At first, I really struggled to complete the track at all. When I finally managed to fly through it, my time was 2 minutes. Then, slowly it improved to 1 minute, then 40s, 30s, and finally, today I got 29 seconds! It's not quite JB yet, but the amount of improvement over 3 weeks is absolutely stunning! Just keep doing it and eventually, you won't believe, how good you are!
Joshua, I’m a visual and theoretical learner…so this series gave me the impetus to commit to ACRO. Much appreciated. Pls expand on Hairpin turning. Thx again
Never flown a drone before I came across your videos. Looking to get into FPV "Light" with the Avata 2 and wanting to fly it in Manual. Watching your vidoes - and after 4 hours in the simulator, I just set a 38 second lap time after 3 tries.. Super educational - thank you so much! Will definitely head to Patreon - this is exactly what's needed to get into FPV flying! Thank you!
That Strawbale track is quite hard as a beginner. If you want to practice with larger gates try Surtur - "Hiking Trail". Or even easier is Short Circuit - Pole Position which has the virtual gates. I think the FT Gremlin Boar quad is one of the easiest to fly. And if you remap turtle mode to space bar you can easily hit it without looking haha
WHAT???……….I don’t even…….🤔……….🧐……..wait…….what??………….the hel………wait, did you ju………wait a minute??………….I’m not understanding???……….you did what????………and dream of who???????🤷🏻♂️
I've been thumbing sticks all the way back to the 1997 edition Dual Shock on the PSX. I really thought thumbs would be my preferred way to use a radio controller. When I got a Mini 4 Pro I tried a pinch hybrid, and I was sold in 5 minutes. I'll take that technique into FPV without a doubt, I love it
I switched from thumbing with the X Lite to pinching with the TX16S about 3 years ago. Im glad I switched. To prove to myself that pinching was better I awkwardly flew races in the sim. I ran the same track over and over again. I was faster with pinching. I bought a new radio that night lol.
Today is when I hit a wall. I thought I was flying pretty good cruising around Bando City all in control. But I can’t get through those gates to save my quad’s life. I’m going to keep trying as I learn the pinch method, but man am I feeling humble right now …
Please don't quit, just take a breather, remind yourself that you never quit, and then do it again more carefully. You _will_ succeed. I feel just like you and that's what I have to do. *** IT WORKS ***
I’m mad at the moment that tipping bc i can’t go trough the building, I kept crashing every time and make me so sad and desilusiónate😢i just I don’t know how to get stable between the close places like houses, give some kind of tips😔
My best lap so far is 37 seconds... but I think I started at 4 minutes, lol! It's funny how something that seems impossible at first can and will improve with practice.
I found 3:27 that I can’t pinch the sticks unless my controller is being held up by a lanyard. I tried forever couldn’t so make sure your have a lanyard so you don’t have to hold the controller.
even on an xbox controller i used the hybrid pinch found it easier to hold throttle at a set placement so i wasn't having to release throttle to drop altitude, still use it even while using a flysky SM600 usb controller roughly 20hrs on liftoff these videos have been a god send for me to learn havent comitted to purchasing a drone yet not sure if i wanna build one or get an RTF
Great video! You talked about all the issues I had. Question: I use Hybrid pinching, and I NEVER use full stick deflection. Should I lower my rates? Or tighten my gimbal settings? It just seems like I'm wasting space. Also, I wish you would go in a little more detail about turning... especially sharp 180 turns around an object. The coordination dance of throttle and yaw is a skill that I still struggle with. Mine turns are either too sharp and snappy or too big and wide. What am i missing?.....Thanks for the rookie videos
I come from fixed wing and am new to FPV, and use expo on my planes, is that recommended in drones? I can make much more precise stick movements, but don't want to form bad habits, I use a TX16S. Very helpful playlist, thank you
What's your advise on how not to change throttle level when doing yaw turn. Can't do it precisely and always either climb or fall unwillingly and have to adjust😅
Trying to learn, my drone should have been in the air many many moons ago. Thanks FrSky…. Never could get it to bind. In the process of flashing my hardware over to ExpressLRS, and see if I can get my useless FrSky stuff to work. Gotta get an external antenna and flash it, fingers crossed I can get in the air soon.
Sadly, your FrSky stuff is not going to work with ELRS. But you can fit an ELRS module to your radio. But the receiver on your drone needs to be replaced with an ELRS one.
Update, flashed TX and RX with latest firmwares, opentx, BF, ELRS, the works….. won’t bind…but also the ex leds aren’t acting as they should, I ordered a new ex from happy model, hopefully it will work. 🤞
Thank you Joshua for your videos. Could you please advise which drone for beginers to buy? I have dji goggles v2. Preferably small and with props guards and to use indoor/outdoor?
Привет, если не трудно покажи с какой скоростью на аппаратуре должен падать стик газа, если поставить аппаратуру так, чтобы она стояла вертикально стиками к тебе. Стик газа же не подпружинен и скорость скорость его хода можно менять прижимным планками, так вот, как он должен ходить- как будто есть сопротивление или свободно болтаться?
Just like with playing an instrument or a rhythm game, it turns out that doing it faster is often easier than doing it slower. As soon as I picked up a bit more speed, it started clicking. The issue is that often this might turn out to be a bad habit, and you sacrifice precision with the speed, so I guess I'll try to find a healthy mix between practicing fast and practicing slow. Awesome series so far, thanks for all the effort! Joined the Patreon because you definitely save me time and give a lot of value with these videos!
Great tutorial... have bought the Avata 2 recently - used it quite a bit with the motion controller but now wanted to learn the real stuff. I got myself the remote controller 3 and started to teach myself in Liftoff following your tutorial. First couple of lessons were easy and straight forward. When it comes to turning and being precise it got really complicated - until I found out that in the controller settings in liftoff the stick sensitivity was set far too high for a beginner (like me) especially in the "center sensitivity" area - plus that the remote controller has relatively short sticks in its default setup. After changing the settings to the following I am just fine and continue learning without being frustrated too fast :-) - maybe that will be of help for others as well: Flight controller settings --> Rates model --> "Actual" (I think that's what the Avata is using as well) Center Sensitivity: 100(R) / 100(P) / 50(Y) Max Rate: 500(R) / 500(P) / 350(Y) Expo: 0.25(R) / 0.25(P) / 0.25(Y)
Was just gonna ask if any drone in Liftoff is similar to the Avata 2 re settings etc, I have been flying my Avata 2 in manual lately and I aint no expert but I can control it pretty good but I always try and maintain a safe height to practise. Actually flying in manual has improved me in normal and sport mode, and that's the main reason I wanted to do it. Learn the advanced stuff to improve my basic skills! :)
@@ukmonk No - I haven't found any existing drone in liftoff which is similar to the avata 2.... you can either download one another user has created via the workbench or create your on (on the workbench) with similar specs to the Avata 2
You had me in stitches with your second quick lap. It's good to add some humour to the lessons. Thanks! 🚁🚁🚁I think it's about time they added a drone emoji too.
started out with the thumbs but after afew hours on the sim and real flying, i started doing the hybrid, just to make them fine adjustments , and thats how i fly now.. thanks buddy
I'm of the Nintendo/Sega generation. I'm very comfortable with thumb control. I have a Radiomaster Zorro partly for the form (partly for the small size when travelling). I really struggled with the pinch grip.....until I realized I was treating it as a game controller by trying to hold it and control it at the same time, made even more awkward by my oversized hands. By resting the controller on the table (sim) or using a neck strap (outdoors) to support it and using my hands to really only control it, it changed everything! Hopefully this may help somebody else with huge bear paws trying to grip a relatively small controller.
I think I have calibration problems; if I leave the roll stick in the centre, the drone starts to roll (e.g. I cannot do the same exercise you do at minute 9:00). Calibration should be added to the troubleshooting (and by the way, I'm still struggling to find a proper calibration)
I'm using a thumb and I cannot imagine, I would use the pinch style because I don't have precision there at all...the other finger is just blocking my precise thumb movements...with thumb only I'm like 5x more precise than when pinching and my thumbs don't slide or have enough reach, apart from what was shown in the video...and I'm not a console player, PC only but I learnt to fly drone like this from the beginning...
Love your videos!! Literally checking my battery voltage on my 6S batteries after not flying for a very long time, gotten the erge to get back into the hobby, alot of new equipment out there, currently using the digital cadex setup thats been discontinued, will be looking at the new DJI digital setup. Keep up the great videos!
The entire playlist containing all lessons is at: ua-cam.com/video/SpuXqNakP2A/v-deo.html
Lessons will be added as they are released!
What rates do you use to fly slow and liftoff
Could you teach us the skillset to land? Your efforts are so good for my beginner flying. Thank you Josh.
At first, I really struggled to complete the track at all. When I finally managed to fly through it, my time was 2 minutes. Then, slowly it improved to 1 minute, then 40s, 30s, and finally, today I got 29 seconds! It's not quite JB yet, but the amount of improvement over 3 weeks is absolutely stunning! Just keep doing it and eventually, you won't believe, how good you are!
Joshua, I’m a visual and theoretical learner…so this series gave me the impetus to commit to ACRO. Much appreciated.
Pls expand on Hairpin turning. Thx again
Thanks so much for the work that you do for this hobby. It wouldn't be where it is without you!
Never flown a drone before I came across your videos. Looking to get into FPV "Light" with the Avata 2 and wanting to fly it in Manual.
Watching your vidoes - and after 4 hours in the simulator, I just set a 38 second lap time after 3 tries.. Super educational - thank you so much!
Will definitely head to Patreon - this is exactly what's needed to get into FPV flying!
Thank you!
Who's Rad to the Power of Sick? Joshua, the Man!
19:48 I heard that gimbal. :P
ahahahhahahahahahaha
That Strawbale track is quite hard as a beginner. If you want to practice with larger gates try Surtur - "Hiking Trail". Or even easier is Short Circuit - Pole Position which has the virtual gates. I think the FT Gremlin Boar quad is one of the easiest to fly. And if you remap turtle mode to space bar you can easily hit it without looking haha
I actually think I should stop watching bardwell as I binge watch his videos 24/7 and lately have been fuckng dreaming about him
WHAT???……….I don’t even…….🤔……….🧐……..wait…….what??………….the hel………wait, did you ju………wait a minute??………….I’m not understanding???……….you did what????………and dream of who???????🤷🏻♂️
is it like Gabriell in the middle of he night?....you live in tennesee? see?thats not mesopotamie?
...dreaming about him flying quads right? Right? ._.
"I am Joshua Bardwell and you're gonna learn something tonight"
Bwabbel…Laughed till I peed a little
I've been thumbing sticks all the way back to the 1997 edition Dual Shock on the PSX. I really thought thumbs would be my preferred way to use a radio controller.
When I got a Mini 4 Pro I tried a pinch hybrid, and I was sold in 5 minutes. I'll take that technique into FPV without a doubt, I love it
I was eagerly waiting for the next lesson...
I switched from thumbing with the X Lite to pinching with the TX16S about 3 years ago. Im glad I switched. To prove to myself that pinching was better I awkwardly flew races in the sim. I ran the same track over and over again. I was faster with pinching. I bought a new radio that night lol.
Today is when I hit a wall. I thought I was flying pretty good cruising around Bando City all in control. But I can’t get through those gates to save my quad’s life. I’m going to keep trying as I learn the pinch method, but man am I feeling humble right now …
That gate segment should be cut. Had fun learning but now I am almost ready to rage quit.
Please don't quit, just take a breather, remind yourself that you never quit, and then do it again more carefully. You _will_ succeed. I feel just like you and that's what I have to do.
*** IT WORKS ***
I’m mad at the moment that tipping bc i can’t go trough the building, I kept crashing every time and make me so sad and desilusiónate😢i just I don’t know how to get stable between the close places like houses, give some kind of tips😔
@@BrayanJosue-gw4lz I feel the same... My improvement is so slow now... It is very difficult for me to get stable...
My best lap so far is 37 seconds... but I think I started at 4 minutes, lol! It's funny how something that seems impossible at first can and will improve with practice.
I found 3:27 that I can’t pinch the sticks unless my controller is being held up by a lanyard. I tried forever couldn’t so make sure your have a lanyard so you don’t have to hold the controller.
even on an xbox controller i used the hybrid pinch found it easier to hold throttle at a set placement so i wasn't having to release throttle to drop altitude, still use it even while using a flysky SM600 usb controller roughly 20hrs on liftoff these videos have been a god send for me to learn havent comitted to purchasing a drone yet not sure if i wanna build one or get an RTF
Great video! You talked about all the issues I had. Question: I use Hybrid pinching, and I NEVER use full stick deflection. Should I lower my rates? Or tighten my gimbal settings? It just seems like I'm wasting space. Also, I wish you would go in a little more detail about turning... especially sharp 180 turns around an object. The coordination dance of throttle and yaw is a skill that I still struggle with. Mine turns are either too sharp and snappy or too big and wide. What am i missing?.....Thanks for the rookie videos
Thank you so much
Super helpful! Thank for a great EP.
Thanks
I come from fixed wing and am new to FPV, and use expo on my planes, is that recommended in drones? I can make much more precise stick movements, but don't want to form bad habits, I use a TX16S. Very helpful playlist, thank you
What's your advise on how not to change throttle level when doing yaw turn. Can't do it precisely and always either climb or fall unwillingly and have to adjust😅
If you have too low yaw rate or too much expo then you deflect the stick too far and throttle management is hard. Try higher yaw rate or less expo.
thank you thank you, im gonna work on it tomorrow
22s?! Now I know at least that it's possible to pass through those gates, even all of them! :-D
Trying to learn, my drone should have been in the air many many moons ago. Thanks FrSky…. Never could get it to bind. In the process of flashing my hardware over to ExpressLRS, and see if I can get my useless FrSky stuff to work. Gotta get an external antenna and flash it, fingers crossed I can get in the air soon.
Sadly, your FrSky stuff is not going to work with ELRS. But you can fit an ELRS module to your radio. But the receiver on your drone needs to be replaced with an ELRS one.
Frsky is trash with trash customer service
Update, flashed TX and RX with latest firmwares, opentx, BF, ELRS, the works….. won’t bind…but also the ex leds aren’t acting as they should, I ordered a new ex from happy model, hopefully it will work. 🤞
Thank you Joshua for your videos. Could you please advise which drone for beginers to buy? I have dji goggles v2. Preferably small and with props guards and to use indoor/outdoor?
Failsafe the like button and SUBSCRIBE. Thank you for the lesson.
Should i also use a pinch grip when a have the jumper t pro which is a game style controller?
Привет, если не трудно покажи с какой скоростью на аппаратуре должен падать стик газа, если поставить аппаратуру так, чтобы она стояла вертикально стиками к тебе. Стик газа же не подпружинен и скорость скорость его хода можно менять прижимным планками, так вот, как он должен ходить- как будто есть сопротивление или свободно болтаться?
It should not move at all.
3:30 I NEVER do this as a thumber im appauled lol
im rtipping!!! 👌👌
looks like my hands is too small for pinch grip :( even on radiomaster pocket
Try using a lanyard to support it around your neck. Then put your 3 other fingers on the sides rather than wrapping them underneath
Just like with playing an instrument or a rhythm game, it turns out that doing it faster is often easier than doing it slower. As soon as I picked up a bit more speed, it started clicking.
The issue is that often this might turn out to be a bad habit, and you sacrifice precision with the speed, so I guess I'll try to find a healthy mix between practicing fast and practicing slow.
Awesome series so far, thanks for all the effort! Joined the Patreon because you definitely save me time and give a lot of value with these videos!
Great tutorial... have bought the Avata 2 recently - used it quite a bit with the motion controller but now wanted to learn the real stuff. I got myself the remote controller 3 and started to teach myself in Liftoff following your tutorial. First couple of lessons were easy and straight forward. When it comes to turning and being precise it got really complicated - until I found out that in the controller settings in liftoff the stick sensitivity was set far too high for a beginner (like me) especially in the "center sensitivity" area - plus that the remote controller has relatively short sticks in its default setup. After changing the settings to the following I am just fine and continue learning without being frustrated too fast :-) - maybe that will be of help for others as well:
Flight controller settings --> Rates model --> "Actual" (I think that's what the Avata is using as well)
Center Sensitivity: 100(R) / 100(P) / 50(Y)
Max Rate: 500(R) / 500(P) / 350(Y)
Expo: 0.25(R) / 0.25(P) / 0.25(Y)
Was just gonna ask if any drone in Liftoff is similar to the Avata 2 re settings etc, I have been flying my Avata 2 in manual lately and I aint no expert but I can control it pretty good but I always try and maintain a safe height to practise. Actually flying in manual has improved me in normal and sport mode, and that's the main reason I wanted to do it. Learn the advanced stuff to improve my basic skills! :)
@@ukmonk No - I haven't found any existing drone in liftoff which is similar to the avata 2.... you can either download one another user has created via the workbench or create your on (on the workbench) with similar specs to the Avata 2
@@stephanbol thank you ☺️
19:50 was that the flick of the stick I hear? I love these videos, will make sure to support on patreon
You had me in stitches with your second quick lap. It's good to add some humour to the lessons. Thanks! 🚁🚁🚁I think it's about time they added a drone emoji too.
started out with the thumbs but after afew hours on the sim and real flying, i started doing the hybrid, just to make them fine adjustments , and thats how i fly now.. thanks buddy
I'm of the Nintendo/Sega generation. I'm very comfortable with thumb control. I have a Radiomaster Zorro partly for the form (partly for the small size when travelling).
I really struggled with the pinch grip.....until I realized I was treating it as a game controller by trying to hold it and control it at the same time, made even more awkward by my oversized hands.
By resting the controller on the table (sim) or using a neck strap (outdoors) to support it and using my hands to really only control it, it changed everything!
Hopefully this may help somebody else with huge bear paws trying to grip a relatively small controller.
Very very helpful!! I will see you soon on Patreon!! How do you get those gate indicators going???
I think I have calibration problems; if I leave the roll stick in the centre, the drone starts to roll (e.g. I cannot do the same exercise you do at minute 9:00). Calibration should be added to the troubleshooting (and by the way, I'm still struggling to find a proper calibration)
Im gonna start learning the second i can get myself a stronger computer...
This one doesnt run liftoff...
you are a mind reader😂😅 thx for the tips😊
For me, it is being so difficult to control the drone at lower speed. Any tips to master this?
I'm using a thumb and I cannot imagine, I would use the pinch style because I don't have precision there at all...the other finger is just blocking my precise thumb movements...with thumb only I'm like 5x more precise than when pinching and my thumbs don't slide or have enough reach, apart from what was shown in the video...and I'm not a console player, PC only but I learnt to fly drone like this from the beginning...
Love your videos!! Literally checking my battery voltage on my 6S batteries after not flying for a very long time, gotten the erge to get back into the hobby, alot of new equipment out there, currently using the digital cadex setup thats been discontinued, will be looking at the new DJI digital setup. Keep up the great videos!
lol,, i thought i was a pure pincher! but you're right im a hybrid
you are a master teacher, greetings from Bulgaria.
thnx for info ^)
Nice drip.
Can I simply lower the max velocity to 400 on all my drones?make a difference in beta flight for sure.
Yeah definitely you can do that.
Joshua if we are having problem in eye sight how can i use googles
Like what kind of problem?
There are focusable goggles. For many that can’t be focussed they have the ability to a diopters. Joshua has some videos about that.
thank you !
Literally troubleshooting AS WE SPEAK and I see the new vid dropped. Perfect timing 🫵🏼👑