Jet Drone?! - EDF FPV Quadcopter 

You should feature Quadmovr in an episode of Rotor Riot.

Saw the Quadmvr video & that thing was insane. This was a really good attempt for something just slapped together to see what it's all about. I'm genuinely impressed that it didn't rattle apart faster than it did.

Lmao y'all got pdevx fully geared up even with a ugly hat 😂😂😂😂 damnnnnn

Can always count on Rotor Riot to come up with something interesting, it might not be practical, but it kept me entertained 😂

QUADMOVR is awesome! That guy makes some insane builds. His ducted fan quad was insane. Also such a great pilot. One of my favorite channels.

Experimentation makes flight interesting, and this marvelous content encourages trying new things! Excellent :)

Really cool episode! Was fun to watch it. Keep doing content like that! 👌

Appreciate your work Shawn!

So sick, been thinking about this idea and wanting to do it lol. Awesome video

drew is a Quad destroyer, never let his hands lay on them again.. hahah

Very cool Shawn keep up the great work. Im jealous you get to do this for a living. Stay up😎🎮🤙🏻

Really loving the new content guys, keep it up

Love Sean’s creations

A really bad idea with fascinating results. Pretty cool 😎

I love the EDF drone concept! make another one plz plz plz! :)

....so, I stopped the video at 7:04 just to say "Fuckin' Drew!" How many others did the same thing? ....... All while I was mid-thought about how you really are becoming more self aware and remembering past hiccups...... Bahahahhaaaa Frigging love you bro, much respect, just pullin' yer chain pal.

30 seconds after tossing drone on the floor “ I think it might have durability issues” 🤣

I have to say Shawn makes rotor riot without him you guys would be lost 🙏🙏🙏🙏🤘🤘🤘🤘❤️❤️❤️❤️you da man Shawn so underrated bro🙏🙏🙏🙏

most edfs also have a thrust tube that makes the exhaust lmore laminar so get a short pringles can on the bottom and see if that helps :D

Me again. I would like to see you guys do bando bashing with the bone-drone.

3 small screws in each duct could have worked. Could be neat in a foam body. Curious how the pitch of the blades compares to a typical prop blade setup.

That was a fun project - “EDFs are bad - don’t do it!” 😂

Nice I love the shape of the fpv

Looking forward to seeing Jet Drone V2. Concept seems strong. Tuning might need some work. It's the construction that failed.

I think there is a lot of potential left to this kind of build before finally give EDFs a full pass. This thing looked like it just needed a different tune and very likely throttle linearization of some sorts, apart from a more rugged duct-design. I'd really love to know what the limits of that thing are and if it could actually be more efficient and faster than our normal designs :3 I love your crazy experiments!

If quadmovr isn't referenced or brought up once in this video y'all deserve a kick to the crotch.

What is a good freestyle beginner drone build for a spektrum transmitter/DJI air unit camera?

This is really a great UAV. I am a beginner and currently have the following parts, if I want to make a similar UAV, what other parts do I need? And please suggest which kind of battery is more suitable? 2 sets of EDF 50mm-12(CCW and CW) with QF2611 4000kv (Thrust 0.95 kgf) 4 sets of ESC 40A (2-4S Lipo BEC 5V@3A) 1 set Mini Pix v1.1 (RadioLink) Thanks again for your guidance.

wow what is next a fighter drone ????? or a drone tank ?

Amazing location 😊

Drew: Yells "whoa!" for no reason as drone flys by at moderate speed. LOL.

thank you for this video, I love it 🤩🎥🕹🔥

can you brief the battery time for this jet drone. Like how much time it can fly

Siiick, yes quadmvr!

Do you have a video that shows how to build this jet drone oh really interested in building one

Did you guys tune it? Is Air mode running? It seemed to respond just like my regular drone does with air mode off. No control unless props are spinning at a minimum! It could totally just be out of tune (or even un-tunable by our normal methods and understanding). Great video. Keep doing this new R&D stuff!! I miss the magnet drone. How about a drone with 4 (or six??) cameras that auto switch based on the direction of flight? Or getting a real FLIR camera onboard , with cheap IR illuminators, to fly 100% in the darkness? I reaaaaly want to come work for Rotor riot one day. You guys have all the fun. KEEP DOING IT FOR US

Awesome video 💯

if developed professionally and made stable this drone could become really powerful

Shawn keeping it spicy 🔥

Very cool and fun video. I watched Quadmovr rip los with his. How did his hold up to his crazy maneuvers, he use better glue and tape? I'd love to see a follow up video. 👍💖🤓

ayyyeee quadmover made it to rotor riot xD

I read somewhere that more fan blades create more torque, are quieter, but slow down speed. You need versions with less blades.

I thought it was going to work fine. The ducts looks like the same as my Racewhoop but mine are 11/2 in

Been there done that, with the longer ducts (vs shrouds), better off with a tricopter/"trifan" setup with the rear servo arm; if you want speed, at least from my testing. Quads only if you need to hover more.

I want that thing that whould be my carrer :D for FPV startin

Excuse me bro, let me ask where did you get the propeller?

Are you guys going to be selling one of these EDF quadcopters by any chance because I would love to buy one only if drib makes it electric drib fan

Top amigo!!! Drone top

When do you plan on reviewing the Jetson One?

Print a frame with mounting tabs and use a strong ca to mount the fans.

Where can u get one?

It's pretty amazing that modern flight controllers can fly with almost any prop and motor combo.

I think when you chop throttle you lose all the air velocity comming through the ducts. That makes the props much easier to stall. Then when you apply throttle again, the props start to stall until they have good airspeed over them.

Shawn makes the craziest rigs this was pretty awesome

I bought the bone drone but the aio fc I bought doesn't work I gotta wait for another... I love the goofy things you guys try

what about this in a pusher configuration?

Omg you did it

QuadMovr's OG

I thought bone drone was actually the frame made before you guys did that video. But I may be incorrect on that one

Nice video so funny. You are genius :)

It's a great idea.

Nice 🤩🤩🤩

what park is that

Why not add after burners?

Everyone should learn from Charpu on how to tape to tape a drone together.

I wonder how much weight it could carry. There aren't too many 2 inchers that could carry a GoPro but this might even be able to carry a point and shoot.

Fun project even though it didn't work out.

This might be the begining of a new drone type lol

How do you guys find a field to fly at? How did you find this field? I’ve been looking for a new field to fly at near my city.

What about to build a EDF camera drone instead of fpv?

A whole bunch of different people are making "bonedrones" now. There are at least a dozen different ones on RU-vid, and I think I saw a frame kit somewhere too.

Wait till you see what I've got in the works!!! 🔥🔥🔥

What CNC router are you using to cut your carbon? I’m using a Shaper Origin, and its pretty good for prototyping, but I’m ready to upgrade.

Get out of my head! I just saw these edf duct kits yesterday on aliexpress and was going to build one of these

I worship on the altar of QUADMOVR - Marcus…the god of LOS.

I was told that it had to do with how long it took the EDF's to spool up/down, as to why they don't make good multirotor powerplants. I suppose when it has to spin ~2-3x as fast to get thrust to the same level as a comparably "thrusty" propeller setup, that any amount of pitch or roll correction would have to spool up or down 3x as much as it would with a regular propeller. With props on 3s with a 2300kv motor 50% throttle would be ~ 14,500rpm, to speed up to 60% throttle for a correction it'd have to speed up by 3000rpm With an EDF on 3s with a 4300kv motor 50% throttle would be ~ 27,090 rpm, to speed up to 60% throttle for a correction it'd have to speed up by 5400 rpm in the same amount of time as the 3000rpm speedup of the propeller setup. The above figures also assume that the prop setup and the edf setup both hover at the same amount, if it takes an extra 10% throttle to hover with EDF's, the corrections will also take an extra 10% on top of the already near double RPM change it takes because of the KV difference.

interesting video

Nothing looks like a giant tiny whoop.

Think if this was the pioneering that took place 10 years ago and all fpv was EDFs. Then someone took outrunners and threw 5” tri blades on them we’d all be saying, dang!!! That’s so dangerous! A flying chainsaw!

I think that you'd get better results adapting standard quad drone props on a standard quad frame & adding a light duct around them for the increased low-speed thrust. Those EDFs you had in that build seemed like they were designed for EDF RC "jet" models. Think, the USN Osprey variable-tilt propped fixed-wing aircraft. I think that a design something like that to be able to switch from hover-flight to a more fixed-wing flight model might increase the speed & more importantly, the range & time in the air. I've seen some time & distance tests with standard-model quad-copter type drones, vs some time & distance tests for fixed-wing drones, & aside from the fixed-wing types generally being faster, they also flew farther & faster & with a lot longer flight time. The fixed-wing aspect would take at least some of the burden off the energy required simply to keep the drone in the air as the only source of lift for the drone. I've been looking but so far haven't seen anything like that. I'd love to see some sort of hybrid flight model & using FPV. It's an idea that's keeps poking at me. Seems like it might be viable. What do you think? Any takers?

I love your projects Shawn. Ponder this combo of 2 of your projects. A high speed 5in quad with a single switch activated EDF mounted at a ridiculous angle used as a warp drive! Kind of like the previous 5 motor drone you built with a 5th motor being activated by the switch. It might take some wizardry in OpenTX or similar to make the switch give a specific amount of power to the EDF when flipped but I think you could pull it off. I'm thinking of the type of drone built for speed records that has the camera almost looking straight up but even if it wasn't that extreme I think it would be awesome and a little less prone to dying since the one EDF would just be a booster? You can do it dude!

I'd call it the seizure drone, because of the oscillations when you turn up the throttle.

If you liked this one, you should defenitely try the racewhoop from freezilion !

The basic rule is. Don’t let drew fly first🤔 lol. 👍🏼👍🏼

I think you should lower the size of the motors. That would give your quad less torque, lighter weight and possibly longer life. Then tape and hot glue might be sufficient.

Maybe if you could 3D print the frame with the ducts and just add the motors with the props to it it be less chances to it to come apart

Now use the same motors and props on a standard x quad without the ducts and see how it compares. Although probably won't want to hand launch that one ;)

where on the world have you taken those shots I mean its end of the year and you are wearing only shirts

So jetwhoop? Maybe they aren't as bad due to the ESC braking.

It needed some thrust linear

A jet is defined as "a rapid stream of liquid or gas forced out of a small opening." So you definitely have an electric jet drone on your hands.

4:18 “you would have to try so hard to get your fingers in there” 8:27 fingers deep

Very nice videos guys :)

It's just a quirky giant whoop.

do it in a pusher configuration

Stop letting Drew yeet your stuff like that before you even fly lol

Less kV?

Dang

edf drone ❤️

I'm pretty sure they're called brushless motors