Thanks for that. I'm really new to drones but am totally taken back by how they've progressed over the years and am deciding to invest. Thanks for helping out.
not what i think of as long range, but it's a hard thing to do with a multirotor. good range for sure. and very nice flying. will be watching for future flights with this machine. thanks alishanmao!
You are absolutley right about that. But the thing you are talking about is military/survailance use, in which case drones have advantage. I thought we were talking about, mainly purpose of fun FPV/aerial photography ;-)
Do these types of drones have the ability to 'shuffle' left and right, like strafe? I mostly see them moving just forward, backward and changing direction when used by remote control
Think of a situation where you need to take pictures for orthomosaic maps. With this quad, if it really flies for 20 minutes, you could easily perform a lawn mower style flight path thats 5kms long. Not necessarily 5KMs away. Still useful
Cool! I am a teen who is looking to get into quadcopters. Obviously I do not have a large budget and will have to do a lot of diy. Have you tested the serial data link on mega pirate using joystick control? I do not have the money to spend on a regular radio but I do have a joystick that might work. also you point out in one of the other comments that you can "zoom" in with your fpv camera. Is that possible with a gopro? I follow all your videos and they are the most informative ones out there:)
Hi there Alishanmao, I don't have to tell you what a great job you are doing! Ca n you share with as please what motors and props are you using in this exact one? Keep on going man ;)
can i ask an assumption? or can you estimate how much will be the peak speed if a quadrotor is as big as a car? or can you put a profile of the performance if it will be as big as a car.... thanks!! :)
Ali, that is one mean machine. The flight time is awsum. Your kid is growing like a weed. last few vids I seen of your builds just a baby, now hanging with dad, that's cool too! :-) OK you said the motors on the quad was getting hot,,,,like really hot or just alarming? And what about the ESC's? I have to ask,,,why don't you use Multiwii boards?,,,just asking
I wonder if a solor panel can be attached to them, then land it. Then when I charges, start back flying again. Like land it in a place it cant be taken, set and wait for it to charge. That way you don't have to bring it home to keep using. Yes I get that the solor panel would take a long time to charge the batterie. And if you was using a go pro to record, you would have to get it back before the power and time runs out. Because I use the go pro. The video will be lost if it go past stop time.
hi Ali, I fly my X650 regularly between 1.5 - 2km's out, with total distance covered per flight around 4 - 5km's. i'm using the same FPV combo set up on my X650 as I got off you for my skywalker. 800mw 1.3ghz with duck antenna on the video Tx and patch antenna on the video Rx, and I get solid video feed the whole time. video of flights are posted on my channel.
Honestly, I don´t want to bug you, but all you tested is 20+ mins flighttime. Because, flying over 5km required normally a 2.4ghz booster, a high altitude to keep 5.8ghz signal in sight (with normalley at least 600mw). And the most dangerous factor is WIND in higher altitudes, which leads to uncalculateable heavy duty to motors and currents). So for my understanding your copter is not at all 5km+ FPV approoved. Please correct me, if I am wrong.
Great videos - how is the info transfered to google maps / earth - does the gopro or naza have some sort of data log or telemetry to send data back - I like this quad
Cactus Down If you have a ariel video buisness here in the US then consider this comment my Job application! Hahaha :) Ive been flying R/C planes for about 10 years and quads for about 2. I currently work for my Local Gov and they are now becoming “interested” in me and my obscure FPV hobby. Lol Its funny how that works right?
Hi ali, what is the pitch on your 11 inch props? Do the motors get hot after the flight? Really impressed with its long flight time. Hope to hear from you soon!
You said glide deficient. Then why not give it a super-light cowl with an airfoil shape that would allow it to glide under emergency battery down to the ground. The shape would be easy to do IE "the flying pancake".
Hi is it possible that this unit will suddenly lost power for few seconds in air and then power back but already crash on land. Do you have this happen before ? how do you know that it will not happen on this unit?
lol fold one up so it fits like a tazer xrep and fire it in a plastic rocket to the aprox point of suspicious act.or get the winged drone to drop it at the right place.
My quad on 2212 980kv motors, 10" plastic props, GoPro + FPV camera and equipment, 2x 3K mah batt's, AUW 1190g with one batt and does about 28-30min flight with 6K batt. And the whole thing cost $408 without the GoPro and including batteries. It's also a small 330mm motor span. So how is your product different such that it can't break the 25min mark? Looks like you have larger motors and way nicer props so you should be able to load up more batteries easily.
YIKES! What flight control board are you using on a $408 quad? I understand your point about flight time BUT,,,, Do you have Atti hold? GPS? RTL? Waypoints? etc? If so " I want me some of what you got"! And I want it NOW! lol
I'm using a KK2.1.5 just because I happened to have one around. For $15 more I would have gotten an arduino based board and gotten all that. Basically this is an all in one package is not providing nearly enough performance for the money.
***** Im not sure if you are talking to Kabab or me but ,,,I am using a ATG reptile 700mm folding frame (that looks just like this frame in this vid) w/ (2) 3s 4.0 batts. Looking to move up to 4s batts ASAP tho. :) I am running 2814 700kv Tarot motors and they are awsome accept for one. It is so out of balance that it shakes my NAZA Mv2 MC so bad that its causing fly-a-way conditions. Once I get this motor replaced I think that I will be back in business hopefully. BTW the motor cannot be balanced as I have tried every trick in the book. It was so bad that I took it a part thinking that it might have sucked up a piece of metal in its magnets but I couldnt find a thing. :( I know that many of you guys maybe flying much bigger quads but a 700 is a GIANT to me as I am use to a little 450 FW. ` I have noticed that one fault of this frame is its lack of rigidity and this causes tons of vibration to travel thru the booms (arms)
GeorgeBonez I was using the KK2 but have moved to the Naze32 full feature board which has all those functions (GPS, pos hold, heading hold, alt hold, way point, RTH...) and then some.
Dont listen to the dude that simply said "YES" because if you know what "waypoints" are then you also know that it depends on the MC that you use to rig this craft with right?
i was looking for a long range dron with FPV and my first thought was "wifi" i can install a pair of nanostation wifi anntenas on my home and use my pc to control the dron, nanostations or airgrid wifi anntenas have like 20km of range, and using wifi to control and watch the FPV camera feed and telemetry/gps seems more logical than using a bunch of different signals for every function with their limitations like short range and most likely low bandwitch for FPV
Ali, why are you using hi speed motors with over 900 kV with small props, but do not use low kV (about 400) motors with bigger props, which are much more effective and allows your copter to make really LONG-range and LONG-time flights? Lev, Russia.
have a look for 2,4Ghz/wlan/wifi bosster... (eg. amazon). usually you will need to mount a sma plug onto your remote for that... But you also will tipically need a HAM radio licence to modify remotes and RF systems... otherwise good luck if they bust you ;-)
I'm looking for the most effective GPS unit to use in the mountains. The problem is that down in the valley much of the sky is blocked by the mountains. It would be nice to have something that works easily and a bonus if it has the same mounting holes with the Mini APM FC. But the most important is to find a GPS that can work as well as possible in non ideal conditions (when many satellites are hidden behind the mountains) anyone got any suggestions? Performance must come first, then compatibility with a Mini APM then size is a less important issue but still kinda important.
Ali you made another "Bad Ass Quadcopter" I wish you were here in the United States so you could put the people here that are ripping off people with their high prices out of business.
To be fair, this should be called a long flight time quad, not range as in distance. Going around in circle for 5km isn't quite that you call a long range FPV.
I have 25-30 minutes on my 5100g 800mm hexa, i am using it only for aerial photography, but with this flight time and range booster for 2.4Ghz transmitter and 1.2Ghz VTX i could easily fly more then 5Km... the question is ... WHY!? If you want long range FPV use glider. Multirotors are for precision photography and not long range scavenger hunt...
Thanks for that. I'm really new to drones but am totally taken back by how they've progressed over the years and am deciding to invest. Thanks for helping out.
may i ask, what about 5:18? why the video cuts?
Once again. All I can say is awesome video and awesome flying, keep them coming !!
not what i think of as long range, but it's a hard thing to do with a multirotor. good range for sure. and very nice flying. will be watching for future flights with this machine. thanks alishanmao!
You are absolutley right about that. But the thing you are talking about is military/survailance use, in which case drones have advantage.
I thought we were talking about, mainly purpose of fun FPV/aerial photography ;-)
Oh and it flies great by the way. :) I like the moves you make along the road with the light poles :)
Inspiring video. Great job, always love watching your channel and your enthusiastic positive attitude.. Keep up the great work.
ting a long distance FPV flight. just back & forth!
This isn't range! This is flight time. Long range would mean to be able to travel 5 kilometers in one line and still be in contact with the unit.
Super cool! Thanks for your videos.
Do these types of drones have the ability to 'shuffle' left and right, like strafe? I mostly see them moving just forward, backward and changing direction when used by remote control
Think of a situation where you need to take pictures for orthomosaic maps. With this quad, if it really flies for 20 minutes, you could easily perform a lawn mower style flight path thats 5kms long. Not necessarily 5KMs away. Still useful
Cool! I am a teen who is looking to get into quadcopters. Obviously I do not have a large budget and will have to do a lot of diy. Have you tested the serial data link on mega pirate using joystick control? I do not have the money to spend on a regular radio but I do have a joystick that might work. also you point out in one of the other comments that you can "zoom" in with your fpv camera. Is that possible with a gopro? I follow all your videos and they are the most informative ones out there:)
ali as this kit doestnt glide what about a parachute recovery system
parachute could be released via a servo?
Nice video, beautiful sound and Smart project!
Hi there Alishanmao, I don't have to tell you what a great job you are doing!
Ca n you share with as please what motors and props are you using in this exact one?
Keep on going man ;)
You rock please make more!
what kind of motors? and how big is your esc?
Ali, what is the program you are using to track your flight data? the map looks similar to google earth. Can you tell me please? great work once again
very nice Video !!! great Sound !!! greetings from Austria....
like the beats... where can i find more?
Very nice vid A.
this is so awesome drone connected with camera
so r u pretty sure that the antennas and component won't interfere with each other on a far away trip
авсоме видео,, супер музика са видео. ;-)
It looks like you landed on 5:18 ?
Ali, I have a HK hexcopter running the naza system! can you tell me what size battery you recommend. Motors are 950 sise.
ali but with naza you can see the route on google heart?
what battery did you flew on that thing ...
good :D
i have 300meters more or less on my quad with the legally 10mw 2.4ghz here and 5dbi omni rx antenna.
i dont have much money but this is my dream toy. i have ladybug quadcopter and love this kind of toys..
can i ask an assumption? or can you estimate how much will be the peak speed if a quadrotor is as big as a car? or can you put a profile of the performance if it will be as big as a car.... thanks!! :)
where does the booster get installed ?
Ali, that is one mean machine. The flight time is awsum. Your kid is growing like a weed. last few vids I seen of your builds just a baby, now hanging with dad, that's cool too! :-) OK you said the motors on the quad was getting hot,,,,like really hot or just alarming? And what about the ESC's? I have to ask,,,why don't you use Multiwii boards?,,,just asking
love your vids ali
I wonder if a solor panel can be attached to them, then land it. Then when I charges, start back flying again. Like land it in a place it cant be taken, set and wait for it to charge. That way you don't have to bring it home to keep using. Yes I get that the solor panel would take a long time to charge the batterie. And if you was using a go pro to record, you would have to get it back before the power and time runs out. Because I use the go pro. The video will be lost if it go past stop time.
that is just sweet Ali !!!
Very nice flight!
hi Ali, I fly my X650 regularly between 1.5 - 2km's out, with total distance covered per flight around 4 - 5km's. i'm using the same FPV combo set up on my X650 as I got off you for my skywalker. 800mw 1.3ghz with duck antenna on the video Tx and patch antenna on the video Rx, and I get solid video feed the whole time. video of flights are posted on my channel.
NECESITO LA VERSION ARF, YA TENGO UN 14 SG, GRACIAS.
Honestly, I don´t want to bug you, but all you tested is 20+ mins flighttime. Because, flying over 5km required normally a 2.4ghz booster, a high altitude to keep 5.8ghz signal in sight (with normalley at least 600mw). And the most dangerous factor is WIND in higher altitudes, which leads to uncalculateable heavy duty to motors and currents).
So for my understanding your copter is not at all 5km+ FPV approoved. Please correct me, if I am wrong.
Very nice Ali, amazing.
Great videos - how is the info transfered to google maps / earth - does the gopro or naza have some sort of data log or telemetry to send data back - I like this quad
nops, i use a handy gadget called SkyRC GPS logger on board
alishanmao Great thanks for the info and the email - Cheers and keep up the good work
alishanmao hey man great job!! i have a ariel video buisness here in the usa and would love this quad!! how much and when can you send me one?
Cactus Down If you have a ariel video buisness here in the US then consider this comment my Job application! Hahaha :)
Ive been flying R/C planes for about 10 years and quads for about 2. I currently work for my Local Gov and they are now becoming “interested” in me and my obscure FPV hobby. Lol Its funny how that works right?
as we speak, Amazon is testing delivery drones in BC
Do you ship to Denmark?
Hi ali, what is the pitch on your 11 inch props? Do the motors get hot after the flight? Really impressed with its long flight time. Hope to hear from you soon!
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11x50
How many watts ( transmitter FPV) and what is the brand?
maybe a good choice for search and rescue :)
I have this same style quad sitting on my work-bench right now. The verdict is still OUT in my opinion!
Which track is that.
ar they drone powered by fuel or gas ?
You said glide deficient. Then why not give it a super-light cowl with an airfoil shape that would allow it to glide under emergency battery down to the ground. The shape would be easy to do IE "the flying pancake".
Can it do 40min flight time going at 20m a sec ?
Hi is it possible that this unit will suddenly lost power for few seconds in air and then power back but already crash on land. Do you have this happen before ? how do you know that it will not happen on this unit?
What city do you live in,in China, pretty scenery! :)
awesome bro will buy one come fall I have subscribed
lol fold one up so it fits like a tazer xrep and fire it in a plastic rocket to the aprox point of suspicious act.or get the winged drone to drop it at the right place.
My quad on 2212 980kv motors, 10" plastic props, GoPro + FPV camera and equipment, 2x 3K mah batt's, AUW 1190g with one batt and does about 28-30min flight with 6K batt. And the whole thing cost $408 without the GoPro and including batteries. It's also a small 330mm motor span. So how is your product different such that it can't break the 25min mark? Looks like you have larger motors and way nicer props so you should be able to load up more batteries easily.
YIKES! What flight control board are you using on a $408 quad? I understand your point about flight time BUT,,,,
Do you have Atti hold? GPS? RTL? Waypoints? etc? If so " I want me some of what you got"! And I want it NOW! lol
I'm using a KK2.1.5 just because I happened to have one around. For $15 more I would have gotten an arduino based board and gotten all that. Basically this is an all in one package is not providing nearly enough performance for the money.
Which frame are you using?1190gr with 2x3A batteries and a Go pro?
***** Im not sure if you are talking to Kabab or me but ,,,I am using a ATG reptile 700mm folding frame (that looks just like this frame in this vid) w/ (2) 3s 4.0 batts. Looking to move up to 4s batts ASAP tho. :) I am running 2814 700kv Tarot motors and they are awsome accept for one. It is so out of balance that it shakes my NAZA Mv2 MC so bad that its causing fly-a-way conditions. Once I get this motor replaced I think that I will be back in business hopefully. BTW the motor cannot be balanced as I have tried every trick in the book. It was so bad that I took it a part thinking that it might have sucked up a piece of metal in its magnets but I couldnt find a thing. :(
I know that many of you guys maybe flying much bigger quads but a 700 is a GIANT to me as I am use to a little 450 FW. `
I have noticed that one fault of this frame is its lack of rigidity and this causes tons of vibration to travel thru the booms (arms)
GeorgeBonez I was using the KK2 but have moved to the Naze32 full feature board which has all those functions (GPS, pos hold, heading hold, alt hold, way point, RTH...) and then some.
In-flippin-credible!
Can you actually set waypoints for it to follow and actually fly stick free and let gps follow the waypoints?
yes
Dont listen to the dude that simply said "YES" because if you know what "waypoints" are then you also know that it depends on the MC that you use to rig this craft with right?
Very nice video.
where can i buy this??
i was looking for a long range dron with FPV and my first thought was "wifi" i can install a pair of nanostation wifi anntenas on my home and use my pc to control the dron, nanostations or airgrid wifi anntenas have like 20km of range, and using wifi to control and watch the FPV camera feed and telemetry/gps seems more logical than using a bunch of different signals for every function with their limitations like short range and most likely low bandwitch for FPV
Ali,
why are you using hi speed motors with over 900 kV with small props, but do not use low kV (about 400) motors with bigger props, which are much more effective and allows your copter to make really LONG-range and LONG-time flights?
Lev, Russia.
Google "Fat Shark FPV". Not sure if that's the same as the one he is using but it is at least similar.
have a look for 2,4Ghz/wlan/wifi bosster... (eg. amazon). usually you will need to mount a sma plug onto your remote for that... But you also will tipically need a HAM radio licence to modify remotes and RF systems... otherwise good luck if they bust you ;-)
Fossimo più vicini !! Complimenti
Your channel should have a warning... "May be hazardous to your bank account"
Why did you cut the video at 5:17 ?
Sorry lenny you can't have him,he's coming to Scotland haha
long range fpv on a quad!.... you have mid-air refuelling or what?
Motor & esc specs please
wHERE CAN I BUY A FPV SYSTEM?
how can i get one!!!
For the many who are probably wondering. What does FPV stand for?????????
Why Naza? Why not APM, Tarot, VR Brain?
I'm looking for the most effective GPS unit to use in the mountains. The problem is that down in the valley much of the sky is blocked by the mountains. It would be nice to have something that works easily and a bonus if it has the same mounting holes with the Mini APM FC. But the most important is to find a GPS that can work as well as possible in non ideal conditions (when many satellites are hidden behind the mountains) anyone got any suggestions? Performance must come first, then compatibility with a Mini APM then size is a less important issue but still kinda important.
how much is the cost?
How much would one of this will cost me im very interested in this ine or the 250
$150 - DJI Naza-M Lite Multi-rotor Flight MultiCopter Hexacopter Control System+GPS+BEC
$87 - ATG TT-X4-12 Reptile 4 Axis Quadcopter Folding Frame Kit + PTZ gi
$ 60 - 4x Sunnysky X2212-13 980KV Brushless Motor for DIY Multirotor Quadcopter
$ 30 - 4 x Simonk 30A Firmware Brushless ESC + 3A 5V BEC f DJI F450 Align TREX 250
$ 97 - FlySky FS-TH9X-B 2.4G 9CH Transmitter Radio Mode2 & Receiver& Neck Strap
$ 39 - Turnigy 5000mAh 4S1P 20C~30C Hard Case hardcase Pack LiPo Battery Brand New
Nice shave buddy ;)
max speed?
AWESOME!
Ali you made another "Bad Ass Quadcopter" I wish you were here in the United States so you could put the people here that are ripping off people with their high prices out of business.
how much is it ?
You need some rest my friend! You seem a little bit tired!
Guao super la porte
To be fair, this should be called a long flight time quad, not range as in distance.
Going around in circle for 5km isn't quite that you call a long range FPV.
Wou...cool clip
how much?????
Great video, nice landscape, but ....
This is not range but flight-time and you didn't explain what have changed?
Greetings from Israel.
Long range FPV has been very possible for a looooong time, search for "FPV Skywalker 12 Mile Flight" on youtube for example
very good
Your don´t show a range of 5.7km rather the distance you flew.
It´s a BIG difference in this case!
that wasnt a range of 5.7km, that was overall distance of 5.7km
Song name ?
Amazing
4cell 500mah he is mentioning it
What country is this?
Its in China :) .. Lat 27.846913 Lng 113.100182 says so on the gps in the video.
Nice!
I have 25-30 minutes on my 5100g 800mm hexa, i am using it only for aerial photography, but with this flight time and range booster for 2.4Ghz transmitter and 1.2Ghz VTX i could easily fly more then 5Km... the question is ... WHY!?
If you want long range FPV use glider.
Multirotors are for precision photography and not long range scavenger hunt...
I would love one if these, but I'm poor.. So ya know.
go over to the island :)