Runcam Split Nano / decent 1080p HD recording for micro drones

[@stevemann6082]

cloudy in the uk! the only reason i watch your video's is to remind me what the sun looks like.

[@damonbfpv]

you and me both ,everyday this week ive got up to go flying its been pissing it down lol

[@flighttherapybullisticfpv133]

-24C and 4 hours of daylight. Yukon lol

[@Idefix70]

Seeing real content as what I would see in my googles is way closer to reality then polished footage of an external camera! Please post more like this

[@BGUFF]

Yayyyy my KZbin video of the HX115 HD was visually featured in your video 😉 😉 😘

[@IanF-FPV]

"The perfect be the enemy of the good"....classic. Well I learned something today JB the Gwadddd.

[@sganzerlag]

Put a Runcam Split 3 Micro on a FlexRC Ascent 4 inch frame. The hd footage with WDR turned off is excellent, IMO. The end result is super compact, makes little noise, flies for over 10 minutes of cruising, records beautiful HD and has an AUW of only 224 grams (including a 3s 1000mah lipo). Am really happy with the results.

[@jackdaniels7913]

Runcam is my go to cam company for a reason and will be for years to come as it stands... there are cheaper options but they seem to come with a cheaper experience I fly crossfire for a reason over R9 and if you do to you probably get what I'm saying you pay for what you get . . . 🍻cheers🥃

[@MegaBitmap]

I've been using a rc split micro 3 after loosing a session4 and no longer see the point of a gopro. the image quality you can get out of just 14g of camera is amazing.

[@IanBeaty]

I am grateful for any helpful knowledge and it is good to know that this is a great camera. Thanks for the video!

[@propsoff]

Glad you did put it out there... Going to probably go Amazon.. Of course I'll use your link...👍🏻🍻👊🏻

[@Politicallyhomeless957]

I like it 👍 RunCam has always been my go to camera of choice. Good to see they are still pushing innovation

[@weirdcan]

Sounds like a great thing for a long range sub250 drone. I definitely will give it a try, maybe today's cams are even better.

[@Hoggdoc1946]

Pretty amazing especially for the price. Thanks for sharing...

[@FerralVideo]

Fun fact, there's a Split compatible with DJI Caddx Vista! These Runcam Splits were just coming out back when I last flew FPV and I was really excited for them. I'm sad that they've fallen by the wayside in the modern era. They're an excellent way to save weight, especially on constrained builds targeting sub250g, since modern GoPros require substantial modification to bring their weight down. Came to watch this to see if I want to install the Nano into a 4" LR to get HD recording while staying below 250g.

[@lavitesse7353]

Hi Can u test the runcam Split 3 micro please because there is not a lot of test on it...

[@wiccanfpv]

For what it is thats amazing footage,i am buying one now

[@CatzRuleZWorld]

The whoop sensor is the same as the 20x20 version's sensor. I have one and I hated the narrow FOV while flying but I found a lens that fixed it.

[@bishopvick6373]

which lens fixed it?

[@HetsAndTails]

Runcam split 3 Nano or caddx baby turtle? Which one should I get on my HX 115 HD?

[@RADERFPV]

Completely unrelated... I've never had a real interest in 3d printing until you started messing around with them and sharing your experiences so far. Now I feel I like I need one for some reason, and I barely even use TPU stuff on my quads! Damn you Joshua, now I have all these open tabs for Ender 3 upgrades and slicer settings, and I don't even own one yet! Oh man, down the rabbit hole I go with another costly hobby that I'll probably fall madly in love with. My wallet does not thank you sir, but I do.

[@WrongWayFPV]

I got my ender 3 pro last year to just print tpu for my quads. Once you get it, you realize how useful it is for stuff just around the house. I've fixed my dishwasher, refrigerator, and countless other things, all with my printer. You can't enter one room in my house where there's not a 3d printed part lol.

[@RADERFPV]

@@WrongWayFPV - That's awesome, I'm seeing a lot of that out there. Doorstops, pen holders, outlet covers, all kinds of goodness. The Ender 3 Pro is the exact one I'm really considering. Banggood USA has them on the cheap right now, but the shipping... :( About the same price on Amazon. I'm really tempted, that's for sure. Just doing some more research first. Let me ask you this please? If you could do it all over again, knowing what you know now, would you recommend I start with Ender 3 Pro, or do you recommend something else? My main interest is quad goodies for sure, but will likely branch out a bit you like you have. Thanks WrongWay! :)

[@WrongWayFPV]

@@RADERFPV if I had to do it over, I'd still get the ender 3.. Is just a great reliable printer. If you decide to go with the ender 3 pro, let me know, I have a cura profile that prints tpu and pla flawlessly. The only changes you have to make are the speeds at which it prints. Pla=50mm TPU= 20mm

[@licensetodrive9930]

I bought my 3D printer initially to make custom camera mounts for quads, with the knowledge I could find much more uses for it, fun and practical purposes, such as this design i created which helps me with soldering: thingiverse.com/thing:3270453 and judging by the download count it's helping many others too :)

[@RADERFPV]

@@licensetodrive9930 That's really clever, a solder solution in a tic-tac box, lol! I like it, thanks for sharing.

[@Prop-A]

Thank you for the review. Looks damn good tbh, for what it is, and how small it is. The micro HD fpv cameras, will get better, no doubt.

[@kath011]

Thanks for making this video. Very helpful.

[@MaxBeamer]

I dunno how u manage to make so many videos but thank you!

[@eliwhite7104]

Hey! I know this is an old video but im looking for a helpful reply or two. I just got into FPV this month, I got a tiny hawk 3 rtf kit. I just got the guts to fly it outside and I love flying outdoors now, but the power to weight and lesser power on the 1s is not enough for me for outdoors. I’m thinking about getting a TH2 freestyle, which runs on 2s but is still small, and I can use the 1s batteries for both of my quads, but I’m not happy with the recording quality, and I’d like to make atleast watchable videos. So im thinking about building a 2.5 inch drone with 2s and this camera on it, for the onboard recording. I’m doing research and running into a few problems, I’ve never seen a 2.5 inch frame that has room for the split design of this camera. Second problem is I’m unsure what flight controller to get to support this and 2s since I’ve never seen a 2s drone run this camera. Appreciate any help I can get :)

[@AlexDaviesXD]

I too think the fatshark DVR isnt doing it any favours. Mines perfectly clear and sometimes the DVR doesn't match up to what I see And I believe the whoops size board is used on the HX 115 HD too

[@tylerreed5132]

Hello. I know this question is not about this video, but, I have searched and found nothing. I used your Betaflight install tutorial and the only comport showing up is Com1. I have tried different different USB cables but still nothing, I have also re-installed Betaflight and the Drivers 2 times and still nothing. I have also tried the Zadig drivers and the Impulse RC Driver fixer and nothing has worked. I have a Fly Color Omnibus F4 board. I am trying to install betalfight because I want to use my Radiolink AT9s in a simulator. I just need help with the port not showing up. Any help would be appreciated.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Do you hear any sound when you plug in the FC? Do you see the FC light up? This would indicate that the computer is "seeing" the FC at all.

[@tylerreed5132]

Yes I do. The board lights up and starts blinking.

[@hateeternalmaver]

Yeah the tiny-whoop sized ones... I want that! ;-) Thanks for the review, Joshua.

[@retal052]

The Caddx Baby Turtle has very similar performance, I bought one for my custom BetaFPV 85x build. Great little camera, just needed to mess with the default settings to get rid of the horrible sharpening it comes with.

[@TheMadmacs]

i'm a big fan of the runcam 2 full size, i even really liked the fpv feed which i only abandoned for the micro eagle and caddx ratel, i'm not sure which nano sized split type cam i'd choose, they all look pretty good. ps. these type of cams on dull days have a small window were they crap out, little darker they come back to life, little brighter they come back to life

[@MCsCreations]

Awesome flying and review, Joshua! 😃 Those nano HD cameras really surprised me! I have the Baby Turtles and saw lots of videos of the RunCam as well and they seem much better than their bigger brothers! 😃 There's a model from Hawkeye that records in 4k as well, with only one lens, and the footage is beautiful! The only problem is the latency that is much worse. 😕

[@ChrisParayno]

Hey Josh, do you know of a way to embed the flight controller gyro data into the hd footage right off the drone? I know of black box and gyroflo, but those are extra steps. As always, great job and great info. Thanks.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Nope. Those are the way to do it.

[@wiccanfpv]

I seen alot of shacking so if its good enough that you can use the video to tune with thats awsome.great camera

[@stevefox3763]

Cloudy here in the UK is an understatement, after amazing summer we have been plunged Into non stop driving tain and gale force winds! the weather has been relentless for the last two months solidly and I've managed to fly just once in weeks and weeks :(

[@licensetodrive9930]

I've managed a few days of flying since the winter hit, but nothing like the amount of flying during summer. This was a few days ago, I'd installed a RunCam Racer Nano in my Emax Hawk 5 and it really helps at this time of the year: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKi1ppaFo6aaqqM "RunCam Racer Nano in low winter sun" Unlisted because I don't like how grainy the image is, partly due to the horrible rainbow artifacts of NTSC, next time I might try setting it to PAL to see if the picture is cleaner.

[@stevefox3763]

@@licensetodrive9930 the rivers here are starting to burst thier banks, it has been non stop and uts driving me nuts! I've had a new flying site fir a couple of weeks but u still haven't managed to fly from it yet :(

[@krishavshah2369]

Which sd card would you recommend for the mobula 6 hd

[@Acestrex]

I sure love mine!!

[@djmatthewhiggins1951]

I just watched your previous reviews of Velocidrone vs real life and Drl sim review (just by accident,it just poped out on yt from nowhere), and i'm curious, can you by any chance get an early copy of DCL game and do a review before it arrives to market on January 28th? Would be interesting to know is it worth 30 bucks...

[@flyfly3724]

If u fly have fun

[@mazaispiileens]

About the audio on Splits! I have split 2 and at first the audio was good (not great, but nice, I have a raw video in channel). Then some time later, I upgraded the firmware of the split and the audio got just like in your video. Also tested with a friends Split 2s, same deal. Downgraded the FW, good audio again. Upgraded the FW again, and crappy audio once more. Talked to runcam, they did not give any ETA on a FW fix. "we will give a message to the techicians" So yeah...

[@adampinkerton8091]

Great overview mate, just had a brand new caddx V2 replaced that was glitching out also found fpv feed very poor. The new 1 is still shit feed. I have La Forge receivers in Fatshark Hdo's and guy in Fpv store said his had trouble with split Hd with La Forge. Have you or anyone heard of this. Might have to change to the Runcam. Anyway that's me from the past😆 Cheers 🍻

[@z1dan675]

wta. why my runcam nano stuck on runcam logo?

[@trigatupp]

To bad you didn’t use your DJI dvr to record since recording is better then powerplay. Orca or Fatshark. Love these Runcam hd for what they do. I had the 1st one and it was a tank also never seen all the latency a lot of reviews gave it.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

This was recorded a long time back. The updated DJI DVR wasn't available then.

[@williamandersen6484]

I've got this in my Mobula 6HD. How do you change the date info on the SD card? it seems to be a random date and I don't see any way to change it.

[@Lizlodude]

You can't unfortunately, this is the case for most of the split and hybrid cameras, and DVRs. Since they don't have their own battery, they don't know what the date is, so they either use some stock value (2013 anyone?) or just pick a random date.

[@williamandersen6484]

@@Lizlodude Thanks...

[@Axiomatic75]

I've been wondering, why not use the camera found in todays high-end phones and make a micro action cam?

[@AponeFPV]

Yep clouds everywhere looks just like the UK to me

[@manormakumari7590]

Can it take photos

[@numbskullfpv3656]

cool vid .. ive got 2 of the whoop styles and they rock :)

[@MadMarcWinnipeg]

Have you tested the whoop edition yet ?

[@Casp3r.aka.Droid.]

When are you going to post the video when you were with Ken and flew the inspire and the DJI mavic Mini I'm subscribed to both of you

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Since the Mavic Mini is a new type of quad to me, the review is taking longer than usual. I want to make sure I do a good job on it :-)

[@licensetodrive9930]

I was about to ask about aspect ratio then I saw your FPV over HD overlay, I want a micro HD camera that records full 4:3. The Tarsier's two lenses are perfectly aligned (at least on my v1), the 16:9 HD recording is centered to the 4:3 FPV camera, but its 4:3 HD recording is off center :( and they still haven't addressed this through a firmware update, I don't think Caddx give a crap about fixing their products after they're released :(

[@seattleitefpv]

What do you mean by off center? Can't you move it N pixels in postprocessing, since you need to postprocess the video anyway?

[@nonplayercharacter9653]

Very well done review

[@timmytfpv7316]

Could this be put into tinyhawk freestyle ?

[@locoworks8179]

What are the specs differences between the caddx tarsier V1 and V2, i cant find any comparrison charts

[@monsieur7246]

V2 has a larger fov (fpv lens)

[@tobotfpv690]

Is there a lens replacement that would make the fpv view larger than 4:3?

[@woopweep9605]

TOBOTfpv nope, the lens is proprietary. They made the threads super small so that no other lenses will fit.

[@MrIndyjonescj]

Hey Joshua, Great channel. Can you talk to Fatshark and let them know that there is a whole open market for plus sized diopters. All of the diopters on the market for Fatshark goggles is minus sizes -2,-4,-6. I have seen forums where there are many people who have to alter, rig, hillbilly engineer the lenses to be able to use them. Fatshark would probably sell a bunch more goggles if they had Plus diopters. Its the ONLY reason I cannot enjoy Fatshark products. I would definitely purchase some Fatsharks if I could see the image. Thanks for all you can do in advance. Merry Christmas!

[@machinezen9785]

Have you ever got the un Auth message?

[@locoworks8179]

do these little cams have any stabilization options built in?

[@JoshuaBardwell]

The runcam doesn't have stabilization but the Caddx Tarsier does.

[@locoworks8179]

@@JoshuaBardwell thank you.

[@wwsfpv5116]

Can you swap out for a wider angle lens ?

[@woopweep9605]

Wormwood Scrubs FPV Group nope

[@wiccanfpv]

What about the laytency in these all in ones there seems to be to much laytency and you didnt address this any.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Latency was not an issue. I discussed this in the BetaFPV review but if it had been an issue I would have mentioned it.

[@guarf]

anyone knows how to change date/time?

[@gabgabgabgab]

Im dreaming if a REAL gopro killer split!!! !!!

[@M.TTT.]

the ones with 2 lens are close

[@OswaldBeef]

Hi again Josh , I've been watching your channel for years and thank you for all the bonus Info you only have provided. That extra 10% at the end of knowledge you provide....well, we all pay alot for that final 10% performance so I'm asking for your help concerning that specifically. I've a basically complete 2205/2600kv older lets say quad of V that flies. Can I just send you $100 cdn for a build flow chart request with like 10 pics and a video worth of my existing components?

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Email me [e-mail] and I'll try to help.

[@dazultra2000]

I've had one for a couple of months now. Easily better than my turtle. Both in FPV and HD. Really like it

[@RichMoore-tweakin7376]

Can anyone tell me how long the cable is? I want to know if it will reach the back of a regular 5".

[@FAMILYUNITmusic]

High end phones have beefy processors for those cameras.

[@RunCamFPV]

It's six cm.

[@RichMoore-tweakin7376]

@@RunCamFPV thankyou!!

[@admargodoy]

Nice review. But, flatcable sucks 😣

[@RunCamFPV]

Split 3 nano is with a more flexiable ribbon cable. shop.runcam.com/runcam-split-3-micro-and-split-3-nano/

[@Markusaur]

i wanna put one of these in a tinyhawk freestyle..

[@raffyturc]

hello. sky03o has better dvr than fatshart

[@ReeferNoob23]

But i wanna enjoy the nice looking video now lol i would rather just use a good fpv cam and now hd or fly my 5 inchers with the gopro little drones i just fly for fun maybe show some dvr or better yet dji for hd all the time lol

[@MachineManGabb]

Ok

[@zoltangremsperger5361]

it's better than the Caddx

[@BGUFF]

Zoltan Gremsperger I personally think the CADDX produces a better HD image but this camera is a lot lighter so they both have their pros and cons

[@MCsCreations]

Actually the Baby Turtles is pretty comparable. Where I feel the Caddx wins is the FPV feed. Seems a bit better. (I have one in my Eachine Twig.)

[@BGUFF]

MC's Creations I was speaking of the full size CADDX Turtle that came out a while ago in the 85X HD

[@ZeroFPV]

I think the Baby Turtle is better. The only problem I have is that they don't like PAL. In Pal I'm getting only a monochrome FPV feed.

[@MCsCreations]

@@ZeroFPV That's weird. Mine is set to Pal and I have no problems. Try changing it from 50hz to 60hz.