New Tiny FPV cars and the smaller crawler prototype I've seen! Supplied by SNT

[@Kaffimusic]

The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.

[@CurryKitten]

I literally buy all the stuff I would love, but could never afford as a kid :)

[@bugsy742]

@@CurryKitten same 😀👍🤝

[@chrisd0427]

"Look, I'm on a rock. That sort of thing" is by far the greatest line mentioned in regards to this car. Subbed!!

[@CurryKitten]

This is just the sort of stuff that tumbles out of my mouth :)

[@robertbobgriffith5292]

Outside with 4 wheel drive type Range Rover/Jeep your really running the "Rubicon" very Impressive.

[@CurryKitten]

Good fun, but perhaps a little too intense!

[@AerialWaviator]

Nice 'hat-trick' at 5:00 ... demoing all 3 vehicles at same time! The SUV looks like lots of fun. The SUV side-to-side wobble likely more related to the high centre of mass with the camera up high. Suspension needs to be soft enough to allow independent wheel travel on rough ground, but stiffer if going faster. Perhaps two sets of springs might help? (or a spring that had both softer and harder compression within its travel distance) Think it would be amazing if could integrate a camera interior to the vehicle, so mass was much lower. (pop-off from wind-shield to reveal camera). As for RF signal, this a tricky problem, given vehicles small size (thus small battery size) and the monstrous scale of obstacles. Wonder if could use local wifi network to send video? It would need an adaptor for FPV goggles, but could also allow more options. (eg: using big screen TV vs. FPV goggles, so would open up size of consumer market). BTW: a good measure of speed would be "car-lengths per second" .. it's fully scaleable. ;)

[@CurryKitten]

I talked with friends about binding 2 quads at once and then attempting to fly them - but the likelihood of injury there is high :D I think the centre of gravity is definitely a factor, but it's slight tricky in integrate the camera inside the body... especially if they want to go the route of a camera that pops on and off. As for the FPV/Control distance - there's a balance to that. With a car of this size it doesn't need to go to far, but a little further would help. But it's of course an issue of increasing power means consuming more power and generating more heat... and potentially overheating. Wifi could be done, but is going to feel quite laggy on a car like this. But SNT are developing things quite rapidly, so who knows where we'll be in 6 months time!

[@AerialWaviator]

@@CurryKitten All great points. Is fascinating the tradeoff made in design constraints at this scale. Maybe you can find a friend that has a similar scale model railroad setup that would approve of a little 'off-road' navigation. That could be a fun experience.

[@Caroline_Tyler]

Could do with a little damping - tiny bit of soft sponge added in the coils may do it

[@CurryKitten]

Yeah - that's what it needs, it's not so much the strength of the spring, its the fact there's nothing to dampen it out... and hence stop the wobble quicker. Hopefully they'll do something for the production run

[@jlarson42]

Great review of Nano rc cars. Pretty cool. Really like the crawler version. 👍😍

[@CurryKitten]

Me too - my new favorite tiny thing. I want to try and make some little courses that I can drive in FPV. Those stones were a bit big for it :)

[@stevefox3763]

I think the off roader looks less like it's at sea with the camera at the back, the more body in view breaks the image up. Ruby/OpenHD racing would rock! I wanted something a little more practical than my massive 1/4 scale ruby truck so working on a 1/10 off road buggy at the moment and nearly done, its got ardupilot and ruby on it, its a 540 brushed motor at the moment but I have a brushless setup on order. Your eachine would be a good candidate, especially if you upgraded to oil filled shocks and a brushless motor :)

[@CurryKitten]

I had Open.HD running on a 1/10th scale car to start with along with iNav, but my RTH went weird and ended up reversing away from me :) I think this tiny car is too small to allow any HD stuff in there though

[@stevefox3763]

@@CurryKitten You should give Ardupilot Rover a try, an order of magnitude better than Inav! I know the EC30 is a smaller 1/14 scale but i think you could squeeze HD in it, on my HPI 1/10, i have mounted everything lengthways down the chassis with everything mounted on the center chassis support bar that goes between the Diffs and have the 1w 2.4ghz i use for video on a mount i printed to attach to the rear of the mast the rear spoiler is on. Banggood appear to have already stopped selling the EC10??

[@athenovae]

Perhaps adjustable spring tension in future models would be better 😊

[@CurryKitten]

Yes - I hope they are able to do something for their production run

[@PurebloodedPatriot]

If the shocks can be disassembled, put a little Vaseline or something similar in them to stop the side to side rocking.

[@minkorrh]

OMG. That's wild. I had no idea that they made these tiny little things with that level of sophistication, suspension and like an actual _driveshaft_ ? What's next?........... Disc brakes? I'm about ready to grab some and break out the dslr for a diorama. At 55 I'm laughing at the absurdity and the fact that I want one. Set a huge throttle control in your radio and dial it way down to allow you to 'crawl' the 4x4 up obstacles!

[@CurryKitten]

They do seem to have improved the throttle control in the new one (I released a video about it this week) they are fun to capture the absurdity of the scale. Especially with a small f-stop they look really like a proper sized 4x4 in a massive environment :)

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic ride and review, Wayne! 😃 The crawler looks fantastic indeed! Talking about it, you should try FPV with a cheap crawler! About the wobble, stiffer springs should solve it! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@CurryKitten]

6 years ago, a fatter and more mumbling version of myself takes a crawler around in FPV kzbin.info/www/bejne/baauiJyietqZnsk&ab_channel=CurryKitten Let's hope they can do something to make the suspension better

[@MCsCreations]

@@CurryKitten Oh, a WPL would be much better... 😬

[@DJDevine]

I love the SUV! Awesome fun! The cars would be fun but in a mini scale setting the SUV 🚙

[@CurryKitten]

Yeah - the little cars are lots of fun to race around with friends, but for just going off and exploring, you can't beat the little crawlers

[@seancook4317]

yeah the weak springs are so the suspention can travel properly, the cars are so small now and light its hard to make the wheel move rather than the wheel and body because it doesnt weigh enough to compress the springs. ALSO it look more "to scale" when the trucks moving slow so people like it that way usually (not hard core competition crawlers, most of those guys dont use springs at all)

[@CurryKitten]

The new Wrangler version does stiffen up the springs a bit - but as you say, they can only go so far before the tiny car can't compress them any more

[@hikmhshm9255]

Nice vid, Does it have a crawling slow speed and what is the full turning radius circle? (i wanted it to drive and weave in very small spaces on desk etc)

[@CurryKitten]

It doesn't go really slow. Whilst there's range in the throttle - it's not a massive range. I haven't measured the turning radius, probably about 10" to get all the way around. Driving around my desk I was doing a lot of reversing to and fro to get around very tight spaces.

[@hikmhshm9255]

@@CurryKittenok thanks, hope they improve on this; wish they make it a smaller turning radius circle as it is a desktop rc car, hate keep reversing everytime

[@rodrigogomez1820]

For some reason i can’t post my own comment, but my question is due towards the camera does it connect on my iPhone.? Or is it a separate device.?

[@djodjodubois9458]

Very very cool mini Rc indoor

[@CurryKitten]

I think so, I love tiny crawling :)

[@Atarix777]

rember our project some years ago with the car? And now you just can buy these little cuties like that ;D

[@CurryKitten]

Yes indeed. I wanted to use these and have people try a course or something. I couldn't quite get the steering right in the multiprotocol module, but I must go back and have another go

[@Gale_Force_Raceway]

Really just want the camera for my slot car track, BUT- I'm not against owning one of these to play with tho.... Do we know what MOVIE format it records in? How long? Video resolution?

[@CurryKitten]

Hmmm, sounds like you want something a little different. These don't record, they simply send the video wirelessly to your FPV goggles/screen/whatever. So the resolution is 640x480, but the recording format (which would be handled by a DVR in the goggles/screen) is dependent on the model. It sounds like what you want to do is stick a tiny HD recording camera on your cars and record it? Even 9 years ago we got 60fps at 720p see this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4aTn6Ota8hmaMk&ab_channel=CurryKitten so you are likely to find some very small 4k cameras by now which could work

[@Gale_Force_Raceway]

@@CurryKitten 1st, thx for the reply! 2nd. Thanks for the proper info - will continue to look then. Just thought it had an SD card on it for some reason…. Great Scaley video sir! 👍🏼

[@ka4172]

Possibel too put the cam on other crawlers with a docking station?

[@CurryKitten]

When you say "docking station" these cars have their own special thing for mounting cameras. So yes, if you have another SNT car with it - but they don't exist on other cars... in which case just pick up a seperate AIO VTX/Camera unit

[@athenovae]

OMG the crawler is cuuuute

[@CurryKitten]

Super-cute!

[@GRANRACE]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@petermarshall2189]

Any idea what radio protocol it is - don't really want *another* controller, so hoping something like a Multiprotocol module can bind to them ?

[@CurryKitten]

I tried this with one of the first cars and it used the FlySky protocol, but I did have weird issues with the steering being slightly off. I haven't tried with these newer models, but will have a try (but just about to go away for 2 weeks!)

[@gerrysquire]

Great indepth review

[@CurryKitten]

Cheers Gary ;-)

[@abeca4011]

If I am buying 2 will the remote will work separately so I can race with a friend?

[@CurryKitten]

Yes - each remote will come bound to the car it comes with and only work with that car, unless you specifically bind it to another. I just bound all 3 of the cars to a single remote to try and drive them at once.... which is very much not the normal thing to do :)

[@bacardihlel9037]

Hi can someone help pls! Why the camera disconnects from FPV glasses when i conect the car with controler?. Light on camera goes off basically not geting power anymore whyyy

[@CurryKitten]

The FPV camera is power on/off by a button on the radio. It probably sets this to off by default

[@bacardihlel9037]

@CurryKitten omg thank so much...i was about to return the item. :) u are the man!

[@echobeefpv8530]

I bought into the SNT cars after watching your last video ( the one with your daughter and you trying them out). I tried to build a track, but I found the cars just too erratic, the steering and throttle are too sensitive to make then really useable RC's, IMO. I'm selling the cars. That said, the new SUV looks much more promising, and the speed and steering seem much more suitable. I will be looking for the market version ! Thanks for the video !

[@CurryKitten]

Sorry you never got on with the racing cars - they can certainly be erratic at full throttle, but we managed to get pretty reliably control by going less fast (and I think my paper-based course helped with the grip from that particular video) The SUV certainly won't run away with you - I do hope they manage to do something about the springs wobble in the production run though

[@Nun3zDanny3]

Just waiting for them to revive the QSTEER buggies too. That’s kinda what these are

[@CaptainKush420]

14:20 people do this with actual vehicles. I think it's called "Overlanding". Those people are nuts

[@CurryKitten]

Yes, I've seen it and they are crazy. I've done a basic off-road driving course and what looks like even a gentle slope can look absolutely crazy from the drivers seat!

[@TheVeganarchism]

Do the cars bind to any other controllers?

[@CurryKitten]

I haven't tested this latest lot, but they worked on the FlySky protocol previously. I'm just about to go away for 2 weeks, but I do want to check this out and see if it's still the case

[@somerandom3247]

has it got proportional excelerator?

[@CurryKitten]

accelerator? Yes, you can't go really really slow, but there's a range of speeds in there

[@IvanRP_]

Nice review. I have 2 previous models and I thought about buying this one, but I think that although it is a very cool 4x4, it lacks a lot of speed. I know that is not the purpose of this mini rc car, but could be good a little more faster car.

[@CurryKitten]

It's not the car you want to go fast - I guess crawlers are called so for a good reason :)

[@bobwebber8521]

Very impressive. Try a full scale vehicle a rocks of the same scale and see how you go. Thanks for the very entertaining video.

[@CurryKitten]

I did an off-road driving course once, and even on a slope that didn't look that steep was pretty terrifying from inside the car, so those rocks would be insane!

[@fatbrucelee77]

How easy is it to clean the crawler suv rc have cats so will be getting dirty quick

[@CurryKitten]

It's fine - as long as you have a pair of tweezers, and then it's just a case of pulling out all those hairs that get wrapped around. Takes about 5 minutes if it's really clogged up

[@LoLos_456]

Ahora imagínense conectar el piso y los muebles con tramos de pistas de hot wheels para ir a todas partes

[@wakkogn9351]

Shame that the discount code is dead.

[@bugsy742]

I didn’t hear you say in the video mate, does the suv have proportional steering & throttle Thanks in advance buddy 🤝

[@CurryKitten]

Sorry - I thought I did. Yes it does - there isn't a massive range in the throttle, but you can certainly vary the speed and the proportional steering is very nice.

[@bugsy742]

@@CurryKitten oh fantastic mate 👍 you probably sis say but my 3 second memory probably forgot 😅 thanks so much for taking the time to reply dude 🙏🤝👍

[@sniclo_snt_official5003]

continue to update😘

[@CurryKitten]

I will continue to update, you guys continue to innovate :)

[@서딸기케이크]

귀엽다

[@CurryKitten]

그것은!