How To Do A Proximity Split S | QUADCOPTER TRICK TUTORIAL

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The split-s is probably the third acro move most FPV multirotor pilots learn, after the flip and roll. Doing a split-s around a tree canopy gives you lots of room for error, but what about doing one over a tree branch? This tutorial will show you how to perform the proximity split-s, a variant on the split-s where it is performed very close to an obstacle. Stick overlay is included so that you can see exactly what my sticks are doing.
If you want to see raw video with no commentary (and no stick overlay--sorry) you can find it here:
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[@PropwashRotorsports]

My Video of the Day. These are a great (and unique) series. There is nobody doing as good of a job as you are doing with these videos. Stick overlays are a MUST, thank you for those. I think that these videos help you as much as they help us, thanks again, and keep them coming!Boss Hat

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+Propwash Rotorsports Thanks very much. I agree that breaking the moves down like this is helpful for me too.

[@PatrickLeger]

+Propwash Rotorsports Totally agree with Propwash. Funny to see you on here stranger :-) @PhoenixFPV

[@PropwashRotorsports]

...cyber-stalker! Patrick, I see great minds have similar interests.

[@Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay]

There is such a lot of value in seeing the same move again and again and again, and analysed like this. Excellent work.

[@coryshad]

great lesson. I have followed along with all the freerider lessons. it's awesome to see it translated to real world flight. thanks for doing these.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+cory shadley My pleasure.

[@rtcfpv1012]

best tutorial I've watched so far. thanks.

[@youeladamas7840]

great use of the environment around you to teach you have helped I believe many get on the level once thought to be pro

[@stakeout2]

This is a great series of videos and will help me more then you think, when i do get my quad in the air i will be a pro on my first flight! Thank you .

[@jdogb1]

Good stuff as always. I like that term "throwing" as it applies very much to these quads. They don't have forward thrust or propulsion, so lining up the approach and "throwing" with low or no throttle is required. It is not an easy concept to get down, takes some practice.

[@RCSurf]

even better . thanks for taking it to the next level , i will practice this tomorrow at the field

[@thehunterusa6513]

Good little tutorial for someone getting into acro flying!

[@David__]

Really enjoying all your instructional videos & then going out to try them for myself. Thanks for sharing :)

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+David Martin Thanks for watching!

[@JoshuaBardwell]

@6:22 is a great example of why it's important to drop the throttle. Notice that I pause the roll before I complete 180 degrees. This is because I am already aligned with my exit line and I don't want to over-rotate. But I haven't yet finished falling underneath the branch. If I were throttled up here, I would be pulled towards the branch or the tree. But since I am at zero throttle, I can simply hold this attitude and wait to fall past the branch.

[@waycool3808]

Wow, you're really good at breaking down the move into a very clear instructional lesson. Awesome! Hope to see more real world lessons!

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+WayCool Just posted another one actually.

[@waycool3808]

+Joshua Bardwell Just saw it. Great stuff!

[@billsomrak]

1st time viewer ... excellent. Will have to go back to start with lesson 1. Perfect time as Winter weather has curtailed most flying right now, so if I can internalize some of this, it will make flying my ZMR250 easier come spring. Cheers.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+Bill Somrak Welcome to the channel. Winter is the perfect time for simulator flying. Here in Tennessee, it has only just started getting cold enough to make flying uncomfortable.

[@PatrickLeger]

Hi Joshua, these videos are brilliant! I was struggling to understand the mechanics of certain tricks and maneuvers. I can't tell you how many times I've watched and rewatched videos of many advanced pilots trying to understand what they are doing on the sticks. Having the sticks and the fpv view is so beneficial. Thank you from an aspiring pilot! @PhoenixFPV

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+Patrick Léger Glad to hear it's helpful. Ask my wife--I do like to talk. Nice to find an audience.

[@morpheus3565]

You have excellent instructional videos for FPV. I just subscribed to your channel. Awesome flying as well!

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+Tsunami Digital Media Thanks!

[@cknoma]

Thanks for the video. Every time I fly I find myself doing the same old stuff. Having videos like these to reference makes me realize what I should practicing when I fly. I would like to make a request for a video. Can you make a tutorial on how to do those fast yaw spins while flying forward. Rotor Riot had a recent video showing how to perform that move but it didn't seem as informative as your videos. Thanks again. Keep up the good work!

[@Spudomatic]

This was awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@MCsCreations]

Great tutorial and flying, JB! 😊 Not only this one, though. Just watched a bunch of them. I was going to install Liftoff today and start practicing... But I went to the physiotherapy, so I got really tired... 😪

[@theflyingace4148]

Very nicely explained.

[@dennislobos]

Excellent video.

[@FPVPortugalTV]

Great vídeos and flying.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+FPV Portugal Thanks for the kind words.

[@king7thGen]

thank you finally somebody showing how to do it with the sticks on the video you have saved the day for me

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Awesome! There is a whole playlist of this type of videos showing acro moves, so please check them all out.

[@king7thGen]

+Joshua Bardwell doing that already bro keep up the good work and keep posting those stick movements on your videos I just started and I love doing this

[@JoshuaBardwell]

I also have a "sticks overlay" playlist with all videos containing stick overlays, even if they are not explicitly a tutorial.

[@hondaforever444]

Your channel is a God-send. Many props!!!! (pun intended)

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+a_n_swanner Welcome to the channel! Enjoy!

[@Bill14886]

im so looking forward to leaning these free style moves /tricks. What Simulator has a good quad to practice on. I have Phoenix but haven't used it in ages since I stopped flying Helis.

[@rainel1826]

awesome man, good work.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Thanks!

[@HunterMabeeFilms]

Anyone else play liftoff at his houze, to practice what he taught us?

[@HatersGonnaHateFPV]

Me haha😊

[@TheGorgatron515]

2:40 he had me checking my messenger trying to figure out who messaged me 🤣

[@michaelallensteele]

You will find more flying moves to teach. I've been practicing reverse rotation around an object. Definitely requires someone to keep an eye out who isn't under the FPV hood. I've already done reverse power loops but want to perfect one day, also requires someone watching you. Try them on a simulator if you haven't or if you have a tutorial please point. Thanks for the lessons. I remember my first Split-S. Haha.

[@RomiAlmeda]

To be honest I prefer a "narrated" style of format while watching FPV. Keep up the great content!

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+Romi Almeda Will do!

[@orenrosenfeld9645]

BEST

[@DronePsyche]

I know this is an old video but in tuning my quad I realized that my motors are spinning faster than expected than my other quads (so I know its not an endpoint issue). What setting in BF 4.4.3 would decrease the motor speed when cutting the throttle? The way it is now I am drifting too much when I do a Split S (which I have down pat). Thanks in advance.

[@CarlssonvomDach]

Thanks for the details , ..i would love to see how to make a 360 in fast forward flight ( in horizontal level) ... Its always wobbling when i try that.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+Carlsson vom Dach I'm not sure what you mean. You're in forward flight, but you do a flat yaw 360? Can you maybe link to an example on KZbin of somebody doing one? Give me a time-code and a video link.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+Carlsson vom Dach I would suggest practicing flat yaw turns per an early video in my series. What he's doing there may not be exactly a flat yaw turn, but it's something like, and that will be a good start for figuring out what else is going on. I'll put this on my list of things to demonstrate.

[@seesea9614]

cool！I'm new at this. Can you tell me your rc rate and super rate？

[@KishorParida]

How do you see ground on left roll? I see earth inverted on left roll

[@ralph9987]

what mode are you in and what are the settings pls...throttle up etc? cheers. love your work btw 😆

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+Ralph Kluge acro mode always the rest is lost to history.

[@noelpradeline541]

how did you record your stick movement aswell with your footage?... good video helped me alot...

[@damedaE90]

Blackbox does that 😊

[@noelpradeline541]

+STephanM thanks so much

[@harahetare]

good! how to.

[@ViNsEDj]

In order to do this, I need a high uptilt in my FPV camera right? Cause in my angle, if hit roll, it rolls and doesnt change direction...

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+ViNsEDj no, not at all. In fact this move looks smoother with low uptilt.

[@waicheonghon8912]

Hello, I am new to drones. I wonder if your controller is in mode 2? And is it the case that you have a forward pitch at the neutral position? For quad racing, is it actually more intuitive using mode 2 control? Thanks

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Mode 2, yes. I don't understand the rest of the question though.

[@jtr159]

Wai Cheong HON Forward pitch at "neutral stick" is because of camera uptilt. Some folks fly their quads with mode 1 transmitters but I think most people prefer mode 2. You can learn either one but after you've gotten accustomed to one mode it's a hassle to switch.

[@ufopilotFPV]

Wai Cheong HON mode 1 or mode 2 they are the same to learn there's no real difference other than throttle stick on the controller. I fly mode 1 in my quads but if I want to try someone else's it's nearly always mode 2 so I learned both it was really easy to switch just think about it before you do it, imagine what your thumbs should do and the change is fairly painless.. now I switch between modes easily.

[@davidsoares6747]

Watching this vid on 2024 :)

[@wdavie27]

Joshua Bardwell Hiya josh what's a good minimum throttle set when setting motors to spin when armed for freestyle flying josh

[@JoshuaBardwell]

If you are using dshot, the default of 4.5% works great for most every setup. If you are using oneshot or multishot, then I would expect the props to start spinning around 1040 and I would use about 1070 for min_throttle.

[@wdavie27]

+Joshua Bardwell thanks very much josh can you give me a link for basic tuning for beginners iv got a little twitch or flutter when hovering and pitching forward so I'm going to have to do my homework on it and learning how to use the blackbox aswel lol

[@FLMan180]

4 years ago

[@ronaldintini382]

Which camera are you using in this video?

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+RONALD INTINI xiaomi yi

[@ronaldintini382]

There are at least 3 "yi" cameras on amazon.....$49-199 in price, could you be just a bit more specific?...Thanks! I really learn a lot from your vids!! -Dr Ron

[@cloudkap]

@1:52 surprised house

[@JT-jy2sy]

I can not figure out how u got the quad to turn around toward you with neither adding yaw or flipping the quad upside and roll, which is what I do. unless I understand it I am too afraid to try it.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+Jack Truong at what time stamp?

[@JT-jy2sy]

Joshua Bardwell 1:13 - 1:14 the quad turning to the left, there is no yaw at all.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+Jack Truong it's because the quad is pitched forward. It's just a 180 roll and pitch back.

[@JT-jy2sy]

Joshua Bardwell I see. Thanks.

[@rotorixfpv]

Hello, I've got a little problem. Here it is - I've learned split S, and did it well (well for me :-) ) on my kingkong 210 frame. So one day I broke this frame and moved to Emax nighthawk 200. Corrected PIDs a little (as I thought as it should be) so I went to my field and realised that I just can't make clear split S! After throne drop and 180 degrees of roll rotation I'm exiting with pitch, but roll rotation doesn't stops, and I always should correct it to exit the right way, and if I do not correct roll back I'm finishing exit at 90 degrees from my start direction? So as I think it's some PID tuning issue? Where should I look for problem? nothing's changed exept the frame

[@rotorixfpv]

"throne" mean "throttle")) typing on my phone

[@JoshuaBardwell]

If you're centering the stick and the copter is not stopping rolling, then you have a tuning issue. Raise P is my first thought.

[@rotorixfpv]

+Joshua Bardwell could it be I term low on roll axis, so quad doesn't hold the angle on throttle drop?

[@JoshuaBardwell]

In general, aerodynamic and CG forces are centered along the roll axis, so the roll axis tends not to experience throttle coupling. The exception is if you are rolled over in a turn and cut the throttle. But if you are flying straight and do a snap roll, I wouldn't expect throttle coupling to the roll axis.

[@rotorixfpv]

okay, I've got you. Will try tomorrow from stock PIDs and try to tune P carefully. Thank you!

[@volcyvoltaire2060]

What mode are you using. Because i'm thinking if you were rolling to the left it'd be a roll straight forward is it yaw or roll?

[@JoshuaBardwell]

What mode? You mean like Angle or Horizon? I'm using Acro mode.

[@volcyvoltaire2060]

No like on your transmitter mode 1 or 2 and what settings allows you to have control over the quad at zero throttle

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+Volcy Voltaire mode 2. Air mode gives control at zero throttle.

[@volcyvoltaire2060]

I'm having a problem arming the naze with the taranis but when i switched controllers and the receiver i could arm it but when I yaw it pitched the quad forward and when I pitch forward it yaws do you have any ideas on what might be causing this problem and thanks by the way

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+Volcy Voltaire you need to correct the channel mapping in the receiver tab. Switch the R and the T.

[@TheHelicapt]

How come there is no YAW being used to to turn to quad ?

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Yaw is used when turning. But not when doing the split-s because it's a pure roll move.

[@TheHelicapt]

Joshua Bardwell Gotcha. I tried this yesterday and buried it into the ground. I need more sim time. Thanks for all you do with this community ! Learned a lot from ya.

[@guitarjunky14]

My quadcoptor doesn't roll like yours with the throttle all the way down

[@JoshuaBardwell]

+Collin Hinds turn on air mode.

[@FoFrx]

nice video...shiba inu!

[@StarKillerFPV]

Split S eh? Why didn't they call it a C? 🤔

[@marcelw82]

Hi @Joshua Bardwell, thanks for these super tutorials, would love to try them in RL, for now i practice them in the simulator, i've got fpv freerider, liftoff, drl racer and hotprops, but those physics sucks i guess... Just stumbled upon www.dronesimulation.co.uk Hows your opinion about this sim? I think its great and worth mentioning.. Greets Marcel aka AmvrosiosFPV xD

[@marcelw82]

lol just found your movie XD nevermind, good work! hehe