My "Beast" drone based R/C speed car comes to life!

[@tetraktys6540]

Hey cool. Glad I found this. Yes mate.

[@steveeng1826]

@@tetraktys6540 awesome, glad you're finding it interesting. thanks for watching and commenting 👌

[@rcraceandbash5472]

That moment of panic in the tesco car park 😂😂

[@steveeng1826]

The panic was real! Badly filmed but it had to go into the video! Thanks for watching 🙂

[@chrislang7460]

Love seeing this side of the journey..

[@steveeng1826]

Thanks for watching! Comments like this will make me keep going with the videos 👍There's plenty more to come!

[@chrislang7460]

@ this is great news. It’s nice to have some really enjoyable yet detailed and “serious” approach. And it’s quality well produced videos too.

[@user-rs8zg8ey2b]

I hope you have time to adjust the PIDs/etc, taking it slow in steps of say 25 to 50mph, good luck. Personally I would of put the esc close to each motor, so motor leads are short, (maybe even keeping them cooler) I think it would of cleaned up the power wiring.

[@steveeng1826]

Hey, thanks for watching and commenting. On my first car I kept the same PID settings as the 6" quadcopter that the FC came from actually and it seemed to work well! I think the FC has an easier time of it as the car has wheels on the ground to give more instant correction, not like something flying. I put the ESC's under the plate to protect them in the event of a tyre blowout, but it did make them impossible to access which was not ideal! That will be improved in future 👍

[@user-rs8zg8ey2b]

@@steveeng1826 What FC firmware version are you using? What flight mode (acro, or)? Did you lay the FC flat or vertical and change gyro orientation or? TIA I mostly fly LOS drones and have a triple rate switch for roll/pitch, 1200/1750/1950, maybe you could use something like this for your car, to be able to turn around, but mellow it out for the speed run. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3nSd5mmgbiVaMk&t

[@toolbaggers]

Looks much better than that mammoth of a failure from a certain company.

[@steveeng1826]

Thanks, that was the objective 😃

[@Caroline_Tyler]

Is heat build up in the brakes a concern for the 3D printed shoes around the motor bells?

[@steveeng1826]

@@Caroline_Tyler hey and thanks for watching. Yes heat is a concern, especially since the brakes are 3d printed so will only survive up to a certain low temperature before deforming. The braking strategy for my cars is to use aerodynamic drag initially, then use electrical braking from the motors and finally the mechanical brakes to bring it to a standstill 👌

[@D3moknight]

I am wondering if the flight controller will be able to handle the current of a serious speed run without a bunch of extra capacitors. I guess we will see what blows first!

[@steveeng1826]

Hey, the FC didnt seem to have any problem on my previous speed car. In any case its isolated from the 12s by the PDU unit I'm using (Matek). Have a look at my next video and see!

[@D3moknight]

@@steveeng1826 I am looking forward to it. The hub motor design has serious potential for these applications.

[@Airbrushkid]

Nice but at very high speeds those brake will hold and may fail, aren’t you able to use electronic brake like normal rc cars use, they do work very well.

[@steveeng1826]

hey and thanks for watching. Yes the brakes are a concern, especially since the brakes are 3d printed so will only survive up to a certain low temperature before deforming. The braking strategy for my cars is to use aerodynamic drag initially, then use electrical braking from the motors/ESCs and finally the mechanical brakes to bring it to a standstill. I dont think I can reply only on the ESC braking because they are drone esc's not designed to deliver strong braking forces.

[@Airbrushkid]

@@steveeng1826 I don’t know about ESC braking. There are many out there doing runs. That have Hit 225 mph and using ESC braking.

[@erwinbliek1247]

Will there be a video on your inav settings too?

[@steveeng1826]

Possibly! Are you making or thinking of making something similar?

[@erwinbliek1247]

Yes, I am making a 1/10 scale formula student car(3d printed) with aproximatly the same setup. Only using 2s and servo steering also. It only steers a bit to quick now sometimes and then spins mid corner so was curious what you had for settings

[@steveeng1826]

​@@erwinbliek1247that sounds cool! I'd be happy to share the settings I used by email or something, how can I contact you?

[@erwinbliek1247]

I don't know if you have a public email or Instagram or something where I can contact you privately? I would rather not put my email adres in the comments. Otherwise I can create an extra emailaccount and put it in here

[@steveeng1826]

@@erwinbliek1247 Yes please try @stephenwallis14 on instagram. I'm not a big user on there but it could allow you to get a message to me. Thanks