Learning FPV Drone Freestyle (In One Week!)

FPV freestyle takes drone flying to a whole other level... with flips, spins, dives, and a whole bunch of impressive tricks that require extreme precision to pull off. This week I tried to get better at it.
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[@MattPochwat]

Hope you guys have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! What tricks should I learn next?

[@makesomemore_]

Inverted yaw spinz Boiiii! Great fun!🤪

[@SILVIOFRANCO1]

Happy Christmas

[@jigglingcone3764]

Rewinds

[@ethanfaulkner434]

Merry Christmas

[@nastynine48]

Great video you progressed wonderfully but now I would like to see a power slide. Trust me you're going to love it

[@donutves]

Make sure you cut the throttle completely on the inverted yaw spins and it should be more floaty Edit: using dynamic idle then turning down your idle percentage will give you even more hang time.

[@skyhackerfpv7104]

Great tip, also the faster you spin the faster you fall. Try a slower yaw spin once you're inverted

[@rambozo_fpv176]

@@skyhackerfpv7104 Both of these tips are good and even an experienced pilot can still forget to go to full zero throttle.

[@ByteMeFPV]

What he said... cut throttle when inverted... Side note: Up-Tilt is our friend! Amazing!

[@bandobandit353]

The kwad actually spins 2 of the 4 props to create a yaw motion. So even if you go to zero throttle you'll have some acceleration towards the ground. It's difficult to incorporate into a flow as you typically need the extra height.

[@coconutfpv]

@@bandobandit353 3D, there i fixed it for you.

[@cadenglick1287]

None of your tricks were perfect after a single week, but that imperfection made that last clip more relatable to watch. It made me want to go get better myself. You got me into this hobby, and I'm super thankful for it. Keep kicking ass man!

[@MattPochwat]

Oh for sure... no one's gonna become a pro in a single week!

[@milfordkd]

I really like how you put the flight footage on top of the radio, haven't seen that before

[@leazyfpv5521]

That was Wild Willy FPV during those clips.

[@drohnele3741]

I like it too, but i may confuse some people which are new to fpv

[@danielbuongiorno7093]

Hi! This shit is hard!!

[@devanshgulhane8814]

I think object tracking feature in premere/after effects should do it

[@carlospsneto]

honestly.... Being a complete beginner in FPV myself, I find this kind of videos way more helpful. Seeing guys ripping all the time doesn't really help understand where I'm on the hobby and ways to improved. Thank you for your video.

[@mauricequarles]

For a second, I was scratching my head trying to figure out, how you were getting video on TX 16 monitor.

[@eagle7015]

lol

[@NoobSharkYT]

@@eagle7015 lol

[@SanneBerkhuizen]

Would be nice though

[@sethitsseth]

1. Swap in OLED screen 2. Put in monitor RX circuitry with switch to change source from tx display to RX monitor

[@HolaACchillin]

What is nice about FPV freestyle is the style is personal. Every flight an fpv pilot takes is a good flight. Great video!

[@maliqblaq]

Thanks for sharing your journey, I’m not in the sky as of yet but your videos gave me hope that I’ll be ok when I do. Thanks again!

[@atticusfinch5988]

man, you were so lined up for the flagpole gap on the last run! Saw your brain tell you punch it and your fingers bailoff the side haha. looking slick af out there.

[@xshoudenx]

glad I wasnt the only one who spotted that

[@eatyourvegfpv]

Hey Matt! Great to see you posting! Happy Christmas! Off to watch the video now.

[@AuthenTech]

Fun video, great job man!

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

3:13 for real beginners To flip, you need to be in acro mode. Stability mode prevents you from going past a certain angle with your drone.

[@tipsfan88]

Nice flying! Thanks for the video. I always enjoy your videos. Hope you have a great holiday!

[@tango_sierra8608]

Your videos are so satisfying to watch. Easily one of my favorite FPV related channels. Just wish you posted more!!! Haven’t even watched the vid yet but figured I’d share for the algorithm. Super excited for this one!

[@whiteyguitar666]

Id be happy being able to fly around slow at the moment lol im starting off in the house with a mobula 6, All the best for the new year Matt.

[@MattPochwat]

Nothing wrong with that. Those can be a lot of fun :)

[@Mi78]

I actually find it harder to fly my Mob6 than the Nazgul5

[@virshroff1428]

U can still do some freestyle with a mob6

[@projektmayhem2010]

I could definitely see your improvement in the last flight! great video, I was very entertained! Inspires me to try to get moar gud at freestyle myself, and I’m glad I’m not the only one who struggles with those inverted yaw spins! Subbed!

[@hazonku]

Pssst, cut throttle. If that doesn't help your dynamic idle might be a little too high.

[@rohaanshah8651]

I really love your videos I always check the notification bell for your vids and when you I always get excited as they are fun and relaxing to watch!! wish you all the best, And Merry Christmas!!

[@MattPochwat]

I appreciate that man!

[@andreainglese5927]

I love your clear And Simply videos.

[@jorgevasquez6836]

Matt, It has been very productive and you have given us not only information about the progress of the practice using the practice but you have also given us the sensations of this hobby, enthusiasm, frustration, excitement and desire to learn ... thank you very much. A great Christmas present.

[@MattPochwat]

Glad you like it!

[@rechellenguyen5394]

the best is still yet to come keep flying keep improving best of luck!

[@crashhawk2134]

Reminds me a lot of Bardwell's "3 pack-a-day challenge", where he's been doing similar specific practice flights in 3 packs a session. It definitely fits with some of the best theories on intentional practice and how to become an expert in just about anything.

[@BatanShorts]

Have a happy Christmas Matt, thanks for another upload and taking the time to document your journey

[@MattPochwat]

Glad you like it!

[@dadpoolfpv]

Nice progress, man! In such a short time too. It's awesome to see other pilot's progress through their journey's of this surreal sport. Keep sending!

[@omarhasan1]

Wow! That was a well made video ! Keep them coming !

[@scuzzyfpv]

Spend some time in the sim. It will drastically help learning new tricks

[@CWsolomerx]

Which sim

[@scuzzyfpv]

@@CWsolomerx i like liftoff

[@oddarntnes7079]

@@scuzzyfpv me too, some people say it doesnt fit their rates, but i find it extremely accurate

[@scuzzyfpv]

@@oddarntnes7079 yea rates are accurate

[@YoeriMellink]

I just started on the DRL and first day couldn't control it. Now everyday I'm flying better and soon gonna buy a fpv

[@kevinjulievan]

Awesome video . I loved seeing the progression in one week ! Your should do a 7 day race video and practice flying some race gates . I’ve found flying a race course helps with freestyle and precision flying in general . I’ve also found freestyle helps my racing !

[@bodavis3819]

Love watching your channel grow, good job man; and great video

[@MattPochwat]

Thanks!

[@erodyo]

Yo! Cool seeing my footage in here. :) Great content man, glad to see more people getting into the greatest hobby on planet earth!

[@weberentertainment2962]

I liked this video alot, it was very entertaining! Never seen you videos, so I subbed! 👍🏻 A thing that helped me doing powerloop was to hold the quad in my hand and emulate the power loop, while doing that looking at where the camera was pointed when I needed to go backwards, and then trying to visualize what the image in the goggles would look like at that point... Ohh and sure alot of practice too😅

[@nabinhalder4867]

Those skills in just 7 days😱 u r insane bro, merry Christmas to you too 🎅

[@upplsuckimcool16]

@@2toeninja I don't, I haven similar progression in my FPV journey.... I have it logged in video as well on another youtube channel. I think most people suck so badly for so long because they're scared of crashing....... It's always boggled my mind at how slowly people progress in this hobby. And I even just wrote a comment on this video thanking him for showing that it IS possible to not suck... Of course he had used the simulator first as did I, as does everyone.

[@IanFitty]

Inverted yaw spins were the bane of my existence for probably a months worth of trying to nail it. After a combo of higher rates, lower idle rmp, and lower camera angle it was way easier. Lowering the idle reduced the downward pull and making the camera closer to level made the motor plane closer to being parallel with the ground, dampening the wobbling feeling you tend to get. I still can’t really incorporate it into my flow really well. it always feels forced or like an afterthought, like I have to take time to line it up and don’t really know how to transition in/out of it from other moves.

[@SugarGreg]

love it. dont forget to sim it helps a lot really and you can get in a quick half hour any time.

[@cinialvespow1054]

Lit! thank you, I needed this! Merry Christmas!!! I'll learn along with you. Let's get so good together

[@scottsmith6014]

Great video on how to structure your flying, and working on specific tricks! Liked and subbed thanks! 👍

[@DungarooTV]

You did bloody well for your first time! FPV is a whole new ball game!

[@justrooster4157]

I would say the only thing you missed on the seven days was object interaction, and the "flow" side of freestyle. but, overall amazing video, and super entertaining.

[@volkergoe]

Great seeing you finally learning freestyle (and looking liky a way happier person doing it)! On the inverted yaw spin: try turning slower, it reduces the acceleration drastically - start with 180°

[@Virtualtour1959]

From Colombia South America I just want to congratulate you for the great videos you do!! Thanks my friend!! I learn a lot!! Keep going!!!

[@hazonku]

Much like other tricks, the magic to 360 yaw spins is just building momentum before you attempt it so you can cut throttle right away & just use your momentum to hold you upside down. Also how you get the juicy part of a juicy flick.

[@jamsvens]

Great progress Video, usually day5 is a normal thing when learning new stuff. Close before mastering something your brain tries to sort everything out ending up with very bad results on that day right before making a huge progress step. Same is also true in school if you're precisely tracking performance of students

[@JoshDisher]

I'm 3 months in and the biggest leap forward happened when I ditched my back yard for the soccer fields. When learning on a 4s 5" the biggest advantage to learning is wide open space.

[@SimonCrowther1]

Brilliant video/diary. The improvement in the final clip is so evident. Nice. Having an "off day" is so odd. I've had a few myself. Possibly distracted by other things going on! Good going mate. Merry Christmas.

[@MattPochwat]

Thanks man! Everyone has off days. Practice is still practice.

[@red0ctane19]

This was awesome man! I've wanted to build an FPV drone for awhile and do a combo of freestyle and cinematic shots to edit up to my beats. With Christmas coming up, I figured now was the time to start practicing. So I ordered a transmitter that will be here tomorrow so I can start practicing in sims, then build one with Christmas money. Lol. Your videos have been helping me a ton!

[@alexandertam8177]

Did you ever get the hang of inverted yaw spin? You might find it easier if you throttle punch and invert as the drone still has upward momentum which gives you time to do the yaw spin and float in the air

[@slimjimfpv]

U never stop learning.... Merry Christmas lad,

[@ChrisFloyd]

Yeah, I’m stuck on day 5! Been that way for 6 months!

[@flyingmonkey8245]

hahahaha

[@SunriseWaterMedia]

Hahah I see my future there as well

[@olicourse]

If ur crashing, ur improving If u don't crash for a while, ur not pushing ur self

[@ChrisFloyd]

@@olicourse yeah. I hate crashing.

[@ByteMeFPV]

You'll notice your time spent crashing, building, fixing will go down and your time flying will go up. Keep at it.

[@coolgamesnl5867]

Sweet progress dude! you are one of the main reasons i got into this hobby and i am loving it! Keep up the great videos!

[@MattPochwat]

Thanks!

[@SwingFish]

i can agree with that, since I fly FPV, my DJI-flights went so much better, because firstly of confidence (you actually know what this birds can do) and far better feeling for the controls.

[@DavidTramacchi]

Great video Matt!! I'll be using this as a reference when I starting learning freestyle. You're a GREAT content creator keep up the good work👍👍 Merry Christmas!! 🎄🎄🎉🎉🎉

[@blackconduit_fpv7099]

You won't ever find your end abilities in a week, your mind skills and speed grow for much much longer! Great stuff still! 🏆 Throttle off for most tricks!

[@Rockknuckles]

Great vid Matt... nice progress in a week! Keep practicing !

[@StormadoMan]

Cracks me up seeing people coming into mini quads these days, the progress is so rapid! I spent literally years getting specific tricks nailed. You should fly a build that's like 6 years old and see how you do with that 😊

[@MarcosFPV]

Excellent video love the approach. Really enjoyed it felt much like my own experience.

[@wmcewa01]

Your videos are so good man - so much info, so much production value

[@albertvallecillo304]

Bro 👊! You just made my day! In the last months I started getting regretted of having bought my drone most of all because here in where i live there are not cool spots to fly over or interesting things to record But after watching your video wow!! I guess It made my realised that I just need a couple of trees and practice my moves to get fun and make a scene interesting Thank you lot for this video man! 🙏🙏

[@andreswanepoel9058]

Awesome flying on the last day. Wow!!!

[@Zazen9]

Awesome videos from the beginning!

[@baggszilla]

Great video my man. I'm at right now where you were on your first day of FPV freestyle. I'm going to practice more tricks on Volocidrone SIM and just get more stick time in gereral. Thanks for the vids.

[@PolyFPV]

Awesome progress in a week Matt! Inverted yaw spins are a pain but man do they look cool.

[@GTARC_au]

Nice tutorial mate. You have given me new hope ! 🍻👍👊🎖🏁

[@BombayDroneCompany]

Love your work. Keep them coming

[@relentlessfpv1822]

Nice job. Thanks for the video.

[@LeCrowTV]

Great video. Getting some stubby antennas or something like the iFlight Crystal directional antenna helps a lot with the `cool` factor when wearing the goggles. Also getting a replacement strap for the headstrap gets rid of the strap going over the top of your head and won't mess up your hair.

[@mivoe99]

I started flying with my Nazgul 5 a few weeks ago. But not it's winter in the northern hemisphere and the weather mostly does not allow me to practice as much as I would like to... Awaiting spring and summer so bad to improve my skills! Meanwhile I often train in the simulatior. Good video. Documented your progress very nicely.

[@MattPochwat]

Thanks man! Good luck!

[@B3NSipodtouch]

Always quality videos!!

[@philipmeekhof9280]

Just found your channel, and have been enjoying watching your videos! I liked seeing the not-so-clean progression in this video. One thing that I think would be helpful to me/others learning these tricks would be a view of your controller as you are doing these tricks (a la Mr. Steele videos). That way, we can try to copy what you are doing too!!

[@conorstewart2214]

With the inverted yaw spin or any upside down tricks it tends to be better if as soon as you go upside down you cut the throttle.

[@Mangorille]

Great improvement for just one week! You've motivated me to try some new moves. :)

[@markb9896]

I know this was mentioned below but your best, least expensive first stop is a sim. While you don't necessarily get the feel for really flying it does teach muscle memory and that is a huge help and has been to me over the last 5 years.

[@marcsangiuliano4273]

Wow! That was awesome! You totally killed it on day 7!!! Huge improvement, very noticeable, I don't even know you but I'm so proud of you!!!

[@lennartw.2219]

I think you can do the inverted yaw spins smoother, if you start them with a half powerloop, that way you have more upward momentum, and it looks smother

[@MachineManGabb]

I'm really impressed with your editing

[@jfrowiess]

Nice video and storytelling as always. Even though the content was not new to me I really enjoyed watching the video and see your progress. I have to practice my freestyle as well 😂

[@bobg1443]

Excellent video, I really like the style of all of your videos. What did you finally set your rates at? I have a Geprc MK4 that I've toned the rates way down, and I've been thinking after watching you and Mr Steel that maybe I should crank them up so that my timing of hitting the sticks gets more consistent.

[@MrElGustaff]

Best Christmas present :) video by Matt P!

[@MattPochwat]

Haha Merry Christmas!

[@starlinater10]

This video is soo underrated. Awesone stuff Matt. I still don't understand how you don't have more followers. Be patient though, its coming. Just wait.🙏🏽

[@axemanarbor]

Nice man I'm getting mine next wee . I've learned.alot thanks ssubed

[@elisa180789]

An advise on inverted yaw spin. Try to gain a little bit more of height to practice them. Later when you feel more confident you can try them closer to the ground.

[@HalfChrome]

Great video. Merry Christmas. Just subbed.

[@olafschermann1592]

Awesome, thanx for motivating me.

[@jessehoffman5302]

I know this is a little old now, but as someone learning freestyle it was quite encouraging. I thought that last clip looked pretty great, man. I would imagine you're probably a freestyle beast by now.

[@senditFPV]

Enjoyed your video from start to finish. I think I might give these tricks a go 🤩

[@schonfpv]

Thank you very much for the content. I'm starting with cinewhoop and I really want to buy a freestyle. Thank you very much for inspiring me, could you share with me a video that talks about which drone is cost/benefit?

[@neon7fpv799]

Good content an glad you making some progress on your fresstyle. Have u adjusted your throttle mid an tpa.i get longer hang times with my throttle mid dropped down to 30 to 40 an tpa of 40.thats just me an the feel I like.also gives me way better throttle resolution on the bottom end.

[@jerryzito6840]

Great video. You did great showing each maneuver. Perhaps you can give me some advice. I need smoother throttle control. After hovering, I power down to land very gently. But my quad drops like a rock resulting in a very hard landing. Is this a betaflight fix or a TX16s fix? I don't want to try your cool tricks until I'm confident with my throttle.

[@Hexspa]

Remember that you don’t get better while you practice - you get better while you sleep. Practice the thing you want to remember last and try to leave it on a high note.

[@gandi761]

Great video, inverted yaw spin is challenging, I broke my quad arm when attempting this move. I will practice more and try again later.

[@SONICTONICfpv]

Get a practice in on a sim😉 last flight looked awesome. Merry Christmas 🎄

[@bensales20]

This video is great - so much progress in 1 week! Gives me some hope.

[@piercemeador1448]

As you get better you get braver

[@phillipmilburn1646]

GREAT work buddy looking good for only a week 🔥have a wonderful Christmas 👊💜

[@MattPochwat]

Thanks my dude. You too!

[@KarpisMaksudian]

great video, thanks for sharing

[@thekarmafarmer608]

Well done. Quite inspiring

[@bkfpv]

Dude I started with the same focus as you. But as soon as the goggles came on I turned into Mr. Steele (in my head) and a few minutes later I`m Bardwell trying to repair my quad after a horrific crash. But I`m getting there, one pack at a time. Now I fly more and repair less. Good times. Merry christmas and a happy new year.

[@naomfaigel]

Great work. Practice on doing all tricks both left and right 😉

[@gocreatestuff]

Good progress and flying!

[@MyTube4Utoo]

A great video. Thanks.

[@DavidCarns]

Nice progress! I actually loved hearing about day 5....glad to know I’m not the only one. 🤣

[@MattPochwat]

Yea man... it's a part of the process :P

[@Ninjamstrboy]

Hey Matt! Great Video! What shelf do you have in the back there? Really like the look.

[@fpvdreams2996]

The question is, are you hooked on freestyle now? Great to watch someone learning at about the same level I am.