1.03 ESC FW Antonov 225

Going through my old videos on here and noticed I still had this test footage from the Ukraine trip so decided to make it public. This was my very first flight using the 1.03 FW for the KISS 24a esc and what better place to test something completely unknown than around and over the worlds largest plane. :)
Parts used:
FatShark Dominator HDV2 googles
LaForge receiver with VAS Mad Mushroom and IRC 8dbi Patch
ImmersionRC 600mw 5.8 VTX
Spironet antenna
HS-1177 with 2.5mm GoPro 1 lens
Alien 5" frame
KISS FC
Lumenier 1300 4s battery
KISS 24a
Lumenier 2206 2350kv
HQ 5x4x3 Glass Nylon
FrSky Taranis (5db antenna mod) with X4R receiver running S.Bus
GoPro 4 Silver

[@skitzaab1]

Flights like this are the ones I like the most ..it shows the everyday side of a pilot and no cut start to finish

[@SiggyNowak]

Never at any time was I worried.

[@GAPiTFPV]

Good lord that 225 is huge.

[@sardjantube]

So so smooth!!! love it mate!!

[@glenby2u]

you dont get a sense for how bloody big that thing is. makes it look like you are flying much slower than normal. love that flying. thanks for sharing

[@strepto42]

Such a cool plane. Thanks for the tour! Surprised they don't have a hanger for it...

[@KwadSkwad]

Wow you really captured the scale of that thing with the shot at 0:54 love it!

[@ryanbunnell7488]

you're not even trying and you get amazing footage. awesome test flight Chad.

[@JustinGarciaIndustries]

one of your best. really enjoyed!

[@JaydenLawson]

Damn that thing is huge! Great flying

[@Phiqtional]

Why would someone dislike this video? Awesome flight again! That thing is huge! #ThatsWhatSheSaid

[@spoon188]

I know and appreciate how fast you are going, but those planes are so large, that it makes it seem like you are crawling. Awesome footage, in a place few will ever get the opportunity.

[@cloudkap]

Jeezus Chad. That was a bit insane. The low-level flying looked like CGI. Location: Epic.

[@mike20sm]

nicely done, there were a lot of choice segments in that one.

[@lanzjeff0]

dam when u flew under the Entire plane wow do I get nerves when flying around all this crazy stuff I no my hands get sweaty and my legs get Shaking and ya thanks for your time making video's like this and thanks fore roter riot u are the man

[@ohioplanespotting1300]

How can anyone dislike this video?? This is literally a once and a lifetime object to rip.

[@FinalGlideAus]

Ahhh they are my lovely little trolls. They follow me every where I go and they are like family to me. I love to feed them and make sure they still have something to do as I love them :)

[@ohioplanespotting1300]

FinalGlideAus Haha true. Well anyways, great flying man! It was awesome to meet you at Flite Fest! :)

[@FPV-wi8fw]

+FinalGlideAus they are just jealous cause they don't have an AN225 to fly around (if the trolls can even fly) :P

[@BreatheRC]

Your throttle management is superb " Really pisses me off " lol great footage many thanks :)

[@VicDzenFPV]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmn

[@CrobleFPV]

daaaayyyyummm!!! :)

[@zenkinsw]

Super jealouseeee damn beauty not many people have a chance to fly around this weekend whale size craft man!

[@warshane666]

love the view

[@P8FPV]

my go.....ends up with loads of dents in the plane 😂 great flying buddy 👍

[@voldelurubu619]

It really dangerous for the antonow ! :-) Nice video

[@acdfpv4518]

Nice ;) is the procedure for updating the antonov 225's esc to 1.03 the same you showed in you last video? lol

[@cheshirerc]

How many people have "old" unreleased footage as good as this?

[@rudibrowning4576]

Damn that was awesome

[@MrFRDW]

love it

[@David__]

Nice flying Chad! Shows the confidence you have in Felix's skills too. Is this the equivalent of a large Eagle with a little fly (who just drank a bottle of red bull) buzzing all around it :)

[@smashitfpv3922]

Is it just me or did the motors sound kinda odd? Great flying as always!!

[@smashitfpv3922]

P.S. First!!!!

[@FinalGlideAus]

old motors with shot bearings. Those motors were around 4 months old and now slightly radioactive lol :)

[@OkAlex]

4 month of every Day flying?

[@blackmennewstyle]

What a good life. Testing new firmware while playing with the curves of a legendary full size aircraft. Can you do the same with a A380 :p Thanks for sharing and happy midweek

[@user-ru3wl7se8p]

You should make a video with you and Mr. Steele flying in a real glider!

[@P44man]

that plane is big enough that you could have flown inside it. How cool would that be?

[@babakzekibi315]

I love Antonov 225 but could you fly over a Tupolev 160 next time :p it has bomb bays so big that Kevin can do power loops :)

[@Daddio66]

sweeeettttttt!

[@3ric7ar03]

Hey man great video. What do you think would the absolute best setup for an Alien 6". Note: I would like to have Kiss fc, Kiss esc's, and Cobra motors also.

[@GhostRyderFPV]

This is a professional's B-Roll... the stuff that wasn't used... Looks like it's time to charge some batts, rip moar until gooder, and cultivate a fancy accent :)

[@FPVGOAT]

Fucking incredible as always! So chad when are you and Steele coming so salt lake city?

[@MIKEYDREADFPV]

SKILLZ

[@demdimnat]

Hi! When were you in Hostomel? I live here)))

[@evelyndai8200]

Ahhhhh, kiss fc best

[@ReubenHorner]

Was your fpv feed terrible at about 2:55?

[@FinalGlideAus]

No, the vision was great the whole time

[@36slimbo]

Hi FGA!! Are you running new FC firmware in this flight?

[@FinalGlideAus]

It was a new one on that day but old by today's standard.

[@nimp0u]

What min command value do you use? I noticed: When using oneshot42 and min command of 1000 i have random ESC shutdowns. This is something i noticed on 4 different builds with Kiss components (different frames, motors, PDBs and video components, but all KissFC+24AESCs). Since i switch to oneshot125 I dont have this problem anymore but I find it a lot harder to get a really crisp tune. I never used anything other than 1000 for min command but as tuning tutorial videos are coming out i realized that people use higher values for min command. Do you think that could cause my random shutdown problem? On the FC i tried different RC27 and RC28 builds. The ESCs are stock (1.01 or 1.02... don't know... i will have to flash them as soon as i find some time) Description of random shutdown: When i cut the throttle in mid flight sometimes one ESC goes off. Means that the blue LED turns off and the ESC doesnt react anymore. When i disarm and arm it works again. On one build this also occured on the ground when i armed/disarmed it (about 3-4 times out of 100 arm/disarm cycles). And it's not always the same ESC and not only one at a time. Would appreciate a little help!

[@FinalGlideAus]

Upgrade esc FW to 1.03h. This fixes that bug.

[@nimp0u]

I will definitely follow your advice and try v1.03 but could you give me a little feedback? - Did you experience this "random shutdowns" too? - Do you think it's related to the min command of 1000 i set up on every build? I reported my issue to flyduino and sent them a detailed report of everything I tried and set up, but they dropped me and told me it's my PID settings because it works for other pilots. I was very angry with them because its obviously not the PIDs and I couldn't believe noone has the same issue.

[@FinalGlideAus]

I had a few shut downs and the issue was the esc fw

[@OzFPVflyer]

Now get in that Antonov and do it again...lol

[@sprocket374]

Risky