. I don't need 2 extra motors and pros to take a fullsize action cam thats a lot of addicional weight..just increesing the prop size makes the deal. It has a lot of vibrations (visible in the footage in the freestyle section) and the yawl feels strange by every "Y" configuration. It's small BUT is not for freestyle, is cinematic BUT is not long range, it's stable BUT you can't dive. It's good BUT is unnecesary. Your best product was the recon 6, thats an amazing rig this should be minimum as good as that is if you coming out with a new quad in 2024. The quality is realy nice, the prints are well made and it's visible that you were thiking on this for a while but did it made the point? A few years earlier it would be an amazing idea. It's like iFlight's Afterburner 5 it's unnecesary, thay also made a quad which is cinematic and great and nobody saw something like this before and it has the props in view and is perfect for everything but . In my opinion it's something what keeps the numbers up, you have to come out whit something otherwise people will buy other companies Y6-es and Afterburers. Peace! ✌
I’m definitely intrigued with this configuration and would love to fly one. I just find it hilarious that they are calling it a Y6, when they chose to use the dead cat positioning for the front arms, which clearly/visually changed the shape from a “Y” to a “T”.
Dave is the GOAT!! Really nice to see you back on youtube, insta doesnt do you justice. The FPV community needs more of your valuable input and contributions so please dont stop sharing.
Thanks man!
Bought. Will post an in-depth review upon receipt. I'm super stoked for this Dave! I think it'll be a nice in-between for my 5" and long-range rigs.
I like this drone since the first pictures you publised. Hexa in such a small size a able to take a gopro... bufff. Love it.
I want this one ! Looks like a great alternative to a classic 5" quad and it look so different 🙂 Great job !
Thanks! Yes it's really something different
Would love to see the raw FPV footage but this looks great 👍
Coming soon!
I love the way it looks but it might be hard to live with. The bottom props are likely to get scratched and dented very often
Sick, Dave!!! Glad to see you posting again. This looks fun..🔥🔥🤙🏻
Just finished building a Rekon 7 Pro… you are such an amazing engineer/designer/creator.
Glad you keep pushing the boundaries and keep thinking outside of the box!!!
Much appreciated!
Hi, the specs on the RTF version of the Rekon 7 Pro have changed. The flight stack and motors are different.
Why is that?.@@DaveCFPV
I really wish i could afford to tinker with this Y6. Great design vey impressive!! I'm sure this was not an easy one. Bravo!!
This is super cool. I want one because it is just so different from what everyone else is doing. You should definitely capitalize on this and make a 2207 "Tank" version for freestyle. Either way, this is badass and props (hahahaha) to you for making such a unique frame.
The way it gained speed after taking off reminded of how my 7" gained speed
Welcome back. It's awesome to see a new Rekon design take flight!
More to come!
@@DaveCFPV ♥😎👍👍
Very cool! I use the HGLRC Wind 5 Lite as a racing frame, and love it. They make great products.
i think this is not Y6...this look like T6 😅
This FPV feels like the way forward ... lot of scope for folding arms ...and prop variations !!
glad to see my motor mounting idea was used, back when kababfpv did a y6, and someone else made micro y6 of various sizes, i wasnt happy with the way motors got mounted.
I see nothing novel about this motor mounting setup.
gps near gopro is always problematic. Nice frame miss your videos mate! I have all the rekon family frame at home 4, 5, 6 ,7 10 inch love your desings
Oh nice almost the full lineup!
Been flying my scratch build 4s Y6 for the last two year
I’ve always wondered if the motors stacked on top of each other causes inefficiency? because if you think about it, both top and bottom motors are pushing the same air molecules, but if they were spread apart they would be pushing twice the air instead of pushing the same air twice. Either way that still a bad ass drone.
🤣🤣🤣
So you flew in Germany? Nice setup with the Walksnail VRX! I thought that would work also great at the bando when putting it up maybe.
I like what you have done. HD is an awesome platform, I have several of them. Do you plan to do a video on the analog platform? There are still customers using analog and would like to see the performance of analog as well as 03, caddx, and walksnail.
Any tricopter would be pretty cool
This looks like a really interesting design!
I'm curious to see your moonlight fpv feed from the vrx & the vtx dvr, would you share it ? Thanks.
When will the Y6 be available? Everything’s on back order
I really dislike the plastic wire protection. It's almost always the first thing to break. I much prefer black cloth tape.
yeah i agree, i plan on replacing that right when i get it. Not sure why they would go that route over simple cloth tape. And the tape just looks so much better on top of actually holding the wires down under Gs. Its literally the only complaint i have so far untill i get it in the air.
Just ordered mine!,looking forward to a different experience,a question sir,could I use my 6s hv batteries?
Nice work Dave
Thank you!
can u just put on a good camera like a night vision DJI cam style & leave out the Go-Pro? It looks like it should get good reception with the antenna like they are.. it looks really good quality
This looks so cool!!
Is it possible to buy that 6 way flight controller? I can't find one anywhere.
what aio board is used. i see no 6 in 1 aio board sold on your website. where do i purchase it and what is it called. I bought the frame with no aio board
Good price point. Just ordered one.
nice!
is there anyway you can correct the control link antenna polarization? Horizontal is just wrong.
and if dont put a gopro? how about balance? please?
that thing looks cool
thanks!
nice design Dave big fan...
would it be possible that you can share some dvr? will the props show on the O3 widest view?
Yes, soon
It’s different I like it. I’m very interested in this quad for a job opportunity with the media company and all they need from me is GoPro footage. He not liking the 03 footage from my rig and I need a little more speed. Nice work sir.
you can always try shooting in dcinelike and then give them hevc main10 for better color correction. O3 really needs to make sure you dont overexpose and set an appropriate iso limit to prevent exposure blowout when coming out from a shaded part of the scene. Its a finicky camera!
@@BrandonBeans I told the owner of the company that I would play with it some more to see if I could make it better but at this time he asked to set up my gopro and had me run some lines. He said he had 15 pilots in three states all DJI mavic pilots and no freestyle pilots. This was my interview and the company I work for was having a marketing video made and the owner of my company told him that I was a freestyle pilot. This was so F up but really cool at the sametime. Thanks for the tips Brandon
I think the moonlight 4k Walksnail is superior to dji, they have the adapter which allows it so you don't have to use goggles and can use a field monitor with that alone allows it so you don't have to keep the goggles on!
omg! u're alive!
More than ever :-)
12:48 this video is from moonlight?
Does anyone know where I can find the AIO that comes on this drone? I bought the frame and I am trying to build one.
Will there be just a frame kit for this so we can build our own?
Can you try the p25
A hd zero would be nice 👍
One question Dave, if a ESC or a motor fails, the Y6 is able to continue flying?
yes
What is the speed like compared to a 5" quad? for chasing cars and rc planes as examples?
I want one!
This is incredibly cool
Yes! :-)
what is the gain ,more power for lift but except that ? top speed ?
Looks very nice, but isn't the tail overpowered due to center of mass being way in the front? That would reduce efficiency. Also not quite 50% more prop area due to inefficiences of stacked props. Back in time they used higher pitch - lower diameter props on the bottom to compensate for this. One real benefit of this setup is the added redundancy if one of the motors or ESCs fail.
Not really, the COG is actually pretty much where the center of the thrust is depending a bit on which action cam and batteries.
Why not use prop nuts instead of the T-mount?
I really hated the t-mount on my rekonfpv4 FR and switched to 1804's with propnuts. Losing those tiny screws in the field, only to find them down in my flight bag when i get home really ruins an already ruined trip to go fly. One clipped prop causes waaaaay more hassle then needed...
Prop nuts please.
Would instabuy if it had those, and maybe a version without the vtx, so i can instal my Walksnail V2 or whatever. Maybe even with a pre installed vtx cable so we can pnp our digital vtx after some re-pinning (so HDzero pilots can enjoy this to).
Does anyone know where I can buy the 6in1 aio flight controller? I can't find it anywhere i mean anywhere
Love anything with motor redundancy.
Not sure this will do what you think though.
@@ugpfpv361 could only the fronts have fail over?
@@catbroh I think so, because the rear motor both are needed for yaw control, not positive though
I love the concept - Its very cool. But what problem does the Y6 solve?
More lifting capacity without having to go to larger props, so you keep the overall size smaller.
@@sixtofivebut aren't you trading weight, efficiency and aerodynamics for size? Doesn't seem like a good deal with popo swaps on the horizon
Wow looks awesome! You mentioned two antennas for the O3 version. What antennas would those be? Are they Linear or LHCP?
It can be either RHCP, or LHCP, whichever you want but you must have same RCHP or LHCP on your goggle antennas. Got to be same on goggle antennas as 03 system antenna, but no matters which you want RHCP or LHCP.
@@indroneswetrust1 I am aware of the difference between RHCP and LHCP but are you part of the development team so you know what they will ship with it? I am looking for brand of antenna as well. R and L do not match what is on any modern Latest DJI Goggles and starting with G2 the internal ones cannot be replaced and G3 or Integra none of them can be replaced.
@@gregdavidd ohhh I'm sorry, but I'm not with any of development team or anything, I'm just regular FPV pilot flying my customized build drones with HD system as of DJI Air Unit 03 system and Vista with polar camera. I been flying ever since January of 2015, but I was on analog system for first 4-5 years then the very first original DJI Air Unit HD system came out as 4s max only at that time and I got one and never looked back to analog system ever since I started on HD system about 4 years now, so I'm just regular FPV pilot, sorry to confuse to you or something.
dvr??
Wow Dave thats a really good drone, I really like it and actually I would want to buy it but it's not sub250. Is there any mods I can apply to it so it will be sub 250?
Unfortunately not since a Y6 would have to be really small to stay sub 250. 3" Maximum
Looks awesome.
Thanks!
This is sick.
Why dont you make use of the antenna as landing legs/stands instead of just pointing out all over the place, you can make em multi-purpose that way and give em a strong springy plastic or something.
Send me a drone to test if you make use of this :P im broke and it looks cool
Wow. How do u make so unique drone?
it's not that new of a concept actually
Your back!!
Never really been gone! Just had to prioritze a bit and making YT videos takes a lot of time
Moment... bewölkter Himmel stört doch die GPS reception nicht, oder? Das wäre mir neu.
Ja doch das macht bei den quads immer einen spürbaren unterschied
Is this running Betaflight on the FC?
Yes
Too bad there is no Vista version but Analog is fine too
Casper Stravenue
Is there such a thing as a separate 'mothership' drone with a sole purpose of hovering up high / hold it's altitude statically with a signal repeater setup of sorts? I would think the signal penetration and distance would be much greater than just ground to drone alone. Sounds like a product begging to be created with many uses even outside just hobby level.
Yes thats existis they are used for military applications
Dutchdronegods do that with a DJI Inspire hovering above the a race track to relay their signals to their super fast drone. Seems to work well.
Where is the buzzer? didn't saw it
No buzzer on this one due to Space constraints
@@DaveCFPV Oh, sadly, thought it's somewhere near the xt60 connector,, behind the body. At the specs on the site therefore some sort of misleading, coz there are buzzer listed.
Also complaining between this one and rekon 5. I'm relatively new in FPV, and for this moment i figured out, that minilongrange is my main interest. Wanna carry fullsize gopro on the aircraft. This one is more capable, but wanna see more reviewa and footage of flight performance, light freestyle. Can't find rekon 6 on sale,, i think if it was, i took rekon 6 to carry gopro.
What’s old is new again
You told you will talk about the pros and cons but the cons never came :(
Here I got some what I was seeing and hearing in the video.
After take off a seconds later you tell you have an ND filter and stabilization ON and right in the next sentece you say it's not stabilized (afterwards, No! Becuse you can't stabilized a footage twice).. I don't need 2 extra motors and pros to take a fullsize action cam thats a lot of addicional weight..just increesing the prop size makes the deal.
It has a lot of vibrations (visible in the footage in the freestyle section) and the yawl feels strange by every "Y" configuration.
It's small BUT is not for freestyle, is cinematic BUT is not long range, it's stable BUT you can't dive. It's good BUT is unnecesary.
Your best product was the recon 6, thats an amazing rig this should be minimum as good as that is if you coming out with a new quad in 2024.
The quality is realy nice, the prints are well made and it's visible that you were thiking on this for a while but did it made the point? A few years earlier it would be an amazing idea.
It's like iFlight's Afterburner 5 it's unnecesary, thay also made a quad which is cinematic and great and nobody saw something like this before and it has the props in view and is perfect for everything but . In my opinion it's something what keeps the numbers up, you have to come out whit something otherwise people will buy other companies Y6-es and Afterburers.
Peace! ✌
I want to ask how loud is it in comparison to 5"?
it's really pretty loud. One of the only downsides
@@DaveCFPV Yeah, not much you can do about that with the pro-wash from the upper prop blowing down through the lower prop.
okay man but of course it looks good with gopro nd and stabilization. just show us some raw dvr without stabilization...
it fly well. but 10 minutes fly for 3000mA 6S look not suitable for longer range
1300mah :-)
@@DaveCFPV Ohh sorry misunderstand! that a good one then. did you tested with larger one?
Mad lad
Casper Field
Your note on NOT GOOD FOR FREESTYLE sold it to me.. I don't want this lol !
Brutal but now have to worry about SIX motors now.
And pointing up and down… sound hard to land
Warren Branch
I have to say…, this is a “T”6 configuration, not a “Y”6. The way the arms are set up, they form a “T” not a “Y”
this argument is a bad joke 🤣🤣🤣“T”6 configuration, not a “Y”6......
I’m definitely intrigued with this configuration and would love to fly one. I just find it hilarious that they are calling it a Y6, when they chose to use the dead cat positioning for the front arms, which clearly/visually changed the shape from a “Y” to a “T”.
it's just because they have always been called that way. Actually would have been a good Marketing idea to call it differenty 😁
Runolfsson Mission
😍😍😍🔥🔥
that was quick :-)
😂😂😂 yeahh ! 🔥🔥
Why? 😁
because :-)
@@DaveCFPV okay! 😂
Lang Walks
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Dibbert Summit
It's not "quad"........ it's a Trod!!!
They copy my frelon y6!! What à shame!!!
Simliar type of drone yes but surely not a copy. They are quite different in many desing aspects.
That looks dope, mate! Beautiful looking thing❤