Thank you so much, you're too generous! I am just a small nobody who discovered beauty of FPV pretty late in my life (wish I am in my 20s still), but enjoying it to the fullest. Learning every day something new. My channel is mostly just an archive of the stuff I do, so I can come back one day and see how much I was invested in all this :) That's all.
Wow♥It was really facinating to see how meticulous your are with your drone build. Your video is really well made and you somehow kept my ADHD attention for 30minutes which is quite an accomplishment. Thanks and congrats for this Drone materpiece. Have an awesome Life Dan
Thank you so much for your kind words. I know, not many people will pass 2 minute mark, and that's the sad reality we can't run away from. I am not making money on this, none of my videos is monetized (nor I'm planning to do that). I simply wanted to capture my 6th build process (all previous 5 are up on my channel as well) so I can re-watch it in the future. If this also helps someone at least a little bit, in case they ever decide to start building their own quadcopters, then I guess my job is well done. I also have a follow-up video where I'm going through complete setup of this quad. I am (impatiently) waiting for this ugly weather to clear up, so I can do a maiden flight with this 6th build. Thank you for taking your precious time to watch, greatly appreciated.
@@Seii-FPV I really appreciate when passionate hobbyist like you share their knowledge simply because they love what they do. This is definilitely why this video was so much fun to watch :) I have acquired a few FPV drone recently but never had the chance to build one from scratch yet, this video was really motivating and now I will definilitely try to build my own FPV Drone :) I wish you good weather to fly this beauty. Have an awesome week. Dan
@@DanielGirardBolduc - go for it and never question if you're up to the task. There is absolutely nothing we people can't do, we just have to put everything into trying to achieve it. Humans are weird animals, and it's incredible what we're possible to do with little learning, trial, practice, and even failures... I did not know much about this just a year and s half ago, but I was so interested in all this, that I don't even remember I've spent time learning about everything. It was a pure joy researching, discovering, and testing. Just go for it and have no second thoughts.
Thank you so much. You are the same as me, you love all this and are all in. And that's because you truly love FPV, not just because "it's cool". People like you and I understand what it means. Some might look at this as *...toys for the boys...* only... but it's much more than that :) I don't even look at this as a hobby, it's more like way of living. Can't imagine my life without FPV anymore. I just wish I dug into all this much sooner. But your generations are here to improve everything even more. Never stop flying!
Thank you. The thing is, I don't fly bandos, my style is way calmer and can be seen in tons of those videos up on my channel. Light HD freestyle / cruising around. All my builds are in this weight class, and I have no trouble flying them the way I fly. This one, with all those TPUs, surprisingly is even lighter than my very first build, based on QAV-S JohnnyFPV Special Edition frame. As I mentioned in the video, I've built some TPU parts for this one just for fun, for the looks... and I will mostly likely replace it in the future. Talking about those "twin-engines" on both sides of the frame. I will probably remove them at some point, but first I really want to see how this quad behaves in the air with them installed. I am really interested to see flight characteristics and if those two barrel looking thingies are going to change them any. I look at FPV not just as flying sims in real life, I look at it as an amazing testing/experimenting ground.
Yes. I have many videos showing my follow cam, third person view and you can see how these lights look in flight. 1st person camera also shows that there is absolutely 0 light pollution in the recordings. Absolutely 0. These COB lights are amazing!
I try my best :) If you have some spare time, you should watch my 7th custom build. I believe it's the best one so far. And it flies amazing! Thank you for spending your precious time watching, greatly appreciated.
This in my opinion is def a quality build and i absolutely love what you do with your led strip connector and the battery leads. I just started the process of trying a similar nethod but your way is by far the cleanest..... Just curious on whats your thoughts on using programmable leds and if its possible qith your method ?
Thank you for stopping by and watching. Yes, of course it's possible. The only thing is, you'd need to use RGB strip instead of the one color like I use. There is a lot of options when it comes to RGB COB lights, FlyHighFPV is selling them. You would also need a small LED strip controller, like this one: flyhighfpv.com/products/realpit-led-strip-control-with-a-uart
Avatar HD Nano is fairly small, unfortunately camera cable is too short for this. Avatar HD Pro fits just right, and it looks amazing during night flights, really have no complaints :)
Fenomenalno.. Eto, zbog tebe i samo zbog tebe moj sledeci dron bice šaren 😅 Ti si me naveo da ih zavolim a pre sam bio ljubitelj jednobojnih ili evenetualno u dve boje :)) Ali eto, stvari se menjaju :)))
Neka, tako i treba... covjece, dosadilo mi je napinjati oci kada gledam gdje sam sletio. Dosta mi je ovog sivila ovdje i monotonije. Barem da je to onda sareno i "uocljivo". Kasnije cu mjenjati mozda, jer sam originalno zelio da mi je na ovom sve u neon zelenoj i onoj kaoss purple, ali te boje nije bilo kada sam radio neke TPU djelove, pa sam napravio nesto nabrzinu samo da mogu zavrsiti ovaj build.
Nice build ! However I don't understand how placing the RX under the drone increases the signal strength. Isn't it just the location of the antenna that matters ?
Placing it at the bottom is by far the easiest location where you can easily access it when needed. Bind button is super small, and when you bury it deep inside, well good luck in accessing it. Plus, I install it at the bottom only because this frame (and most of my other ones) has recessed back plate, so the Rx is protected since it's never sitting a the very bottom of the frame. When you're building drones and have some experience after 5 other 5" custom builds, you start getting picture of where components will be sitting even before you start putting everything together. At least in my builds, nothing is random. Think of large 1000uF capacitor as well. Some people don't even install them, and they wonder why their FC and ESCs burn after even smallest punchout... and that capacitor is a pig, it takes so much space inside, it's unreal. Rx has micro-components, and regardless it's not antenna, it's a receiver itself, and you don't want to bury it inside tons of carbon and especially other electronics.
Frame is called TBS Source One v5 (it's my main frame currently). As for the 3D prints, I will make them available as soon as I finish redesigning. It's already different than what it is in this video, I made it much nicer and more functional now. Keep checking, I will make files available as soon as I am 100% happy with them.
It's COB lights. Many shops are selling them. I buy at my local Canadian FPV shop, but many US shops, China as well, and of course in Europe, stock them. They're called COB lights, and it's very important to chose the correct one for your setup. I always use 6s strips. Here is one of the best shops you can order it from here in America: flyhighfpv.com/collections/leds , but I'm sure for your location, probably some shop from China/Japan would deliver much faster. There is another video uploaded on my channel, where I shop my other 3 custom built quads, with different COB light colors - pink, cyan, and yellow: ua-cam.com/video/LNMTys6vxik/v-deo.html
For Walksnail Avatar I use goggles v1, and for Dji system I use v2 goggles. I've had no need to change anything yet, they work really nice for me. You can see them both in the lower left corner, at 30:25 sec mark into this video (almost at the end).
Frame, all TPUs and props = 460g - 10grams lighter than my QAV-S JohnnyFPV SE frame build with arm guards TPUs only. As I stated in my other build videos, I am not worried about the weight at all. It's still like all my other custom quads, and they all are 6s configuration. I mostly use them with either Session 5 or Orange 5. As for the COB lights, absolutely nothing in view. I carefully lay them so they don't go at the front too much. In most cases, depending on the frame type, I stop them before the front of the arms. I have many videos where I fly my quads all with COB lights (you can see them in follow cam view as well, 3rd person view), and then switching to 1st person view... absolutely no light pollution. Nothing in FPV view, nothing in recorded action cam footage.
@@JuicySmullietFPV - here is another video of mine, where I'm rocking two action cams on the same quad. One is follow cam (behind, recording the quad), and the other one is normal, FPV side action cam. You can see there, follow cam view - that quad is also lit with pink COB light, and when it switches to FPV view, it's perfectly clean, absolutely no any kind of light pollution there: ua-cam.com/video/v454CZq9qRw/v-deo.html . One of the other examples, is this one here with cyan COB lights: ua-cam.com/video/SNLNkdT-87E/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for the great info, greatly appreciated. And it's not even expensive (at least on Amazon Canada). Yes, trust me... I need it desperately.
Even my soldering wire has flux inside (2.0%). Wire is 0.8mm diameter. That alone should be more than enough for nice soldering. I don't have much trouble with small connections, but soldering XT60 wires to the ESC pad is something I will never get used to. I use my solder at around 250 - 300 degrees, and I even have 4 or 5 different iron tips. But I am always worried if I hold it too long touching the ESC pads, I might fry something in the process. It's really difficult for me to get the solder flow nicely. Soldering the XT60 is definitely always the hardest part for me.
@Seii-FPV I had this trouble on my 1st drone, u have to use a super flat and wide tip on Max temp and definitely need extra flux , tin all the wires and pads then push on xt60 with flat wide tip
Thank you for stopping by Chris, greatly appreciated. Yes, she is my little puppy (6 months), and she loves watching my drone videos. She's probably the only person other than me, that enjoys them, lol :)
I was assuming you had hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Take one, keep at it and this channel will be huge!
Thank you so much, you're too generous! I am just a small nobody who discovered beauty of FPV pretty late in my life (wish I am in my 20s still), but enjoying it to the fullest. Learning every day something new. My channel is mostly just an archive of the stuff I do, so I can come back one day and see how much I was invested in all this :) That's all.
Wow♥It was really facinating to see how meticulous your are with your drone build.
Your video is really well made and you somehow kept my ADHD attention for 30minutes which is quite an accomplishment.
Thanks and congrats for this Drone materpiece.
Have an awesome Life
Dan
Thank you so much for your kind words. I know, not many people will pass 2 minute mark, and that's the sad reality we can't run away from. I am not making money on this, none of my videos is monetized (nor I'm planning to do that). I simply wanted to capture my 6th build process (all previous 5 are up on my channel as well) so I can re-watch it in the future. If this also helps someone at least a little bit, in case they ever decide to start building their own quadcopters, then I guess my job is well done. I also have a follow-up video where I'm going through complete setup of this quad. I am (impatiently) waiting for this ugly weather to clear up, so I can do a maiden flight with this 6th build. Thank you for taking your precious time to watch, greatly appreciated.
@@Seii-FPV I really appreciate when passionate hobbyist like you share their knowledge simply because they love what they do. This is definilitely why this video was so much fun to watch :)
I have acquired a few FPV drone recently but never had the chance to build one from scratch yet, this video was really motivating and now I will definilitely try to build my own FPV Drone :)
I wish you good weather to fly this beauty.
Have an awesome week.
Dan
@@DanielGirardBolduc - go for it and never question if you're up to the task. There is absolutely nothing we people can't do, we just have to put everything into trying to achieve it. Humans are weird animals, and it's incredible what we're possible to do with little learning, trial, practice, and even failures... I did not know much about this just a year and s half ago, but I was so interested in all this, that I don't even remember I've spent time learning about everything. It was a pure joy researching, discovering, and testing. Just go for it and have no second thoughts.
what an absolute beauty😍😍😍
Thank you so much. You are the same as me, you love all this and are all in. And that's because you truly love FPV, not just because "it's cool". People like you and I understand what it means. Some might look at this as *...toys for the boys...* only... but it's much more than that :) I don't even look at this as a hobby, it's more like way of living. Can't imagine my life without FPV anymore. I just wish I dug into all this much sooner. But your generations are here to improve everything even more. Never stop flying!
Idk why, I mean.. I do, but it's really relaxing to watch this video, loved the video!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@juancisneros725 - you'll probably like this one too: ua-cam.com/video/DEf0o1nNSCY/v-deo.html
@@Seii-FPV I indeed loved it!
@@juancisneros725 - You may like this one too... I believe it's even more soothing than the one above :) ua-cam.com/video/DEf0o1nNSCY/v-deo.html
Nice clean build dude!
Not for bando but for the looks it is on point!
Thank you. The thing is, I don't fly bandos, my style is way calmer and can be seen in tons of those videos up on my channel. Light HD freestyle / cruising around. All my builds are in this weight class, and I have no trouble flying them the way I fly. This one, with all those TPUs, surprisingly is even lighter than my very first build, based on QAV-S JohnnyFPV Special Edition frame. As I mentioned in the video, I've built some TPU parts for this one just for fun, for the looks... and I will mostly likely replace it in the future. Talking about those "twin-engines" on both sides of the frame. I will probably remove them at some point, but first I really want to see how this quad behaves in the air with them installed. I am really interested to see flight characteristics and if those two barrel looking thingies are going to change them any. I look at FPV not just as flying sims in real life, I look at it as an amazing testing/experimenting ground.
Should be great for drone to drone chase video to give contrast to the earth tones of the environment.
Yes. I have many videos showing my follow cam, third person view and you can see how these lights look in flight. 1st person camera also shows that there is absolutely 0 light pollution in the recordings. Absolutely 0. These COB lights are amazing!
it's nice to see how carefully you build your drones and when you cuddle your furry friend, meticulous man😊
I try my best :) If you have some spare time, you should watch my 7th custom build. I believe it's the best one so far. And it flies amazing! Thank you for spending your precious time watching, greatly appreciated.
bro i just saw your pink cute cutting mat and lit literally ordered one lol
I have two... one in pink, and another one you can see in this video in turquoise: ua-cam.com/video/S6h6RaFi6IQ/v-deo.html
This in my opinion is def a quality build and i absolutely love what you do with your led strip connector and the battery leads. I just started the process of trying a similar nethod but your way is by far the cleanest.....
Just curious on whats your thoughts on using programmable leds and if its possible qith your method ?
Thank you for stopping by and watching. Yes, of course it's possible. The only thing is, you'd need to use RGB strip instead of the one color like I use. There is a lot of options when it comes to RGB COB lights, FlyHighFPV is selling them. You would also need a small LED strip controller, like this one: flyhighfpv.com/products/realpit-led-strip-control-with-a-uart
very nice, the newer walksnail vtxs are smaller and fit into that frame nicely.
Avatar HD Nano is fairly small, unfortunately camera cable is too short for this. Avatar HD Pro fits just right, and it looks amazing during night flights, really have no complaints :)
Fenomenalno.. Eto, zbog tebe i samo zbog tebe moj sledeci dron bice šaren 😅 Ti si me naveo da ih zavolim a pre sam bio ljubitelj jednobojnih ili evenetualno u dve boje :)) Ali eto, stvari se menjaju :)))
Neka, tako i treba... covjece, dosadilo mi je napinjati oci kada gledam gdje sam sletio. Dosta mi je ovog sivila ovdje i monotonije. Barem da je to onda sareno i "uocljivo". Kasnije cu mjenjati mozda, jer sam originalno zelio da mi je na ovom sve u neon zelenoj i onoj kaoss purple, ali te boje nije bilo kada sam radio neke TPU djelove, pa sam napravio nesto nabrzinu samo da mogu zavrsiti ovaj build.
Nice build ! However I don't understand how placing the RX under the drone increases the signal strength. Isn't it just the location of the antenna that matters ?
Placing it at the bottom is by far the easiest location where you can easily access it when needed. Bind button is super small, and when you bury it deep inside, well good luck in accessing it. Plus, I install it at the bottom only because this frame (and most of my other ones) has recessed back plate, so the Rx is protected since it's never sitting a the very bottom of the frame. When you're building drones and have some experience after 5 other 5" custom builds, you start getting picture of where components will be sitting even before you start putting everything together. At least in my builds, nothing is random. Think of large 1000uF capacitor as well. Some people don't even install them, and they wonder why their FC and ESCs burn after even smallest punchout... and that capacitor is a pig, it takes so much space inside, it's unreal. Rx has micro-components, and regardless it's not antenna, it's a receiver itself, and you don't want to bury it inside tons of carbon and especially other electronics.
Maaaaaan this is beautiful... Where can i found the same frame with the 3D printed Guard ???
Frame is called TBS Source One v5 (it's my main frame currently). As for the 3D prints, I will make them available as soon as I finish redesigning. It's already different than what it is in this video, I made it much nicer and more functional now. Keep checking, I will make files available as soon as I am 100% happy with them.
@@Seii-FPV okay… Let us know when OK … I’m really interested in the style of the TPU… If you can do it for other frames it will be interesting 🙈🔥🙌
I already have tons of 3D designs, some videos are available here: ua-cam.com/play/PLhQNn1L37MSt3M_BRbS9P76ZiiL9ZnoMV.html&si=TV7U5IapoS0PaNkK
Hello, cool video! Please tell me what LED strip is in the video? Is there a link to purchase?
It's COB lights. Many shops are selling them. I buy at my local Canadian FPV shop, but many US shops, China as well, and of course in Europe, stock them. They're called COB lights, and it's very important to chose the correct one for your setup. I always use 6s strips. Here is one of the best shops you can order it from here in America: flyhighfpv.com/collections/leds , but I'm sure for your location, probably some shop from China/Japan would deliver much faster. There is another video uploaded on my channel, where I shop my other 3 custom built quads, with different COB light colors - pink, cyan, and yellow: ua-cam.com/video/LNMTys6vxik/v-deo.html
What walksnail goggles do you use v1 or goggles x
For Walksnail Avatar I use goggles v1, and for Dji system I use v2 goggles. I've had no need to change anything yet, they work really nice for me. You can see them both in the lower left corner, at 30:25 sec mark into this video (almost at the end).
How much does that weigh? And how much of the cob light do you see when flying?
Frame, all TPUs and props = 460g - 10grams lighter than my QAV-S JohnnyFPV SE frame build with arm guards TPUs only. As I stated in my other build videos, I am not worried about the weight at all. It's still like all my other custom quads, and they all are 6s configuration. I mostly use them with either Session 5 or Orange 5. As for the COB lights, absolutely nothing in view. I carefully lay them so they don't go at the front too much. In most cases, depending on the frame type, I stop them before the front of the arms. I have many videos where I fly my quads all with COB lights (you can see them in follow cam view as well, 3rd person view), and then switching to 1st person view... absolutely no light pollution. Nothing in FPV view, nothing in recorded action cam footage.
@@Seii-FPV thanks for clearing that up for me. Looks good
@@JuicySmullietFPV - here is another video of mine, where I'm rocking two action cams on the same quad. One is follow cam (behind, recording the quad), and the other one is normal, FPV side action cam. You can see there, follow cam view - that quad is also lit with pink COB light, and when it switches to FPV view, it's perfectly clean, absolutely no any kind of light pollution there: ua-cam.com/video/v454CZq9qRw/v-deo.html . One of the other examples, is this one here with cyan COB lights: ua-cam.com/video/SNLNkdT-87E/v-deo.html
@@Seii-FPV that’s pretty cool. I may have to get some cob lights and put them on a build. Or maybe one of my whoops.
Amtech flux when soldering to pads and you will have a much better time.
Thank you so much for the great info, greatly appreciated. And it's not even expensive (at least on Amazon Canada). Yes, trust me... I need it desperately.
@@Seii-FPV There are many fake ones :) They do the job too. Although your flux is fine too, you just have to use it correct.
Even my soldering wire has flux inside (2.0%). Wire is 0.8mm diameter. That alone should be more than enough for nice soldering. I don't have much trouble with small connections, but soldering XT60 wires to the ESC pad is something I will never get used to. I use my solder at around 250 - 300 degrees, and I even have 4 or 5 different iron tips. But I am always worried if I hold it too long touching the ESC pads, I might fry something in the process. It's really difficult for me to get the solder flow nicely. Soldering the XT60 is definitely always the hardest part for me.
@Seii-FPV I had this trouble on my 1st drone, u have to use a super flat and wide tip on Max temp and definitely need extra flux , tin all the wires and pads then push on xt60 with flat wide tip
That flux ur using is also messy get a flux pen it's much cleaner and works well
Nice build bro 🙏🏼subbed to you also 🤙🏼 very cute dog lol.
Thank you for stopping by Chris, greatly appreciated. Yes, she is my little puppy (6 months), and she loves watching my drone videos. She's probably the only person other than me, that enjoys them, lol :)