How Much G-FORCE Does an FPV DRONE Pull?! 

Imagine walking nearby and seeing them laughing at the drone flipping in the air 😅😂😅

I like how you guys are never trashing your own quads, just Shawn's lol.

@14:10 I love that the guys got to have so much fun making this video. It makes me happy.

You can just let the G forces display in the BF OSD btw but should be nothing new to you 😉

5:00 Bubby has a smooth style that I love. Less about how fast can it be done, more about how much can it flow.

Accelerometers saturate eventually, most only go to 10G. Also, the best way to have a big acceleration is to change direction or to hit something.

I can't believe how durable those quads are! That's insane

The thumbnail has me rolling 😂😂

There's something very satisfying about seeing a screaming drone slamming into the ground like a meteor.

The three of you together are so much fun to watch! The FPV community is the tightest around! Great video, I will morn the loss of that quad forever! RIP

for general discussion . . . WHEN you are having to ADD POWER or goto higher power you are pulling more Gs . . . Gravity vs power (lift) is a fundamental discussion in anything at it relates to aerodynamics

LMAO. Should have titled the video “How many hits does it take to break a TanQ?” 😂

This right here is the reason I love FPV!!! Three grown men (you too Bubby) giggling like children just having the most fun ever!!!!

I've always wanted to flip upside down and then full throttle straight into the ground. I'm glad you did it.

I need a Smart Friend like Bardwell in my life… That Glasses focus trick blew my mind….

Oh G-zus bbuby that flow is hypnotizing! :D

bubbys flying was inspirational

The highest recorded g-force experienced by a human who survived was during the 2003 IndyCar Series finale at Texas Motor Speedway on October 12, 2003 in the 2003 Chevy 500 when the car driven by Kenny Bräck made wheel-to-wheel contact with Tomas Scheckter's car. This immediately resulted in Bräck's car impacting the catch fence that would record a peak of 214 G At Holloman John Paul Stapp made history aboard the Sonic Wind I rocket sled on December 10, 1954, when he set a land speed record of 632 mph in five seconds, subjecting him to 20 Gs of force during acceleration. The "record" far from 9G.😃

Felt compelled to comment to give @BubbyFPV props on his first rip in this video. That was some awesome flying dude!

The belly laughs when they turn the rates up is hilarious lmaoo

I'm not sure what's funnier, the 2000 rate flips, or your guys laugh from it🤣🤣

More Bardwell please! 🙏

5:41 Bardwells look is priceless

I came here cause the thumbnail was funny :)

I loled. Real fun episode!

If I had to take an educated guess, I'd say your final impact was over a thousand G. The TPU GoPro mount and battery/tape amalgam probably had a lot more deformation than the aluminum and carbon quad frame, so it increased your deceleration time, but I can't imagine much energy attenuation before the rest of the rigid parts contacted. The bolts and spacers in the flight stack probably ate up a little more energy, but it had enough force to bend and break the FC within the flight stack, so it was still a crazy high amount of impact. That would be cool to repeat the experiment with a "shock watch" type G meter onboard as an additional analog collection device!

I'm pretty sure you can put G force in your OSD from your flight controller in betaflight... so maybe thats an option to get the data of crashing into concrete, by recording your DVR/OSD? Of course there will be a slight delay to transmission, which may be too long but maybe another option to explore. Thanks for this experiment and your quad Shawn ;)

Thanks for making this guys. I smiled the entire video. FOR SCIENCE!

BEST INTRO EVER! Hahahahahaha.

This is legendary. I've always wanted to see this

lot of fun with you guys 🤩🙌

You guys have such a good dynamic with one another. Always a pleasure to watch!

Now THAT is FUN! ❤

This is by far the best thumbnail on RU-vid right now.

Dang bro...so much fun!! much love to the crew.

You guys sounded like a group of dr. Evils when the the drone was flipping with high rates 😂

this felt like an og rotor riot video, great stuff😂

Bardwells look over at 1g his was one of the best videos in awhile. Between the editing of cut scenes, talk and fly balance and subject overall- loved it. Also love when bardwell is in the videos with Bubby. Great contrast of “screw it let’s just fly and have raw talent” (Bubby)…. And the “hold on let’s dive into the details” (bardwell)

Bubby forgot the assignment and just went for a normal flight lmao

you should try connecting to flight controller with ftdi adapter. downloading logs takes longer that way, but id sure like to see that log. This was fun to watch!

Amazing idea, was super fun to watch this episode

This is definitely a question I’ve always wondered! Thanks guys

Got damn Bubby, and the look Bardwell gives him is great!!! 5:38 Very entertaining vid fellas. Thank you.

I literally posted about this recently after riding a rollercoaster and remembering what the g forces felt like. Great job.

That intro was funny, because all of you guys deserve to be named first. And the idea for the video is absolute great.

Bubby has gotten really good. It's been neat to see him grow in skill.

This was so awesome, thanks for sharing.

If you crash into someone while full throttling into the ground, they will break the world record for the most g's a human has lived through

Brilliant stuff guys, I was laughing right alongside you all the way throughout the video.

I could watch bubby fly all day lol

One of the best episodes in a long time!

Missed opportunity to call yourselves the G-Unit 🥲

The look JB gives bubs @5:41. True love

I think i recall the mythbusters doing some tests on g forces ages ago i may be wrong but. Might be some answers there on what you pulled diving into the ground

That video was so fresh and creative. I really liked it! Awesome!

Depending on the speed at impact, this instant deceleration can easily exceed 1000+G. You can do the math yourself. The moment you add a time of deceleration smaller than 0.5 second, the G-force gets through the roof. The most extreme race car crash pulled 214G and the driver survived. The deceleration happened in seconds, not milliseconds.

Sweet opening rip buddy! The flow was beautiful!

Looks like you guys were having some great fun... kind of one of the main points of this hobby. I have yet to produce a single video myself but I think I found a goodly second or 2 of this video that I can "review". Would be funny. Thanks for doing this, does go to show just how amazing these drones are and just how much punishments they can take, it is remarkable. Man, some of my old foam RC planes could not survive you even being mean to them, just look at them wrong and boom, a broken stabilizer or wing... and helis - they also don't take hits very well. Cool as heck, just a bit easier to damage. RC Cars can take a good hit, at least some can. I can't help but always feel it and say it - we are lucky as all heck and spoiled to have this kind of tech available to all of us, truly a gift as far as I am concerned as I started flying back aroun the late 70's - AM radios, about 1000ft range, NO Failsafes, run times of only a min or 2 on NiCd electrics, a bit better with NiMh. Batteries were heavier I think, power to weight definitely much better nowadays. One of my first planes had zero throttle control - it flew until it was out of batteries - very stressful but tons of laughs and fun with my friends back then. But one thing that I really like is that there is something for just about everyone - planes trains, cars, boats, even submarines... all very cool stuff. So glad you guys all had a fun day while the rest of us "suckers" are stuck in gray, drab office environments or gray, drab production environments, etc... I actually like what I do quite a lot but this would be better. Who knows what will be, but I do know this - get started asap if this is something that you want to to. Time is always ticking, and you will be surprised how hard that first win is, but how the second is just a bit different, and possibly easier, and so on... winning attracts winning and winners. Cheers.

Poor Shawn. I hope they each build you a new kwad 😊

Great episode guys!

Lot of Fun !!!

This was hilarious fair play!

You guys are nuts. I love it.

you can also count the G force by dividing the velocity difference by the time of crash. Velocity was probably around 170 kph so around 47 mps, time was around one frame (probably less) looking at 30 fps youtube. We get 47mps divided by 1/30 of a second, so we get 1410 m/s^2 of acceleration which is around 144 G

You da best drone channel keep grinding with the content.thats go bubby fpv

amazing G-force review

The way bubby and bardwell laugh reminds me of impractical jokers lol

Best video! The laughter was contagious

You can get gforce indicator stickers that blow upwards of 200g. I am positive you will find them all broken no matter how you crash it. Instant g force from an impact is not even in the same universe as lateral gforces experienced in flight

The sound of that drone slamming into the ground makes my soul cry.

That was beautiful Bubby 😢 lol. What a great idea guys!

Always love flying Squares

12:12 should be the thumbnail. 🤣

That was a lot of fun

Fantastic video was fun... Bardwells laughing was the best, made my night... 😂

That was pure entertainment lol! Love it!!!!

Can't you just see the G-Force in your OSD? Mine just works fine and I can check it later when I reccord the DVR

What is that walksnail goggles mod ?

I did the math: Assuming the drone was at 75 meters high, which would allow it to accelerate to roughly 50 m/s while propelling itself downwards vertically. Also assuming that it took 0.1s to transfer its velocity from 50 m/s to 0 m/s. It would have pulled roughly 51 g's of deceleration. That is well enough to kill someone if exposed to for longer than one or two seconds at most. That is a similar number to what very extrieme car crashes are btw. (Due to inaccuracies, leave ~10-15 g-s of force to be accounted for)

what is this framed called and where ca I buy it. thanks.

Nice. But when it comes to pullin' gs on a regular basis, there's only one champ: the Peregrine Falcon. That bad boi pulls ~25g when coming out of its stoop. Twenty-five gees. Incredible.

alright i'm sold, probably gonna fly Tanq frame for the rest of my life

Great video so much fun ❤❤❤

Thanks for using Telemetry Overlay, guys! :)

Hey guys, physicist here. All you need to do is measure the velocity (v) of your quad before the impact and the "deceleration distance" (x), that is, the distance your quad took to stop, that is, the deformation-distance of the battery. Then you can use simple physics. Let's say, your quad had a speed of v=40 m/s (yes, we need metric units) and your battery was around 3 cm (x=0.03 m) shorter/flatter after the crash. Then your deceleration calculates simply like this: a = (v²)/(2*x). In the above example it would be around 26666 m/s². Since 1 G = 9.81 m/s², that converts to 2718 G. Even when it was a little slower I would say: no wonder your battery exploded ;)

Hands down you guys makes the best fpv Videos! 😍 it's so fun to see you all together while having fun with our hobby. please keep going i just love watching these videos! ❤️🤙🏼

Holly shitt, driving that quad multiple times in the ground like that! 🤯

I know without the battery clamp on the avata the battery flies out on fast hard turns. I think you got 25G's on that impact with the ground. But awesome science experiment.

This is one of the best videos I’ve seen in a long time, Shawn Morrison, your tank is a beast, such an amazing validation of your build it is the ultimate basher kwad💥 #TANQIsTheUltimateKwad 👏👏👏

JB's laugh was hilarious 😂

That these machines hold for the energy is amazing (technology vise also)

OMG the giggles! LOL

Fun thing is that i did this just last week for a school project. Didnt hit the ground tho 😅. We used tape to strap a phone on my quad and well it worked but the data was horrible because of the app. Got around 5g just straight up acceleration, so pretty accurate for a cinewhoop apparently!

Damn!! Little homie has become quite the impressive freestyle pilot! It’ll be interesting to see where he is in two years compared to the rest of ya.

In addition to Gs (acceleration, or the derivative of speed) you should also calculate and display "jerk", which is the rate of acceleration (or derivative of acceleration), which is also VERY important to know for humans being exposed to high variations of accelerations (the moment were the drone goes from 1G to 10G almost instantly would 100% kill you I guess). There is even a third term, "snap", which is the rate at which the jerk varies, or derivative of jerk.

ALL of the Gs! 🤣

thumbnail goes hard

I think it was all the Gs :D great video

So sick 😂

😂 this was so awesome. If you could somehow consistently hit a spot, you could record the crash with a high speed cam and measure the decel time to get an avg accel, given that you have an accurate mass. You’d need to also measure initial velocity right before impact!