Thank you guys for all of your support! I hope you enjoy the 100% FREE set of instructions I put together to build your own: hackaday.io/project/191240-flying-rc-drift-car
Tremendous amount of respect for releasing everything open source. For all the time and effort, blood, sweat, and tears( literally) you put into this and not trying to directly capitalize financially on this is amazing. I wouldnt be surprised if someone doesn't make a few minor adjustments, claim it as their own, and take it to market. You've got something special here. Thanks for sharing it with the world
This is great, loved your video. Saw this concept a few years back in the RC world when Kyosho released the Drone Racer but they didn't do a good job of marketing it and it never became popular. What I like about your version is the fact that the components are readily available and you can upgrade/update and add your own improvements to it as new stuff comes out. Great job man, keep up the good work.
I hadn't seen the Kyosho before--adding more to your point of marketing lol. Thanks for the comment! I would love to see others build upgraded versions with their favorite components
I'm surprised by the carry weight it can hold. Looks really fun to fly, I kinda want one. It's amazing that you put all the files and code online so anyone can keep the R&D. I can't express with words how much I like your videos, keep em coming!!!
Really eager to see where this type of drone goes. Been watching the ejowerks one since it came out. Glad more people are working on this and pushing it forward.
Ten years ago, I pud an EDF on my quad and it worked but the quad was loosing 1m altitude when I activated the EDF and it was not going fast. I 'm happy to see your solution and I like it very much
Nicholas Rehm Man, that is the most bizzare R/C idea i've yet to see AND I LOVE IT! I discovered your channel thru R/C test flight. You guys come up with some mind-bending ideas , thanks for the Brilliant code addition. I was watching Multiwii in the early days and really freaked out our elderly neighbours flying a Tri-Copter with LEDS flying like a madman thru the entire neighborhood all those years ago. Greatwork, My mind has been blown now!
My Resin Printer has been fun, but in order to eliminate creative limitations, both a filament, and resin printer should be in the shop… Going to save for an FDM 3D Printer (been thinking about it - now I have the creative motivation I needed ;) Hopefully will be building my own version of this, during the 2024 season! Thanks for posting this, and say hi to Josh Bardwell & Blunty! They're the channel that showed me this project. Happy Flying!
This looks so much fun to race against other people. Bigger laps than rc car, funnier and more flashy because of the drift, easyer to see and understand for spectators than quadcopter races, and i think the races could last longer than quadcopter's races
This reminds me of an rc hovercraft I once had. It “drifted” in a very similar fashion and was a lot of fun to drive. One downside was that it really only functioned well on smooth surfaces like a basketball court or the kitchen floor. This drift plane would be much more resilient to different terrains. Very cool idea, I think I just might have to build one
Nicholas, thank you for bringing me such amazing content. I love that you are so encouraging to your viewers to get going on our own projects and try to beat your designs. When i think about GOATS, i think of Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, & Nicholas Rehm
This is really cool! I could imagine RC and eventually full-sized racing leagues built around rhis type of aerial, "drift car." Pod racing, here we come!
@@NicholasRehm Any reason why we can't scale this to carry a human with current battery tech? Electric cars have the batteries and lidar sensors needed...I feel like this negates a whole bunch of issues cars have now like rubber tires, weather making crashes etc. But yea, I want to race these in a league or something!! So my drone flys with a 23ms lag, would it be possible to fly one over the internet? How about a race of them?
This is really great, it would really get people into the hobby. It will also only be a matter of time until a flight controller, height sensor, and software are available as a package. Then whatever cool frame to build or buy. It would be a little bigger than a 5 inch drone so you don't have to be a microsurgeon to build it. What a great concept!
Great work! Those irregular lines in your prints are caused by instability in the print bed. You can greatly improve print quality by PID tuning your print bed.
I’ve been working on dRehmflight for the last several weeks. I’ve fried a Teensy, I thought I fried my ESC but evidently those things are pretty hardy. I also encountered a set of fan blades running at several thousand RPM, and they will indeed happily slice your fingers into shreds. I have no particular interest in RC hobbies, but have thoroughly enjoyed the engineering and appreciate the incredibly detailed documentation and work that you’ve put into this. My end goal is to develop a heavy-lift cinema drone and implement some of the dRehmflight functions and features into other motor and sensor control systems. Thanks for all the fun!
@@NicholasRehm okay, the altitude hold is next level (also, i burnt my first teensy accidentally while i was high on beer xD), thinking of making an indoor drone with altitude hold similar to IZI... but the coding might be a little different.. is it possible to add a temp value to an aux ch on the teensy linked to an aux channel on a tx16s? what would be different on the stock DRehm flight code?? i aint a coding person, but i know a few basics thanks to my college's 1st semester (aeronautical engg)...
This is really cool project. What I found even more interesting was the mount you created to place and check the controls of the craft. Do you have a video on that as well?
I originally built it for my spinning drone project. It’s a 2x4 base with a carbon tube out the top and a ball joint so I can’t mount things to it and have them freely rotate
Wow so rad… that could be a viable product. Could you put a couple cameras facing down to hold position and gauge speed alike also helping it turn with out drift? It could have a drift mode for expert mode.
Thank you guys for all of your support! I hope you enjoy the 100% FREE set of instructions I put together to build your own: hackaday.io/project/191240-flying-rc-drift-car
If only there were a little button you could press on my channel in return 👉🥺👈
Now this is seriously cool ...
One Word: F-Zero
@@NicholasRehm kyosho already did this in 2016. Catch up.
Absolutely genius creativity and engineering!
Tremendous amount of respect for releasing everything open source. For all the time and effort, blood, sweat, and tears( literally) you put into this and not trying to directly capitalize financially on this is amazing. I wouldnt be surprised if someone doesn't make a few minor adjustments, claim it as their own, and take it to market. You've got something special here. Thanks for sharing it with the world
This was really inspiring to watch, Nicholas! Would be stoked to see a fleet of these in a race or something. Keep up the hard work! :)
Thanks, that's the goal!!
Kyosho Drone Racer Zephyr Force is the best next Thing available
They already race them. It's called FPV drone racing
@@RichardGilmoreDronetech Drone Racing and this is completly different ya Genius
Or better yet, flying towards ruZZian trenches in Ukraine 💥
"Gps is too heavy" *straps a brick cellphone to it*
Anything to explain away integrating another component in that cramped little fuselage lol
@@NicholasRehm why not use one of those tiny modules?
😂 iflight makes some pretty small gps that he can fit on the top too
nothing raw power won't fix
I recommend a skyfly performance analyzer. I use it on my drag car. Super lightweight and very accurate.
This is incredible....
No u
This is INSANE!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Thx so much for bringing us this.
This is great, loved your video. Saw this concept a few years back in the RC world when Kyosho released the Drone Racer but they didn't do a good job of marketing it and it never became popular. What I like about your version is the fact that the components are readily available and you can upgrade/update and add your own improvements to it as new stuff comes out. Great job man, keep up the good work.
I hadn't seen the Kyosho before--adding more to your point of marketing lol. Thanks for the comment! I would love to see others build upgraded versions with their favorite components
Really cool video, I especially liked how you thought about the mixed output in turns and showed the curves and the math.
Looks like fun! I'd be surprised if someone didn't make this as a new RC toy
Kyosho Drone Racer Zephyr Force Just Without fpv
I already want to figure out how to shrink it to something you could use in a building.
Dji avata my friend, dji avata
EPIC! Nice work, Nick!
This looks ready for retail.
The most sensible build I've seen you do.
Fascinating!!!! The only really fun and viable solution of thrusted quad.
I really appreciated your applied physics analysis and how you illustrated your solutions..Solid!
Thanks!!
I'm surprised by the carry weight it can hold. Looks really fun to fly, I kinda want one. It's amazing that you put all the files and code online so anyone can keep the R&D. I can't express with words how much I like your videos, keep em coming!!!
I'm not sure if you understand this, but you just invented the best RC "thing" that was ever made!!
This is brilliant!!!
Amazing video bro
Thanks!
@@NicholasRehm Welcome 😀
This is such a cool project! It gives me RCTestFlight ground-effect vehicle vibes.
Love watching the hobby growing with great ideas like this 👍
This is so cool it reminds me of the kyosho drone racer!! AWESOME WORK!!!
Really eager to see where this type of drone goes. Been watching the ejowerks one since it came out. Glad more people are working on this and pushing it forward.
Glad you knew about Erik's stuff already!
You have to make it in to a landspeeder!!!!
Ten years ago, I pud an EDF on my quad and it worked but the quad was loosing 1m altitude when I activated the EDF and it was not going fast. I 'm happy to see your solution and I like it very much
Now waterproof it and make it a drone, car, and submarine! Haha, but for real I love this idea! Makes me want to buy one
Waterproofing would be a fun side project--would give me the confidence to fly this thing over water haha
Nicholas Rehm
Man, that is the most bizzare R/C idea i've yet to see AND I LOVE IT! I discovered your channel thru R/C test flight. You guys come up with some mind-bending ideas , thanks for the Brilliant code addition. I was watching Multiwii in the early days and really freaked out our elderly neighbours flying a Tri-Copter with LEDS flying like a madman thru the entire neighborhood all those years ago. Greatwork, My mind has been blown now!
Have you considered a jump button for short but high obstacle, that the lidar cannot catch in time?
That'd be cool and easy to implement with another channel!
Holy crap, that is an awesome idea.. This would be like integrating Mariokart into it..
@@NicholasRehm I would absolutely love to see that!!
My Resin Printer has been fun, but in order to eliminate creative limitations, both a filament, and resin printer should be in the shop…
Going to save for an FDM 3D Printer (been thinking about it - now I have the creative motivation I needed ;)
Hopefully will be building my own version of this, during the 2024 season!
Thanks for posting this, and say hi to Josh Bardwell & Blunty! They're the channel that showed me this project.
Happy Flying!
nice to see someone actually doing quality projects on YT. PS try big side panels. will act as forward stabilizers
This is so cool! I'm mostly into RC cars and trucks, but I would buy this for sure! I hope to see these on the market one day ! Nice work!
Cool project, seems like a blast to drive/fly
This looks so much fun to race against other people. Bigger laps than rc car, funnier and more flashy because of the drift, easyer to see and understand for spectators than quadcopter races, and i think the races could last longer than quadcopter's races
Dude is a low-key genius. Love your channel! Keep it up!
Thanks for the kind words!
Cheers Nicholas! Everything you make and do is fascinating and very impressive. Just keep on doing it man!
Thanks a lot, will do😄
this is an outstanding project, so much fun. good work on the code
Thanks so much!
So glad i found your channel. keep it up man!
Thanks!!
Fantastic work.... and fair play for sharing it all open source too... keep up the great work!
Thanks a ton!
absolut perfect, this is insparation for all the Car/ Drone Pilots.......thumbs up👍👍💯
Thanks for the kind words!
Looks like soo much fun. That's awesome!
Thanks!!
This is my favorite quad copter configuration ever.
my god i will build this so hard!
thank you for making the files open.
You just made my dream come true, I hope for a bnf version to be available soon
Great project and video!
I could see this really going somewhere like becoming something like DRL in the future. Great job
This reminds me of an rc hovercraft I once had. It “drifted” in a very similar fashion and was a lot of fun to drive. One downside was that it really only functioned well on smooth surfaces like a basketball court or the kitchen floor.
This drift plane would be much more resilient to different terrains. Very cool idea, I think I just might have to build one
Nicholas, thank you for bringing me such amazing content. I love that you are so encouraging to your viewers to get going on our own projects and try to beat your designs. When i think about GOATS, i think of Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, & Nicholas Rehm
GOAT comment
the video shots of this thing looks amazing!
lol another bit of oldschool cool! lol. the pusher prop 5 motor drone, 3 ch control and lidar is definitely a game changing addition.
You are a genius, bro. Market these! RC lovers would definitely buy them. I want one so bad, lol.
Excellent upload well done, really inspiring 👍👍👍👍
That is really cool! Looks fun too.
Maybe, the only channel where I like the Ads... 🤩
At the beginning I was like what a dumb idea... But you made that video so interesting to watch and I am happy that I did not skip it. Thanks.
Thanks for sticking through it to see all the fun engineering
There is awesome and then there is this. Amazing work!
so awesome... love that project of yours.... good job :)
Awesome invention. Thanks for sharing.
that changing functions for different throttle output? cool af
Wow amazing!! Thank you for sharing!!
One good addition to your projects, including this. Is the new radio from radiomaster MT12 they has a gyro sensor accessories for the radio
Love this, when i was flying drone fpv i wanted something like this as drones are very complicated to fly.
This is really cool! I could imagine RC and eventually full-sized racing leagues built around rhis type of aerial, "drift car." Pod racing, here we come!
That would be awesome
@@NicholasRehm Any reason why we can't scale this to carry a human with current battery tech?
Electric cars have the batteries and lidar sensors needed...I feel like this negates a whole bunch of issues cars have now like rubber tires, weather making crashes etc.
But yea, I want to race these in a league or something!!
So my drone flys with a 23ms lag, would it be possible to fly one over the internet? How about a race of them?
너무 멋찐 영상입니다. ^^
Thats frickin awesome!
Thank You! From Frisco, TX
Cheers!
Incredible. Well done and congratulations.
This is really great, it would really get people into the hobby. It will also only be a matter of time until a flight controller, height sensor, and software are available as a package. Then whatever cool frame to build or buy. It would be a little bigger than a 5 inch drone so you don't have to be a microsurgeon to build it. What a great concept!
This is only the beginning!
This is SO COOL!
Great work! Those irregular lines in your prints are caused by instability in the print bed. You can greatly improve print quality by PID tuning your print bed.
excellent fun design!!!
Excellent work 👍🏻👍🏻 I may not build this project, BUT your video has helped me with a project I am already working on. Thanks 🙌🏻
Awesome! What are you building?
I’ve been working on dRehmflight for the last several weeks. I’ve fried a Teensy, I thought I fried my ESC but evidently those things are pretty hardy. I also encountered a set of fan blades running at several thousand RPM, and they will indeed happily slice your fingers into shreds.
I have no particular interest in RC hobbies, but have thoroughly enjoyed the engineering and appreciate the incredibly detailed documentation and work that you’ve put into this. My end goal is to develop a heavy-lift cinema drone and implement some of the dRehmflight functions and features into other motor and sensor control systems. Thanks for all the fun!
Awesome! Remember to test, test, test until you fully understand how the system works. Keep those fingers safe
That looks like fun. I will wait for the noiseless version though.
Sir, this is awesome!
Another banger! The man never misses 🔥
Come over some time and try it out my dude
@@NicholasRehm Will do!
Amazing ! Another great project sir
This thing looks so fun!
This is so cool and I just bought another teensy 4 while they were available I think this is the next project
Sweeeet!
Great job Nick! Reminds me of Captain Falcon's race car, the Blue Falcon
Hahaha I can see it too
Super cool, I would love one of these. ❤
This will be a very commercially viable product soon! Good job!
Thanks!
Thank you!! This is so cool
That thing is awesome,I hope somebody picks up on this idea,I'd buy one 👍
Super cool build
I love this! I need one. I would buy one right now.
I recently got my hands on a teensy 4
Looking forward to fly-ving one soone😊
Awesome!!
@@NicholasRehm okay, the altitude hold is next level (also, i burnt my first teensy accidentally while i was high on beer xD), thinking of making an indoor drone with altitude hold similar to IZI... but the coding might be a little different.. is it possible to add a temp value to an aux ch on the teensy linked to an aux channel on a tx16s? what would be different on the stock DRehm flight code?? i aint a coding person, but i know a few basics thanks to my college's 1st semester (aeronautical engg)...
Awsome project!
This is really cool project. What I found even more interesting was the mount you created to place and check the controls of the craft. Do you have a video on that as well?
I originally built it for my spinning drone project. It’s a 2x4 base with a carbon tube out the top and a ball joint so I can’t mount things to it and have them freely rotate
Perfect! Now build one the size of an atv! 😂 This is a super cool project, thanks for sharing it.
That would be sick
that's pretty cool. I wish more people would add trust motors to their drones. maybe a set of counter rotating ones.
Truly AWESOME !
Very cool! I'm a bit surprised it didn't go faster
To be honest, the pusher motor on the back is pretty wimpy. Might upgrade to something that can swing a 6x5" prop in the future
11:24 i thought you said "destructions" and got a wave of nostalgia
This is cool!
Insane! Your best yet 😀
Thanks man!!
Impressive. And so cool! What a fun idea.
Thanks!!
This is amazing!
This is just incredible. After printing a boat, I'm now working on a printed glider. After that I'm building this drone :')
Thats freakin sweet! Butt propellers ftw
there you areeeeee
its a real life snow speeder...nice job!
Just amazing skills!
Wow so rad… that could be a viable product. Could you put a couple cameras facing down to hold position and gauge speed alike also helping it turn with out drift? It could have a drift mode for expert mode.
Erik has been experimenting with that idea and is getting pretty good results
this is insane, very nice. cant wait to build my own, i can see this design used as a jr drone racing league
Thanks! That's an awesome idea actually