Crux35 HDZero - Cheapest FPV BNF Drone that's Worth the Money? - Review and Freestyle Flights

[@ugellin]

I have a throttle limit mapped to a knob on my radio. I find it super useful to be able to dial back the power with the twist of a knob when I need to. JB has a video on how to set up the mix in your radio, might be worth checking out.

[@MoeFPV]

That would definitely help this thing out a bit - it’s not something I couldn’t get used to but it was definitely a shock when coming from normal heavier quads

[@HendrikNaether]

I just flew the Crux 35 this weekend and had just 4 batteries (4 Tattu 650 mAh) with me expecting to fly 20 minutes in total. I flew for over an hour. The flight time is crazy :D

[@jesucar3811]

How? I have the same configuration and I only get about 20 ish minutes ;-;

[@Sk8WineMedia]

Had a Crux35 for 24 hours, flew 5 packs and on my last did a horizontal 360 and lost my bearings... full send into a tree stump and blew it into 3 pieces! Insanely powerful coming from whoops. Ripped the guts out and put it on a FlyFish volodor 3.5 frame, still seems to fly great with the extra 40g

[@MoeFPV]

The crux35 is definitely weaker when it comes to crashing - that frame just unfortunately can’t keep up with the hits. The crux35 is still one of the most insanely powerful quads/per weight I’ve flown

[@Sk8WineMedia]

@@MoeFPVhad a few hits with the flyfish, strongly recommend this frame as a replacement. Somehow it also survived tyre water too after powering off…

[@RECK_Adventures]

I LOVE my Crux35. Flies so good and gets really good flight time.

[@MoeFPV]

Heck yeah! Nice and cheap and flies great

[@mstrout]

Thanks for making such nice chill content ❤

[@MoeFPV]

Thank you very much! Glad you dig it

[@vinandbagogrey1815]

I had one of the v2 analog versions and after replacing 8 bottom plates I had enough. I broke an arm just landing hard on asphalt once. I was sad when I gave up on it because it is still the best flying bind and fly I ever had.

[@MoeFPV]

8 PLATES!? Wow that’s a lot , I also would have gotten rid of it at that point. Where you on analog at the time ? I usually fly near trees and grass so a bit of a safe environment

[@scatta2671]

Swap the frame with a volador 3.5 at that point!

[@Chacha_Jaime]

Great video Moe! I started thinking “this flight time is a little ridiculous” then you commented about it 😂

[@CXBFPV]

Nice build, review and ripping Moe! I got an analog version on a black Friday deal and installed a 500mw WS kit in it and this quad is incredible! Like you said, ridiculous flight times with this platform... I'm getting 9-10 minutes on 650mah 4s packs.. Love you vids Moe! 🙏

[@MoeFPV]

Thanks Chrys ! I had a WS build at one point but I ended up converting it out .. I should really give it another chance because at that point I was using the VRX on a pair of box goggles that essentially tripled the latency !

[@CXBFPV]

You should try it again on your HDZ gogs Moe.. That's my set up and love it!

[@airdevil21]

I Love my crux35 and have the v2 freestyle vtx now i have to build it in yet.... It is a Awesome freestyle kwad! Great video!

[@MoeFPV]

Hope you enjoy the conversion ! If you remember, please let me know how easy it is to stick that vtx in there! And thanks for the kind words :)

[@lionelttl]

Crux35 is indeed the GOAT BNF for micros from the GOAT of all micros, Happymodel. Awesome review as always bro! The thing about most overpowered micros like this is that the throttle can get a bit too touchy and I'm too lazy to add expo on my throttle 😅😅

[@MoeFPV]

Very true ! I have yet to experiment with a throttle curve but I think that would definitely be a good solution for this thing - I can sorta get used to the throttle response after a few packs but it’s so far off my other muscle memory on heavier quads it just messes with me lol maybe I’ll explore some throttle curves in the near future 🤔

[@JohnyPatrick]

This is nice! I saw your Crux 3 video and I now own a Crux 3. It is amazing how that quad is! A silent ripper which I love and prefer over the 5 inch screamers. I love your videos on the mobula 8 and flylens 85 and I know the 85 performs better with naked o3 but I'd love to see if you would have the time to do a full o3 on the flylens. Hoping that the happymodel mobula 8 has the edge in that regard but anyways your videos have helped me a lot with my whoop choices. I like the freestylish sorta flying and prefer smaller quads to rip and not the loud ones that require a football field to fly. However, if you could do that video that would be awesome. You could do it along with a comparison between those quads. You've spoken about them but not in a comparison! Love the videos! Keep them coming! Your stick skills are good. I've not seen a single reviewer use these cinewhoops without prop wash but you nailed it so well!

[@MoeFPV]

Glad you’re enjoying the crux 3! I absolutely love the 1s 3” toothpicks. I will definitely have some more builds coming soon. And I’m working on another cinewhoop video right now but maybe after that’s out I can do a roundup video ! I will tell you now though probably the best flying BNF out of the box is the flywoo , mostly due to the lighter weight of the naked VTX though. The Pavo allows you to go Ductless a little easier though , if that’s your thing. It’s a very unique platform. Thanks for the kind words!

[@JohnyPatrick]

@@MoeFPV yes I'm relatively new so I went for the mobula8 o3 for some safe ripping and pavo20 o3 for some o3 freestyle (like it wants to freestyle haha) after using the crux 3 and my tinywhoops to get very good at it I'll try to go ductless on the pavo20 or get another o3 for freestyle needs in the 3 inch or 3.5 inch as I prefer smaller and noise free builds and not into 5 inch cause it's loud and all. I like the emax babyhawk o3 3.5 inches but not yet decided

[@xBarnabyJonesx]

Love the Crux35 frame, I have 2 6s builds that are pretty great.🚀Speedybee f4 20x20 and Darwin 1504 6s motors. Analog came out to 112g and Walksnail is 124g, weight without battery. I feel you about the weather, its has been rough. Raining here for weeks!

[@MoeFPV]

6s builds in the crux frame? How are they holding up for you ? And This winter has been mild for us but had a few stretches of really abysmal weather - here’s hoping spring comes asap !

[@xBarnabyJonesx]

​@@MoeFPVYeah, in the crux35 frame. They are pretty overpowered. 550mah 6s batteries. I originally swapped the frame from the 6s DarwinFPV Baby Ape II. But I've swapped the FC and VTX out now. The motors are so cheap I decided to build a walksnail version of it too.

[@ElectricGang-eformss]

Nice video great flying 🔥

[@ryanbealer4280]

Weird question for you... since it has a mount for a gopro, could someone 3D print a mount up there for your main camera so that you don't have the props in the video?

[@schweizerluchs7146]

Thanks for the Review, I am eagerly waiting for my HDZero Crux35 (1w, 90fps) Have 4 Frames, a lot of props and 2 AIO's are inbound 😂

[@MoeFPV]

Awesome! I hope you enjoy. I wish mine was the freestyle to be honest ! At least you’re prepared for the worst lol

[@mark6302]

i love mine the 1w is really nice and it was easy to unlock

[@MoeFPV]

Glad you’re enjoying it - would love to pick one up eventually

[@alexwolfe957]

Very nice flying and thanks for the great content. i have a few questions, what camera angle do you use and do you use the stock tune?

[@MoeFPV]

Thanks for the kind words ! This is completely stock tune , on the analog V2 edition of the crux 35. I usually fly a lower angle. 20 MAX but anywhere from 15-20 usually

[@alexwolfe957]

@@MoeFPVI fly the same quad, I guess I'll just have to practice way more on smooth flying lol. Whats the easiest way to adjust the camera angle to a certain degree?

[@BeachbumfromBrick]

What am I missing for my build ? Do I need a transmitter? I have ALL else including Walksnail digital vtx… I’m wondering if I can put ph2 DOUBLE Female Power cord? What size capacitor for that?? How to bind to pocket? Thank you if you can help I love this guy!

[@hookedfpv3219]

I have a dji crux and love it

[@BeachbumfromBrick]

Ok I got motors, capacitor, this aio, walksnail cam.. What am I missing here? The cane needs to pop into the female piece in aio? What’s the tx and rx for then? And the sbus? It LOOKS like transmitter But I thought transmitter was in this 5in 2 aio? Help?

[@_tcmore]

You can fit a full vista in there without making it naked!! The added weight = insta death to the frames though.

[@MoeFPV]

Yes they actually sell a version with the full vista - that poor frame ..

[@BusDriver84]

I added a Vista to to the analog version. Any impact beyond landing was a broken arm. I ended up changing to a standard 3.5" frame - I do miss the weight and efficiency.

[@ChrisHarmon1]

Crux35 is one of my favorite due to the flight time to performance ratio. Sadly fitting an 03 camera is a total PITA if you want to mount the camera out front vs on top of the frame. With front mounted camera my 3.5" props hit, so 3" is max unless you mount the 03 camera where the action cam would normally go. I don't use any action cameras or do any recording, just don't like idea of a whoop style canopy on a Crux35...

[@rianlira4111]

hello everything is fine? Could you tell me if the crux35 battery cable is 18awg or 16awg? I have a project based on it

[@crash_lander]

I need the PID tune for this plz

[@TheGabrielvideo1]

I've got 2 crux35 on both Vista+nebula nano and i'm getting jello as i increase throttle the camera feed. I'm wondering how can you get no jello at all?

[@gavin-gavin-gavin]

What goggles were you using

[@KidCe.]

i switched my crux over to a foxeer caesar 3.5 frame since i started racing that would have been a deathtrap for the frame. I wasnt able to ever break the caesar frame.

[@MoeFPV]

Probably would have cost your a few frames on the crux 😅 - the analog version is decently resilient but that’s only because of the low weight

[@TorontoFPV]

put on a 3.5mm thick discus with bumpers and your good. I fit a naked vista or O3 in 18mm standoffs!

[@MoeFPV]

Would like to put the 03 in anything that could accommodate it TBH

[@KidCe.]

funny, JB just realsed a Livestream highlight where he took a look at the crux35 hd version, which is probably the cheapest Hdzero quad u can get

[@MoeFPV]

Good timing for me 😜 but yes would have to agree - very good deal for the price IMO

[@memelol7167]

Is this one wobble on windy day?

[@brundle_fly5123]

Loved my crux35 for a while. Batteries last SO LONG I get bored in the air and need a break!

[@MoeFPV]

Dude I swear it was a bit TOO long for me on the 650s lol maybe because it was cold out lol

[@hi_desert_rat]

First visit...new sub!

[@MoeFPV]

Much appreciated! More content very soon

[@DRONEPOISON]

New sub great video brother

[@MoeFPV]

Much appreciated!

[@derelictfpv]

I bando bashed mine and the frame actually survived.😃

[@MoeFPV]

Damn that’s a rarity, I feel like ! Analog version??

[@derelictfpv]

HDzero version. The frame is getting a little delaminated but I bashed it pretty hard.@@MoeFPV

[@pharmapsychotic]

how long you been flying? you're really good

[@MoeFPV]

Thank you very much! About a 1.5 years now

[@JR-yr8xm]

I hope the analog one comes back in stock. I bought the baby ape II when I couldn't find the Crux35 in stock.

[@MoeFPV]

Yeah it seems a lot of BNFs and chips are out of stock .. may be a potential chip shortage .. check Ali express though I’m sure they must have one

[@balc3r]

HI! 👍

[@elxero2189]

Use a throttle curve bro that will fix your balloon