I could have done so much better (MultiGP GQ)

[@stormbreaker_fpv]

Hey JB. Im sure you get this a lot, but just wanted to let you know, how much you're helping the whole community.

[@RichardTardif1984]

This was a fun report. Despite your self criticism its still encouraging and helpful to see you challenge yourself

[@t.ticklesfpv]

This self analysis is excellent. Thanks for taking the time to help us all improve.

[@dutchfpv7010]

Come up the Rivals GQs going on this weekend. I'll talk you through it. I had these same struggles early in the year then broke through it. You just gotta keep feeling the line and slowly inch that throttle up without even letting your mind acknowledge it. Just keep anticipating what's ahead of you and let it come to you a little bit faster each time. I was stuck around the same time all year then knocked off 6 seconds in one weekend. I'll get you over that plateau! Its the least thing I can do for all the great videos! Could have never done FPV without you.

[@JohnEFly]

I will challenge your "no substitute for stick time" comment. more stick time helps no doubt, but I think it's more about how smart you are with the stick time you get (and the time spent improving while not on the sticks) that mean more than stick time. I probably get close to the least amount of total stick time for our group of racers in Detroit, always have, but the difference is that when I get a chance to get stick time I make the most of it, and I also spend a lot of time analyzing my flying and planning what I want to work on the next time I can get more stick time. That doesn't mean you don't need it, but I do view it as a mindset of making the most of what you have. Some can fly all the time and others can't. That's okay, do the best with what you're given. Great analysis JB, glad to see you out racing and sharing your experiences so others can learn as well!

[@ingrownnipple]

for sure just thinking about racing, and imagining lines helps. Definitely not as much as actual stick time but its close.

[@JohnEFly]

@@ingrownnipple thinking about racing does help. But I'm really talking about something much deeper than that. Take a look at some of the videos on my KZbin channel for some examples. I spend a lot of time re-watching my flying. Comparing different packs with different speeds and identifying what I did differently on the faster packs than the slower packs. Analyzing which sort of lines provide me with lower overall times. It helps me to isolate the parts that are more important, and then to focus on those the next time I can get out to fly. To make the most of the limited stick time I do get.

[@Shauny_D]

that wall is real. How to break through the wall and keep improving has got to be one of the biggest parts of racing. I usually change my camera angle after going stagnant it takes a round to get used to it but it’ll shake you out of the same old

[@reevolution_fpv]

I've only started racing this year and it's been really cool to learn with you. Thanks!

[@JoryFPV]

Someone usually makes the MultiGP maps in each of the big 3 sims. It just takes some searching in your preferred sim wherever it user created maps. Starting out learning a track in a sim is much faster. No having to charge packs, no changing props, no walking to pickup the quad, etc.

[@JonE5FPV]

Great content, i had a similar goal this season to hit sub 60 seconds. Then after flying it, and all the people about my skill level landing in the 40's, i should have had my goal at sub 50 seconds. In my first qualifier i had same time you did 58 seconds (but we got rained out and i only got 5 tries that day). I ran it a second time and managed to get down to 51 seconds. We are having a last chance event this weekend i plan to give it one more try. Keep in mind when you look at the leaderboards some pilots have tried this 2-5+ times, so for only 1 time you are doing pretty good! Same time as I had. This year was a lot of adjustments for me. Moving back to analog because of chip shortage, and not able to get spare DJI units. Like you said, lack of stick time, and adjusting camera, rates etc... too close to the qualifier. My new plan is to only make adjustments to setup during Jan-Feb time, so i have a solid 3 months on setup before qualifier season.

[@larealverdad2144]

You aré the best always helping the people

[@carlgill5946]

Dude you was moving!! I remember your racing videos from way back and you have improved exponentially!! You are not a racer though so be very proud of yourself JB!!

[@RyanQuellet]

Great improvement this year. Your racing videos are inspiring others to get into racing. Please keep it up!

[@markcloudchaser874]

The fact is tho JB, you have improved and you know what to do the next time, So Good Job and Well Done 💯👊

[@baggszilla]

I think you did absolutely GREAT! For someone who doesn't race every weekend to get under a minute is good.

[@chrisg_fpv]

You can always do better, the feeling of improvement helps. Congrats for trying. Good luck on Flowstate.

[@우당탕탕-k6w]

What a beautiful flight !! I luv your video 👍👍

[@johnjonesdronesfpv7939]

Either way you make a living as a professional quad pilot. You are truly a badass dude don’t stress.

[@iron-ryanfpv3120]

Loving your getting in to racing more JB 👍👍👍 we (SGDC) just hosted the UKs 🇬🇧 first multiGP GQ and it was amazing really enjoyed the track and love that you are flying it and make videos about it 😊

[@travisSimon365]

I think you have a really good grasp of what is going on, which is important for improvement. And the truth is that it is not worth your effort to spend all of your effort points on improving your racing. But, on the other hand, I do think it's worth spending a few credits there - diversity and stick time will pay dividends. Love your work, Joshua

[@MrVasmikey]

This reminds me of my Golf game. I practice at the driving range by hitting buckets of golf balls. The more I hit them, the worse my game becomes! Finally a Golf pro tells me the worse thing you can do is pound balls. He said practice with a particular purpose in mind. Then go play.

[@kevinlancaster3200]

Love the slowmo edit, thanks JB! Just kidding, thanks for all you do!

[@kevinjulievan]

You did great relative to your practice time ! Keep it up !

[@michaelfitzhenry6788]

Keep grinding. Good job

[@pacificnorthwestpilots6050]

The main point is you got out there and tried to improve, cheers JB!

[@heliharris69]

I really don't think most of your subscribers think or expect you to be a top gun pilot... but most will also admit to wishing that they were as good as you are at flying these things. But without exception.. all the subscribers and viewers of your channel know your knowledge of all things Quad is 2nd to none.. and that combined with your presentation skills makes you and your channel... The very best available and top of the good guys pyramid. Not trying to blow smoke up your arse... Just a fact. Regards from the UK.

[@lawrencemartin8205]

Wow great job JB. I can't wrap my head around the racing.. it makes me dizzy. So fast and confused where to go. Lol

[@eedok]

So 2 questions: 1) How much of a throttle limit were you running? (I know for me I have to run 75% on the Switchback Pro, and set my best time with a 3" lol) 2) Did you try the track in Velocidrone, and if so how far off were your real life times from your Velocidrone times?

[@Shauny_D]

i’m very curious on this too

[@JoshuaBardwell]

I was running 85%. The throttle in the lower left you can see it never goes over 85%.

[@BASHERSUNITED]

My issue is not eating properly on race day. As the day goes on I eat less and less and my brain doesn't hold up well without food.

[@ChomperFPV]

OMG YOU SAID HEAT 😂 completely kidding. It looks to me you’re getting quicker and more consistent 👍 keep grinding it out JB!

[@AerialWaviator]

If the course is still set up, nothing like getting a early start on next year. Maybe can take laptop with you, do few runs, take a break for email, etc, then do few more runs. Sometime trying hard doesn't produce result, but taking a break for the mind to rest can give fresh focus and energy. Trick is to keep it fun, not to burnout on training (applies to most sports). BTW: Awesome job keeping your videos real, as life is not always perfectly polished. ♥️😎👍

[@qpmkro]

what were your rates ? what was your time on velocidrone ?

[@Splinterfpv]

I don't know jack bout racing but I'd say your looking super smooth 🤘 keep pushing you'll achieve the goals you set if you push yourself 👍

[@ClareFPV]

Really cool slow motion effect 🤪

[@leviathannfpv1282]

Your lines on the GQ look amazing. Im sure if you could get the throttle higher on the track your times would decrease by a lot, great vid!

[@coltonrooster]

Oh wait. I forgot to turn your notifications off. I asked you once if you'd be interested in flying with me because I'm less than 30 mins from you. Instead of a "No thank you, I'm unavailable or not interested." You instead talked about how great you are and wondered why you would even consider the idea lol. I think some of your exact words were, "Why would I want that? I can have that any time I want?" Don't be vain. You could have made a real friend. Not just a "friend." You don't have to get defensive immediately on long stream nights. Take a breath brother. You are very diligent and intelligent, thank you for the work you do, but I think you work too much. Just remember, we are fans not serfs. Or a fringe benefit for that matter...

[@JoshuaBardwell]

I must have missed you this weekend at the gq. Would have been a good chance to say hello.

[@dustypropss]

Is this still the Runcam Racer Nano 2? The image quality looks really good.

[@dreadcandy3646]

I was going to ask what camera this was! Are you sure it's the runcam rn2?

[@dustypropss]

@@dreadcandy3646 in his previous build video (if he is still using the same build for this video), it was the five33 switchback pro. You can look it up at his channel.

[@maxair420]

U did waaay better than I would've 👍🏽

[@miquelmarti6537]

whats' that camera?

[@MysteryD]

I can't race for shit. My issue is remembering the track.

[@MCsCreations]

Awesome flying there, Joshua!!! 😃 Keep training!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@RCRitterFPV]

Since this is a standard track, we should be able to compare times gate by gate right? IF you have the video for a super clean fast lap would like to see the comparison of flight path between you and an Evan Turner.. after gate 4 in 10 frames he's there I'm here... he gets to next gate in 1.8 seconds takes me XYZ... Like F1 Quality lap analysis Nico or Jolyon Palmer... Wish I had the technology...

[@j1d22]

You're letting the inertia of the quad guide your move, learn to break that inertia when needed, quads are strong

[@slowridefpv9668]

Goggle color is insane!!!

[@drunkskunk00]

Someday I hope to be this good.

[@Vyscera]

Hey JB, my caddax vista is having some issues where when I power on the LED is a dim red and green and doesn't bind or connect via USB. I wiggled the antenna and it made it light up bright solid red and let me bind but the camera wasn't connected so I powered off, reconnected and powered on but it went back to the original issue. Any advice or is my vista dead?

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Usually that means the input voltage to the Vista is too low or the power wire is loose.

[@GreerVision]

Where’s this at in Knoxville?

[@JoshuaBardwell]

House Mountain

[@thfpv4974]

Awesome 👌

[@travisSimon365]

Also, I am wondering ... maybe the issue was that you were trying to improve your time, instead of trying to improve your lines. That's the best my arm-chair performance coaching can come up with.

[@sunsetpark_fpv]

I've never raced but that advice is great! The focus shouldn't be on time......well spoken sir!

[@ThomasShue]

You fly better than I do. I never even been in a race

[@runpuppyfpv5744]

Practice makes perfect bit you gotta pay the bills

[@MysteryD]

Just wondering what camera you're using in the DVR footage. Looks good

[@MysteryD]

And that's despite being cropped all to hell

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Runcam Racer Nano

[@power-max]

How do you guys remember which gaps to hit? I have no hope if you took away the race line from me in the simulations lol

[@DavidOwensuk]

JB - you are doing a great job…

[@michaelwilkes0]

That was pretty good racing. I would be proud of that. I mean, grab a thousand random people off the street and none of them will be that good :)

[@michaelwilkes0]

ok well, not the street right outside the race park :)

[@speedy0_FPV]

I just push, destroy my quads, do again. It's not the cheapest strategie but it works for me.

[@marlin-fpv]

We old farts need sticktime like crazy. I‘m racing the third year with a lot of practice in and outdoor and now I‘m at a point I can fly at my visual limits. Set up a track in your backyard and fly like 30 packs a day for 6 month and than go and beat a lot of them young guns.

[@TheBrennan90]

I know from racing in other sports that 80% of the battle is mental. If you can get in the right headspace everything goes better.

[@markphilly80]

Keep at it Joshua, good work out there.

[@CallistoFPV]

Your doing great bro!

[@DarrenAllatt]

JB, it seems like it was your ego that held you back because you got pretty good consistent times around the 19 second mark. If you had of stayed the course, you would have probably dropped those a bit further with tightening your lines etc.

[@ChainsawFPV]

Really makes you wonder how the top guys get 10 second or less laps.

[@vacatedbroom6237]

You messed that camera up lol

[@nefffpv6002]

I cant believe i was there!

[@lmichaelross]

Using skyzone’s allot these days??

[@M-H433]

Was thinking the same thing,be nice to know why to.

[@elxero2189]

Would look so much cooler if this were shakrbyte yeah I'm biased lol

[@FlyturboKwad]

Don't be so hard on yourself! We are are learning with your mistakes 😜😜😜😜😜

[@woj1999]

It happens from time to time where you will say in the video that you will post a link in the video description but its just not there :) I guess it was the 533 Switchback pro link to this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpCyoWV_mb2iZ7M

[@sylvanlight120]

Course set up all season... Give people a geographic advantage in terms of practice. And, it's a global qualifier... Does this also create a national advantage if other countries envoled with MultiGP don't have courses set up all season? Guess not.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Anybody is capable of building gates and setting up the course. Give me a break.

[@sylvanlight120]

@@JoshuaBardwell wasn't getting at anybody. I don't even know where that course is and I don't know much about MultiGP. Was just a thought after hearing the course is left set up. I would imagine it is not that easy to set up an exact replica of a course, don't think a protractor and 5m tape will cut it. Sorry if you felt affronted by my comment.

[@sylvanlight120]

@@JoshuaBardwell Anyway... Good flying there, bet you were a long way from last.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

It just sounded like you were accusing MultiGP of giving some chapters an unfair advantage, which given how hard they work to run a fair season, I do take issue with. Yes, pilots who can find a field to leave a track set up will have an advantage over pilots who can only practice in the simulator. That's not MultiGP's fault though.

[@sylvanlight120]

My comment was just an observation, not accusatory at all.

[@farmerboyfpv3637]

I watch all your videos on 2x speed, I was like what do you mean jb your going mock 🐔! Something to be said about your smoothness thought!

[@oldge2488]

大佬头应该产生抗体不晕了

[@joytanishq2127]

Hey Joshua, can I get a heart?

[@danielsmith7105]

You did well. I think you just reached your genetic limit, practise will only take you so far imo. Also imo racing is less fun and very very repetitive, its mentally exhausting. Are there no freestyle competitions, whereby a routine is scored by judges, that would be cool. We can call is the JB cup :D

[@mannualfpv6293]

How does he have such good range :(

[@fluoxethine]

Please do much better next time. Thank you

[@fluoxethine]

multigp is soooo boring - still analog