Drone and RC plane news (10 Sept, 2022)

[@mrph678]

Great video Bruce, Love your passion for the hobby. Your one of the only youtubers that I can actually watch all the way through. No waffle, or bs just facts. Keep up the good work bud 👍

[@notanotherrcchannel]

Bruce, you are a beacon in the mist. Thank you.

[@svareter42]

Thank You for the News Bruce, good to see you again mate.

[@karengill8234]

Very well said Bruce. Thanks for your input. …….

[@lasersbee]

14:45... To get the Control Station location the RID is using the RTH location recorded when the drone takes off... IMO The Digital/Analog Video comparisons sound like a Great Video when finished... I'd like to see HDZero included with the Walksnail Video results... Just waiting for the HDZero Goggles to get to the market.

[@Player-bt8je]

No, a drone with remote ID built in has to broadcast position of the ground station, it can't use the takeoff point like a drone with a remote ID module.

[@adilsongoliveira]

Besides what you said about ELRS< one *huge* advantage is that you can use hardware from different vendors unlike the others. My radio is a Radiomaster, the ELRS module and some of the receivers are from happymodel and also some R9MMs and 2 R9 from FrSky that I converted to ELRS.

[@Qwarzz]

I just upgraded my Flysky FS-I6X with an ELRS module :)

[@tubamanandy2]

That can also be a downside if the hardware vendor is not very good

[@GEHDunedin]

Nice tower print there, Bruce!

[@adilsongoliveira]

I fly long-range and digital is really not for me but, if I add one system in my setup, quite likely will be the HD Zero.

[@PeterWinnett]

Great news report Bruce, keep up the good work :) Regards, Pete

[@jsvno]

Hope your health will be OK for years - we need this from u....

[@tymoteuszkazubski2755]

It is Remote ID compliance declaration not certificate. It would be really funny if somebody asked FAA to check if DJI Avata is truly RID compliant and they weren't.

[@dorsai]

It's so refreshing to listen to somone who doesn't have his head up his arse.

[@rjung_ch]

Great video Bruce, you covered a lot!

[@wearemany73]

If this IS the news, I demand Ron in a frock doing the weather report. 🤓 Good information Bruce. 👍

[@jeremygalloway1348]

Bruce if I ever come to New Zealand...you're a person I think I'd enjoy meeting and hanging with. Crazy well seasoned dude...but not meaning that in a bad way lol. Drink a beer and mess with rc stuff.

[@yankoaleksandrov]

More news videos pls :) Good short format.

[@tymoteuszkazubski2755]

Cars have registration plates, planes have their registrations painted on. In case of unmanned aircrafts unless you have 3-4m wingspan plane you won't have a place to put registration number that is large enough to be readable at 300 m and since registration plates didn't help you got radio broadcast.

[@lasersbee]

14:45... To get the Control Station location the RID is using the RTH location recorded when the drone takes off... Where does it say "The actual Operator's Position" ? The Digital/Analog Video comparisons sound like a Great Video when finished... I'd like to see HDZero included with the Walksnail Video results... Just waiting for the HDZero Goggles to get to the market. 17:54... Would you gave a link to your ADSB Github page Bruce ?

[@5zero7RC]

The final remote ID rule states, "Control station location. The location of the control station of the unmanned aircraft must be generated and encoded into the message elements and must correspond to the location of the person manipulating the flight controls of the unmanned aircraft system." Elsewhere in the document they mention the real-time location of the operator.

[@lasersbee]

@@5zero7RC Thanks... Helful

[@rjung_ch]

Pawel also has a great view of the Avata, he didn't get one either to preview. His point is also great about how incompatible the goggles are.

[@johncarold]

Hi Bruce Great video and information. I have always agreed when it comes to Remote ID. And now it's up in the air when it comes to the mandate.

[@NiCadHeliPilot]

I'm waiting for an ELRS reciever that does a full duplex serial/telemetry bus that is compatible with my helicopter flight controllers (EG MSH Brain2/Ikon2) & the telemetry is also compatible with ESC telemetry protocols such as HobbyWing (unless someone manufactures a BLHeli ESC with DShot & telemetry that's 200 A for 700 class helicopters), & I can see all of that telemetry on my RadioMaster. With my current setup, I use dual band 2.4 GHz & 900 MHz. The former serves as my secondary receiver & the latter is my primary receiver. They both work in tandem with each other & if one failsafes, the other still has a solid control link to my helicopter. I am yet to see ELRS have this capability. Until that happens, I am going to stick with ACCST. Also, with your ADS-B Alarm, I love what you're doing there with that. However, that's not without its flaws either. Not everyone has an ADS-B transponder in their manned aircraft. Most of the manned aircraft in my area (Southland) don't have an ADS-B transponder in them (& some of those aircraft fly quite dangerously as well). For the ones that do have ADS-B transponders, its usually Search & Rescue helicopters or the occasional light aircraft what's on their way over to Te Anau, & both of those are an extremely rare sight.

[@Nkkdxn45j]

Not taken with digital at all, myself. Pro: quality, con: cost, weight, size, latency (not hdzero). To me, cons massively outweighs the pros. That would be fine, let those who want to go digital do so, and those who want to remain analog, the same. But I guess, analog stuff will gradually become harder to get and prices will go up. Unfortunately.

[@tramsgar]

Is google still funding the remote id law? They usually get distracted and abandon their projects before long.

[@terminsane]

It gets the pilot location from the drone when it first takes off. You can put tin tape over the gps if you really want

[@5zero7RC]

A Standard Remote ID system needs to update the gps location of the operator if they move. Unlike a module based remote ID system you can use on a home built drone. The home built drone can store the take off location as the pilot.

[@kd2rdhlarry571]

As long as analog is still available, I’ll be flying analog. I understand why people have gone digital and I love that we have a choice.

[@MCsCreations]

Thanks for the news, Bruce! Looking forward to the reviews! 😊 But you gave me a good idea... Always take some donuts with you when you're going to fly. Because, then, if someone complains... Right? 😬 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@Harald787]

Love to see your testing results between digital and analog. I am still using analog on my 7 quads and 5 of them have really good equipment on board: Foxeer Predator 5 or Trex cameras with TBS Unify Pro VTX transmitters and Foxeer or AXII antennas. For me stil very good and enjoyable to fly in combination with my Fatshark HDO2 with a Rapidfire module.

[@M-H433]

Harold how long have you been using Predator 5 camera,and what are your thoughts on it,was thinking of getting 1,is it the best analog camera you have used to date?

[@Harald787]

@@M-H433 since te beginning, I fly 4 of them and they are really great. The T-Rex might be slightly better but there was no "mini" version and I like that form factor best in my freestyle quad. The T-Rex is used in my cinewhoop.

[@thirtythreeeyes8624]

For me analog is still king if only because of weight and size, not to mention latency and range. HDzero is interesting though and I think I'll end up trying it after the goggles come out.

[@mrph678]

I've bought the vrx and freestyle vtx HDzero. From first impressions It's pretty good. Open source so will evolve quickly, and pretty cheap compared to the dji / avatar alternates. I have a set of fat shark hdo2's and the picture was great. More testing to be done though but, if you've got a decent'ish pair of goggles with hdmi in aleady then it's about £300-350 for a set up 👍

[@jamesturncliff5960]

Is it possible to hook up a spectrum receiver With all their flight controller technology to Crossfire system. Spectrum should do that they're losing out a lot of money on the receivers??

[@MnPaul1]

To say that the AMA represented us is a bit of a stretch. We had no representation. If we had representation, I think that a better system would have been designed. I think the Avata is a flawed design with the battery/electronics covering 1/3 of the props. Analog is looking good. The analog video quality of the two micros that Bot tested yesterday was quite good. I use a Foxeeer Razer Pico and it is a great little analog cam.

[@sylaswojciechowski6895]

Ive heard that you need to plug in your phone in to the goggles in order to get gps data for dji.

[@jaysonrees738]

Sounds like we should just keep pushing back.

[@testpilotian3188]

…..and just not comply either.

[@jaysonrees738]

@@testpilotian3188 Indeed. It's crap like this that leads to basically everything being illegal. Not giving up something this fun and harmless to mega corps.

[@marinehm]

If they would change the rule to read. Any unmanned aircraft not under direct control of a pilot would require remote ID. That’s what the real issue is! My opinion!

[@DHaacke]

Bruce, great video, as always! Sent you an email about an ADS-B phone app tailored for the FPV pilot that might interest you.

[@dalenelson6021]

Are local Police going to have tracking equipment?

[@5zero7RC]

Everyone will. You can track the remote ID signal with a mobile phone app.

[@Rcschim]

Nice news, good you turned away from the rantiness ;) Saw the poor avata over the sea. Wonder if he could have pressed rth button? Or power cycle the remote? Avatar: please try an nd filter on the FPV cam to reduce the needed Bitrate to get rid of the pixelation. Don't know how many reviewers I've asked this and I think nobody really tried it.

[@RCModelReviews]

Yes, he tried the RTH button but once the drone entered the state where it was showing the error message it was totally unresponsive to the transmitter. He even attempted to recalibrate the transmitter sticks but it wouldn't let him do so because the drone was still linked to the transmitter. Apparently other people have had this happen as well.

[@Rcschim]

@@RCModelReviews ok, so for future AVATA pilots in the same situation: put the remote to the ground and take your time to put on some swimwear - it's the only option you have ;) must be really painfull to see your expensive new toy be doomed to drown there. I know why I still dont feel comfortable flying over water ;)

[@sUASNews]

Can you stop the not so weeks please, I have had enough of them this year

[@auckwads8169]

Bruce elrs can be unbricked with a flight controller pass through . Have done this personally before

[@xjet]

On the BetaFPV PWM receivers? I know you can do it on the serial-bus ones but the PWM ones don't seem to offer that ability.

[@Nkkdxn45j]

Or with a USB-TTL serial converter.

[@Qwarzz]

@@xjet Happymodel PWM receivers at least have CH2 as TX and CH3 as RX so they can also be connected to flight controller, don't know if it's the same for BetaFPV. No idea how a bricked receiver would work at that point tho.

[@ododargo]

and at my flying field there is no mobile signel now what

[@quadswallop2713]

How about remote ID for firearms? ... What a pity a harmless hobby does not have a fraction of the voice that the NRA have.

[@svareter42]

Now that would be a good thing, to test out the idea. Man the gun nut Americans would go berserk. "I don't want to be controlled, I got my rights to Carry my gun, or leave it where ever I want to. Never killed anyone, has it"..

[@steveallam]

I wouldn't ever use remote ID unless I was using dji and going to the stratosphere. And Fu(k the FAA

[@keithcarpenter5254]

Or ladders......they kill far more people than guns. Most gun deaths are suicide......

[@scottgivens27]

And the have the DJI Mine 3 on the list!! It's sub 250! It will be a matter of short time that all sub 250 drones will have the same requirement regardless of weight. Starts small ends with destroying the entire hobby. Very similar to what our government did to AR 15's in California. Started out small, and now the AR-15 in California is nothing more than a sporting rifle

[@dalenelson6021]

when are the FAA going to hire FAA police?

[@RayRay-zc2ed]

Thank you for your words on the remote ID. I believe it is also more then just profit for the large corporations. I believe it is also because of the capabilities of these drones combined with the imagination and ingenuity of the hobbyist . These drones are capable of so much more and the government does not want those capabilities in the hands of every day people. Just like defensive weapons drones have the capability of being used for self defensive purposes and the government does not want that in the hands of citizens for control reasons. Look to what had happened in Ukraine, drone flying citizens of all ages, giving Russian military positions to the Ukraine military and China giving Russia the drone operators positions. That is what the government does not want. It all comes down to control of citizens.

[@xjet]

That doesn't explain why a RTF or BNF 251g foam RC model of a piper cub needs to have standard remote ID fitted in a way that can't be disabled and constantly reports the location of the model and the pilot. That is total over-kill.

[@RayRay-zc2ed]

@@xjet have you seen the videos that show lots of rc plane and glider pilots putting cameras on them?

[@rctrix9063]

Remote ID is like mobile speed cameras, revenue rules. Nothing to do with safety, safety is the excuse.

[@surgefilmsbroome7239]

When have drones/RC aircraft actually even caused a safety issue or personal injury? It's been a few years now, a few people around the world use them (just a little bit of an understatement). I'm all for advocating and flying safely but millions of people don't and still there are no real safety issues... The tide of drones has come and gone and nothing really happened, did it?

[@jkenny1]

Just a few high profile "incidents" that as far as I know have not caused real damage or injury, which as always, the establishment uses as a great excuse to take back a few more freedoms. It never goes the other way, less and less we're allowed to do "for our own safety" :)

[@detroit19531]

But it's OK to buy hundreds of thousands of prime real estate acres for farming next Air Force bases!? WTF 🤫 🤔

[@chattonlad9382]

Bruce, it's the DJI drone use in Ukraine, that has them all running around like headless chickens.

[@jgreg95]

Good info as always. The Avata is a fun little drone just takes some getting used to. The hover in place is an option, the other option is return to home which I would think you’d definitely want to select when flying over water just in case of any errors. The goggles are nice but maybe not for everyone judging from some of the feedback but hey we have options and competition that is a good thing for everyone. The hand controller, again not for everyone but you can have a little fun with it if you keep an open mind.

[@bertbeinaaf8314]

My wild guess is that there ar far more analog users than one would guess when watching all the drone/fpv Chanels….

[@kilo_kilo]

the Standard RID could get GPS coords from the startup location of the drone. The whole thing is stupid and unenforceable.

[@xjet]

No, "Standard RID" must report the realtime position of the ground station which means that it needs GPS in that ground station. The broadcast RID modules can get by with just broadcasting the take-off/home point but Standard RID must accurately report the *actual* position of the operator at all times.

[@peteengard9966]

I can live without DJI.

[@Oldgreycowboy]

Woulda, shoulda, coulda maybe, kinda. Not sure. Thats the way the US gov has become.

[@Kevin-ib4gv]

It sounds like the FAA is giving manufacturers that are having supply issues with Remote ID until December to get up to speed, while others who don't have issues will be compelled to comply, hence the "we may not be enforcing" statement allowing the FAA to fine the ones capable of Remote ID yet not complying. As to the commercial operators forcing these changes of course they are. In the near future the air will be filled with commercial drones worth thousands of dollars doing all sorts of activities and accountability will be mandatory. No need for model aircraft or free style drones, according to you, neither of which have ever been a problem??? I'd debate that in a NY minute. Remote ID is here to stay in the US as well as other countries with even stricter rules (UK) so let's just get on with it and stop whining about it. Fly your aircraft safely and responsibly and you won't een know anything has changed after Sept 2023.

[@xjet]

Until go to to fly your little foam model of a piper cub down at the park and a solar flare means the GPS can't get a lock so it won't even arm. Or until you're safely flying your drone somewhere and someone comes up and mugs you for your smartphone, wallet and watch because they were able to use the Remote ID app to find out exactly where you were standing.

[@Kevin-ib4gv]

@@xjet The first GPS (NavStar) satellite was launched 44 years ago in 1978 and not a single solar flare issue, so rest assured your foamie won't implode anytime soon. Yes you're right about the muggings. Happens all the time at my local park and there appears to be a gang selling used drones on the black market.

[@bstearn1653]

Relax. Pilot location is where you switch on at. You can take off your tinfoil hat.

[@xjet]

Not true. In the case of Standard Remote ID, pilot location must be reported in realtime throughout the flight and simply reporting the start/home point is not acceptable according to the FAA's rule.

[@bstearn1653]

@@xjet This hobby gets more bizarre every day.

[@typxxilps]

Obvious that the walksnail avatar will work fine for you. It will be comliant with new zealand air and it does not like the welsh air that much as the EU air for what ever reason. It seems to be dark here too at least compared to dji. This is just an impression watching both goggles besides each other and only this footage in the goggles not the recordings. Would not get neither due to some issues in the new dji goggles not seen before * goggles hurt my nose * light get in the goggles * optics do not really work for me caused by the distance from my eyes to the optics * field of view is limited or poor cause I can not see the edges nor sharp and finally I do not like the whole nightmare about the compliants or the missing of that like compliance to current air units and the whole dji fleet from Mini 2 over Mini 3 to Mavic 3 and Air 2s So I guess I will not invest this whole year in a dji product after I had bought every dji drone since 2016.

[@waverlyorman7838]

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[@sullytrny]

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