Bixler 3 FPV talkthrough

[@What_If_We_Tried]

Wow, outstanding setup! And so much so, that I am interested in FPV now. Never thought that would happen. Thanks so much for the upload, absolutely inspiring...

[@gsansoucie]

I stumbled on this video and am amazed that plane can still fly with all that gear. This is incredible. Great video and very clear walk through.

[@gsansoucie]

Three years later I stumble on the same video and my comment. I still don’t have a Bixler (yet).

[@DaninVA]

Very cool setup and video! I am a little surprised that the old stock Bix will carry all that equipment.

Hi. I still flight my BIX3 almost all weekend and publish my videos about what a I learn with him and all can learn too. It's a great RC Airplane to learn, I say that in all my videos. The fact of BIX3 have landing gear is advantage in my opinion to learn to do great landings. And have Flaps... Be welcome and again, thanks very much for this review, best regards!

[@ThatHPIGUY]

great video, I just ordered my own Bix 3.

[@steone77]

Nice video just purchased one of these myself ... thanks for video may thing a bit clearer

[@arongatt]

thats a neat pan setup there mate .

[@garrynutter860]

Nice talkthrough Mike. Well Done. Any Chance you could post some to the safety equipment you use onboard please.

[@YakFPV]

nice setup ! pan camera look fluid

[@JoshWeaverRC]

Great work!

[@Mike_Barnard]

Hello Husky041, I use one GPS for the T1000 Return to home unit and the others for the OSD. The T1000 doesn't have an OSD on it so I have to have a separate one to show my speed and distance form home.

[@husky041]

Ah, thanks. I'm planning to use an APM flight controller as I'm a little familiar with them and have one in my quadcopter. It has a separate gps/compass unit which also supplies gps to my goggles via a MinimOSD board. You probably know this already ☺

[@Mike_Barnard]

No, it normally flips over on landing because of the weight of the GoPro on top. I put some tape on the bottom to prevent damage to the underside on landing.

[@adlapl]

Pure beauty! :)

[@bertramheath1766]

Would be ausome if you could specify the fpv part names

[@husky041]

Very nice, and I envy you for that workshop! I'm puzzled about your GPS though. ..you have one for your OSD on top of the motor pod, and another Hobbyking unit on the tail - boom. Why is there two? Anyway, my Bix3 arrives tomorrow 😆

[@PhilipFumey]

Hi Mike, I'd be interested in the specs. Cheers and thanks for sharing.

[@Mike_Barnard]

TQman, I fly it on a 3s 3300mah for about 15 mins of flight or on parallel 3s 2200mah for 20min flight time.

[@jostak3577]

Hi, it's really nice set up. What is the ready to fly weight?

[@leemetcalfe9958]

Hi there cool video what make and were did you get the 1.3ghz video equipment from. Thanks Lee

[@ASBO_Rob]

Great video, But one question, How did you run it all? As in what ampage & how many BEC's did you use?

[@Mike_Barnard]

Hi Philip, the specs are at the end of the video. Let me know if you want to know any thing else

[@livelandings747]

Is this a standard RTF bixler? I am looking to setup a similar fpv unit with the bixler 3 and needed to know if I will need to upgrade the prop? thanks for sharing the vid

[@Mike_Barnard]

Hello! Everything about the bix 3 was just standard, latter on I upgraded the ESC but apart from that it flew very nicely with standard gear.

[@nealshave6085]

Hi Mike - great video, thanks for sharing. I'm interested to know where its was shot, I live in Norfolk so I'm familiar with all the old airfields and this looks like East Anglia. Where did you shoot it, if you don't want to say that's ok.

[@Mike_Barnard]

Hello, thanks! I fly with a club on the disused Acaster airfield just south of York.

[@Garethfrostturkeythroat113]

The bixler can take a heavy payload what battery you use

[@Mike_Barnard]

Hi, I used a 3400mah but it would take two for longer flights

[@shipcases1951]

Where did you get that gear arrangement for camera panning?

[@Mike_Barnard]

shipcases1951 I made it from some old RC helicopter mAin gears

[@TQman81]

Maybe I didn't get it, but how big batteries are you using?

[@stvdedal]

What weight your setup have?

[@EnglishTurbines]

Mi Mike, its a complex set up for sure...lol...I have the T1000 stabiliser with RTH, why in gods name did they not make it automatically reset home position when it found more than six sats?...Mental....It would be really good if you could review the T1000 and clarify how to set Home and what the flashing LEDs mean, because the Manual is just nonsense.....No wait, completely useless...lol......Do you find it hard to turn the plane when the T1000 has its Sat receiver active, ie in Stab Mode..permanently?

[@einsaan]

What was the flying weight with all the setup?

[@wyomingoutdoors]

How much flying time do you get on the 3300mah battery? What is your final landing voltage?

[@Mike_Barnard]

Hello, I get about 20 to 25 minutes. I try to land with the remaining voltage at about 11.1v

[@youniles]

where did you get the camera pan setup I would really like one please help

[@Mike_Barnard]

Hello, I built the pan setup my self out of an old servo powered gimbal I had. There are 360 mounts available but if you want a self centring mount that can spin 180 each direction you most likely have to build it your self. There are some out there but they are quite expensive. A quick google of RC 360 GoPro mount should but you in the right direction.

[@AceadamUK]

do you use the landing gear?

[@user-vb6ii6kj1z]

Hi! I have the same plane. Show the layout of equipment and tell me why 3 antennas and 3 camera?

[@Mike_Barnard]

Владислав Горячев if you watch the video I explain it all. Only two antenna, one for video one for control. The two black cameras are of the video feed back to base station and the GoPro is for HD video recording.

[@user-vb6ii6kj1z]

So, course 1 camera, 1 camera recording monitor, 1 camera recording on "carousel", 1 (under the wing) a record of the earth.... My God!!! Why so many? See the black camera on the "carousel" from the video surveillance kit 832 5.8 Hz. And how much all the equipment weigh?

[@Mike_Barnard]

It's nice to see all angles when you finish flying! I don't know how much it all weighs, flew ok but needed a bit more weight in the tail to balance

[@user-vb6ii6kj1z]

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[@nucleo1772]

your flying time on this 3300mah ??

[@Mike_Barnard]

maciek pawłowski I would get an easy 30 minuets flight time and if I was careful on the throttle I could push to about 40 minuets

[@husky041]

Very nice, and I envy you for that workshop! I'm puzzled about your GPS though. ..you have one for your OSD on top of the motor pod, and another Hobbyking unit on the tail - boom. Why is there two? Anyway, my Bix3 arrives tomorrow 😆