I would argue that you can tune Betaflight to behave exactly like a KISS FC and it is easy to "soften up" a quad but difficult to get perfect stick tracking and good propwash handling. Anyhow, people who don't want to tune a lot will *love* the presets feature in Betaflight 4.3.
Mark Spatz has videos on trying this with blackbox logs and still couldn't make it "feel" the same, unless you fly Kiss you just cant explain the differences properly. I love Betaflight but everytime I pull out one of my Kiss quads I immediately notice how much better it actually flies. For a 5 inch freestyle drone nothing compares, also Kiss has had presets for as long as I have used it
@@jdd1777 Presets in BF do a *lot* more than they do in KISS, everything from rates, filters and PIDs to OSD layout, RC link smoothing and LED patterns.
@@Gosuminer I can't tune, but I played with the sliders a little in order to get my 5 inch quad to fly a little better. When I installed BF 4.3 and used a preset, I can't believe how much better my quad flies now.
@@CarbonGlassMan Stock settings are really just a starting point and AFAIK the 4.3 defaults are a little more aggressive. Mark Spatz and Chris Rosser have thorough tuning guides but I think we need new "tune with 4 1-minute flights and without blackbox" tutorials for Betaflight 4.3. This would help many people to get a better flying quad.
I’m a long time BF user but after watching your video I just ordered my first Kiss FC for my new build. I will report back when I have everything built out and maiden flight.
You've been able to run any ESC with KISS for a long time. I used Kiss FC V2 and BLHeli_32 ESCs when the Impulse RC Reverb came out and I'm sure it was possible before then. The downside was you couldn't use BLHeli passthrough, although it was possible to do.
dude I burned my fettec esc last week, I asked everywhere if it was possible to use other esc than fettec, I did not get answer, and then rotor riot released the perfect video, 15 m before that I order my new esc, i could not imagine betters timings
I'm late to the party but I recently switched over to KISS and never going back. Need to find a good tune for this heavy brick though. About 700 grams all up weight with full sized GoPro, battery, etc. Great vid guys 🤣
I almost give up the hobby. Cant fly like u guys but was getting close. Lost a few drones along the way. But last one was with a expencive go pro. All lost. But love to see u guys hit it off!
Love this video! I've been trying this for awhile now, not because of any kind of failure, but more so because of having mis-matched parts in my arsenal. Vanny touched on this briefly but I've found more success when combining the Fettec ESC with a Betaflight FC. I feel as if the Fettec ESC is the "secret sauce" to that feel we all know and love and when I combined the FETTEC 45a esc with a Zeez F7 v2, it performed a hell of a lot better than when I used the included Zeez BL_Heli32 55a ESC.
@@YoYoYo No, there’s the Golden Tune, which is the default and the Golden Starting Point. Golden Starting Point is a bit better than the defaults, but the defaults likely work better on more quads.
15:14 If it's a BLHELI32 you can switch motor direction on the KISS configurator... Just remember that motor 1 for a BLHELI esc is not motor 1 for KISS and so on...
Gotta say for just a park flyer that I am betafiight had gotten so out there overwhelming for me. I don't have the time to sit there everyday trying to figure it out. And these new updates they keep doing I'm glad my quads are in emu flight. I would love to switch to kiss cause heard it's just more user friendly!! I run blheli-s on both quads. And being that you just have to make sure settings are set before swapping is not at all a deal breaker for me! Less time tuning more time flying is what I'm about!!🤜 Thank you vanover for the info before getting!
Quick question 🙋♂️ it wasn’t mentioned in the video but, does all of this apply with the Fettec F7? I recently burned out my Fettec 35a ESC and now my Fettec F7 FC is just sitting on my desk with no matching esc.. before I buy a new Fet. ESC I wanted to make sure all of this info applies to the F7 and not just the G4 because I have plenty of good Blheli32 escs lying around. Thanks for the awesome content!
please help! at the end vanover mentions a cinewhoop, i have that frame 2.5 qav micro pro, i have that AIO FC, but i cant get the PIDs right! its shaky as frig. even hovering. 1404 4600kv motors.
Lol.. sounds like Vanover is the new KISS Spokesperson..lol. I do run the Fettec Kiss F7 and just finally blew out the Fettec ESC after a year about... Hard bashing too..
I burn lots of kiss18a back in the days. My theory what that fets where getting real hot, weakening the solder joint and in a crash it they would move just enough to short circuit the PCB trace. I use to epoxy them to fix the issue.
Ok i have a fettec g4 fc and was told by Alex Fedorov (kiss) dev that its a giant pita to make the g4 work with blheli... what did you do to make it work vanny?
@@alexanderfedorov7890 I found it difficult to use a year ago. Unable to reverse motor direction, no osd setup. Hard to make the switch coming from BF... My first Kiss build had been collecting dust ever since 😤
I find it funny that after 7 years Betaflight still hasn’t worked out how KISS feels different. I spoke with Felix in private about it once and he knows exactly what makes it feel better but will take that secret to the grave and let Betaflight add yet another filter variable.
@@FenderRealm Yes, on ultra i do support hd0 in "flight" mode. You can edit osd and place as you pleased. Ultra menu system in works too. G4 uses own canvas code.
Honestly, I think the feeling everyone likes is just too much I term with no anti windup on it. I cant speak for fettec but at least on kiss v2, the anti windup is very weird if it even exists and that is what pilots usually don't realise they like until they try it (for smoothness I mean). Just tuning other firmware to do that I term thing gets you pretty much in the same performance range.
i will not use a kiss fc after this video. i also saw what my friends had trouble with activation and find a tune. bf released 4.3 rc3 a few hours ago and with the pidtoolbox, blackbox and some other help with bardwell, rosser and others there will always a lot of help there which kiss is missing in this amount. the other point is this closed software from only one company? why should i do this? what about osd in dji goggles, is this working? i can see no reason to take a kiss over my iflights or t-motor fc-esc stacks. rock stable, even my old Nero F7 Aikon combo is running pack after pack since 2017 in abusing flights.
I had three for three esc failures ranging from 6 packs to 6weeks. I have akion esc been running and battered about for years now. V1 ak32 50amp v2 v3 very tuff hobbywing in a 9” been taking a beating for a year. Fettec just can’t do durable. Kiss 32amp esc also last and have taken a beating. Fettec need to move on with esc and fast. Test code Blheli 32.8.3 rpm based own shows real promise for f3 f4 esc to make there fettec esc nit needed. Fets are tiny not enough surface area for heat rejection in my opinion I don’t know anyone that hasn’t had fettec failure
KISS got a bad rep with their flammable 18amp esc, back in the 4s days. I've been flying KISS for the past 5 years... 5 or 6 quads build with full KISS (and now FETtec gear), and I only got 1 burned esc after a very hard crash, back in my noob days...
well, basically You cannot show on the vid, how the sticks feel BUT fettec died on me with a small crash, replaced, so the company works, but my build plans changed in the meantime, I sold the replacement, guess what, It crapped on my friends quad almost immedattely , so for me, its a no go...
why does everyone still fly 5inchers? surely nowadays other setups would have made it into the Rotor Riot team. theres a lot of availability and inertia in that segment, but is there anyone even running a non standard motor?
What do you think would be a better option? (I'm curious 'cause I have two different sized quads and neither are 5 inch, but they do seem to be the most versatile.)
@@Vousie late reply, but i've been loving my Rekon 4 FR, 4inch sub250 freestyle. i think its a really unpopulated segment, despite it being a much comfier starting spot for beginners while still having ridiculous performance for pros. even going above 250, Boshua Jardwell gave the CatalystMW Shocker 4" more praise than the 5"
I flew KISS in 2014 and gave it many chances over the years, since. But, I fly hard and crash hard and had too many ESC fires. Now that I can use my own ESC, I am happy to give KISS another chance, because, so far, I love the way it flies.
I think this video's relevance is lacking in light of betaflight 4.3. Maybe not but you should do the same thing with 4.3 compared with normal rigs and kiss.
I have wasted my money and time watching Betaflight Videos buying BLheli firmwares for Bidirectional DShot fiddeling around with wrong Filters burning Motors. Since i build MrSteele APEX i noticed how easy all can be. Never had a that good flying Betaflight Quad after Days of tuning. Now everything in my Bag is KISS, Toothpics also and every single one is better flying than any Betaflight quad ever build. I also use Kiss ESC`s no one died yet. I Don`t can explain why but all my Kiss builds feel better with Idle Up and airmode off.
Kiss FC Ultra has Blheli pass through and was built for the intention to use a Kiss FC with any Blheli/Blheli32 ESC.. I challenge the group to use it..
I would think the Kiss devs were smart enough to add blheli pass through. Kiss means "Keep It Super Stupid" I have always flown blheli with my Kiss Fc. Just one little setup with Betaflight then it's all good.
Original KISS V2 had one-way 5v buffers on the motor outputs that prevented using passthrough. KISS Ultra supports passthrough. FETTEC currently does not support passthrough but will support it in the future. The reason is that KISS ESC use a separate telemetry line to talk to the ESC, so there's no need for bidirectional motor signals like with blheli.
@@JoshuaBardwell Didn't know about the V2 but I know with the original hardware it was pretty simple to flash betaflight and set up blheli using passthrough then reflashing kiss, I have a great flying quad with a v1 and a blheli s esc.
"you move the sticks and the bars move, thats sick"
-Drib 2022
pog
I would argue that you can tune Betaflight to behave exactly like a KISS FC and it is easy to "soften up" a quad but difficult to get perfect stick tracking and good propwash handling. Anyhow, people who don't want to tune a lot will *love* the presets feature in Betaflight 4.3.
Yes beta flight always has a little shakey ness
Mark Spatz has videos on trying this with blackbox logs and still couldn't make it "feel" the same, unless you fly Kiss you just cant explain the differences properly. I love Betaflight but everytime I pull out one of my Kiss quads I immediately notice how much better it actually flies. For a 5 inch freestyle drone nothing compares, also Kiss has had presets for as long as I have used it
@@jdd1777 Presets in BF do a *lot* more than they do in KISS, everything from rates, filters and PIDs to OSD layout, RC link smoothing and LED patterns.
@@Gosuminer I can't tune, but I played with the sliders a little in order to get my 5 inch quad to fly a little better. When I installed BF 4.3 and used a preset, I can't believe how much better my quad flies now.
@@CarbonGlassMan Stock settings are really just a starting point and AFAIK the 4.3 defaults are a little more aggressive. Mark Spatz and Chris Rosser have thorough tuning guides but I think we need new "tune with 4 1-minute flights and without blackbox" tutorials for Betaflight 4.3. This would help many people to get a better flying quad.
I’m a long time BF user but after watching your video I just ordered my first Kiss FC for my new build. I will report back when I have everything built out and maiden flight.
Any updates?
You've been able to run any ESC with KISS for a long time. I used Kiss FC V2 and BLHeli_32 ESCs when the Impulse RC Reverb came out and I'm sure it was possible before then. The downside was you couldn't use BLHeli passthrough, although it was possible to do.
dude I burned my fettec esc last week, I asked everywhere if it was possible to use other esc than fettec, I did not get answer, and then rotor riot released the perfect video, 15 m before that I order my new esc, i could not imagine betters timings
I'm late to the party but I recently switched over to KISS and never going back. Need to find a good tune for this heavy brick though. About 700 grams all up weight with full sized GoPro, battery, etc. Great vid guys 🤣
I should mention I fly with the 32a kiss esc's. Only burned one years ago. They are a beast!
Me being at 830g with GoPro 9 👀
@@TRITONFPV they are monsters. Love their 32a escs
I almost give up the hobby. Cant fly like u guys but was getting close. Lost a few drones along the way. But last one was with a expencive go pro. All lost. But love to see u guys hit it off!
Been using it on any esc since 2016 haha =) Kiss Ultra FTW! BLHeli passthrough being just one reason ;)
Thanks brother. We also have some "other" worthy features u know :)
@@alexanderfedorov7890 whens the next run of ultra champ, im hanging out for some :-)
Love Kiss, easy GUI, fly amazing, feeling amazing, just fly!!!!!
Love this video! I've been trying this for awhile now, not because of any kind of failure, but more so because of having mis-matched parts in my arsenal. Vanny touched on this briefly but I've found more success when combining the Fettec ESC with a Betaflight FC. I feel as if the Fettec ESC is the "secret sauce" to that feel we all know and love and when I combined the FETTEC 45a esc with a Zeez F7 v2, it performed a hell of a lot better than when I used the included Zeez BL_Heli32 55a ESC.
Finally one of the first to see a new vid 😎
That Fettec 35A AIO flys really nicely on the 2fiddy with the “Golden Starting Point”
Isn't golde starting just the default pids? PID 3, 0.35, 10?!
@@YoYoYo No, there’s the Golden Tune, which is the default and the Golden Starting Point. Golden Starting Point is a bit better than the defaults, but the defaults likely work better on more quads.
@@scottmilano2940 Hoping to get my hands on one myself for my twofiddy
@@gmivisualsjason3729 The TBS store has them in stock, direct from Hong Kong on the slow boat, unless you pay extra for Fedex.
@@scottmilano2940 Great thanks
I'm only familiar with Betaflight so should be interesting.
Can I still get osd in my dji goggles using this board?
15:14 If it's a BLHELI32 you can switch motor direction on the KISS configurator... Just remember that motor 1 for a BLHELI esc is not motor 1 for KISS and so on...
Krunked's "Golden starting Point"
thanks for this video fettec stuff hasnt been hard enough to get lately.
Gotta say for just a park flyer that I am betafiight had gotten so out there overwhelming for me. I don't have the time to sit there everyday trying to figure it out. And these new updates they keep doing I'm glad my quads are in emu flight. I would love to switch to kiss cause heard it's just more user friendly!! I run blheli-s on both quads. And being that you just have to make sure settings are set before swapping is not at all a deal breaker for me! Less time tuning more time flying is what I'm about!!🤜 Thank you vanover for the info before getting!
Hey, Vanover, do you mind sharing the pids? Have a hookv2 with G4 and it doesn't fly as smooth as yours.
Hey man! The golden starting point tune which is a preset on Fettec / kiss is what I use
@@captainvanover Thank you Alex! I believe I tried that but the propwash wasn't good. Do you have issues with that?
@@captainvanover is that Krunked - 300mm the golden starting point?
Love the shirt. West Coast Throwdown! Hope to have one this year.
I've been flying Kiss from day one for me (6 years or so). Now if I could only get my hands on an Ultra FCFC.
Watch discord. Batch is coming ;) Haha.
@@alexanderfedorov7890 hi
@@Fpvfixit hi
same eyes glued on discord
Iv been trying for the last 2 releases with no luck!
to be fair the succx d7 i have is betaflight and its 150 now or more, all prices are up majorly
Good info! Thanks guys....
Quick question 🙋♂️ it wasn’t mentioned in the video but, does all of this apply with the Fettec F7? I recently burned out my Fettec 35a ESC and now my Fettec F7 FC is just sitting on my desk with no matching esc.. before I buy a new Fet. ESC I wanted to make sure all of this info applies to the F7 and not just the G4 because I have plenty of good Blheli32 escs lying around. Thanks for the awesome content!
please help! at the end vanover mentions a cinewhoop, i have that frame 2.5 qav micro pro, i have that AIO FC, but i cant get the PIDs right! its shaky as frig. even hovering. 1404 4600kv motors.
Is KISS and Fettec’s alpha the same? If not about what did you talk in this video and what would you recommend today, Kiss or alpha?
Lol.. sounds like Vanover is the new KISS Spokesperson..lol. I do run the Fettec Kiss F7 and just finally blew out the Fettec ESC after a year about... Hard bashing too..
I burn lots of kiss18a back in the days. My theory what that fets where getting real hot, weakening the solder joint and in a crash it they would move just enough to short circuit the PCB trace. I use to epoxy them to fix the issue.
Bro
You still talking about 5 years ago.
@@cafub2650 yeah I know. He mention in the kiss18 in the video so it did bring back some good old memories! 😆
Flying style looking definitely different -->
Locked mode checking in 😎👍
Hey captain can u share ur blheli setting?
Ok i have a fettec g4 fc and was told by Alex Fedorov (kiss) dev that its a giant pita to make the g4 work with blheli... what did you do to make it work vanny?
He used BF FC to configure those ;)
@@alexanderfedorov7890 gotcha
try mounting solar panel on your fpv drone!
Shawn's GoPro mount looks like it was built for a 13 inch CRT TV
lmao
I find the Kiss GUI to be seriously lacking... has that changed?
@@MurdersFPV Doesnt need more.
@@alexanderfedorov7890 I found it difficult to use a year ago. Unable to reverse motor direction, no osd setup. Hard to make the switch coming from BF... My first Kiss build had been collecting dust ever since 😤
@@notsure1502 Then stay on BF.
@@alexanderfedorov7890 I'll try it again eventually. Hard to let a quad just sit like that 😉
Didn’t I see that you can’t get battery voltage on the DJI OSD with kiss FCs unless you get Federov’s code?
Correct
I find it funny that after 7 years Betaflight still hasn’t worked out how KISS feels different. I spoke with Felix in private about it once and he knows exactly what makes it feel better but will take that secret to the grave and let Betaflight add yet another filter variable.
Diamond in the rough comment.
Hope you’re well friend
@@mhoovair89 doing excellent mate :)
@@FinalGlideAus that makes me happy.
You doing any for fun flying anymore?
I fly professionally during the week. I’ve moved on to other things hobby wise.
so does the osd work on dji with the kiss g4?
It does since it came from my patreon.
@@alexanderfedorov7890 Any support for HDZero mate?
@@FenderRealm Yes, on ultra i do support hd0 in "flight" mode. You can edit osd and place as you pleased. Ultra menu system in works too. G4 uses own canvas code.
will this work on the HD1 XR?
Honestly, I think the feeling everyone likes is just too much I term with no anti windup on it. I cant speak for fettec but at least on kiss v2, the anti windup is very weird if it even exists and that is what pilots usually don't realise they like until they try it (for smoothness I mean). Just tuning other firmware to do that I term thing gets you pretty much in the same performance range.
Bubby : FC are unbreakable
Me : Suuuuuuuure
Looked good to me.😎👍
i will not use a kiss fc after this video. i also saw what my friends had trouble with activation and find a tune. bf released 4.3 rc3 a few hours ago and with the pidtoolbox, blackbox and some other help with bardwell, rosser and others there will always a lot of help there which kiss is missing in this amount. the other point is this closed software from only one company? why should i do this? what about osd in dji goggles, is this working? i can see no reason to take a kiss over my iflights or t-motor fc-esc stacks. rock stable, even my old Nero F7 Aikon combo is running pack after pack since 2017 in abusing flights.
Get kiss ultra, fettec g4 doesn’t have blheli passthrough, you must plug your esc into another fc just to access your esc.
FETTEC G4 is getting passthrough in alpha firmware.
JB -leaked- teased this in his live stream earlier :)
Very interested in the aio
I had three for three esc failures ranging from 6 packs to 6weeks.
I have akion esc been running and battered about for years now. V1 ak32 50amp v2 v3 very tuff hobbywing in a 9” been taking a beating for a year. Fettec just can’t do durable. Kiss 32amp esc also last and have taken a beating. Fettec need to move on with esc and fast.
Test code Blheli 32.8.3 rpm based own shows real promise for f3 f4 esc to make there fettec esc nit needed. Fets are tiny not enough surface area for heat rejection in my opinion I don’t know anyone that hasn’t had fettec failure
KISS got a bad rep with their flammable 18amp esc, back in the 4s days. I've been flying KISS for the past 5 years... 5 or 6 quads build with full KISS (and now FETtec gear), and I only got 1 burned esc after a very hard crash, back in my noob days...
Once you change to Kiss never go back!!!! The best!!!
Call me a FettecFanBoy but Bobby never flew so locked ^^
I Josef As well agree
I Disagree Fettec Is Absolutely garage...Flyduino should shut it down..Then demand would change and I would have an Ultra..
@@jaredmende3641 Ultra got nothing to do with either. ;)
Supply and demand would change.. And The Kiss Ultra FC, Would be available. If Fettec didnt exist. So Yes It does...
@@jaredmende3641 how does it have anything to do with ultra bro. Makes no sense. Flyduino. Isn't Fettec or ultra
Hello rotor riot
didnt know they have micro aio boards!
Flight none to kiss a big impact?
Kiss ultra has a pass through for blhelli !
That Hero mount 😂😉
Kiss is a beautiful FC...
well, basically You cannot show on the vid, how the sticks feel BUT fettec died on me with a small crash, replaced, so the company works, but my build plans changed in the meantime, I sold the replacement, guess what, It crapped on my friends quad almost immedattely , so for me, its a no go...
why does everyone still fly 5inchers? surely nowadays other setups would have made it into the Rotor Riot team. theres a lot of availability and inertia in that segment, but is there anyone even running a non standard motor?
What do you think would be a better option?
(I'm curious 'cause I have two different sized quads and neither are 5 inch, but they do seem to be the most versatile.)
@@Vousie late reply, but i've been loving my Rekon 4 FR, 4inch sub250 freestyle. i think its a really unpopulated segment, despite it being a much comfier starting spot for beginners while still having ridiculous performance for pros.
even going above 250, Boshua Jardwell gave the CatalystMW Shocker 4" more praise than the 5"
great video guys ive just done my first upload
I got one kwad with kiss but it didnt impress me so much that i would change all my kwads to kiss. also the esc's are damn expensive
Cost the same as other higher quality 4in1s
@@mhoovair89yeah i had the prices from the past in my head sorry. now everything is expansive xD
Only took years for everyone to realize how good kiss flies lol
I flew KISS in 2014 and gave it many chances over the years, since. But, I fly hard and crash hard and had too many ESC fires.
Now that I can use my own ESC, I am happy to give KISS another chance, because, so far, I love the way it flies.
@@LetsFlyRC definitely a massive step in the right direction for them
Vanover! Stop talking everyone into Kiss! Stuff is hard to find in stock as is! 😂
:)
@@alexanderfedorov7890 haha!
I honestly kinda dislike these conformation bias videos.
There is quite a bit of leading the witness from Vanny in this one.
I think this video's relevance is lacking in light of betaflight 4.3. Maybe not but you should do the same thing with 4.3 compared with normal rigs and kiss.
I have never had an issue with Kiss ESCs…
darn i was there yesterday
We need Apple silicon updates for all this software!!!
Helmet socks exist. Helps with blemishes.
Having started on KISS in 2016 I thought KISS was losing relevance over the years.
Kiss only ❤️💗
I know I love mine.....I will tell you that
Im not sure, maybe its the absence of hypersmooth on both pilots, but kiss seems a little worse
They do mostly run stabilization so this was new for them
@@captainvanover Understandable. I guess I cant knock it till I try it. (Good luck next week btw)
Bubby experiencing some cognitive dissonance lol you guys had a nice sesh!
Very little is properly optimized for M1 right now, Apple really dropped the ball on that...
yeah that sucks, and the kiss config loves to crash on my m1 mbp.. But when it is optimized its awesome!!
I have wasted my money and time watching Betaflight Videos buying BLheli firmwares for Bidirectional DShot fiddeling around with wrong Filters burning Motors.
Since i build MrSteele APEX i noticed how easy all can be.
Never had a that good flying Betaflight Quad after Days of tuning.
Now everything in my Bag is KISS, Toothpics also and every single one is better flying than any Betaflight quad ever build.
I also use Kiss ESC`s no one died yet.
I Don`t can explain why but all my Kiss builds feel better with Idle Up and airmode off.
Kiss FC Ultra has Blheli pass through and was built for the intention to use a Kiss FC with any Blheli/Blheli32 ESC.. I challenge the group to use it..
Can kiss be upgraded to intercourse?
let em fly the ultra
☝️this
@@biggfpv2721 :-)
If Ultra was more readily available, we would love to try it. Unfortunately there isn’t enough supply to meet the demand.
@@LetsFlyRC alex has some thats all I'm saying
@@LetsFlyRC What can i do if people buy them like crazy?! :)
✊🚁
i can get a whole stack for the same price
i hate watching video with voice at 10 and music at 100, can you guys put all at 50? is it that hard
those massive gopros just look silly
That ultra wide on the DJI cam is just too wide.
Hello
Fettec ESC are so much more durable than KISS and they fly amazing.
hmmm I been through 5 this past year, but I'm a bad pilot lol
😄
Twice the price of a standard f7 Fc yet slower bit of a ripoff tbh.
Do you even know what you’re talking about.
Second
come on! emuflight with feathered pids at 0 + 2pass mixer = kiss pids without loosing altitude when yawing. kiss is just expensive emuflight
Woooha
this felt like an ad…
First
1st
that fc is way to expencive. 90 euro for only a fc. i can buy a entirestack for 90 euro...
:)
I think everybody knew, that it was your golden starting point tune haha
@@pietlopsa9164 hehe
@@pietlopsa9164 Isn't the golden standard just the default one?!
27th
I would think the Kiss devs were smart enough to add blheli pass through. Kiss means "Keep It Super Stupid" I have always flown blheli with my Kiss Fc. Just one little setup with Betaflight then it's all good.
Kiss Dev are not as smart as you it seems.
Original KISS V2 had one-way 5v buffers on the motor outputs that prevented using passthrough. KISS Ultra supports passthrough. FETTEC currently does not support passthrough but will support it in the future. The reason is that KISS ESC use a separate telemetry line to talk to the ESC, so there's no need for bidirectional motor signals like with blheli.
@@JoshuaBardwell Didn't know about the V2 but I know with the original hardware it was pretty simple to flash betaflight and set up blheli using passthrough then reflashing kiss, I have a great flying quad with a v1 and a blheli s esc.