Caddx Walksnail Avatar Goggles L and GT Kit

[@EnglishTurbines]

Can't wait to see you use that head tracker....Your Winter weather is better than our so called Summer. Currently grounded again due to constant high winds....🤔😳😳🇬🇧

[@bonafidepirate]

Hi Sir Andrew, I'm glad to see you trying out Walksnail, and that it's working well for you! I haven't personally flown any of the DJI FPV stuff, but Walksnail has been great for me and offers everything I wanted from an HD system.

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes. It's good that DJI alternatives have finally matured.

[@gadgetman404]

Sorry I'm trying message Andrew direct saying error sending tryingbwiremup GPS tried rx to tx nothing in osd all boxes ticked my FC got the end 5v scl SDL pads.or something like that only four pads so how set up inodesmasmmot a UART any help please cheers from uk

[@AndrewNewton]

@@gadgetman404 Huh? Can't understand your comment.

[@bomberaustychunksbruv4119]

Ah the Pirate!!!!, great to see a post from you here. Haha.

[@bonafidepirate]

@@bomberaustychunksbruv4119 Long time fan of Andrews content! lol

[@MolokaiBoy_808]

Aloha from Maui! Glad to see you enjoying the GL. Its been a very good goggles during our testing and has been performing well with quads and fixed wings. Great compact goggles that performs.

[@AndrewNewton]

Aloha. They are very impressive

[@wattage2007]

Glad to see you trying out the Walksnail stuff at last!

[@AndrewNewton]

It is better than my DJI gear

[@kartherton]

Parrots make me smile every time you use it Andrew. Keith. UK 🇬🇧

[@AndrewNewton]

They must be the loudest birds on he planet. Sulphur crested cockatoo.

[@olivierdamiron7279]

Wake up in the morning, watch an Andrew Newton video, bust out the credit card and blow $520 bucks. Just like that! 😆 Avatar goggles + GT Camera/TX kit + GM3 Gimbal! What I just spend with CADDX would cost over $1000 if it was DJI gear. This kit looks awesome. And big thanks for making such quality review videos, they are world class. Cheers!

[@AndrewNewton]

Haha, I'm sure you will love the gear. Thanks for the encouragement

[@mcastells]

Unfortunately, the GT VTX doesn't have the serial port that the GM3 plugs into for head tracking. Caddx says that you need to solder the TX/RX wires from the gimbal to the UART3 pads on the VTX (not the big and easily accessible UART2 pads). It appears you would have to drill a hole in the case for the wires as well. The pads are quite small and I don't trust my soldering skills enough with such an expensive piece of kit. So I'm exchanging mine for a Moonlight.

[@AndrewNewton]

Oh no! That's a pain. Thanks for the alert

[@olivierdamiron7279]

@@mcastells Thanks for bringing that up, I assumed the GT was ready to work with a GM3.... This is annoying, they don't make this clear on their website... It is a confusing. I should have gone for the Moonlight it appears, and you get 4K recording.... I think I will do the swap too.

[@lasersbee]

Eccellent Review Andrew...👍 I agree with you on your stance of DJI... I decided to go with Walksnail and HDZero instead for those same reasons. Would have been great if it had an HDMI and AV input. Great idea by Caddx to offer Prescription Lenses ad on for the Goggles.

[@iamsoulcandy]

Thank you for sharing. Tye picture is very crips and nice and tye flight is stable and soft. Loved it!

[@AndrewNewton]

Thank you very much!

[@FreeEditsForYou]

I just got mine today haha! I got the Goggles L and the Avatar Moonlight VTX is coming. This is gonna be fun. THanks for the info.

[@deanedeane4318]

Whaahoo it's certainly going to put more of us in the running ! ( Bugga dji) great job Andrew .... I have one eye that needs 2.5 and the other 8 so feel i need to have a look through a unit before I commit.....in case I can't focus ..... Suchfun i hope ! 😉🙃😎 NZ

[@TakeItToTheGround]

I have had the DJI V1 with WTF OSD for many years. Revolutionary but incredibly uncomfortable on my face. Basically like strapping a house brick to my face. I like flying small stuff and DJI never released a 1S air unit so I bit the bullet about 6 months ago and bought the goggles X and a few tiny VTX mini's that can be powered off 1-3S. Very happy. Extremely comfortable goggles with a great picture. DJI V1 on my bigger older stuff. Walksnail on my tiny stuff.

[@EnglishTurbines]

At last Andrew. About to experience HD video made for FPV affictionados.....Im interested in trying these even though I have the Avatar Goggles....😳😏😀🇬🇧

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes, someone needs to do a direct comparison

[@Waltkat]

Great review, thank you. I've been wanting to get into digital FPV but the price has always held me back. With this new Caddx system, I think I'm going to give it a go. My plan is to install it along with a gimble on a RC crawler.

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes that would be excellent on a crawler

[@Grant82gc]

Im glad i watched this, i almost didnt buy them because of the glasses issue

[@LWJCarroll]

07:47 thank goodness for that as I cant do that type of soldering! Yay! Laurie NZ 😊

[@AndrewNewton]

YES the DJI Lite VTX units involve the most difficult soldering I have encountered.

[@GNARGNARHEAD]

awesome!

[@AndrewNewton]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@DrFrantic77]

Great job nice, I love this Walknail System

[@michaelwhinnery164]

This is Brilliant, I purchased the v3 DJI goggles and 2 fpv units and promptly returned everything because of the proprietary nature of all the equipment including the necessity to use thier redicoulous motion sensor controller. Nope they can keep it. I've been waiting for this kit to come out because I heard rumors of a sticky lawsuit. Glad to se it on the market.

[@AndrewNewton]

Good move Michael

[@justme.9711]

WOW!!!!! So amazing. That picture is real time crystal perfect. What's the max range they claim???

[@AndrewNewton]

More than 4km.... no that's DJI. Caddx don't actually give range into.

[@AlphaCharlyX]

Hello, do you have the print file for the 19 mm camera mount in the video for us as well, please? You use this mount in a lot of videos. It looks very great

[@AndrewNewton]

In the description

[@AlphaCharlyX]

@@AndrewNewton Hello Andrew, I think we are misunderstannding each other 😉. I was talking about the little thing where you screw your camera in. Maybe it is a runcam-camera-holder, mount or bracket called RC-MSI-BRK? I didn't find a printable version of this in your thingiverse. Thx for your great channel and work! Greetings from Austria

[@AndrewNewton]

@@AlphaCharlyX Oh yes, they are aluminium camera mounts that came with old analog cameras. Seems like they are not provided these days, I'm reusing old ones. Thanks and greetings from Australia

[@AndrewNewton]

I have added a 3D print file for the camera mount bracket

[@AlphaCharlyX]

@@AndrewNewton Thank you very much!

[@raeme105]

Thanks for that Andrew my old drill Sgt use to say there are no dumb questions only the dummy asking so here i go can i use this setup without going through a flight controller in my Rc planes

[@AndrewNewton]

Good question. Yes you can (Unlike DJI 03)

[@raeme105]

@@AndrewNewton thank you

[@ApappieK]

Thanks for your review. I think I will add these to my Walksnail fleet for the sandy and water environment, not risking damaging my more expensive V1 goggles. One Question remains, any indication about the FOV? FOV number is strangely not mentioned on the Walksnail product page.

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes you're right about FOV number, but it is almost as big as the DJI V1

[@ApappieK]

@@AndrewNewtonAccording Oscar Liang's " FPV Goggles FOV Comparison " tool, the FOV could be the same as my Skyzone Cobra X analog box goggles or the Walksnail Avatar Goggles X (50 degrees). That's perfect for me.

[@Rcludde-39]

Thanks for this Video 👍👍🤩🤩Mister, But i wondering if you have to use a flight controller to get the Walksnail unit to be able to send at full strength. Know that with the Dji o3 unit you only get 25 mw without being connected to the flight controller to be able to adjust the strength

[@AndrewNewton]

No you can run straight from the flight battery, just have to turn standby mode off

[@PhilnotTony]

Hi from Scotland Andrew, this is my first FPV set up. I see you have 2 connectors from the 4 pin silicon cable that I can see, could show me a photo of how you have them both connected the red and black battery connector and what I can’t figure out is the rx and tx connection please. I only started flying at 52 years old a year ago. Thank you

[@AndrewNewton]

Hi Tony. Which flight control board are you using?

[@PhilnotTony]

@@AndrewNewton ahh that is what is missing then, which would you recommend?

[@AndrewNewton]

@@PhilnotTony Hard to go past the SpeedyBee F405-Wing. But you don't need an FCB to use the Walsnail gear. Just power, and don't fly too far away.

[@PhilnotTony]

@@AndrewNewton Ok and thank you for the reply. I have a GT kit for My Tundra to practice with before moving it to a Durafly EFXtra and a Moonlight kit with the GM3 for my ASW 28 also a little 1s kit for a tiny warbird. Slightly terrifying but can’t wait to get to grips with it all.

[@hoff_6112]

Victor Harbour, beautiful spot! Ill come over for a fly, im on Hindmarsh Island regularly 👍🏻 How much range "theoretically" do you "think" you might get out of that setup? Got my Goggles L in the post and looking at the same VTX. Its a pitty they dont allow for external antenna...

[@AndrewNewton]

Greetings, yes a great part of the country. Don't know about ultimate range at this stage, apart from the quoted 4km.

[@hyperx6525]

Walksnail so much better than dji

[@randallpatrickc]

Great video as usual. Silly qu: can one overlay an OSD from somewhere on these? (I know nothing about FPV but your vid has spiked my interest)

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes, and the method depends on the FPV gear. For analog gear it usually requires connection to a flight control board that has an OSD chip. For HD digital gear it requires adding the OSD data (recorded in a separate file) with an OSD overlay app.

[@CourtneyHomePro]

Great video. What is the connector wire you use to connect the power cable and the gray/white wire? any links? Thanks

[@AndrewNewton]

I did a video a few weeks ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2msYWyaeMell8U

[@dlabrie]

I am currently building my first FPV fixed wing on a Bixler 3. I have the Speedybee f405 wing FC and a gyro. I am now looking for Goggles, VTX, and camera. I was a little confused when you said you had it hooked up to the 9V pad on the FC when minimum voltage to run it was 11 volts. Does that meen that you would need a minimum 4s battery to use the GT Kit ?

[@AndrewNewton]

4S would be wise to run the GT kit. But the HD V2 and Moonlight can use 7.4V minimum.

[@sparkey044]

I might have missed it, but on the display, where is the distance from home?

[@AndrewNewton]

Not enabled on my OSD. But it is an option.

[@kartherton]

Andrew. Please can you take us for a fly around that small island at some time?

[@AndrewNewton]

Wish I could show it, but the authorities might be watching.

[@gadgetman404]

Testing

[@zacharyvinge1154]

Do you happen to have any info on the corrective lens frame you 3d printed for the goggles?

[@AndrewNewton]

Here it is but be aware that it not a perfect fit. www.thingiverse.com/thing:6842451

[@cheetonian]

Hey Andrew, FYI, some other folks who have done testing on the GT unit have found that it outputs a large amount of noise for a few seconds basically across the spectrum when you arm it, especially at high power. It is possible this will knock other pilots out of the air. Probably not much of an issue for you but worth being aware of. Mads Tech has an in depth analysis

[@AndrewNewton]

Aha, thanks for the alert. I should be able to test that by having my DJI goggles on at the same time.

[@cheetonian]

@@AndrewNewton a test would be awesome, all Mads Tech showed was spectrum analyzer

[@szaszbulcsu]

Thanks for the review, but did I see correctly, there was no distance on the OSD?

[@AndrewNewton]

Correct. The WS OSD Tool has tick boxes for items to include in the final video.

[@szaszbulcsu]

@@AndrewNewton Thank you for your kind reply. I have WS system, but I have distance. I was asking because without distance, a range test is kind of useless... :( I use to use the Betaflight OSD and there put the distance beside the home arrow.

[@AndrewNewton]

Of course, you would include distance in a range test video. But I'll leave such videos to other KZbinrs.

[@WilliamMeade-y8v]

Thanks for the video Andrew. I just purchased the goggles. I do have a question though. Can a second pair be used for ride along goggles? Can more than one goggle be paired with the transmitter? Can hardly wait for it to come in.

[@AndrewNewton]

There is a share mode but I can't test it. 1、When the broadcast option is turned on in the menu settings Broadcast (XXXXX) On ， The VTX unique ID number is in brackets，Other Avatar VRX devices can receive the local image transmission through share mode.

[@helidude71]

VTX and goggle both on v38 firmware?

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes

[@fidelvitlloch4503]

Hola, mencione run camara compatible con gafas google v2 gracias

[@AndrewNewton]

No idea about google glass

[@alexiscolonfpv3534]

hi how i make the vido with OSD,, i have Goggle X

[@AndrewNewton]

OSD Overlay Tool. Link in the description.

[@KVNGSYN]

do a binding and firmware update review i got the whole set but cant bind to the goggles L also have the gm3 gimble for rc car

[@AndrewNewton]

I'll do a video but all you have to do is read the manuals on the Caddx Support page

[@KVNGSYN]

@@AndrewNewton u got private chat to show u a vid I followed the whole steps and it ain’t working

[@KVNGSYN]

@@AndrewNewton all do firmware update

[@gadgetman404]

Can u do long range seen video today only getting 300 to 400 meters before losing picture

[@AndrewNewton]

Long range videos would invite trouble unfortunately. Are you sure you're getting out of standby mode 10mW, or closing more than 25mW?

[@FourthWayRanch]

Did u try wtfos?

[@AndrewNewton]

It is not for Walksnail. But I have it on my DJI V1 goggles

[@FourthWayRanch]

@AndrewNewton my dji seems OK using wtfos but I've never tried anything else. I rarely fly fpv anymore, I just like old fashioned LOS flying

[@FreeEditsForYou]

Do you know if they include that USB - > VTX cable you need to update that firmware?

[@AndrewNewton]

No usb cable. This one uses sd card for firmware updates.

[@rcaddict9558]

Im a drone pilot, but before that was a 3d heli pilot, for years, it makes no difference to me what your choice is, walksnail and flying a craft of some sort go together like strawberries & cream, i loved your review, well done and you have another sub aswell❤👌🫡

[@AndrewNewton]

Thanks RCAddict

[@rcaddict9558]

@@AndrewNewton no worries!

[@rcaddict9558]

@@AndrewNewton you know what i love about all the walksnail cams and vtx combos, you dont have to mess about with any camera controlls like on a action cam, just set and forget! Great review and detail A+🫡

[@gadgetman404]

Is this goggles footage or vtx

[@AndrewNewton]

Goggles only

[@gadgetman404]

I'm 100 mw

[@AndrewNewton]

Does that work well for you?

[@AK2I47]

Paid promotion?

[@AndrewNewton]

Basically means I didn't pay for the gear in the review.

[@TaigiTWeseDiplomatFormosan]

：００

[@larry9729]

Hi there, Mr. Andrew! Was wondering if you were able to hook up the servo type gimbal connected to the head tracker? I have the same set up but with a different pan and tilt with 2 servos and hooked up to the Spektrum 10 channel AS3X on a DX18. When I turn it all on, the servos go full one way and stay fixed even when I move the goggles. I went into the settings for the HT and hope I have the correct things set. I can't find many instructions on how to set it up. This is going into the Freewing A-10 80 mm., Any help is appreciated! Thanks from Florida! LC

[@AndrewNewton]

The goggles head tracking only works with Caddx GM gimbal plugged in to one of the Avatar VTX units. You would need an external head tracking unit plugged in to your radio to operate a servo gimbal.