DJI HD FPV System: My tips and tricks to get the most from it

[@rudiphoto]

You do not need the DJI controller to access the FPV Scenes setting - just toggle the joystick on the side of your goggles to change the Scene settings, or to change the screen brightness.

[@paulfoster575]

Thx Lee. Cheers Paul 😊👍

[@8ways2fly]

Great tips n tricks video! I would maybe add it to the list the "FCC hack", as one of the most important things for using the DJI Goggles to its max potential. The most important thing for long range pilots. Stay safe, Ivan 😊

[@cesrmac]

Thank you very much for the tips, I also served the protector of the two foam rings for the dji controller, Greetings

[@MickRatanapanyo]

How do I like this video 10 times? Thanks for this seriously 🙏

[@Painless360]

Thanks for the comment. Sounds like you are exactly the kind of pilot I made this for. Happy flying

[@MickRatanapanyo]

@@Painless360 I've only been in the hobby for 9 months.. and coming from zero electrical background, your videos had helped me greatly along the way, and they still do today! Sciences of LiPo safety was the first thing to learn if I was ever going to do this safely. And there were a lot of information out there, but the way you translated it to a beginner was Crystal clear. My LiPo OCD discipline took care of the rest. Now I can safely charge in parallel at 3C depending on situations. FPV has been super addictive, I can't not fly daily. Thank you for invaluable knowledge and journey!

[@RollnHeavyKevy]

With the dji controller. If you hold the big button on the front to the right of the power button till it beeps. It locks the flight controls. You can still navigate the menus. Then when you want to fly. Hold the button down again then it re arms the flight controls. I use it instead of a pre arm.

[@Painless360]

Great tip - thanks for sharing!

[@RollnHeavyKevy]

Sure thing. Now all we really have to figure out is how to run a head tracker through the dji controller. 😃

[@AlexZimenkov]

by the way - you can change scene using joystick on googles (when not in menu). Thanks for video!

[@fabienchapuis864]

Yes push/pull to swap modes, left/right to adjust brightness.

[@flipfpv4539]

Yeah also while your flying

[@Painless360]

Great tip - thanks for sharing!

[@samrichard4156]

Hey Lee ... the Polar Cam arrived some day's ago ... oh boy is it a joy to fly the quad now^^ ... changing from a Nano to this ... thank you once more

[@gsulliv1]

Great videos. Can you point me in the right direction to activate Goggles V2 and Ocusync for fixed wing only, no drone?

[@Painless360]

I've not got that stuff here. Sorry I can't help.. Best of luck

[@BlacksheepMediaNZ]

Great vid. Thanks Lee. I’m looking at Fpv for fixed wing. Would you recommend getting a dji setup, or going analog first. Don’t really have the budget for both, so was thinking a dji with analog adaptor. That way I can put cheaper camera’s in for starters and switch to digital when I’m a bit more confident

[@Painless360]

If starting new, you are ok with 120 to 150 per model and you were happy with using a proprietary system then I'd go HD..

[@imager09tube]

Thank you 360, 4xcellent

[@wackywezfpv9335]

Thanks for sharing, I pop a cotton dust mask into the goggles when not in use, which keeps them clean and protected from the sweating head strap after a days flying, never had to clean the lenses, The BDI analogue adaptor is brilliant, i found the cheaper side mounted adaptors partial to disconnecting, for the power cables I simply use small cable ties to strap the male and female connector to the strap ring, it works., cheers.

[@Painless360]

Great tips, thanks for sharing!

[@rocketrob3324]

Best tip was seeing the pool noodle gimbal protection inside your case!

[@Painless360]

I use them for lots of things in the hobby here - gimbal protection, spacers, model holders for the table, hanger rash protection... loads of things!

[@raspberrypiploy771]

Very interesting... quick question how do I record the goggles view ? Have seen many videos on you tube showing the google view but I can't figure it out. Thanks

[@Painless360]

Insert a SD card into the goggles and press the record button... Best of luck

[@dallasb7117]

Another Awesome video, Thank You ! Does it Matter if you Don't use an OTG adapter IF You use a USB c to USB c cable ?

[@Painless360]

From the testing here the otg cable is needed.. Happy flying

[@dallasb7117]

@@Painless360 Thanks, I sure don't understand why because I thought it was just an adapter. I guess there's more to it...PS Absolutely Awesome Channel !

[@chriswaldron2617]

How does the Fatstrap go with the DJI battery for the DJI FPV. I see many straps but they all seem to be for larger lips batteries and I’m trying to find one that holds the DJI battery really snug.

[@Painless360]

I don't have the DJI battery to try.. Happy flying

[@beefybeef1326]

To be fair...if you are new to the hobby and buy the dji system (goggles, air unit and controller) its probably comparable to buying an good analogue setup ( fatshark hdos , decent controller, and fpv camera). I got my dji v1 system on sale for £590 in a sale. Another thing to remember is that the dji air unit records 1080p 60 fps...so you may not need a gopro to record decent video. Understandably, the air unit doesnt do 4k like a gopro, but if you can live with the video from the air unit then you could argue the dji system is better value for money because you dont need an action cam. Just my opinion.

[@penguinscanfly535]

Thanks for the Video. Which velcrotape die You choose to fix the foam at the sides against the light leak?

[@Painless360]

Velcro super slim stick on ovals... Happy flying

[@c_labb9247]

I’ve found “electronic wipes” as a good way to clean eyelash/eyebrow sweat off the lenses. 🤙

[@tinman7743]

Some fantastic tips! Thank you . Do you have any thoughts on the FCC hack and 1200mw hack? Recently lost a drone possibly due to signal issue ?

[@Painless360]

I've not done it here and not felt the need to.. Happy flying!

[@BowserMG]

I found the FCC and 1200mw hack has improved the signal and distance. And very easy to install.

[@tinman7743]

@@BowserMG Many Thanks for your reply. Unable to recover my drone sadly . My next purchase will have gps! Will also do the signal hacks. Hindsight is a great thing! Thanks for taking the time to reply 🙂

[@BowserMG]

@@tinman7743 Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you can get back in the air soon.

[@srnunan4783]

Isn't this system already discontinued, obsolete?

[@pietroseven8228]

For my samsung note 20 digi view app doesn't work! Tried some cables, no luck!

[@stevo43068]

I really dig these googles, I where 'em right over my eyeglasses.

[@crisarcher77]

Hi Lee nice material :-). Did you think about Explore digital Fpv on RPi? I mean OHD or EZ wifibtodcast or Ruby. Your video (or series) about that would be priceless

[@Painless360]

I've been trying to get the developers to talk to me to help with a series and no luck.. I hope they reply..

[@CyclingMikey]

I'd be a bit worried about getting the sun shining into the lenses and damaging the screen if I hung the goggles around my neck. Apparently it can take only a few seconds of direct sunlight.

[@Painless360]

In the 6 years of using FPV goggles I've NEVER had an issue, but then I live in the UK and lots of direct sun isn't a huge problem...

[@AlexNZL]

does the BrainFPV osd work with DJI HD system? Getting back into the hobby after being out for a couple of years so looking at getting new goggles.

[@Painless360]

See my video on how the OSD works in the DJi goggles - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHq9iGenaNuloZI - sadly only a simple MSP powered OSD from any FC at the moment.

[@paulfoster575]

Hi Lee I watch all ur videos with great interest. I have a question for u if u or anyone can help me I’m new to fpv & recently bought the DJI v2 to use with my DJI spark mavic air1 & 2 but unfortunately I can’t get them to connect to the goggles are they not compatible or is there a way round this any help would be most greatly appreciated thx Paul Foster

[@Painless360]

I'm not a DJI expert, but the searching I've done makes it look like it's not something you can do. I'd go back to the person who told you they'd work.... best of luck

[@paulfoster575]

@@Painless360 thx Lee. Cheers Paul 😊

[@flipfpv4539]

Great info ... still unsure what the quad with the 4 bars bottom left OSD represents if it’s goes red while using crossfire

[@lawrencemartin8205]

Its buggy..ignore that.. focus watch your MB"S in lower right corner. Most important is MB"s...

[@dallasb7117]

@@lawrencemartin8205 Uhmm..it looks like a Warning of bad signal ...I always try to Avoid it..You're saying it doesn't matter ?

[@lawrencemartin8205]

@@dallasb7117 im saying the most important is the video Mb's. If your using crossfire your signal should out reach your video by far usually. It has been stated by others that the signal bar in lower left corner is buggy.. to pay more attention to video MB's . If using focus mode you will see it starting to get worse on outside edges.. then jittery and lag.. people have run it down to 3 mb's but after 10 it drops so fast.. so starting on 50mb's I fly around watch it till low 20 and turn around.. with the signal in lower left corner changing back and forth to red and never had an issue. You should always test every area you fly yourself and fill it out for your self. Happy flying.

[@johnrost2828]

Hello Painless. I'm brand new to following you. I'm encouraged that you seem to be very knowlegable. I'm fairly new to the fpv hobby. I've built 6*5"quads. 2*6", and my first 7" just finished. I also lost my first aircraft this afternoon. I was flying at ~200 feet down a canyon here in Utah. I think I dipped too low below the rim and signal dropped and so did the quad. A hiker actually found it just hours after the crash. I think I've salvaged a couple hundred dollars worth of equipment. But I've consequently decided it's time to switch from betaflight and onto Inav and its return to home features that would have prevented todays carnage. So This 7 inch is going to be my first. Questions are first about compatibility. I'll run it down if you could please let me know if it will work. 7 Inch Deadcat frame with 8mm thick arms. Brother Hobby Avenger 2806 1300KV motors. Hobbywing X rotor F7 Convertible FC and Hobbywing 60 Amp 4 in one ESC. DJI Air Unit and Express LRS 2.4GHGz EP1 RX. I flew it once and I have several other 5 and 6 inch quads with similar specs except they have caddx vista for the video transmitters. They will be converted after/once I am successful with this 7 inch quad. So that was my first request for assistance. Asking if my quad is compatible and if I'm on the right track beginning with your youtube series to get my quads returning to home when a signal is lost in the future. I have installed INAV Configurator and flashed Inav onto the 7" quads FC. I suppose if you say it's compatible I'll start studying your series on the subject and ask you more if I get stuck. I took to betaflight fairly well so maybe this will go smoothly. Wish me luck.. Happy Flying!

[@johnrost2828]

P.S. I forgot to mention on top of that 7 Inch build sits a BN880 GPS Module. And if you aren't familiiar with that flight controller it "does" have a barometer and SDA and SCL pads for the compass feature. Inav target.Etc. So i "think" it should work, but I was reading some on compatability and the FC wasn't mentioned, not was Express LRS. So flags went up and here I am with these questions. Thank you in advance. Sincerely, John

[@Painless360]

INAV for long range flying is the best bet IMHO. Video about something new coming in about a week on that very idea. As you've spotted - INAV needs a compass on it for the GPS mode stuff like LOITER and RTH (as well as full autonomous mission flying too!). Most 'LR' style models available at the moment don't bother with a compass as it is tricky to do well and rely on the average Betaflight GPH Rescue mode to try and bring it back to you. In INAV you can setup the fail-safe to bring it back home to you in the event of an issue. Setup NO PULSES as the fail-safe on the radio and test it on the bench in INAV so next time the radio connection is lost it'll fly back to you safely.. I hope that helps.

[@johnrost2828]

@@Painless360 Frustrated. I began configuring my 7 inch, long range quad for INAV last night. Got much done but I was reading ahead this morning regarding "hover" because logically it seems something very tricky and I was hoping to find a solution to the problem, Well I soon learned it seems "beyond" tricky. How on earth with variables such as battery charge level changing throughout a flight can you prescribe a working throttle hover value.? You could get the hover throttle level dialed in two minutes into a flight, but because the battery level trends down as time passes, then it goes to reason that 5 minutes into flight your earlier hover setting isn't quite enough to keep the quad in the air any longer. Add to all this the fact that I don't even see where you would "acquire" the throttle level while out in the field flying test runs. I only know to find those values on the reciever page in INAV configurator, and I couldn't find references to how it's done anywhere, similar to the difficulty I have had finding much of "anything" when I find myself asking a question and go searching for the answer online. Unlike betaflight where I can find "volumes" of info on most topics I'm learning about. So with that combination I've decided to put this project aside with little hope of succeeding. I hope you have some words of encouragment regarding these concerns or I'm afraid my hopes for a functioning RTH routine have flown the coop.

[@Painless360]

It's not that hard when you know how. I have a review video for a 7 inch quad out tomorrow that includes a link in the descriptions to me setting it up with INAV.. That may help. Full INAV MR setup video planned for the autumn too.. Stay tuned!

[@artpam]

Thanks for all the great info. I'm looking into purchasing The DJI setup, the docs say 70mm max IPD, my measured IPD is 70.5mm. Do I stand a chance of them working for me?

[@Painless360]

Tricky for me to say one way or another as I don't know of anyone who can try mine with that IPD. The best way is to see if you can try a pair somewhere and see... Best of luck

[@artpam]

@@Painless360 Thanks for your response.

[@rueda82nd]

Thanks for sharing bro 🙏🏼

[@madforit9661]

I have a problem , today I pressed record and the osd stopped on the screen, I was not able to get into the settings until i removed the usb. Why would this happen?

[@Painless360]

I've never seen or heard of that. Could the pressing of record being a co-incidence? Sorry I can't be of more help. If you find out why, please let me know

[@madforit9661]

@@Painless360 Will do

[@mikehrenak1390]

I’m waiting for Nextel model saving up air2 s army out

[@minofpv8279]

Very useful, thank you !

[@runpuppyfpv5744]

Nice tips !

[@robs.patrick9691]

How do you download the flight video's to the editor app? thank you

[@Painless360]

They are saved on the SD card. Pop the SD card into your computer and copy them off... Happy flying

[@diystuff5628]

I striped the power cable to the strap loop so I wouldn't be able to disconnect the goggles by mistake while flying...simple solution to the problem.

[@nullx8]

9:15 you can actually choose what the dial does in controller setup (its in the menu (googles)) 12:14 for some reason, i never got digiview to work, not on any of my mobiles or on the mac/PC .. odd

[@stickboyfpv4742]

You have to arm the drone, then go to digiview, or turn off over temp protection and it should work without having to arm I believe...

[@antoniusekopurwanto8362]

Can I bind the goggle to RadioMaster TX16S ?

[@Painless360]

No, but both will bind to your model...Happy flying

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic tips, Lee! Thanks a lot! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@mamoshimiloni9559]

There are not many video's that show how to set up dji system with for example diatone roma or another quad system!!!?

[@Painless360]

Lots on this channel... check them out!

[@petles]

Could you fly a plane with dji hd controler over an vista unit and flight controller for channel settings, or is this not possible because of pwm needed for servo controls? Thank you

[@Painless360]

The output from the DJI Air Unit is SBUS so you would need an SBUS to PWM decoder. I use the DJI Air Unit (with the DJI FPV Controller) with flight controllers for fixed wing here.. See the INAV series on the channel... Happy flying!

[@petles]

@@Painless360 can you please point me to the video, I see you only use Taranis on your videos. Thank you

[@tigfpv3821]

Will a dock king work with the dji v2 ? Thank you

[@Painless360]

I don't have those goggles to try... Best of luck

[@MickRatanapanyo]

I have the V2 of DJI FPV Goggles.. Do I need to connect all 4 x DJI Antennas before powering on? Thank you

[@Painless360]

I always do. There is still some confusion about whick of the 4 antennas transmit as well as receive so I play it safe..Happy flying

[@jmcguire5151]

Did they get the lock up problem mixed?

[@Painless360]

I've never had it here but I got mine 6 months after release... Happy flying

[@gman1185]

I had an air unit hooked up to bat and got lockups, threw in a buck converter and set it to 9.5v and have been flying for almost a year without lockups.

[@jmcguire5151]

Cool. Thanks guys.

[@nathantan8083]

Is the current latest firmware update for v1 goggles still allow the fcc n 1200mw hacks?

[@Painless360]

I don't use it but I've heard that it still works from one pilot who does.. Best of luck!

[@RaptorFlyer3D]

Hi, newbie question:- are the DJI V2 goggles compatible with the black DJI remote controller & say an Emax Babyhawk 2HD? Many thanks.

[@Painless360]

Which remote do you mean? The DJI FPV controller is the one designed to work with the system...

[@RaptorFlyer3D]

@@Painless360 hi it’s the black squarish one. I believe the goggles & controller are ok, just not sure if they work with the BH2 HD? 😊

[@Painless360]

If you mean the DJI FPV controller then it should be fine.

[@RaptorFlyer3D]

@@Painless360 yep, that’s the one, not the grey one. Thanks very much.

[@JB-cq2wo]

How to change bataflight pid profiles via dji osd ? Please help.

[@Painless360]

If you have it all setup so that the Custom OSD is displayed on the screen (Rx/TX wires connected to a UART, DJI HD stuff setup in ports etc.) then you can access it from the menus in the goggles...

[@JB-cq2wo]

@@Painless360 Sorry to be a pain. LOL no pun intended. So the pid values in the DJI goggle menu match my betaflight pid values ? I can change and save my pids and pid profiles on the fly ? I want to try some tuning. Thanks a bunch

[@olischma]

I am relatively new to the hobby and have a problem with my wing. It is only the pitch control reversed. I could just reverse it on the remote but then the fc is still reversed. Can someone help me?

[@Painless360]

See my setup video for whatever flight control software you use. You usually never change channel direction on the radio.. Best of luck

[@chriscflint]

Do you konw if the Video feed out to Android works on Version 1 Goggles?

[@AlfieDoug]

Yes it does, I use V1 goggles to stream video to my Samsung S 7 phone running Digiview, or my Raspberry Pi running Cosmostreamer to get an HDMI out to a large screen.

[@Painless360]

Yep - I have the V1 here (shown in the video).

[@rawfpv3197]

Anybody know how to get the original osd back after adding the custom osd? I put custom on and now when i turn it off i dont get the original osd (the big black box with alot if useless info) id like it bc the remot link strength signal not comfortable with the little icons on bottom left. Or does anyone just use the vtx connection signal as both rx and vtx signal strength?

[@Painless360]

OSD in what? The goggles?

[@rawfpv3197]

@@Painless360 yes V1 goggles. I can get custom osd however when i turn off custom i do not get dji's version of osd w all the telemetry

[@alanpaul1234]

Haha great review. You just cost me some money as I've just ordered a fat strap and prescription inserts lol.

[@fpvnme4845]

Not a tip but once on the ground set the VTX back down to 25 stop it heating up beyond normal / or when waiting for sats to be found

[@heroflying]

I would caution anyone from hanging their goggles off their neck as suggested in this video for the same reason that later it's mentioned to not put the goggles down so the lenses are pointing up. Hanging your goggles around your neck unfortunately can lead to the exact same outcome - the sun shining into your lenses and burning the screen.

[@Painless360]

Always make sure you don't point the lenses directly at the sun. Luckily my chin and neck are not transparent so I've not had an issue. Happy flying

[@kakafpv]

cool tips, nice to meet you, new sub for you

[@Painless360]

Welcome to the channel!