Split-S with Skitzo - Trick Series

The Rotor Riot Trick Series continues! Skitzo makes his Rotor Riot debut as he walks through how to do a "Split-S", or "S-Turn".
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-Pilots / Hosts
Jonathan Davis [Skitzo FPV] / @skitzofpv
Tommy Tibajia [UmmaGawd] / ummagawd
Steele Davis [Mr Steele] / mrsteeledavis
Chad Nowak [FinalGlideAUS] / finalglideaus
Kevin Dougherty [StingersSwarm] / stingersswarm
Carlos Puertolas [Charpu] / charpufpv
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Production Team
Chad Kapper - Executive Producer
Tommy Tibajia - Camera / Producer
Christian Kapper - Editor
MUSIC:
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By: Brightside Studio
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[@kevinhall8949]

Poor StingersSwarm spent the entire segment hugging that tree, getting nearly beheaded by Skitzo's quad over and over, and only 2 seconds of the footage made it in! LOVE these Trick Series videos! More more more!

[@RotorRiot]

One tomorrow, and one Tuesday too!.. you'll want to tune in for that one ;)

[@JeromeDemers]

great video series, short and sweet! Can't wait to see the rest. Like Mr. Steele once said, if you keep changing your gear on your quad (motors, esc, firmware, etc), you will have a hard time to master it, exceptionally the throttle control!

[@RotorRiot]

Wise words that kid!

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture7385]

Jerome Demers don't read my channel name

[@ThePromptWizard2023]

This is really what people want, trick tuts! PLEASE keep this series going, and get to some harder tricks like rondo rolls and flying backwards, you all ROCK!

[@RotorRiot]

More are coming!

[@lukefpv1745]

Love this idea guys and can't wait for the full series..

[@SkitzoFPV]

Charlo!! Epic experience! Hope to fly with you guys some more :)

[@ummagawdFPV]

i hope so too

[@ThePbstar224]

Awesome video guys! Thanks for taking the time to show us new tricks in detail.

[@ummagawdFPV]

thanks for watching

[@Nick-xe2hu]

This is PERFECT. Keep these coming.

[@originaljayno]

Awesome series. I look forward to the next one.

[@QuadView]

This is a truly sweet move. Keep the tips coming!!!

[@Greyspacealien]

These are awesome love to see your take on the tricks.

[@punkoutnz]

He video idea! Even sometimes you've done these tricks without thinking of the science or process behind them, breaking it down can help you improve them. Cheers for all the great work you guys do.

[@ummagawdFPV]

thanks

[@vallenthorpe6495]

This series is so helpful

[@christophschneider3260]

These series are awesome!

[@YHWH683]

Really enjoy these quick informative segments. Keep them coming. GG

[@ummagawdFPV]

cool!

[@villalji]

Great episode, great series! Keep the great work!

[@ummagawdFPV]

thanks!

[@AndrewB416]

High Five. So nice!

[@Diamondautosounds]

You guys are great i really enjoy you videos. Keep up the good work.

[@Borrdrc]

MORE PLEASE!

[@phildawe7172]

excellent!! been wanting to get this awesome move honed. cheers

[@ummagawdFPV]

hope it helped!

[@phildawe7172]

ummagawd yep, really liking the series :)

[@cgreen4life]

I haven't seen anyone hold the sticks like that before. Its almost like the pinch but a little different. Great video, totally dig this.

[@akserc]

Thanks! More like this!! :D

[@Jacey2001]

dang i keep forgetting to hit like, done! thanks guys for your awesome never ending tips. great series, i hope you get into some more in depth maneuvering

[@Politicallyhomeless957]

These videos are so valuable to me as I am now getting into Freestyle Quads. Thank you John and his brother whoever that is. 😂

[@invisibleaznDJ]

u guys are da best. SLAP HANDS SLAP HANDS!!!!

[@michealwithington]

Awesome, Thanks for passing on the knowledge. I've been building and flying for three years and more recently flying FPV on my mini qwads and I find the stick video with the FPV footage to be a big help.

[@ummagawdFPV]

glad it helps

[@element115fpv9]

Great video thanks....

[@RotorRiot]

You are welcome.

[@gurcansevim7998]

yesss nice i need more Tricks thanks

[@RotorRiot]

More coming!

[@b00bsFPV]

love the zoidberg stick cam.

[@gubiganguly5242]

Great videos guys👌 U should do more of these

[@RotorRiot]

We will! Come back tomorrow :)

[@mcmusterd]

Do more of these!

[@HiFliteFPV]

my hero

[@rarespaul9503]

omg that was amazing I realli enjoied this episode

[@ummagawdFPV]

awesome

[@mikeverch8201]

Awesome tutorial. Mike from Canada

[@Tvpc1971]

I just started freestyle flight after mostly racing my quads for about 2 years and Im loving it. Im doing most of my freestyle maneuvers high in the air before I feel comfortable enough to freestyle low to the ground and near trees. Thats not to say I havent already attempted this by doing a powerloop near my pinetrees and my fun almost ended abruptly :)

[@ummagawdFPV]

we have a powerloop one coming up very soon :)

[@Tvpc1971]

ummagawd Roger that, watched that one yesterday :) Glad your quad survived! I understand because my quads are like my pets. One of my favorite things to do right now is to get the quad way high in the air, do a 180 roll into inverted, cut the motors and freefall for a few seconds. Theres just something I love about that right now.

[@messionice]

My favorite trick :)

[@EricKonasty]

Nice video guys!

[@glennvho]

Where is Charpu? It's been a long time since I saw him in a video. I really miss that guy. Because of his cool vids I started flying miniquads.

[@GroFPV]

Charpu seems that had been really busy doing his first DreamWork movie as Head of animation, The Boss Baby! You can follow him on facebook as Carlos Fernandez Puertolas, Hope he come back soon!

[@7427665]

keep us showing some manouvers ! Thank you !

[@SoCalRider28]

Funny you guys posted this, I've been practicing exactly this these last few days haha I'll upload an Instagram video of a crash where I just hit the floor on the way down, then another where I had a leaf smack me and get stuck on the camera doing the same thing hahaha XD I'll tag you guys if you have an instagram!

[@icemanxpe]

it's about time you got Skitzo on one of the videos. Would've loved a longer video though regardless of the topic

[@zippy441]

Best split s how to I've seen !! 5 *

[@thorstenlotto5320]

Diving Buildings would be sick!

[@theblackrabb1t]

More Skitzo!

[@Seaweedaids]

More Skitzo please!

[@darthwoopv573]

Good stuff guys. I'll definitely try that with Realacc x210 that is arriving this week🙌

[@ummagawdFPV]

good luck!

[@hisufpveucguy8253]

Nice video I like it

[@fiendee1pv91]

Sweetish!!! I was wondering what that maneuver was called!! Tanks Davises...

[@Claymore_83]

I want "Cheese Sandwich With Skitzo - Food Prep Series" next please!

[@3DMOFO2020]

Great that's cool to see Skitzo/John has joined the crew or will this be a one time deal? Very helpful video thanks John

[@ummagawdFPV]

i hope its not a one time deal

[@3DMOFO2020]

Good question bro lol!

[@FPV-wi8fw]

yeeeaaah spektrum!

[@CharpuART]

Hey Sharlos is here!!! :D

[@WackFPV]

Charpool!

[@hacktillwedie]

Master Skitzo

[@adamkelly6264]

nice

[@andrewnye9402]

Love it. More tricks please !! (Why was the hero footage weird colours ?)

[@rtcfpv1012]

Nice tutorial. Thanks for the video. What should be the pid, rates, and expo settings to do that kind of maneuver?

[@kusonsin]

Awesome! twas abit hard to see Skitzo's gimbal controls (fingers were hiding the sticks!) but with abit of time it was ok :)

[@emptysoul13]

Awesome episode! Look forward to seeing more from the Trick series with Flight Instructor Skitzo! :-) What do you guys think about buddy boxing with a noob and showing em how it's done in a future episode from the trick series? Although I'm guessing that this series is probably aimed more at advanced pilots rather than new pilots. Could at the very least be entertaining I suppose. :-) There is a particular tree I hope to pull off this maneuver with someday. :-)

[@phyenthesky430]

Hahahaha @stingerswarm "he's ready for prep school"😂

[@Politicallyhomeless957]

Bring back Skitzoooooooo!!!! 😤

[@paucliment9280]

pleaaaaase next zigzag turns. Liked this episode

[@TomWillow]

I miss Charloss! Awesome guy

[@xXAddictedMiner64Xx]

oh what, didn't even realize this was just uploaded, thought this was an old video

[@824Icebox]

same

[@SirBenG123]

Need more video uploads!!

[@TheMadmacs]

oops i forget to ask... i mentioned this to rcaddict earlier too, its really hard to see stick inputs from a camera, joshua did a tutorial on using blackbox data to put stick inputs onscreen which really helps a lot to see subtle stick inputs.

[@MirkoFPV]

I love the trick series, more please. Which frame is?

[@ummagawdFPV]

skitzo was flying his skitzo frame

[@LeviMaston]

Oh man, where were you 4 months ago when I was trying to figure these out?! Thanks for the video, love the tips! Is it me, or have I been hearing so many quads lately that have those oscillations and twitches? Our local group has had a heck of a time with mid-throttle oscillations, and general twitching too. Maybe Blheli_S isn't where it should be?

[@jesseparbhu6125]

Learning in 2023 and this is harder than it looks

[@rotorvillage]

One of my favourite maneuvers, while hanging inverted as long as possible! So what is the "official" Rotor Riot crew currently?

[@adamvaughan123]

Yo I've been doing this for a while! I didn't know

[@stuartbailey1632]

As this is aimed at newer pilots, you should probably have mentioned that "Airmode" needs to be enabled in order for the PID loop to still be active when at zero throttle. Good video though, intrigued about what you have coming later this week.

[@ummagawdFPV]

good point.... we should probably take the time to explain that more.

[@rook-tv]

More Skitzo videos.

[@DashzRight]

So before starting the maneuver, you really give a little push to the pitch to nose down the quad and then keep rolling right?

[@thatisjake]

Using this for tricks in scrap mechanic (vehicle builder)

[@MyNinjaKittyLive]

I would kinda like to see another crash test video on a SpaceOne 220x frame.

[@pierretharreau4862]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES Finally XD

[@ummagawdFPV]

finally! (there's going to be another tomorrow ) :)

[@pierretharreau4862]

take my babies, TAKE THEM ALL

[@TheMadmacs]

do you think there will ever be a dedicated quad tx, and have any of the team tried the turnigy evolution yet? the taranis looks like its been translated very badly from klingon slang...

[@jmanjman4427]

What type of receiver are you using with the dx9 in the video

[@timothyplumley36]

Mr. Steele always looks stoned

[@briglnai]

Great Vid, where can I get that GoPro Session-Mount?

[@RotorRiot]

The guys usually just make them out of foam. But these are good if you want something a bit more refined... shop.hovership.com/camera-sled/

[@jeffwarhawk517]

I noticed skitzo is using a spektrum DX9 what kind of receiver you are using ? Keep up these awesome videos.

[@CrysisPointman]

Curious to know that myself since I use Spektrum and don't wanna switch over to Frsky

[@dadcontent]

Jeff Warhawk checkout the spektrum diversity sats

[@schmudge]

So they ARE brothers. confirmed!

[@ummagawdFPV]

yes... yes they are!

[@Drunken_Hamster]

What about a speed-S? Basically, this with near constant throttle so you do it really quickly and violently.

[@vrono123x]

fiiinally skitzo

[@SkitzoFPV]

weeeeee! :)

[@trinco]

SharLoSsssss!

[@ummagawdFPV]

that guy....

[@madbassmassacre]

You guys should come visit the UAS students out here at Kansas State ;) hint hint

[@fyresg]

Was he using the *elevator stick to pitch up as he exited the split-S*? The transmiter view doesn't show he did, but the video showed that.

[@jdm724]

Fyre SG the should do a BB stick overlay.. Cant be only throt and roll

[@n.deacon8208]

That's actually a reverse half cuban. Split S is from horizontal, Half Cuban has a 45 degree upline on entry.

[@XxcuponkbrozxX]

What drone is he using?

[@wardope]

always dress up. never down !

[@ummagawdFPV]

agreed

[@sleepy-if7iz]

more shows another good thing from CHAD KAPPER

[@mikesaskwolf8954]

First I thought he wears Lederhosen, but it was actually only the chest mount of the GoPro 😂

[@CMY55S]

Awesome guys!!! But bring back Charpu!

[@ummagawdFPV]

working on it

[@timbell8208]

love the trick series!!!! just fyi stick cam with someone who pinches is almost pointless you really can't see what's going on.

[@Ozem_Israel]

how come skitzo hasn't appeared on RR before now? Or is that confidential information?

[@Maxisokol]

How do you make sure your quad is controllable at 0 throttle? I thought it was all about having the "motor stop" feature disabled in Cleanflight, but there are also some tricks with keeping the PID loop running and idle switches and stuff... Could you explain a bit more in a video perhaps? Cause 90% of the tricks won't work if you don't have this set up right.

[@ummagawdFPV]

motor stop doesn't keep gyro's active. "Airmode" as some FC's call it does... as does setting up an idle switch. We'll try to get into that a bit more on upcoming episodes

[@Rcdude10tc32]

I'm trying this in a flight simulator (FPV Freerider) and having difficulty doing this they way he did. It seems that after I do the initial roll, I have to pitch backwards to get the quad to level out. Is this a result of what you're talking about? In the video I don't see him do anything but pitch forward at the end of the roll. My guess is that the quads gyro is doing the pitch backwards for him because it want's to be level?

[@matthewyount7225]

You should do a video for people getting into fpv racing for the first time

[@Leonn_.]

ye

[@ummagawdFPV]

so what do you think are the questions that should be answered or laid out for a first timer?

[@Clif_Brown]

I'm just getting into it and got my beater quad, Eachine Wizard X220. Decent build to start with and cheap. Joined a local FPV club too, to meet others with more experience. Keep your Rotor Riot series going! My plan: Watch KZbins, build, fly, crash, repeat many many times. I think the best tip, as mentioned above, use the same gear all the time to learn and get decent with it, and to learn how to fix it. I've hammered my quad down many times so far and now it's jittery in hover, so I have some work to do figuring out if it's vibes (from many sources) and/or FC needs recal, oh the fun. Glad all you gurus are there to give good advice, and Joshua B to get all scientific, which helps too. I'm an older guy, like Mr Steele's dad's age, but I want to learn how to do this fun stuff with half the reflex speed of the young-guns!

[@matthewyount7225]

@ummagawd Good beginner fpv quadcopter? The best googles to use? What receiver should you use? What radio to use and why? How to learn the basic of fpv flying?

[@Leonn_.]

3 or 4s

[@patedwards6968]

Hey RR, I'm still hazy on the different modes, can you explore them in more detail please. I'm nervous about switching to Horizon!!

[@florianvanderharten7281]

Pat Edwards Horizon is just like the name says, it levels the quad. Whatever you're coming out of, it can't be any easier to control your quad. Acro mode however is the difficult mode, but I would suggest switching to it after you get some experience, because acro allows you to do these moves and fly smoot. Acro is a steep learning curve but a rewarding one ; ) As for angle and rate, they're all kind of variants of horizon. Angle is horizon but extremely limited in terms of turning speed. It will automatically hover if you take your hands off the radio. Rate is the same as acro. Horizon is a mix, which means it stabilizes but it allows for flips. I suggest you get into rate/acro as soon as you can : )

[@patedwards6968]

Thank you! I'm Flying in "Air" mode at the moment but really am interested in learning some basic tricks at this stage, wish me luck!

[@florianvanderharten7281]

Yea, I am wishing you luck, but I hope you're aware of the fact that airmode is already the most difficult one out there? I would suggest staying on it if you're already getting comfortable with it though, it allows for the coolest moves. If your airmode is the same as my airmode, you should have full control at 0 throttle and acro maneuvers. If not, then ignore what I said... : )

[@AiroFpv]

do the rando roll next!

[@ummagawdFPV]

noted!

[@AiroFpv]

heeeeyyyyy Tommy! when's your next edit homie!? and get charpu out! we miss you guys!

[@ummagawdFPV]

been busy with rotor riot, not enough time for my own channel... but i'll try and get stuff up!

[@AiroFpv]

thanks man, keep up the good work homie! maybe a South florida trip would be sweet!

[@ken-kamm]

Seems like pretty high rates. A fast roll to inverted seems like it requires only about 1/8 of full stick!

[@ummagawdFPV]

yea he's running very high rates... rates are personal preference though

[@ken-kamm]

ummagawd Understood. Just amazed at the smooth control with such tiny stick movements!

[@tma450]

Skitzo's grip tho

[@SkitzoFPV]

Velociraptor grip