The little T1-VTOL flying 8.5km out at 35m altitude with Walksnail, over the sea...,at night!

[@JayEmm-i5z]

That must be the best T1 VTOL flight video, at least that I've been able to find (and I have been looking hard). Congrats!

[@AerialWaviator]

What a beautiful relaxing evening flight. Flying around the ship would have amazing if camera had a pan servo. I can't complain, as great flight. Thanks for letting us ride along. :)

[@Thunderbyrd.]

Beautiful and exciting flight. That is definitely a fav of mine so far!

[@Crunklefloop]

Thank you! It was a fun flight to do.

[@JW-lp8oz]

This looks Magical. I'm totally dreamy after having watched this ❤

[@taqyon]

Beautiful flight! I'm looking for a small long range VTOL. This might be it?

[@EnglishTurbines]

Outstanding video signal at that distance. All that flat calm water is good for signal propagation...I'm guessing this is the new giro Pro camera?...🤔😏😏🇬🇧

[@Crunklefloop]

Yes, it's is. I still haven't played around with GyroFlow yet though so this is just DVR from the goggles.

[@JayEmm-i5z]

@@Crunklefloop Amazing stability for a now-Gyroflow video, better than some Gyroflow ones I've seen.

[@loukasdrones4626]

i JUST STAYED FOR THE MUSIC

[@Todd_G_FPV]

Im trying to wrap my brain around how this works, guess ill know more when i get my hands on it at Christmas lol

[@Crunklefloop]

@@Todd_G_FPV the Vtol side of things or the Walsknail setup? I'm happy to help with either.

[@Todd_G_FPV]

@Crunklefloop the vtol setup, I had originally purchased a t1 pro pnp with vtol upgrade as a side kit so I asked the seller if anything was needed to make it work as a vtol and they said get the sparrow v2 pro fc so I ordered that from them and come to find out it doesn't work for vtol's just planes for rth and stability so I messaged them again and they wanted me to buy a sn fast controller for it for like 90$ so I asked about the return policy on the other v2 and they ignored me every time so I decided to buy thru heewing directly, and got the vtol pnp ready to go minus receiver and vtx and im going to send everything back to that seller once it gets here lol but my thing is, how does the elrs hook up, is it pwm or sbus? I went ahead and got both kinds of elrs and a dji vista of some sort to throw in it. Super excited to get it up in the air! Once I get to open it on Christmas that is lol. I figured it'd be simpler this way and it was cheaper than buying everything individually. Only 270 for the vtol pnp vs 290 for the kit I ordered first and the 125 he tries to get me for the 2 controllerz lol I may keep the v2 pro for a future wing build since it has a gps and rth function!

[@ab7rs]

Beautiful The sat count would jumped around a lot, sometimes from 9 straight to 18. Never see that here, is it normal?

[@Crunklefloop]

Yeah it seems to do that for some reason, possibly interference. It never loses GPS fix though and ended up on 27 sats by the end of the flight.

[@Alexei2904]

What a superb setup, I am actually looking to make a similar one but with DJI vista. Is the flight controller the HeeWing Fx-405 or the Matek F405-Vtol ?

[@Crunklefloop]

Thanks! I'm actually using the Matek F405-WMN currently although I do have an F405-VTOL ready to go in for a neater build. If you were starting afresh I'd go for the F405-VTOL.

[@staymad7206]

incredible. what was your antenna setup for this? I have read antennas on WS matter a lot, but i imagine this is doable on stock antennas? Cheers

[@Crunklefloop]

I'm using 4X TrueRC X2-Air on the goggles and a TrueRC Singularity on the VTX. I think the stock antennas would struggle to be honest.

[@ApappieK]

Awesome flight!

[@Crunklefloop]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@brubakerjm]

Wow. Fantastic flight. I'm really surprised it can still cruise at 3.5A with all the extra hardware onboard for VTOL. That's about my amp draw on my non-VTOL T1 on 1407 motors. Are these the 1806 VTOL kit motors?

[@Crunklefloop]

Thanks Jacob, she's very efficient indeed. I've even had cruise down to less than 3amps in still conditions. I'm using T-Motor F2004 1700kv motors with 5X3 bi-blade props. I'm also using 4S, so the bear in mind that the amp draw will be lower than 3S, if that's what you're running.

[@brubakerjm]

@@Crunklefloop Thanks for that info. I have a spare T1 kit that I'm planning to VTOL (I bought a different VTOL kit designed by a guy) and was planning to use the same 4S/1407 as I have on my normal one, but I think I might jump up to something bigger like you're running based on your numbers. Thanks again for sharing!

[@EdwardChew]

Great enjoyment

[@Crunklefloop]

Glad you liked it buddy!

[@wallaguest1]

amazing!!! love it, what is the % we see on screen thats around 50% or so usually?

[@Crunklefloop]

That's showing the throttle position.

[@emperorkalel]

How is a set up like this, no goggles 7" screen instead?

[@Crunklefloop]

I was using the Walksnail V1 Goggles with 4x TrueRC X2-Air antennas.

[@emperorkalel]

@@Crunklefloop I meant how much is a set up like that with no googles small screen instead?

[@Crunklefloop]

​@@emperorkalel Ahh I see - it depends how much gear you already have, if I was building the setup I have here from scratch I would guess this would have cost around £1000-£1300GBP. I'm not sure what your experience level is with FPV setups etc however I wouldn't recommend straight to building and setting up a VTOL as a first build though. This wasn't a plug 'n' play arrangement and there was a fair bit of fabrication involved.

[@emperorkalel]

@Crunklefloop Thanks

[@gizzmomambo]

Love this. What pack you using now. I can only get 12mins on a 1700 4s can’t find any other packs small enough to fit

[@Crunklefloop]

Hi Gizmo, I'm using an 1800mah 4S Tattuu pack. Flight time here was just over 20mins.

[@gizzmomambo]

@@Crunklefloop really wow. So not much different to what I am using, I need to slow down a bit

[@Crunklefloop]

@@gizzmomambosounds like it! Lol I cruise around 3-3.5amps with the F2004 1700kv motors and those bi-blade 5x3 props we ordered.

[@JayEmm-i5z]

@@Crunklefloop Absolutely amazing that you've managed to fly that far out and back with just a 1800mAh LiPo. And with VTOL take-off and landing to boot! Did you use any 'tricks' like taking advantage of different air currents at different altitudes to always have tailwind and save energy? Also, why a LiPo? Given the pretty small current draw displayed on the OSD, a Li-Ion pack wouldn't have enough CDR and a better capacity-to-weight rating? (sorry if any of these are stupid questions, I'm just a total beginner trying to learn from you pros)

[@EnglishTurbines]

Q VTOL approach 7kms out?...that you or a glitch?....lol....🤔😏😏🇬🇧

[@Crunklefloop]

It's a bit of a misnomer, I use the Quadplane-Return to launch setting (QRTL) which will fly back to the launch site in plane mode then transition to VTOL mode around 80m from the landing site and then action an autoland. For some reason this displays as Q-VTOL approach when first actioned but if you look at the amp draw it's not actually transitioning at all, the amps are actually dropping as the plane decends to the pre-set RTL altitude of 100m then throttles up to cruise again.

[@EnglishTurbines]

@@Crunklefloop Ah, okay, a misleading OSD message then. I thought perhaps you were trying a hover to film that ship!!!...Ballsy move...😳😏😏😀

[@Caroline_Tyler]

@@EnglishTurbines I thought the same!!!! confidence indeed!

[@guahcap]

Does your OSD look the same in goggles? Looks great.

[@Crunklefloop]

Yes it does. This is DVR recording from the goggles with the same OSD I see in flight overlayed.

[@samcollins6394]

Super flight. Mine is finished just waiting for a slightly less windy day to maidens and get tuned. Had it hovering in the garden and all is looking good. Can I ask, did you change the cg point after adding the vtol necels, or are you still aiming for the front of the clippy handle bit on the canopy?

[@Crunklefloop]

Good luck with the maiden. I've kept the stock C.G although I have made a screw latch for the canopy rather than the hook system, so I set the CG from marks I've made under the wings. Also one thing to be mindful of is when you set your C.G don't forget to position the motors in the forward flight postion otherwise if you set C.G with the motors up it will become nose heavy when transitioning to plane mode.

[@samcollins6394]

Thank. I had thought of that but could easily have been overlooked.

[@JustFPV-net]

N1 but perhaps take a break next time- just land on it and watch the scenery ;)) Just kidding- well done, mate

[@Crunklefloop]

Next time ;-)

[@wattage2007]

Nice. How long after sundown was that?

[@Crunklefloop]

The flight started around 40mins after sunset and I was in the air for just under 30mins.

[@wattage2007]

@@Crunklefloop Excellent. Been waiting to use my Pro camera for a night flight and tonight may be the night, probably after 9pm

[@Crunklefloop]

@@wattage2007 Enjoy! Night flying brings a whole new dimension.

[@MrStevegibb]

What camera is this?

[@Crunklefloop]

It's the new Walksnail V2 Pro camera with the Sony Starvis sensor.

[@dracoxruiz2563]

For beginners and fpv, how would you compare it against the zohd drift?

[@Crunklefloop]

The drift is a great plane and easy to fly but has very limited space inside. This limits your battery options and makes installing FPV gear tricky. It's also not the best in anything other than very light winds. Having owned both I would recommend the T1 over the drift in almost all FPV scenarios other than if you wanted to glide thermals on a calm day.

[@dracoxruiz2563]

@@Crunklefloop nice to know where i live there is always high wind speed

[@grumpyoldnerd8727]

Next time Bonamassa please ;)

[@Crunklefloop]

Agreed. I like the work he did with Beth Hart.

[@alvaromastronardi]

Muy bueno lo tuyo felicitaciones

[@Crunklefloop]

Gracias, me alegra que te guste el video. ¡Más por venir pronto!

[@Anubisrc-NJ]

what mAh battery & total flight time..?

[@Crunklefloop]

I was using a 4S 1800mah Tattu lipo and could fly for about 25mins in still conditions with just enough power left for a VTOL landing.

[@ANUBIS_RC]

i am planning to go with 4S-Molicell P45B 4500mAh

[@Crunklefloop]

@@ANUBIS_RC They will work but you'll need to watch voltage sag at lower voltages. I couldn't make mine hover below 12v with my motors and props so you'll probably want to aim to land above 3.2V (which sadly will mean you won't be able to utilise the full 4,500mah)

[@ANUBIS_RC]

Thanks ​@@Crunklefloop will look into it ..

[@JayEmm-i5z]

@@ANUBIS_RC People are talking a lot about the new JP40 batteries, seems they are able to supply a ton of amps with very little voltage sag. You might want to have a look at them, only 4000mAh but with no voltage sag they might be better considering what @Crunklefloop said.

[@kotnapromke]

2:43 Так хуситы атакую танкеры с нефтью и газом.)