Why it's so hard to hover an FPV racing drone 

This made me feel much better, I have been able to fly around pretty well. But I found a tutorial to learning to fly and lesson 1 was hovering with some drills and I barely was able to do that, and I thought I just overall sucked haha. Thank you for explaining ground effect and everything in this video!

More sound effects to add to the list. Really want to see a JB edition of Open TX sounds/narrations for my Tx16s

Good instructions and explanations. I trained a lot by hovering line of sight, then "walking the drone", then flying a lot in the sim FPV. I also had the impression that that flying simple race courses in a simulator after the initial stages is a good way to practice because you are somewhat forced to fly first this turn, then that turn and so on. In the beginning you crash maybe 30 times after the first gate, then you manage two gates, then more and more, then a whole lap for the first time (yayyy!), then you shout out because you crash 100 times just before finishing the third round (and the race) and then you manage your first recorded finishing time (congratulations! :-)).

Great discussion. I'm learning Acro in sims (to fly my Mobula8, which I've taken out twice and will again this weekend) and am loving it. I started in DRL and Velocidrone and when I was starting to get the hang of it and getting frustrated with the map sizes, I treated myself to Tryp. I absolutely love Tryp. The big, diverse maps have given me lots to look at and fly around and through. I was originally flying with 20 degrees, but moved to 40 degrees last night. I feel like 40 has given me a greater speed range (and/or I'm just getting better). I've been spending 30-60+ minutes a day in the sim and I see improvements every day.

Back in 1994 I started flying RC helis. I blew a fortune on spares and repairs. Thankfully the CSM flight sim arrived before I threw the towel in and within an hour of firing it up, I was hovering (although nose in would take considerably more time to master). As Joshua says, honing your skills on a sim is one of the most prudent financial decisions you'll ever make! And the RC heli / quad skillset transfers directly to flying full size helis too. 😉

This Liftoff level (Bardwell's Yard) is how I found JB. After I flew around it a few times I was like "Who's this Bardwell guy? And why does he get his own map?" I get it now. Great map too. Small but effective. Something poetic about that.

Best way I learned to hover FPV in Acro is with a shovel. Stick the shovel in the ground about 20 feet away from another vertical object (like a tree or fence post), then hover directly in front of the shovel keeping your altitude constant and keeping the other object lined up directly behind the shovel.

Wow Liftoff Joshua has more hair and green grass and leaves. Glad you're doing this, it will help a lot of new pilots.

Thanks so much for this video! I am just learning to fly acro and look forward to using your drill to be able to fly more smoothly and with better control. Thanks for taking the time to help us newbies, I really appreciate your clear explanations!

Guess who is going to have the coolest dad at career day.

Waiting on my first drone/nanowhoop to show up now. I appreciate you and your channel for helping me thus far. I already want to build a o3 3" to explore the neighborhood

Yup like flying at your house! You've taught me most of what I know about quadcopters,thanks. I bought liftoff through your link, hope it helps. Just started the sim yesterday. Thanks for all the tips! Really help

Perfect timing. Got my friend started in fpv. Sim and whoops for now. Sending him this lesson now. Happy flying. 🤓

This is good JB. I appreciate videos like this since I'm trying to learn to fly acro.

I knew that was your house, freakn awesome with the hole on the fence you always fly through.

Thank you Josh for the great advice

Nice tip on the ratchet mechanism. I’ve got my Taranis sorted now 🙏🏻✌🏻🇬🇧

Hardest part of this is not being able to see forward. I have flown for 1.5 years and still can barely do this in fpv. If you need to hover for safety or something and can't land, just go a bit higher and do little dives to see down. Or you can circle

Fantastic tips, Joshua! Thanks a lot! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Thamnks Joshua, You break this down so well. I learnt something today.

Thanks so much! I’m beginning and it explains what I was experiencing

Soooo damn cool to have your home featured in the sim. I really enjoy learning in that map.

Very nicely explained! All beginners need to watch this

this is good video explaining how quads fly. too many people who fly still don't understand. good job Joshua

Fantastic explanation thank you 💚

That was a great explanation! Thank you sir!

Thank you! I was having a hard time but this video helped me understand better

Thnx! You're very helpful, it's appreciated

Nice vids as always brotha

Such beautiful property Joshua 👏💚

That was very helpful for a beginner thanks!

I recently started using Liftoff and I’ve been getting a kick out of virtually flying at your house! I must have learned to hover back in my RC heli days. Nose-in LOS felt like a big step!

I spent 4 months practicing in the sim before my first real life flight. It took some time to get the hang of things after flying irl. Also, in the sim, you have nothing to lose but irl, you can end up in $100s in damages if you crash so I tend to be more careful. Anyway, my point is that learning in the sim was super worth it. I now dive mountains and do flips and rolls without thinking too much. I think I should start an fpv channel

doooood , i love your vids :) and your sound effects :P

Wow, thank you this have been having similar problem in another sim.

I love flying around your house. Lol its awesome you make better use of the layout better than me and man its hard to hit that fence gap . I feel like it would be easier in real life.

Yoooo you quad racing guys are utterly crazy. You controll fine movements of drones inside a 1mm distamce of stick movement on controller. Why???? I respect all those guys who are capable of doing this and I will spend as much time as it takes to be able to fly my drone in acro mode. I dont give up and I adjust controller set up to the point when I float my drone as a feather. It wont happen in the near future but real men are up for fix difficulties :-) thanks for the video it helps a lot

I needed this video, thanks

Thanks so much for the tutorial

Josh, I have been using your land in lift off. Thank god you dont have to replace all the window and hole in the roof I made for you with lift off. :)

You know you're the bomb when you get your own land in a game 🎮

If I ever have to live in a pod, and "own nothing and be happy", then at least I can play Liftoff and pretend I'm Joshua Bardwell from 2021 and before.

Wonderful, thanks!!!!

Thank you, best tutorial for pratice from 0 skill 😅. I'm from Brazil and you help me a lot.

Taking off the throttle-ratchet was exactly what my flying needed. Hovering is now smooth, as opposed to really sketchy yesterday. Thanks!

Great throttle control, the last frontier!

You need 💎🙌 to maintain throttle control lol

Great video!! This helps me a lot as a beginner in FPV flight! :-) And the best of this video is this cute baby at the end of your video!! ;-) Best regards from Germany!!!

Quads fly via an equal and opposing Newtonian reaction to the quads action of accelerating air downward.

I’ve been flying for a few years now and hovering didn’t start getting easy until I learned tuning lol. Stock pids are great but let’s be honest they just get you in the air and handle decent. I have yet to find any stock tune that isn’t loose feeling at idle much less flying

Thanks, I couldn't figure this one out.

That's awesome . the layout of your property is 3d rendered as part of the simulator .

HOLY F joshua. I have never really been a fan of yours. I have not flown in or watched FPV videos in a year or more. I thought I wouls see what you are upto and you look fricken ripped man. Well done.

Priceless Cargo!

That Roma F5 is missing some parts from the camera cage. Looks like it's been through some testing lately :)

you should do #3Packsaday liftoff edition. thatd be dope

Thanks a lot

I know many people don't like curved response curves; but personally, I like setting up throttle expo and mid so that at the center of the throttle stick the thrust is at about neutral buoyancy when the quad is flat, and with the expo adjusted so that there's a bit more fine-grained control around that throttle point. It does take a bit of trial and error to get it just right though.

OMG! you got me.... I was like "what kind of camera is he using? Everything looks so green and vibrant! Almost digital" lol

My first touch of the sticks I literally lost it it flew so high😂 but thanks to your videos I had a beeper on it

great video thank u

Propeller is rotating wing and you forget the Bernoulli's principle part of the lift, ground effect rises pressure underside of the wing...

This is why I got liftoff in the first place ;) thanks for all the tips

You are a don, thank you very much. I am removing throttle ratchet immediately from my X9D Plus. In LiftOff I am so rubbish, I am more concerned about being able to pilot than in successfully building my drone. My AOS UL7 EVO should should arrive in five days - then the fun begin. Thanks again...

Nice beginner pilot video. Another nice one could be how to start in liftoff: which quad? what rates?

wow so cool man .......3d model is awesome

awesome thanks again

I learned something today, for sure

I've found a good way to hover and fly slowly and precisely. I've set a switch to have Angle mode, very low rates, 10 degree tilt limit, 50% scaled throttle and max expo on it. It's almost perfect to maneuver it through tight spots and land it precisely. I'm able to take off and land it from my car's roof, and reach it through the sunroof. I wish betaflight had a good altitude hold mode, to use with a barometer. Then it would be perfect.

haha, funny @ the end :-) Nice and thanks for this learning advice.Maybe good to add some advice for how to set up the simulator (which settings, which drone)?

That's so cool I'm gonna check that out..

When I start drifting badly do a yaw spin and it shows my angle of my quad as u can see the horizon move up and down with camera tilt. Do a lil spin and I can get Into hovers alot easier.

my god you have video for everything, thank's joshua Bardwell , you help me a lot also with crossfire. thanks , your italian follower

The "Uncrashed" simulator is pretty awesome too. Unreal Engine graphics - just wow.

without my contacts i actually couldn’t tell you weren’t flying outside.

Had the idea I was going into go out and flip roll and do all kind of stunts straight after practicing tons on the simulator. How I was so wrong! Drift and bounce is something you really don’t experience in simulator and the nerves of crashing makes you sketchy, the slightest of wind can cause massive drift.

No No No Joshua! The quad doesn’t fly because it shoves air molecules down into the ones below them! That’s a side effect! The blade creates a low pressure area above it, the atmospheric pressure below actually pushes up on the blade to try to equalize the pressure. It’s all Bernoulli. It happens on both sides of the blades, that’s why blades, wings, ect often are curved along their length, allowing the top surface to have slightly more length, and therefore slightly more area to create negative pressure along the top; IE Lift. Love your work bro! Couldn’t have gotten anywhere without you!

I fly around your house on LiftOff. I have a song I sing when flying at your house. Over the Chicken coop through the woods around Bardwells house we fly..... LOL. Aww that poor Roma looks so sad lol I just finished building my 2nd Roma F5 a few hours ago and I put Shark Byte and Crossfire on it. I love the Roma so much that I bought two and I just got Shark Byte two days ago and I put it on both. I really Like the Shark Byte I have never used DJI so with only analog to judge with its AMAZING. I caught myself just staring at the geese on the pond the first day and being amazed at how beautiful the view was.

For a shaky beginner, would you recommend setting expo on my transmitter, or tweaking something in the flight controller's settings?

Great drill is box movements. ⏩⏬⏪⏫

this is really good video for Beginners like me

Throttle management is key on a quad, use of a Eachine E010 is great to understand it, and get the necessary muscle memory. Another thing is throttle résolution: it took 3 years for the community to understand it was stupid to have 1200°/s of rates, but it seems they still haven't understood you need expo on throttle... Motor torque is huge at low Rpm, and linearly decreases with Rpm,so you need more résolution at the bottom of the stick than at the end, you need expo!

I just made a video about throttle control as well ! Mines assuming your alittle more advanced then this but im sure it will help !

Like driving a car on a straight road. You make small left and right steering to go straight. If you just held the steering wheel and did not move it at all you would eventually drive of the straight road.

Although this video is not for me. I love how you explained what the props are doing at 2:00 by mentioning "pushing on the air molecules below it" instead of talking about the higher air pressure on one side of the props and lower pressure on the other and so on... 😴

It's called vertical and horizontal component of lift. As the horizontal component of lift increases, the vertical component decreases.

Hi Joshua. Great video for a beginner like me. I don´t want to invest in all the stuff just jet. Can you recommend a cheap controller for practicing in the sim? Later on I´d like to fly a cinewhoop for film making. I´m not going for hardcore acro or racing. Thanks in advance!

Hi, nice videos! How do you bring up those stick position pointers at the bottom of the screen? is it part of Liftoff or its separate app? Also i wanted to ask: my drone is gliding one direction after turn, and i do turn with both sticks9 yaw, roll, then pitch with a bit more throttle, but it still want to kick me out of the turn like centrifugal force pushing. Any advice please? Or any discord or other group when i can ask some fellows for a bit of help. I'm pretty new to this. Thanks!

This tutorial is very good. I assume like many new comers to your channel, exploring your vast library is well worth the effort. Could you recommend several Simulators to learn on? Unless I just can not find it, do you have tutorials on learning to fly? Like this one... it really will be watched several times. Thanks.

i dont wanna seem creepy but they missed som foliage and that tree out front with the Y branch for knife edge gaps. thats how familiar your property is to me. lol great channel joshua

I'm a newb, but is it possible to mount a second fisheye camera facing backwards (maybe) and get both signals to the goggles? The fisheye could just be a horizontal slice and not the full image and put that in a small window.

Mid-life child, here. Brand new to all of this. Been watching so much of yours and other's content. Just subscribed to you because of the shameless baby plug. "See this baby..."

Joshua ! you do have a ratcheted throttle stick on your current Radiomaster TX16S ! I opened mine to fine tune it, you have one for the tension and one for the ratcheting. Just letting you know ! Great video man

Is there any option to minimize the ground effect, because i think my drone to much bounce, the ground effect to responsive after it hit the ground it can lift up around 1 meter height

Joshua, so for indoor real state maybe Avata is a better choice than Cinelog ? Tks

I just like your picture in the window.

Liked as soon as Josh crashed. Funny guy :D

JB, I'm fully in favor of more flying sound effects in future videos. 👍

What camera angle do you fly in, I fly 30 degrees but thinking about going down 5 degrees I feel like my precision is more precise the more i decrease the angle... want to stay at about 25 degrees just getting use to it since I went straight to 30 degrees...

great vid