BEST FPV Head Tracker

[@joshuas2716]

I made a DIY headtracker (based on the same open source project that Motionsic used). There are 3 things I would recommend to someone trying it out. 1) Keep part of the plane's fuselage in the camera's field of FOV. Many FPV pilots like to keep the camera view as unobstructed as possible when the camera is in a fixed position. But when the camera moves like this, it is easy (for me) to lose the exact orientation and not know if the camera is off-center without a visual frame of reference like the fuselage. 2) On your transmitter have a switch dedicated to override any inputs related to the camera position (from the headtracker or your transmitter's pots/sliders) and center the camera's servos. You want to be able to instantly set the camera to center if anything goes wrong. This has prevented me from having a bad crash. 3) Don't forget about your receiver's (or flight controller's) failsafe positions for the channels controlling the camera. If your control link enters failsafe, you probably want your camera's to center so you can see what is happening. If nothing else, it will help you see where your plane crashes at. :)

[@aw8388]

As an rc pilot of 50 years, and a full scale pilot of 25, I never even considered the getting lost aspect that new full scale pilots go through! Good catch. One of the early lessons you learn in pilot training is that the instructor distracts you as he's teaching you to get to know the airplane, then asks you to fly home. It sure looks different from up there! I think you just. Saved some people some money.

[@TailHeavyProductions]

It sure does! I do that same lesson with my full-scale students as well. Navigating isn't taught in RC so the arrow pointing to a home waypoint by way of an on-screen display would be a smart tool for a beginner with this set up. Thanks for watching!

[@afrog2666]

Situational awareness is key! :)

[@McStebb]

Hm... If you get lost in the RC, do you do the 4C's and contact the local ATC to find your RC plane? 😂😂😂😂

[@Krash_fpv]

I love how modestly Cody is mentioned....dude literally designed the bushmaster and is steady developing planes for one of the biggest companies in the hobby

[@yodecaf]

As in the Cody whose name is plastered on half the 3d planes we buy!?

[@Squid_Wizard70]

He also designed the turbo raven

[@Destructor429]

I built my head tracker out of a $20 Arduino and $5 in parts. Very easy to do. The radio set up was actually the hardest part! But FPV with head tracking is the way to go.

[@src2920]

A tutorial how to build it would be great

[@yourputer]

Pretty please send us some info explaining how we could this

[@abn0rmal]

Thirded.

[@detroit19531]

And I'm worried about buying one and trying to plug it up to my radio. Good job. Do you feel like sharing!?

[@yamilsacin5558]

A head tracker with wireless buddy box would be cool. I think I saw someone hacked a transmitter from a cheap PNP UMX radio and Arduino.

[@FarmerDrew]

OV-10 Bronco is an interesting aircraft. The Marines had trouble getting a heat lock on it with a stinger because of the massive amount of prop wash.

[@jeremiahjohnson3018]

Due to my late view this week, I haven't been waiting as long for this one. Fantastic as always.

[@furball5553]

another sweet post by TAIL HEAVY P & the gang 👍👍✌

[@pfluftfoto3188]

Thank you so much for this inspiring video. I had to get the Bronco right away and have now enjoyed a dozen of FPV flights with it. Best FPV platform ever 😊

[@TailHeavyProductions]

That's awesome! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@maxun1]

16 of my planes have that since 2 years ago. My favorite is my freewing Mig29, SU30, AND E-FLITE 90MM VIPER.

[@jlester42]

I built the exact same unit from scratch myself (No blutooth). Since then, I've purchased two of these. They are great !

[@ceasarslife7535]

where to purchases from

[@longbowshooter5291]

Being old enough to remember when the transmitters was a box about 3 feet square with a big antennae sticking on top, the control stick was an on/off button connected to the transmitter, you had one channel and the rudder would alternate between full left and full right each time you pressed and released the button. The planes were, basically, set up as free flight, and you turned them with the rudder, if you needed to make two left turns, you would press and hold the button (if "left" was the next command) to make the turn, then you'd blip it quickly to get the "right" turn signal passed so you could make the next left turn again. The rudder was driven by a rubber band escapement in place of servo motors. Saw models fly off because the rubber band broke, losing rudder control. Today you can fly one like you're sitting in the pilot's seat.

[@FlightheroRC]

This is awesome. Bringing Fpv to mainstream is the way of the future.

[@motionsic]

The same plane can be flown both conventionally LOS and FPV has great appeal!

[@redwineisfine]

Been using this system for a while on my AeroScout... nothing but amazing fun.. Waiting for another pilot to place a ribbon on their tail for basic combat Robert from motionsic and his friends at blackstar have some great videos on their site... robert is amazingly dedicated and will help if needed... he is absolutely amazingly awesome Great video guys...

[@motionsic]

Thank you for your enthusiastic support!

[@williamhammond3998]

This video is great! Definitely got me even more interested in fpv flying. However a more in depth video showing how you guys put all this together would be even better.

[@motionsic]

We will be doing a tutorial for beginners at the Motionsic channel soon, if Zach doesn’t beat us to it😉

[@MrPyriusfire]

Your narration really reminds me of Warren Miller Ski videos, loved it.

[@butterflyfpv]

Nice Video as always! So nice to watch your channel grow😃

[@dokkiro]

Is there a good reason why they couldn't make that stereoscopic 3D with two cameras?

[@BallBusta]

RC flying never interested me, but actually being in the POV while flying is badass.

[@vitale6633]

I too have the Motionsic FPV setup on my AeroScout - using DJI FPV googles. Makes a perfect FPV trainer. Highly recommend the Motionsic setup !!!

[@motionsic]

Thank you for the endorsement😊

[@666gato]

@@motionsicjust ordered mine seconds ago . we intend to put it in a turbine jet .

[@motionsic]

@@666gato Oooh, which Jet? I am curious.

[@motionsic]

@@666gato Thanks for your support! Please do share your video when you have it.

[@666gato]

@@motionsic have not nailed it down yet. It's between a mb339 and a eurofighter typhoon. The typhoon will be a cool factor but the mb339 is a lot more forgiving to fly .

[@alistairmurray626]

I have a challenge for you! Do exactly what you just did in this vid but instead of using the hand remote to fly the plane, use a mock cockpit like they use in flight sims etc . Would be so cool to fly like you were using the instruments in a real plane, and you could also simulate the feeling of turns and pitching etc

[@blancolirio]

Good job explaining how to get this all together!

[@TailHeavyProductions]

Thanks! Let’s jam together again soon, Juan. 🎹 🎸 -Zach

[@afrog2666]

5:12 "we have workage" 😂

[@Chazz155511]

I've been doing fpv with dji's equipment recently. While the video link reliability and quality is fantastic, a number of OSD elements don't work unfortunately. Radio link quality being one of them making it difficult to know when you're going to actually fail safe. The heading indicator also doesn't work. You can root the goggles so you can get the full OSD but that requires a fair bit of hacking around.

[@garretpickens5745]

You can get all the OSD elements if you’re using a flight controller and flash WTFOS on your DJI stuff

[@abn0rmal]

This seems so damn cool, and I want it even though I don't even know how to fly yet.I also think the tech could get better for range and such. But, it seems a little to complicated for me, and I would love a in depth video with a shopping list for a full setup, and an in depth "how to" video detailing every step. Nice video, once again!

[@garyw8530]

You should do a video on installing and setting up a head tracking system. I know I would love to combine my DJI FPV headset with all my old RC planes

[@_Ricky_00]

Noice vid idea!

[@skythedoggo9685]

Can you do a review on the new twin timber without propstrike…

[@user-rx8qq8sk9ydv1ce5ib]

Thanks,, any idea what is the range of the head tracker and the dji air unit? Please also put a link for an ERLS and a flight controller that would work with radiomaster TX16S (and Spketrum NX if possible). Thanks

[@samuelvega8978]

One love your Chanel. Two I have a question for you . I’m 14 and me and my grandpa went rc flying for about 3 hours it was fun but I use his 30 year old spectrum radio and all my different planes are on it. Ok now to the point, it won’t Change models anymore and it’s just real old so what’s your recommendation for a like 6 channel multi plane radio.

[@TailHeavyProductions]

Thanks, Samuel! I’d take a look at the NX6.

[@samuelvega8978]

Thanks man but that’s a bit too many pesos. Good news tho I got some 10$ electric cleaner and as long as I slam the button down with a sledge hammer it works. Not convenient but hey. What works works.

[@ChrisFeige]

I have watched Robert’s videos and it got me interested. I purchased his head tracker and gimbal and installed. The problem I am having is I can pan but not tilt. I see in my servo monitor screen the servo moving but the camera does not go up or down. Haven’t flown FPV yet and figure I could being able to look L and R. Any suggestions for the setup to correct this in Spektrum NX8???

[@caffeinecreature]

If you switch to the ExpressLRS control link you can easily give yourself multiple miles worth of range. I was surprised to hear warnings about range and penetration in 2023 when a tiny palm-sized quadcopter I built on my kitchen table last year has at least 5km of range which is only limited by the relatively low-powered 350mW VTX and a small battery. There are even PWM receivers for it so you don't necessarily need a flight controller.

[@fastphoton3912]

Wow thats so awesome, scale fying in your backyard 😆

[@physicsbystanprisajny6284]

Equals an x wing thermal dynamix propeller to spin from the vacume

[@rickybobby5153]

This would be a dream come true for me. Piloting RC planes normally looks really hard and piloting a real plane is scary 😂 as a gamer I’ve always dreamt of something like this.

[@ATCDave1]

Great video fellas! For anyone wanting to dip a toe into airplane FPV, I suggest checking out Twisted Hobbys Proxy (aka Crack Vision) with a fixed integrated FPV camera. It is a blast to fly on the goggles, and easy too because of the lighter wing loading. It's fully aerobatic and can be flown in tighter areas.

[@getinthespace7715]

Very cool. This is just going to keep getting better.

[@Stephens_RC]

Hey I have a question? What cord do I need to connect the fpv head tracker to the goggles and transmitter??

[@MarcDunivan]

Have you done any videos replacing the traditional radio transmitter-controller ( e.g. Radiomaster TX16S ) sticks with more realistic controls like Thrustmaster TPR rudder pedals, Thrustmaster flight stick, and Thrustmaster throttle?

[@TailHeavyProductions]

Nope! Flite Test has a great video doing something similar with FPV as well.

[@MarcDunivan]

@@TailHeavyProductions Bummer! Please consider it. I hope that one day quadcopter racing leagues (DCL and DRL) would switch to separate stick [right hand], rudder [feet], and throttle [left hand] controls...like the flight simulator game players have done already.

[@darkwingfpv]

Cody!!! Flicking awesome brotha

[@cnsrcandotherprojects4557]

Cool video ! I want to get into fpv planes one day. Ps also a review on the new twin timber would be awesome. I wonder how well it works for bush flying compared to reg turbo Timbers. I saw 2 bros video and thought it looked like it flew well but would love to see y’all’s ideas on it.

[@Estuardomendez13]

i feel like this would be great for my flightline f7f specially since i use a 6s batt so theres a spare space cause by default it used 2 4s batts so i have an extra tray and strap and the canopy could probably fit the cam

[@yamilsacin5558]

That's cool. No issues with Interference between DJI O3 and Spektrum RX I guess? What about O3 not sending full power video signal since not linked to flight controller? Did you get enough range? I was about to order motionsic gimbal and sensor/buddy box for my O3 and came across this. I wish they made it wireless buddybox. Thanks for the video.

[@MVz-l3b]

Where's the link for the head tracker and gimbal and headset and transmitter and head tracker module?

[@dries-pederjanse6249]

Will it get hooked up to a joystick and cockpit controls to get the full experience?

[@excellenceinanimation960]

Iv wanted to mkake a setup like this for awhile. How much would it run you goggles and all?

[@gamingwithflight6179]

Can you do the full scale rc v2 next

[@Someone23143]

Is that like a vr but in real life?

[@mythicalcrafted8873]

This is a real world simulator plane game.😂

[@flanker-zy18]

Hi, may I know for the dji fpv system to work with the dji fpv goggles, what must the air unit be connected to? For example, must the air unit be connected to a receiver, flight controller, etc, or can you just connect the air unit solely to a power source such as a 7.4v lipo battery?😃

[@TailHeavyProductions]

Solely to a battery is what we did 👍

[@flanker-zy18]

Ok tks!

[@engchoontan8483]

For those who like to mod-hack existing designs = to reduce the air-pressure on top of the wings = angle the tail-horizontal-stabalisers to pitch down Leading-edge of wings to horizontal-stabalizer(not front-edge to avoid rough switching top-bottom air-flow) Reduce that line by about 30% to have the air-flow under the stabalizer for rear distributed-structural air-support.

[@engchoontan8483]

There is a bigger niche to shoot-down rather than look-cool

[@tonyyimbo]

More fpv content soon please ❤

[@maybejoshh1907]

This is exactly what i looked up yesterday lol

[@IanRHoffman]

trying to get into the FPV drone/uav hobby. any idea for a starter headset and model?

[@edwinroper5458]

can this be used with fatshark analog goggles as well

[@skalusz]

An exceptional thing would be two cameras providing stereoscopic (3D) image that gives a sense of depth.

[@nick066hu]

Hi guys, I have an Oculus Quest VR glasses lying around, can I refurbish them to be used as FPV glasses? Any clues or ideas would be appreciated. My vision is to add a HDMI input to them and use a small webcam as an input. rotation is not required, and also I do not need small latency, I wood definitely not use it for racing, just in slowly moving R/C models. not even flying, maybe in a car model.

[@nemonespider]

Great video Ive just bought a few items I can’t wait to give this a try I’m gonna be using a flight controller and DJI 03 air unit

[@dooddrones6521]

The no USB+Lipo thing can be solved with a Schottky diode. That's what we do with our flight controllers. You typically have Vin power a 5v regulator, which then powers a 3v3 regulator. So that there is no issue when plugging in a USB cable we have both 5v sources go to the diode first and it only allows one through to the 3v3 regulator. Not sure why they didn't do that

[@motionsic]

The Tally-Ho Head-trackers produced after Sep 2022 have incorporated circuit protection so having both USB and Lipo power no longer creates any issues. The instruction manual has not been updated to remove the warning is all 🙂

[@dooddrones6521]

@@motionsic Cool, good to know. Thanks guys

[@jannikgothe371]

lmao that opening sentence

[@jdnic1]

Its so cool with a twin engine aircraft for some reason

[@rosidus]

Cool setup. Set another camera up at the bottom then you can use it for surveillance

[@agrivonix5570]

Could a glass or see-through canopy work out, and what materials could be used for one?

[@TailHeavyProductions]

They sure do! Check out Robert from Motionsic's channel - link in our description. He's got a lot of cool set ups.

[@doktorhosenlos5490]

definitly gonna buy it in a few days or weeks

[@skeletumart4498]

Hello. Can you give a link to the drawings of your model, on which you put the camera? I would very much like to repeat it for experiments with FPV.

[@Big_Bang_Bong]

Nice, but would be better to use a Stereocam system for an immersive 3D experience. Objects will appear truer to life by allowing a real sense of depth of field wich is essential in flight to better estimate the distance to your opponent. - Try the Skyzone 3D FPV Goggles Kit (3D Camera, Dual Transmitter, Dual Receivers). - The BlackBird 2 3D FPV Camera. Recommended for a radio controlled model aircraft. - LUCIDCAM - immerse in VR with 3D Tech: Field of View 180° x 180° / 2K-mp4/60fps with dual mics. (Its housing should be removed first)

[@tahustvedt]

Maybe I missed it but did you mention drift? That was the problem with my last head tracker.

[@TailHeavyProductions]

We never had issues with drift unless we were inside during set up or testing (which is to be expected). 👍

[@chestergt7765]

I believe this is the same thing as the adrinuo nano. It's a $20 board, it has built in Bluetooth. I have mine setup with Bluetooth. It's a pretty awesome headtracker and cheap. I only have $20 invested in the head tracker and $15 for the Bluetooth module for my TX16s MKll.

[@wheresmynamego1152]

FPV is the truth, FPV if the way

[@darkhorsegarage9623]

Think this would work in a race car? I’m thinking an oval track with this system. Track would be smooth.

[@RollnHeavyKevy]

Work great on rc cars. Look up dji fpv rc cars on you tube.

[@manbolomo]

whats the difference from your 90$ gimbal and the 5$ from aliexpress?

[@dynamixsystems]

Wow! I need this! 😍😍😍

[@spdaltid]

Way cool. I'd like to look 'up' relative to the aircraft more, so as to look further into the turn for better depth perception: trajectory control/obstacle avoidance - like flying a real airplane.... Amazing though! well done.

[@drjohn3960]

Impressive 👌

[@shayne6288]

Would this work on an RC car without a line of sight connection?

[@BarrettCharlebois]

Any tips for organizing an FPV club in Canada? Southern Ontario specifically

[@knightlite0179]

I fly FPV at my local MAAC club just north of Toronto and off the lake in Huntsville, Ontario

[@Rippin-Rich]

Motionsics bag is real nice, but I like blackstar fpvs sidewinder head tracker setup better!

[@oliverpolden]

Why are we STILL using physical servos to pan and tilt a camera? We surely have the technology to use a 180° camera and pan/tilt it in software leading to a much more compact, lighter and more streamlined set up with no lag.

[@cwojcik_rc]

Because head tracking is still a small part of the hobby and developing something like that needs a lot of resources. You’d need to build it from the ground up. Spektrum actually did it with Fatshark a long time ago but the range was quite limited and it never saw the widespread adoption necessary to become mainstream

[@rotormasher]

Share settings on that trainer/ slave set up please!

[@axelsmith209]

What camera do you use?

[@ryanliberty2384]

Can you guys do an EDF jet take off and landing tutorial video?

[@MitchelJamesBlue]

so you might have to do an immersive fpv wall ride

[@VerumAdPotentia]

A Bronco? Nice!

[@ParaglidingManiac]

Sick Bronco!!

[@joemason9187]

Awsome I'm going to do it myself

[@scottfindley1345]

These jams tho!!!

[@whoguy4231]

What would be even cooler is a seat with a stick, throttle and rudder pedals for remote control !!!

[@skythedoggo9685]

Can you guys please do the review of the new twin timber

[@timeflys3322]

Hope you guys make a vid on new timber twin 1.6m

[@ToastyNWT]

How much does it cost to get a fpv camera unit and vtx that has such a clear resolution??

[@m14srv]

Dumb question how do you save the video from the camera and not needing a insta360 attatched

[@TailHeavyProductions]

DVR

[@SquiggyWigginz]

Where do you guys fly out of? Ohio here.

[@abundantharmony]

The munchies are half the trip dude.

[@Krash_fpv]

Lmao not for full scale commercial pilots

[@abundantharmony]

@@Krash_fpv That's not a full scale commercial aircraft...

[@Burrito_Legend]

SJI fpv.... what was that again?

[@LEGOSTOPMOTIONPRODUCTIONSss]

that intro caught me off guard

[@freemansfocus]

Awesome video! I saw that you powered your air unit with a stand alone battery. Do y'all have a video on that, or can you point me in the right direction? Thanks!

[@TailHeavyProductions]

Thanks! No videos on it, we just soldered an iC3 connector to the power leads off of the FatShark.

[@freemansfocus]

@@TailHeavyProductions Thanks! What voltage battery did you use?

[@K1ngb0b1]

BRUH NOW ITS SOLD OUT,,, OF COURSE

[@terryandrews3204]

Beautiful

[@dmgubi8899]

great content👍👍👍👍

[@permanent8387]

this is so cool :D

[@omnianti0]

YOV-10D Bronco turret version