Everything You Need to Know About Tuning FPV Drones in just 25 Minutes

I hope you are able to take at least one thing away from this video and apply it towards your own setup. This took many reiterations however I'm still not quite satisfied with the end result, mostly involving how I explained the reasoning for moving the sliders. IDK maybe I'm being too critical but It's gotten to the point where I'm burnt out on this project and I'd rather have it posted than not. Anyways the end goal was to improve upon the previous PID tuning tutorial that was made over a year ago, which I believe we did by a longshot. As always leave your feedback in the comments, thanks guys!
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CLI Commands:
set pidsum_limit = 1000
set pidsum_limit_yaw = 1000
set rpm_filter_weights = 100,40,60
set rpm_filter_fade_range_hz = 75
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Software:
BLHeli32- github.com/blheli-configurato...
Betaflight- github.com/betaflight/betafli...
Betaflight Blackbox- github.com/betaflight/blackbo...
PIDtoolbox- github.com/bw1129/PIDtoolbox
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Be sure to check out @ChrisRosser and @PIDtoolbox for more in depth knowledge on PID and Filter Tuning.
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The Build:
Frame - Quadmula Siren F5 Mini Split
Motors - RCinPOWER Wasp Major 22.6-6.5 1860kv (Gun Metal)
ESC - Foxeer Reaper F4 Mini Slim 60a
FC - Foxeer F722 V4 Mini (MPU6000)
Video System - DJI o3 Air Unit
Receiver - Happymodel ep1
AUW - 621g
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Special thanks to Quadmula, Gemfan, and Foxeer for keeping me in the air.
If you're interested in what Quadmula has to offer, below is an affiliate link to their website. This comes at no extra cost to you but rather helps me out a little :)
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Outro: Infinite by Valence
• Valence - Infinite | F...
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Controller: Radiomaster TX16S (ExpressLRS Gemini Module)
Goggles: DJI FPV Goggles
Camera Angle: 30 degrees
Props: Gemfan 3s
Batteries I Prefer: Tattu R-Line 1050mah v4's
Filmed on a GoPro 10 and DJI Action 2
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0:00 Intro
0:29 Software's you will need
0:41 BLHeli32
2:22 Betaflight Setup
3:24 Filtering Pre-Flight
3:54 Filtering Flight
4:13 Blackbox Setup
5:31 Gyro Lowpass
6:40 RPM Filtering
9:40 Dynamic Notch
10:59 D-Term Filtering
11:41 Yaw Lowpass
12:11 PID Tuning CLI Commands
12:54 Dynamic Idle
13:16 Master Multiplier
15:47 P&I Slider
17:12 I-Term
18:15 I-Term Relax
18:53 Anti Gravity
19:21 Feedforward
21:36 Dynamic Dampening
22:44 Outro
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[@burdfamfpv]

Beheli32? I thought they closed up shop, from my understanding you can't upgrade your firmware or downgrade your kinda stuck on whatever you got as of now!

[@male_walk]

true, I think this vid was made maybe 1 week ago or longer

[@Krash_fpv]

If you don't have 32.10 on your bl heli 32 esc u are running buggy firmware

[@Dec1duousTree]

Yes, BlHeli32 is dead. You are correct.

[@JevinW]

They did and yes this video was made before that happened. Thanks for pointing this out, I completely forgot.

[@burdfamfpv]

@JevinW oh no I get it bro "NO Hate" just thought u knew something I didn't lol ...great work 🫡

[@mstrout]

This is EXACTLY what I needed! Thank you SO much for de-mystifying filters and sharing the logic behind those CLI commands!!1

[@JevinW]

Ya np man, glad it helped 👍

[@zoey101dogwablog]

Your style of explanations hit so true to home for me, super logical in your reasoning and you explained it really well, cant wait to try this out on my kwads, thanks

[@JevinW]

So glad to hear, thank you!

[@im_ricebowl]

i love your pringles background XD Great video fam! gonna be watching this to refresh myself with tuning. You earned yourself a sub!

[@JevinW]

Appreciate ya 🤙

[@dominiksperling1495]

Thanks a lot. The best PID Tuning Vid I've seen so far. A nice conclusion of Chris Rosser and others. Just the short facts you need to know 👌

[@JevinW]

That was the goal, not to out due them just summarize. Thank ya 👍

[@enduereiroal7770]

Great video! Thanks for your help in making such good progress in understanding this cool world of FPV. 😍

[@inCarsoNatedFPV]

Great video. Well thought out. Bravo!

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Fascinating stuff, would love a dumbed-down version, beginning with wtf is pid.

[@rcaddict9558]

Brilliant❤, great clear explanation! Best ive heard

[@JevinW]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rcaddict9558]

@@JevinW yep! Keep going geezer🫡

[@FlyZoneFpv]

This was awesome thanks my dude 🫶🔥

[@JevinW]

For sure 👍

[@talonfpv]

You're a champion

[@timmytson1]

Thanks dude sick rippage

[@JevinW]

Np, thank ya 👍

[@Tunderage]

So freaking good. Thank you for this! From your experience- how would some of these numbers change with a bigger (eg 6"/7"quad) ? Appreciate the work!

[@JevinW]

Np homie! Larger builds typically have less p and more d term but just follow the data and adjust accordingly 👍

[@balc3r]

Thank you!

[@JuicySmullietFPV]

A Saturday drop… and one that’s going to stay in my saved videos! Christmas in June! 😂

[@JevinW]

🎄🎄

[@christopherconkright1317]

Is there a video that show what you mean by bounce back or oscillation

[@UmKa-xv8xk]

Thank u so much. I have same frame same motors. Stack Skystars F722FC & AM32 55A Walksnail hd pro. tomorrow gonna try u pids whit lower d term. Which props u running?

[@dadpoolfpv]

Awesome video brotha. Thanks for sharing. I have a question that I can't seem to find a solution to. I've got a SpeedyBee F405 V4 and a V3. When I flash them with BlueJay it is successful but, when I arm them they want to take off. I'm not sure which slider I need to change to lower the motor power on arm. I immediately have to disarm after arming because it goes full send (only AFTER flashing to BlueJay). I use 24khz and I haven't used BLHeliSuite I've only used Esc-Configurator. Any help from anyone would be appreciated. Keep sending fellas!

[@HuskerTheCat]

Can you do the same thing with Bluejay because BLHeli is shutting down?

[@jc99_]

So this video also complements the one you did a while ago?, 'cause I recently tuned pretty well my quad with your method, but never touched the Filter settings.

[@JevinW]

Ya there was some things I want to improve upon that video, along with including filters

[@notice_fpv]

This video was posted 3 hrs ago? It really should have some comment on the state of BLHeli32. Your instructions direct viewers to update blheli, which as of this writing, is impossible.

[@notice_fpv]

I see others have had the same concern. Didn't mean to heap on the pile...

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture9244]

Hey, what's your ideal temperature of a motor, how hot is too much for your liking? And do think wiring motor wires above esc so they aren't sticking out is creating interference that could make you increase filters? And last one do you tune your quad and change props often, or you tune for a possibility you might get bent prop and burn a motor?

[@MurdersFPV]

If you can pinch the motor between your fingers comfortably then you're good. If you try to pinch the motor and your automatic reaction is to let go, it's too hot.

[@JevinW]

@@MurdersFPVyes this 👍

[@christopherconkright1317]

I don’t see gyro scaled just gyro unfiltered is this the online verision

[@argentinaerialsFPV]

Same here

[@christopherconkright1317]

@@argentinaerialsFPV I chose gyroscaled in betaflight but gyro unfiltered is the same

[@cheloo4380]

can i do this on a dji mini 2?

[@christopherconkright1317]

I have a 3.6in quad the highest frequency I could see is 102 idk what to set my filters at. The less the less latency right? Idk it’s the axis flying mantra

[@daenielmojica8242]

do I need to always update the firmware of my FC?

[@johnybell]

sory to bother you do you know why ff does not work? its just a straight line not moving at all no matter what the sslider is set on . ty!

[@rimantasri4578]

From what I see, there is very little wobble room in tuning PIDs this way (i.e. only master multiplier and I-term require actual flying with goggles on to determine the best values). What I also know for sure is that there is no single best PID tune for a given drone and that a lot of settings depend on personal liking. Could you please clarify which of these let's say "rigidly" set values can be fine-tuned for personal liking?

[@saturn_fpv]

There is a single best PID tune: the one that exactly tracks the set point. Everything you want to "feel" different is rates, throttle curves and rc smoothing.

[@TomBlanckaert]

First time seeing master multiplier being adjusted before p/d ratio

[@indroneswetrust1]

What is this for, the 3.5 or 4, or 5 inches drone???

[@JevinW]

5in mostly but could be applied to a wide range of prop sizes 👍

[@MDubNM]

I was wondering the same thing. I just finished a 2.5” 6S. Where in the tuning process might a smaller prop tune be different? If at all? Great friggin video, tho…learned a TON!!

[@StringbeanFPV]

I have seen alot of people recommend leaving the dampening at 0