How Much G-FORCE Does an FPV DRONE Pull?!

[@jakeh3144]

I like how you guys are never trashing your own quads, just Shawn's lol.

[@breakflight]

5:00 Bubby has a smooth style that I love. Less about how fast can it be done, more about how much can it flow.

[@SkyCandyVisuals]

Imagine walking nearby and seeing them laughing at the drone flipping in the air 😅😂😅

[@jordanlmiller]

JB's laugh geeks hahaha

[@fpv-tech]

which makes no sense to others but some for reason very funny to drone pilots. hahaha

[@brianfreland9065]

I wonder if anyone asked Bobby, "are you OK?" and, "are these men bothering you" or "do you need me to call anyone for you?!" 😂 or "are these your daddy's" 😂😂😂

[@FPVSlice]

First time I heard JB like this 🤣 Love it.

[@Langor]

Gotta call the drone bully officers

[@Fubeca0505]

This right here is the reason I love FPV!!! Three grown men (you too Bubby) giggling like children just having the most fun ever!!!!

[@Moddingear]

Accelerometers saturate eventually, most only go to 10G. Also, the best way to have a big acceleration is to change direction or to hit something.

[@Gosuminer]

I just looked at the datasheet of the MPU-6000 and technically it can measure up to 16g but the MEMS component may be damaged by accelerations exceeding 10g. The datasheet warns that such accelerations could occur when cutting a chip from the spool it's delivered on.

[@MaksymCzech]

They did hit "something" (i.e. GROUND)

[@gingerflow5594]

speed never killed someone , sudennly becoming stationary is the problem =D

[@samtarariverasanchez59]

Kids will be kids lol love it

[@URAZKIVANER]

@@gingerflow5594 it does actually, speeding too fast would cause your brain and your organs to come out of your body because they are in a liquid hold only by your vanes and nerves... Your spine probably would be broken too if not all your bones ;)

[@duaneheadworth6275]

The three of you together are so much fun to watch! The FPV community is the tightest around! Great video, I will morn the loss of that quad forever! RIP

[@CarbonGlassMan]

I've always wanted to flip upside down and then full throttle straight into the ground. I'm glad you did it.

[@Lucianrider]

Learning to fly line of sight and flipping will normally end up doing exactly that at some point! Ask me how I know.....

[@madpropspodcast]

The thumbnail has me rolling 😂😂

[@wizl4035]

The highest recorded g-force experienced by a human who survived was during the 2003 IndyCar Series finale at Texas Motor Speedway on October 12, 2003 in the 2003 Chevy 500 when the car driven by Kenny Bräck made wheel-to-wheel contact with Tomas Scheckter's car. This immediately resulted in Bräck's car impacting the catch fence that would record a peak of 214 G At Holloman John Paul Stapp made history aboard the Sonic Wind I rocket sled on December 10, 1954, when he set a land speed record of 632 mph in five seconds, subjecting him to 20 Gs of force during acceleration. The "record" far from 9G.😃

[@frogsshadow4189]

Yeah, seems more like they were looking at sustained G records

[@acidblasta]

I was at Texas motor speedway when keeny brack ended up in the catch fence. That wreck was one of the scariest but never heard the g forces were that massive!

[@patrickeul]

Got damn Bubby, and the look Bardwell gives him is great!!! 5:38 Very entertaining vid fellas. Thank you.

[@mr20hzmansfield51]

😂😂 5:39 Bardwells Face When bubby hit the entrance pipe Gap 😮😂 Bardwell was like i know that sheet wasnt on purpose 😅

[@tango_sierra8608]

Bardwells look over at 1g his was one of the best videos in awhile. Between the editing of cut scenes, talk and fly balance and subject overall- loved it. Also love when bardwell is in the videos with Bubby. Great contrast of “screw it let’s just fly and have raw talent” (Bubby)…. And the “hold on let’s dive into the details” (bardwell)

[@aleckelly]

bubbys flying was inspirational

[@Flexo3D]

you should try connecting to flight controller with ftdi adapter. downloading logs takes longer that way, but id sure like to see that log. This was fun to watch!

[@eqbviewllc7111]

for general discussion . . . WHEN you are having to ADD POWER or goto higher power you are pulling more Gs . . . Gravity vs power (lift) is a fundamental discussion in anything at it relates to aerodynamics

[@DominionDroneDaily]

The look JB gives bubs @5:41. True love

[@genjitsu7448]

Looks like you guys were having some great fun... kind of one of the main points of this hobby. I have yet to produce a single video myself but I think I found a goodly second or 2 of this video that I can "review". Would be funny. Thanks for doing this, does go to show just how amazing these drones are and just how much punishments they can take, it is remarkable. Man, some of my old foam RC planes could not survive you even being mean to them, just look at them wrong and boom, a broken stabilizer or wing... and helis - they also don't take hits very well. Cool as heck, just a bit easier to damage. RC Cars can take a good hit, at least some can. I can't help but always feel it and say it - we are lucky as all heck and spoiled to have this kind of tech available to all of us, truly a gift as far as I am concerned as I started flying back aroun the late 70's - AM radios, about 1000ft range, NO Failsafes, run times of only a min or 2 on NiCd electrics, a bit better with NiMh. Batteries were heavier I think, power to weight definitely much better nowadays. One of my first planes had zero throttle control - it flew until it was out of batteries - very stressful but tons of laughs and fun with my friends back then. But one thing that I really like is that there is something for just about everyone - planes trains, cars, boats, even submarines... all very cool stuff. So glad you guys all had a fun day while the rest of us "suckers" are stuck in gray, drab office environments or gray, drab production environments, etc... I actually like what I do quite a lot but this would be better. Who knows what will be, but I do know this - get started asap if this is something that you want to to. Time is always ticking, and you will be surprised how hard that first win is, but how the second is just a bit different, and possibly easier, and so on... winning attracts winning and winners. Cheers.

[@PurpleLich]

One of the best episodes in a long time!

[@explodingmonkey44]

This is legendary. I've always wanted to see this

[@rekarp_]

this felt like an og rotor riot video, great stuff😂

[@SpartanOfLuxon]

Bubby forgot the assignment and just went for a normal flight lmao

[@RotorRiot]

Pretty much 🤣 -Bubby

[@GlowShow5113]

Bubby has gotten really good. It's been neat to see him grow in skill.

[@charlesboley1950]

I could watch bubby fly all day lol

[@tyler548]

The belly laughs when they turn the rates up is hilarious lmaoo

[@scrayzorfpv]

Hands down you guys makes the best fpv Videos! 😍 it's so fun to see you all together while having fun with our hobby. please keep going i just love watching these videos! ❤️🤙🏼

[@jimmac]

I loled. Real fun episode!

[@serious4gaming696]

I only see 3 G‘s in this video

[@Pthomas.]

Amazing idea, was super fun to watch this episode

[@skycontrolproductions]

You guys sounded like a group of dr. Evils when the the drone was flipping with high rates 😂

[@misskcricroufpv]

lot of fun with you guys 🤩🙌

[@mattwilson1305]

More Bardwell please! 🙏

[@mrboygaming3542]

Fun thing is that i did this just last week for a school project. Didnt hit the ground tho 😅. We used tape to strap a phone on my quad and well it worked but the data was horrible because of the app. Got around 5g just straight up acceleration, so pretty accurate for a cinewhoop apparently!

[@gutrali]

You can get gforce indicator stickers that blow upwards of 200g. I am positive you will find them all broken no matter how you crash it. Instant g force from an impact is not even in the same universe as lateral gforces experienced in flight

[@brianfreland9065]

Sweet opening rip buddy! The flow was beautiful!

[@ryanjones6837]

I came here cause the thumbnail was funny :)

[@BubbyFPV]

Oh that makes me so happy me and @lehanvander spent like 5 hours working on it 😂

[@ryanjones6837]

@Bubby FPV lmao well it is a very good pic so yeah. And great video too 👍

[@Lehanvander]

Yay

[@drohnele3741]

what is this framed called and where ca I buy it. thanks.

[@RotorRiot]

It’s called the TANQ by letsflyrc! Link is in description to where you can buy one :)

[@drohnele3741]

@@RotorRiot thanks

[@garylawrence4youtub]

This is one of the best videos I’ve seen in a long time, Shawn Morrison, your tank is a beast, such an amazing validation of your build it is the ultimate basher kwad💥 #TANQIsTheUltimateKwad 👏👏👏

[@whollymindless]

That thud always sounds expensive.

[@TelemetryOverlay]

Thanks for using Telemetry Overlay, guys! :)

[@dejavukrewe]

I had purchased this in my use on other channels. Pretty rad app, and if you have time I would like to chat more about the pattern features to include paramotoring :)

[@TelemetryOverlay]

@@dejavukrewe Hey! Can you send an email with your thoughts? You can reply to the software confirmation email

[@max_mit_knax_2427]

Can't you just see the G-Force in your OSD? Mine just works fine and I can check it later when I reccord the DVR

[@davidanderson6222]

That was beautiful Bubby 😢 lol. What a great idea guys!

[@grampafpv]

I have been flying the tank for a few months and have abused this thing. Detroit bandos and a wreckless pilot havent killed this frame. It is as tough as advertised. 2450 kv on 6s and the weight doesn't really matter.

[@LetsFlyRC]

Ding ding. ThanQs Grampa

[@Flexo3D]

I would like to try tanq frame. I broke arm and cracked mid plate on demibot, first day.

[@mcbrite]

4:43 I just learned something today... That explains a lot!

[@RickJamesFPV]

Screw you guys...You made me laugh!😂 13:50

[@Juan_Reyes_308]

Fantastic video was fun... Bardwells laughing was the best, made my night... 😂

[@colebtl]

alright i'm sold, probably gonna fly Tanq frame for the rest of my life

[@Hexalyse]

In addition to Gs (acceleration, or the derivative of speed) you should also calculate and display "jerk", which is the rate of acceleration (or derivative of acceleration), which is also VERY important to know for humans being exposed to high variations of accelerations (the moment were the drone goes from 1G to 10G almost instantly would 100% kill you I guess). There is even a third term, "snap", which is the rate at which the jerk varies, or derivative of jerk.

[@cheekofilms6057]

This is definitely a question I’ve always wondered! Thanks guys

[@LiveToRideMTB]

This was hilarious fair play!

[@FPVMama]

BEST INTRO EVER! Hahahahahaha.

[@scottmarshall6766]

G Force setting in Betaflight OSD to DVR? that would record everything until system failure. Been meaning to play around with it when I get a chance myself, but haven't had a chance. Hadn't intended a full power crash to test it though....

[@nexgenRC]

This was some nerdy awesome fun to watch! A cool followup to this would be to setup a high jump mat or some matresses and fly as fast as possible into that. You'd get your G's but the deceleration would be less intense and maybe it'd save the fc or the gopro datalogs. These things are so fast and overcome the 1g from gravity so easily that horizontal G's into a mat would be pretty much as high as a vertical acceleration into the mat. Horizontal may be easier to aim too.

[@doccock100]

less intense deceleration means less g, that being the definition of , so you wouldn't get the same g with a mat. acceleration or deceleration is change in speed, gravity is a change in speed of 9.8m/s/s, 2 g is double and 3g tripple. nice thought though

[@nexgenRC]

@@doccock100 I agree, however maybe one could still get a really high G count, way above regular flying, near the envelope.... only the equipment survives enough to extract some data. You're not at asphalt parking lot G's, but damn close to be sure.

[@doccock100]

youre right that it would probably be the safest way to get a very high reading

[@Ozzy3333333]

@@nexgenRC that parking lot impact was 100+G easily, its not how fast you go, its how fast you stop.

[@JohnSmith_1331]

The sound of that drone slamming into the ground makes my soul cry.

[@Jesse-Rodriguez]

Dang bro...so much fun!! much love to the crew.

[@VincentFPV]

5:37 that face. :D great editing

[@magiccitymakerspace]

This is a hell of a commercial for that Tanq. Very much looking into it now lol

[@martin09091989]

Holly shitt, driving that quad multiple times in the ground like that! 🤯

[@elhnston6589]

That these machines hold for the energy is amazing (technology vise also)

[@videsat]

This week a one fellow asked if he can build a four inches quad with 1404 motors to fly with a 3000 mAh bat. He did the calculations based on the Iflight motor table. And he did not get why I say it will not fly at all. This video has opened his eyes 😂🎉 The mass and the weight are two different values and the weight depends on the G force.

[@Stew_View]

Always love flying Squares

[@chspotato4774]

14:10 bro those laughs sound so goofy

[@GardoRotor]

Great episode guys!

[@Zephyrus9to7]

Best video! The laughter was contagious

[@jbizzbuildsmanstuff9932]

Bardwell you do know it's built into the osd! I have it enabled on all my quads!

[@B_Ripping]

14+ G @ 180-200 MPH Punch outs @ 45k ermps/ 100amps spikes 10000 W im guessing.... I've been so waiting for a video like this Thanks Guys love the content. My morgoth build was Inspired by bardwell and stinger 160MPH video. I have the video back up if you like to see it in action. Drag Drone -Maiden flight LOOK at the very start of the video for the stats on the OSD. Moore FPV 38 subscribers Analytics

[@explodingmonkey44]

How is the tanq frame so durable??

[@LetsFlyRC]

Engineering, and many years of sending it to know where to put the strength. ;)

[@Ozzy3333333]

@@LetsFlyRC Welp it broke, so they still need testing :)

[@LetsFlyRC]

@@Ozzy3333333 haha. Yeah. It’s funny. After this video was recorded, I sent a new revision off to the carbon supplier to address the weak point, and we already have a new version in the store. So, any sales after today will be even more durable. ;)

[@Ozzy3333333]

@@LetsFlyRC do you know Raptor quads? Your are are almost identical, mounting is different.

[@VashStarwind]

Bubbys a really good pilot. Got skillz and style

[@Way_of_FPV_Samurai]

Every goddamn weekend I bang my kwads on the trees in the forest. Surely the G metr goes off scale there from an abrupt stop, but my powerful setups remain alive and continue to fly! Fight in palm trees, not in asphalt.

[@astromos]

I activated an osd feature in betaflight on my quad that show me live g's and the max g's at the end. I typically get around 6.5 g's with normal flying, with my max being at 11.5 g's (but I'm not sure if it was during a hard landing or actual maneuver).

[@MountaineerFPV]

Love that Tanq👍👍🇺🇸

[@LetsFlyRC]

^^^^

[@i.am.mmehdi]

I laughed like an idiot !!! lol, Fun to watch you guys!

[@kamilwidzyk4421]

Try desoldering flash chip from this flight controller and solder it on a new one. It should read it

[@LetsFlyRC]

I asked for help with this on FB, but, nobody came to my rescue 😢

[@manski209]

This was so awesome, thanks for sharing.

[@CrucibleMediaLabs]

Well, if nothing else, this video gives me a lot more confidence in my ability to not kill a quad, given that my first one should be arriving in the next couple of days.

[@allegorx58]

lol that confidence will fade quickly

[@rishavagarwal2924]

Any link for that green zorro? Is it a skin on top?

[@zawadlttv]

isnt there on the fc something like accelerometers that actually measure this stuff? and cant you save that data and then evaluate that data later? or even set up betaflight to show it on the osd?

[@PortalFPV]

Poor Shawn. I hope they each build you a new kwad 😊

[@TomasWatchReviews]

I think it was all the Gs :D great video

[@FuriousDevi]

Its called on ONE hand - on the OTHER hand! Should not have skipped school! XD

[@Gabriel-qh5yv]

Joshua you made a pie out of his battery 😂

[@LetsFlyRC]

😂

[@airicfpv3154]

This was awesome yall, but you should of used the g force tracker in betaflight osd and used dvr

[@gotobannfpv]

Bardwell is a top G 🙌

[@cookie0619]

someone should try and do the math on this to find the g

[@RotorRiot]

Yes someone pls do! If you do post it on instagram and tag us @rotor_riot

[@Chillin-fpv]

😂 🤣 well how many Gs do you think that was. That was funny

[@MykolaDolgalov]

This video was very entertaining.

[@FlyTimeRC]

The most I've seen in my home made speed plane was 13G pretty cool what these things can take

[@jonaskoepcke8941]

I think since g force use acceleration as a variable for calculating and acceleration has a time index and hitting the ground is near instant, you have probably hit at least over 100G

[@Erkle64]

One of my old hard drives has a note saying the warranty is void if it experiences over 360G for that very reason.

[@quadronaut]

@@Erkle64 it's actually based off of nuclear missiles! I think tom scott has a video, but basically the only time you'd reach any of those G's is on a rocket, so just in case you take that hard drive with you, they don't want anything to do with your rocket adventures. :)

[@Erkle64]

@@quadronaut They experience maybe 50-100G. The rating on a hard drive is specifically for impact tolerance. Some of them can even survive 1000G.

[@freddyoropeza9379]

OMG the giggles! LOL

[@dcus55]

Didn’t need to be blind dive, could have simply hit a guardrail or wall at the bottom of a dive…head on. But OMG that frame is 🔥.

[@JAY2BLADESPERRY]

Bubby saying I don't know why the rates..I wasn't around then..its literally saying I wasn't born yet😂😂

[@jlschump]

Now I'll have to use gaff tape every time to stop those battery ejections lol

[@IrvingtonArms]

I want to thumbs up you guys twice!

[@Greg-zg3vv]

F=ma, thus for a given mass (the drone) the maximum acceleration happen when the maximum force is applied. The maximum force will be applied when all 4 motors give maximum output together. Take the drone, check the max weight it can hover, divide my the drone's weight, you have the max G the drone can apply by itself. No need for any gyro... Give or take a minimal practical aerodynamical flaw in reality due to complexities of turbulence added by the initial velocity of the drone when the props start to scream if you let it fall before you apply max power to all 4 motors... I'm old, tired and english isn't my mother language, feel free to correct any error in my reasoning.

[@Luismagana204]

It was awesome video!!!👍

[@ZappelFly]

Hey guys, physicist here. All you need to do is measure the velocity (v) of your quad before the impact and the "deceleration distance" (x), that is, the distance your quad took to stop, that is, the deformation-distance of the battery. Then you can use simple physics. Let's say, your quad had a speed of v=40 m/s (yes, we need metric units) and your battery was around 3 cm (x=0.03 m) shorter/flatter after the crash. Then your deceleration calculates simply like this: a = (v²)/(2*x). In the above example it would be around 26666 m/s². Since 1 G = 9.81 m/s², that converts to 2718 G. Even when it was a little slower I would say: no wonder your battery exploded ;)

[@mikeallenfpv]

Missed opportunity to call yourselves the G-Unit 🥲

[@flyineyeaerialfpv5592]

G-G-G-GEEEEEEE....unnnnit.

[@craigjones2015]

So technically there is no gravity. What we experience as gravity is nothing more then G force of the earth spinning

[@boostedmoto2734]

​​@@craigjones2015 wrong

[@flyineyeaerialfpv5592]

@@craigjones2015 g force literally means gravity force. So if you are 200lbs standing still on earth and you go into a jet that pulls 3 Gs...You would literally feel 600 lbs. I'm glad they did this video it was fun watching. Happy flying everyone.

[@ConjoFPV]

This comment is just pure gold and yet so many dont grasp the depths of it.. gold bro G G G gggg unittttttt

[@U2B_Viewer]

13:47 "🦹‍♂️😂🤣😂🤣😂🦹‍♂️"

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

Another reason that proves their prop blades can have supersonic tips. The props won’t break going that fast as they should be able to withstand a LOT of force, especially the Gs the quad pulls. I bet power loops would make it pull a lot especially if you give it a very small radius

[@_MJ07_]

So I've been learning to fly FPV firstly by using sims like liftoff and i've been finding it quite tricky. I was really confused by all the laughter when you turned your rates up because on the sim, mind flips like that 😂 I'm guessing this is not normal, and I have been making things harder for myself haha!

[@YorkyPoo_UAV]

[9:28] did you hit that gap. Bubby- yeah... Yeah