How To 10 FPV Freestyle Tricks | LEARN THESE FIRST

[@theHDRflightdeck]

Let me just say how amazing it is to NOT get bombarded by sponsorship messages and have a purely informative video of appropriate length. Thank you for your genuine hard work Joshua.

[@Geeksmithing]

YES

[@kalikaputra]

Here here

[@justincase8901]

Let1s take a moment to recognize that this guy is explaining+doing the tricks at the same time. Respect.

[@FPV-wi8fw]

I just mash the sticks randomly until cool stuff happens

[@DillonSmith1]

Stryka FPV same. Mostly just explode though.

[@gianpa]

This is what I hate about the information age, no matter what you do, there's always another person that does it and it probably does it better than you. Randomly mashing the sticks was my style :(

[@kadytoast5190]

that's the most fun way to do it

[@licensetodrive9930]

@Gianpa like when playing fighting games on a console? You're trying to execute the moves as precisely as possible, but your opponent is just mashing the buttons and beating you :(

[@Izzygod86]

I try to do the stick inputs from the old Skate games hahah

[@GoatZilla]

0:47 #1 Gaps 2:25 #2 Flips/rolls 4:23 #3 Variable flips/rolls 7:00 #4 Knife edge gaps 10:02 #5 Inverted float 11:19 #6 Inverted lookback 12:33 #7 Split-s 14:15 #8 Power loop 18:23 #9 Yaw spin 21:08 #10 Orbit #sohardtoindexvideos

[@jonasholtwick5542]

Thanks man, exactly what I was looking for

[@215cyclone]

You called the Roll a Flip, and then called the the Flip a Roll... Is that what you meant, or am a missing somthin' ? :)

[@pug6871]

@@215cyclonehuh?

[@215cyclone]

rolls involve the roll axis, and flips are either front or back flips ;))

[@pug6871]

@@215cyclone or flipping upside down, cause if something is flipped its facing the opposite direction.

[@joefussy11]

Seeing the sticks makes a HUUUUGE difference. Thanks mate!

[@Camsaw]

"roll to the left, pitch to the left... roll to the right... wait! what am I doing?..." that whole bit is priceless... seems this would be a good time for Joshua from the future to step in again!! :-D

[@DogflyFilm]

that's the most funny part in this tutorial lol

[@ferocious_r]

absolutely loved that ... poor joshua's brain in that minute :P

[@davidfitala5338]

It is confusing. The drone really is rolling to the LEFT and yawing to the RIGHT, but if you look at the sticks, they are yawing to the RIGHT and rolling to the RIGHT. But that's because the drone itself was already put in "left rolled" position, and Joshua's fingers just make tiny adjustments automatically. That's a good example of how we don't use our "thinking" brain when we perform a stunt (or any fast precision movement), we use our muscle memory without realizing what we are doing.

[@MrIous99]

seemed like a bit of a life crisis :D

[@nickc5504]

Just getting into FPV and I can't thank you enough for all that you've brought to the community! I'm learning a ton. It's also super fun watching this while working in the Liftoff sim map of your house... feels like a 1x1 training =)

[@zibixxx1]

Having the same here 😅

[@thfreakinacage]

I really think that sudden, rapid, high pitched scream followed by silence as you punch the throttle is one of my favourite sounds of the modern age. 👍

[@danieldiaspt]

Best part is when joshua is trippin with orbit, rolling to the left? what am i doing? 😂

[@richardmaggio]

I am an FPV newbie and a recent subscriber. Your videos have gotten me through the binding process, switch configuration, and even getting my transmitter signal strength on my OSD!! Such wonderful resources you have created and shared! I also appreciate that you include your crashes in these tutorials. You are an amazing pilot, but even you sometimes nail the tree or have to bail out of a move. It keeps it real. :) Thanks for what you do!

[@hateforall4012]

I love that even when you dork something up.... you keep going. Mistakes happen and it’s one thing to do and explain while teaching! Thanks for putting out info that’s great for beginners!

[@dan71559]

Well said man! I learned so much from this vid I actually tried...and did it many times without crashing. That part is a lie. I crash but didn't break or lose anything! See you in the air

[@J4NGL3]

This is just perfect for where I'm at;- not yet flown FPV (all my gear is now in the mail!), so I'm doing a couple of hours in the Sims per day trying to get prepared. All this gives me a whole lot more to work on. I just love your enthusiasm for this stuff - it's infectious. All the time you must put into these vids is very much appreciated. Thanks JB!

[@Cured91]

Awesome tutorial. I love it how each trick builds onto the next. I’d love to see more flying tutorials from Bardwell

[@mrkeegs]

A lot of the FPV related videos I've been watching lately have been really focused on the tech and gear. Videos like this remind me of why I love this hobby.

[@claudeconfort1170]

This confirms my feeling: making a perfect orbit seems to be much more complicated than it seems ! :-) Thank U Joshua !!

[@monkeyfpv7866]

Fantastic, as a none FPV pilot as yet, I can’t get enough of these tutorials bud. Thanks for sharing and please post more. Like an FPV for beginners.

[@stringb2647]

After all these years, this is the first time I signed in and subscribed to any Chanel... good luck on full time KZbin

[@VANDrone]

You are the most technical drone pilot I know. Thanks for teaching us something.

[@homdzimdzim]

Dziękujemy.

[@FlyHighWisconsin]

I'm one month into this little thing called FPV. The amount of information I've been able to learn from you in so awesome! Thanks so much for all the work you put into this. Also I've mentioned before I have the JB Phreakstyle and its incredible. Sadly broke an arm finally the other day....waiting for replacements

[@xtkfpv5306]

Great stuff Josh, I would like add that when shooting gaps, the single most important tip is where to focus your eyes. Eye training, where to look when lining up is sooooo important. I have learned that you must look through the gap NOT at it. Pick a spot that is centered in your gap and well beyond the gap itself. It could be a shadow or a fencepost what ever but keep your focus locked on that until you have cleared the gap. Just like riding a bike, the further off into the distance you set your focus, the smoother your lines will be and the less last minute corrections will be required. Also practicing throttle and altitude control is an esential part of nailing gaps, practice flying a foot off the ground and maintaining that altitude while turning using a technique I call a flat drift turn, using yaw with very little roll mixed in to produce a flat drifting type turn.

[@cheechfpv]

Thanks!

[@Hyprmtr]

Missed the stick overlay on the yaw spin. Maybe upload a short addition?

[@goethe528]

move the yaw stick?

[@clonkex]

@@goethe528 Except the whole point is it's not that simple.

[@Hyprmtr]

I did a few yaw spins last night. It’s much easier with throttle low. Thanks Josh!

[@TheXanUser]

yeah , I was really hoping there was a stick overlay for yaw spins too :(

[@Hyprmtr]

TheXanUser He made an update video. Check his channel page.

[@digital_ninja]

Best tutrorial I've ever seen. Joshua, thanks. I'm gonna try it tomorrow.

[@lukes317]

I just started building my drone. This video came at the perfect time. Thank you so much Joshua. I have learned so much from you.

[@methodLDZ]

Good luck! I built my drone a few days ago, having a blast! Hope you will too :)

[@DigitalN8v]

I built a geprc baby croc with r9m...its shipping and should be here anyday...cant wait.

[@lukes317]

@@DigitalN8v well this channel is where you need to be 😁

[@scottfrank8805]

That video is flawless to view Josh! Soo clear, no static.... Mark me as patrone

[@TheCreat]

19:00 nooo what happened to the stick overlay? You keep talking about the stick positions, but we can't actually see them anymore. Especially for an instructional video like this seeing the sticks helps a lot in understanding the move and flow. It's back for #10, but somehow not for #9?

[@swugger]

It's straight forward.

[@leomuller9682]

That really confused me too

[@shenanigan3083]

Awesome job next #11 orbits lead into backwards flight and realizing that you dont need to move the direction your camera is pointing spacial awareness and orientation to the direction the prop is going to push you when power is applied.... great vid

[@jorgeromero4680]

Can you do a video analyzing flying styles? Everyone talks about flying styles but what are they?

[@penguinista]

Some people are smooth, some twitchy. Some like swooping, some like looping, some like orbiting. Just the combination of how they fly - like playing style of a basketball player or a guitar player.

[@L71studios]

My absolute favourite video of yours Joshua. It will be loaded up on my phone next time I’m going out to fly. Follow-the-leader so to speak. I guess I’m one of those pilots who can *do* all of those moves, but I’ve never really spent the time just practicing “one” move for a pack. Then the next move for a pack; and so on. Subsequently, I have no flow & no style, my flying is just a random sequence of successful bailouts. But seeing how you took all of the moves that you’d just “learned” us on & then talked your way through a freestyle session using those same moves, was awesome. Thank you!

[@Shooter_FPV]

Same here... I can do these moves, some better than others, but I have no flow. Glad JB posted this... I can get out in the field and try each one.

[@saviyou]

WOW...I was looking up freestyle tricks, watching older ones from Rotor Riot then all of a sudden JB uploads one! Nice timing and GREAT video!

[@SladeAZ]

16:15 was very clean, entire video is a huge help. Thank you for the hard work Joshua

[@8B1tbreaks]

LoL FPV sure is confusing stuff, eh, all this rolling to the up and downing to the straight, and forward to the sometimes, while reversing to the chicken, it’s all the devils work 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@jeremyboyce1537]

hahahahaaaaa

[@matuzalem4771]

Omg .you made me laughed so hard. This has to be the funniest comment of KZbin lol. Downing to the straight lmfaooooo.

[@RocTheReaper]

Laughed until I cried on this comment. Reversing to the chicken.....LOLOLOLOL

[@iangolsby8471]

I personally love watching the way you vary speed of your flips/rolls. It makes it feel like slow motion

[@arshifelan53]

Omg i was flying through the same arena in lift off today! Good to see it real!

[@golfingnerd456]

This video (and your channel in general) is helping me out so much on my FPV journey. Seeing your stick inputs on the screen as you flew really helped my visualizations of what my own fingers need to be doing when flying. Thanks for the great video.

[@rickjames8897]

I think just about every pilot can gain something from these practices

[@ang1570]

Thank you man for making this fpv community so connected and inspiring.

[@KickPassingShot]

Josh, please make additional videos focusing on long range quads and set ups

[@soflorclife6970]

Very well explained brother 👍🏼

[@gonun69]

Haha, orbit was the first move I learned. Great video tough. Gonna write down that list and spend a couple of packs practicing them everytime I go fly.

[@Chris_FPV_69]

I just started in the simulator today. Lift off and your video just helped me out a lot just by watching your stick movement on the screen. So thank you for that. Great KZbin channel awesome content. Your videos have helped me out a hell of a lot.

[@Kevin.OBrien44]

When I first started I made a list of all the things I wanted to learn over the summer. I just saw it a few days ago and was like “Wow”

[@BadPossumFPV]

Thanks JB. I will have to watch this a few (dozen) times. I have been working on my moves, and this has been VERY helpful.

[@YeahBoi9880]

I love watching tutorials without having the things needed in that.

[@Moonsauc3]

Get a used frsky x7 (I've seen them for sale on Craigslist around 60$) and liftoff for 20$. You can master these tricks before you even break a part. It really does help graduate you to a 5"

[@DanFliesDrones]

5 years on and this newbie is just finding this so damn useful! Excellent stuff JB, thank you 🙏

[@lievenvv]

2:40 I think you mixed up flip and roll there ;) (rolls involve the roll axis, and flips are either front or back flips ;))

[@studiodeepdive6165]

Having the sticks on screen is a HUGE help! Thank you!

[@GroundControlRC]

Excellent tips especially for someone wanting to get back into quads ;-) See you in the Air!

[@forejtekfilms9190]

Man :D I was just flying in your garden today .... And then .. I was watching few of your videos AND THEN I REALIZED ... YOU HAVE YOUR OWN LIFTOFF home. Thats sick :D GJ there with this hobby. You mastered.

[@Ohoho88]

Wait that.. u have an actual track on liftoff?

[@garrykennedy5484]

You've really come a long way. I don't fly enough to advance very quickly, but these exercises should really help. Thanks bud.

[@michaelwilkes0]

RIP Charpu? made me go lookup what happened to him. Nothing, hes fine. I guess you just mean he doesnt do much fpv stuff anymore.

[@slipperysebastian]

That scared me haha

[@chad9160]

@@slipperysebastian I will always find you

[@rueda82nd]

Charpu is chillin with hsi fam sippin on cold chelas

[@dan71559]

Hey Joshua thank you so much for this excellent video. It gave me the confidence to get up the next morning and try. It totally worked! Barrel rolls over and over on four different quads. Flips on two very succesfully! Oh I did crash but not nearly as bad as I thought. Seeing the stick movent and position on the screen in real flight time absolutely worked. I heard in one of many of you great videos that they "give you free stuff" then you apologized and said you shouldn't say that. Man you deserve free stuff!!! I personally have purchased thousands of dollars worth of "stuff" as a result of your videos. Bought two more excellent quads after you showed me how to learn acro. I'm going on because you deserve a good piece of what you sell. You see Joshua, I'm still a kid that loves to play with toys but I'm a retired sixty year old kid that pretty much can afford any quad and equipment I desire and will buy. Thanks again for helping me understand a world I can't get enough of. Gotta go I've gotta fly. See you in the air.

[@JCQuadcopters]

Haha okay so here's a rundown of the times for the different tricks :) 0:45 Hit Gaps 2:26 Flips/Rolls 4:25 Variable Flips/Rolls 7:00 Knife Edge Gaps 10:01 Inverted Hang 11:17 Inverted Look back 12:34 Split-S 14:15 Power Loop 18:24 Yaw Spin 21:06 Orbit This took ages but anything for our king Bardwell

[@johnathonwalty8915]

New Pilot here. So much great info! Explanations, being able to see the stick absolutely priceless!! THANK YOu!

[@madgearheadfpv1120]

So I learned something.. (even if you told me to dammit). =P Nice one man. My sim life is progressing much faster than I thought it would partly from your lessons... (now if I could just remember to sleep a little). I guess I should be firing up the actual quad soon at this rate. I just wanted to have good control before I go for real, so I can get into using my yard ASAP without having an incident with a neighbor lol.... Speaking of which... Dude... what is the reason you don't have fun obstacles all over that castle and in that field? If that place were mine it would be quad disneyland and the local power station would dip every time I plugged it in haha.

[@billwilliams4463]

i'm a longtime fan of yours, but i've just now been getting actually serious about FPV. more importantly, however, i would like to compliment your lawn. looks fantastic. something tells me that you take a lot of pride in it like all of us other nearing middle-aged men.😅

[@MrRammsteinfan09]

All I could think of during the Orbit-section was how the birds in the bird house feel like: "Maaaaa! That stupid noisy bird is here again!" "What is it doing?" "I don't know, it flipped over a thousand times and now it is just circling our house!" "God dammit, we should have stayed in Oakland..."

[@jonathanrovi8932]

3 year old video is still so helpful. im in the sim now before i buy anything else and this is great to practice.

[@NoSoyDiosPeroCasi]

Mmmmm. wtf, this house is in the liftoff?

[@MadDragon75]

@ 10:46 you reminded me of the flips I would do with my Dramida Ominous a few years ago. Even auto stabitly appeared to be off if you punch to treetop altitude, initiate the flip or roll, and drop throttle in the middle of the manouver. I only captured one event in FPV before rebuilding it when I throttled inverted into the ground due to slow rotation and bad timing.

[@d3c0deFPV]

Just a few days away from becoming Joshua Beardwell.

[@borimir]

Just a few YEARS:-)

[@stevemartin2274]

Nice to see, even the experts have a crash every now and then. I love your videos Josh. 👏👏

[@Mewted]

"roll to the........ roll to the... hrmn"

[@Simon-xx4wm]

14:15 dont mind just a reminder where i where at the vid

[@JThemelis]

...1 min in and im hooked...best addition to any video EVER is the control graphics! thank you JB!

[@jaybomb5022]

Brother I've gotta say, you're a great teacher. This helped immensely with my freestyle skills!!!

[@alexandr0id]

Beautiful! I like the sound of the motors during these tricks, very cool. Nice flowers on the background :-)

[@ucanchannel2023]

Thank You Very Much Sir

[@dougtutt2720]

Coerced into sabbatical status for a while after being banned from local fly spot but have a new spot and I found this really helpful coupled with the muscle memory and ok deflection chops I already had. This helped make the transition from theory to physically doing these maneuvers way smoother than it would have been without it and with minimal panic and anxiety. Thanks Joshua, you're da best!

[@evgeniyzelenin7910]

Thank you for your lessons! We (I and my son) are learning FPV and your video materials are the best! It is simple to understand for a 7 years child! Exercises you are talking about are really effective and working! ✈️✈️✈️

[@CrazyQuadBrothersP3]

To anyone new here Josh is worth subscribing to. His free knowledge is like money in the bank! 💰🏦

[@josephzimmer2664]

Love how we can see the sticks. Awesome touch!

[@AlabamaSoundsGood]

The King of FPV. That's it

[@SuperGreyfox99]

very nice i learned so much seeing the Sticks being moved. We need more of the stick action like this helps a nobie like myself learn more. Thanks

[@bladerunner30]

Thanks a lot, Bardwell. It's very hard to learn to do some tricks by yourself. I have nobody that flies drone near me, so these tricks worth even more in my case.

[@extremelydave]

Drone newbie alert!! Even though I got carsick watching this, it was freaking awesome!!!!

[@brianddavec.175]

Watching, sim training, DJI sale watching, and loving all the vids. Thx !

[@raa729]

Single best fpv vid I have ever seen

[@chuckkobes8072]

This is such a great video! I come back to it often as I am learning these tricks. This is why JB is one of the best subject matter experts out there for all things FPV.

[@Nigfis]

Roll to the. No wait! Lol Loving seeing the stick positions when you fly. You are an exceptional teacher. Thanks again.

[@denjd5347]

Great video for intermediate FPV pilots like me! Great fly place! Sticks overlay is best! Do you spend more time mowing all that lawn or flying? Thx for making these fine vids!

[@RCBIGFLYER1]

OH, so good. I am an old RC pattern flyer, and just getting with drones. Watching you do these loops and rolls and split s is really exciting! Thanks Joshua !

[@gonmiguel.RealEstate.Algarve]

Legend ! I just realized that i virtually have been fligthing at your place ! That was mind-blowing discover , im quite new on fpv. It´s Awesome, your videos are awesome, thank you so much for all that you do and for all that you have invested in growing FPV. Are you part of the team , or the nr 1 at Liftoff ? Great Sim, have been helping learning the basics before too many irw crashes. Clap Clap Clap ! Power on ! ( I know the video is 5 years old, but this is the video that made me see connections and community power )

[@charlielehan1017]

I prefer breaking components in the most interesting and complicated ways as my style of fpv tricks 😎

[@hateforall4012]

You and me both

[@kooky2]

I think I learned more about quad flying in 30mins than any simulator! Huge thank you!

[@Mattblack31]

Can I just say I have been trying to find someone on KZbin for ages on how to fly these moves. And I can see what you’re sticks are doing which is making some sense to me.

[@BNIRc]

Whenever I get in a slump and I think I'm doing the same tricks over and over again I come back and watch this video thanks again for all your good info

[@rukiddinbro]

I was looking for a channel with on screen display like this. IMO it's the best way to experience this kind of videos.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

I have a whole playlist of sticks overlay videos.

[@LinkPlaysApexYT]

I’ve been into freestyle for 2 years now and even I am still learning from this great job bardwell

[@jesseschneider326]

really like how you put your controls on screen. helps understand it a lot more

[@matthewallen5574]

As someone who just started using a simulator, watching you just control the drone is great to watch. Hoping I get there soon, cause I'm not touching this 5' Rooster for awhile.

[@frankschannel2642]

Kinda surprised that there wasn't one single word about flying these tricks in a sim before sending folks out to break props. I taught myself to do orbits and several other tricks on your list using FPVFreerider - and I'm 67 years old!! Best $5.00 I ever spent. When it's -12 degrees or raining, you can still practice every trick on your list in the sim.

[@Aj-om4dt]

Thankyou sooo much for putting the sticks at the bottom of the screen.. I e got the basics moves nailed.. but after watching this video 10x over lol it’s helped me gain much more confidence & skills 👍👍 love from the UK

[@dtuberbau]

Your orbits were highly entertaining! One thing to note about the orientation of the orbit - in the "normal" way (i.e. how you'd make a coordinated turn) your thrust is pointing to the outside of the circle of the orbit, but the "Steele" way would have the thrust pointed towards the inside.

[@goesboom5416]

Josh if you haven’t heard it today, you are amazing! Thanks a million

[@gasquetmike8320]

Man this was fun to watch! Ive been flying for 7 years now, have always loved flying with Vr goggles and my phone but never saw anything like this! You are a hell of a pilot!

[@VinzIgnacio-The-Maverick]

Thank you so much for doing this for the community JB. We just installed my RX for my Nazgul5 4S a few days ago and on the 2nd day of my flight I was able to try for the first time some rolls, a power loop, and hit some gaps because of this video. God bless and more power to you. Love here from the Philippines.

[@jackdaniels7913]

The orbit was where I really started not knowing just what it takes to do it good but with anything practice practice practice makes perfect I'm still far from perfect but I can hit it pretty good... now power loops are still on the roster like you said to do a perfectly timed power loop takes a level of confidence I still don't have every time... thanks for all the tips as always its helpful! 🥃cheers🍻