How to fly Line Of Sight : Acro Tutorial Part 2

In this video we look more into banked turns and flips, and then combining them together to create more complex flying.
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[@robertsmith1071]

Im completely new to FPV and these videos are really informative and helpful , thanks dude !

[@AerRider]

I started with LOS in 2016 on a toy drone that only had angle mode. I went from there to the DJI phantom/Mavic cine world for video production. Now doing FPV, also cine for video production. I’m so glad to have found your channel and a return to the value of LOS for further skills development. Big thanks!

[@butteredbutter420]

I have learned alot from watching these videos. You explain it in a way that it sticks in my head and Im seeing it as Im practicing. Thank you so much

[@TheRCAddict]

So glad they help!

[@SomeoneElseMorphed]

First like in 6 years@@TheRCAddict

[@bobert13581]

Helpful videos! It's taken me about 10 flying outings to get from squares to ovals to figure 8's. Not exactly smooth flying but I'm starting to get my head around it. LOS Acro is hard!

[@gavinvales8928]

But fun!

[@nickvledder]

But smoother than angle-mode or auto-level mode.

[@IDriveAnAudi]

I just commented on the first video a bit ago, and all of the positive comments apply here as well. I wish I wasn't traveling at the moment so I could practice right now! Thanks again!!

[@mike216ism]

Excellent teacher. Definitely supporting the channel. Love this series

[@jaybirdfpv5034]

Following these steps is a pretty good guideline by the way. Helping me get the feel of my x210 down pat. I know that's a pretty big starting drone, but I love this thing.

[@MuLoO123]

great explanation there, can't wait for part 3

[@deanhuff123]

You are a very good pilot, I am impressed. As soon as I turn 90 degrees I lose total control, my mind can't process switching pitch and roll via LOS yet....but I can do the flippy floppies when directly behind the quad and that's really fun. I feel like it will even help me feel the throttle blips a little better when I'm in the goggles.

[@AdjrianNickelodeon]

These tutorials are going to help me so much when I'm old enough to buy a kwad. Thanks man! :)

[@TheRCAddict]

Awesome, hope you get one soon :)

[@martijnkleiner605]

You can change it with Blheli

[@nikhasor]

You're not supposed to be on KZbin unattended ;)

[@Noah_7s]

So did you get one?

[@belldragneel8381]

Old enough yet?

[@Wildicon19]

This is a awesome tutorial for the Novice flyer like me. Thank you for your FPV wisdom Andy, and for keeping it real! LTRIP!™

[@BigDFPV]

Thank you very much for these How to videos, I've been waiting forever for someone to make these kinds of videos. How can anybody give these a thumbs down? I don't get it!

[@TheRCAddict]

No problem :) When the ratio is 100 to 1 I just dismiss it ;)

[@Sully365]

i've found that there is a group of people in the world that just like to hate on things. if you don't have haters, you're not doing something right.

[@ChrisM-yr5tt]

Great video and tutorial. Have had quads for quite a while subd a long time ago. This series is one of the best that I have seen. Wished I would have watched this before I destroyed my walkera rodeo in a year. Keep up the good work. Thinking about the king kong 90 gt. The best part of this video is showing the sticks and your comments about it.

[@peteschannel508]

I have learned a lot and also wrecked a lot in full acro trying flips. Its very simple but also easy to mess up. Loving this shit!

[@TonySaccucci]

Thank you again! Looking forward to Part 3.

[@danskifpv]

Loved that ending, and now I have to go learn that new combo. Thanks for taking the time to do this series, and can't wait for the next installment. I personally like to banked turn into a mini power loop.

[@TheRCAddict]

Haha, stop watching, I crashed.

[@3eggerfpv397]

That was bad-ass! Learned a ton off watching these fly lessons!

[@crf45089]

I built my first drone which is a alienR5 and all the gear to fly FPV About a month ago and I wanted to learn Line of sight first but I couldn't find any decent tutorial videos On how to Corner Properly As I already learned how to do flips And power loops from the rotor riot trick series. For some reason I found flying in Controlled circlesTo be much much More difficult than any flip or Power loop But after watching Your second tutorial video my flying changed dramatically. So I just want to say a big thanksTo the RCAddict For making these LOS tutorial videos. I think there is a lack of good Tutorial videosThat Explain how to Fly properly So Keep up the good work and I hope to see some more line of sight videos in the near future.

[@TheRCAddict]

That is so awesome man! Super glad to have helped :D

[@crf45089]

Just out of curiosity what did you learn to fly first LOS or FPV? And what was the most difficult thing for you to master?

[@TheRCAddict]

I flew toy quad LOS for a long time in self level. Probably throttle control FPV

[@chrisporter3175]

Thanks for doing these dude! I finished building my first quad last week and these tutorials are extremely helpful🤘

[@jeffvenable3845]

That was great actually. i can barely say hello while im flying...lol. You kept an entire train of thought while you did all that. Thank you for sharing it.

[@TheRCAddict]

Haha no problem :)

[@jeffvenable3845]

As i get a little more income...i will become a supporter. Just a little too tight these days.

[@TheRCAddict]

No worries man, no reason to give away what you have if you need it to buy stuff for your self :) I am not in dire need of money

[@jeffvenable3845]

The RCAddict i have 3 or 4 people i would like to support and you are near the top. i get a lot of REAL information from watching your videos... you always seem to show up listening to the same people i do or you seem to be friends with the other people i respect their ability. im an old guy that started with the cox .049...and radios with flags..lol. i have a 10 year old who keeps me thinking and acting half my age

[@DJDevine]

These are perfect little demos. Thank you

[@furulevi]

If the quad starts turning in the air (more or less) when increasing throttle (shown at 6:07) than that means that the weights on the quad are not distributed/balanced correctly? Your quad stays perfectly leveled when you throw it in the air.

[@TheRCAddict]

Well, I don't think it does, but if it moves on high throttle punches that is the fault of the PID controller.

[@stankersten532]

Got some building a drone for me I know that it is the best to build one for yourself but i don't have a good soldering iron or a steady hand these series will hepl me so much tanks man

[@Saifbak16]

Really helpful tutorial. Thank you soo much. God bless you

[@victorsadauskas2121]

I've been looking for someone to open the holy grail of flying like you

[@jad9544]

you do a good job showing how to use the controls here. I like your approach with showing how to control in acro. I've been building all winter and now ready to learn to fly better with LOS. Do you have a video on specs for the Beast X?

[@TheRCAddict]

Build video, links in description kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnukqmquett_gNU

[@huckaberryfpv4986]

thanks soo much bro,I started acro as you posted your first video and looking forward to all!!!

[@TheRCAddict]

Awesome, good luck in your learning!

[@MBorga]

Thank you very very very much. For me best video ever ever ... Can't wait to go out and pratice some things. Cannot wait to see Part 3. Perfect .Keep it up. 👍 Best regards Marc

[@TheRCAddict]

No problem :) Thanks for watching

[@milwaukeemechanic7425]

Thank you for sharing.......Have a great day of flying!

[@seemikehack]

RCAddict: "Just beginner stuff" Also RCAddict: "So if you do something like this (intentionally fails hard then gracefully saves it at the last second) you'll have time to save it." Great videos, thank you for showing the importance of practicing basic skills like LOS! FPV is fun and sexy, and this is the foundation.

[@alex0589]

This was a really nice thing to do, thanks. Im trying to understand how to fly a mini and this helps a bunch.

[@jameswil]

you make it look easy!!! so much practice and skillz!

[@Sully365]

I i'm with Theibault...i love this series. keep it up

[@TheRCAddict]

I accidentally removed his comment, stupid tiny iPod screen :(

[@Sully365]

It happens, i didn't realize you'd removed it. I tried some LOS today and quickly realized that the colored LEDs are just not enough. i need new props :)

[@Akaizer100]

My yard is the same way right now, every crash I end up having mud in a motor :/ summer and the end of scrag is upon us tho, absolutely amazing los tutorial I will be following patiently for part 3

[@TheRCAddict]

Mud SUCKS! Ruined so many bearings and overall motors from it.

[@Akaizer100]

Speaking of due you due anything to oil or clean motors after they get muddy? I literally wash mine under water, just avoid the esc and no power on (supposedly that wouldn't matter too much) but I am worried about rust etc

[@michaelolsen846]

Great video! I really enjoy all your videos. Perhaps you could mention something about the idle speed when doing flips? Cutting thrust without it makes a flip pretty difficult and I think you have it mapped to a switch when you did the catch/crash? Just a suggestion. Keep up the great work and posting videos, you have some mad flying skills!

[@TheRCAddict]

I meant the min throttle value as your "idle". This is when you cut your throttle to 0%. There is no switch involved. Punch throttle, cut throttle, flip over, and bring the throttle back up to recover.

[@michaelolsen846]

Sorry for not being clear in my question. So I am guessing that you have some minimum rpms even when you cut throttle to 0%? If so, how do they stop when you catch your drone around 4:37? Arm-switch?

[@nhutlearnenglish1363]

Thanks for your LOS tutorial videos. Looking for part 4

[@harleymyers2834]

absolutely love your videos there really helpful

[@jarrettmosco9624]

I actually love doing that mini power loop

[@TheRCAddict]

It certainly has a place, but for quick flips not so much ahah.

[@kuliahtransportasi]

best tutor for me, thanks man

[@MrPaulielie]

Nice video, can't wait for Part 3

[@yen1761]

thank you.great video..simple to understand..good job..im waiting for next video.😀

[@FPV777]

Wow, wanna try this. Thanks a lot!!!

[@crimsonfancy]

Thanks for this second video. Practice, repeat

[@Fpv_Dad]

great ending, love those in place micro rolls

[@TheRCAddict]

Crash is great? Time to crash more lol ;)

[@nerdCopter]

theres tons of channels out there, but you are teaching us very well; keep it up and TY. you're obviously a natural.... love the hand catch @4:37 ... p.s. your patreon page is 404

[@TheRCAddict]

I deleted my Patreon a while ago.

[@timhill2849]

thanks for the video. big help for sure. ill practice.

[@furulevi]

Did you used a switch at 4:37 to turn off the motors? Which one?

[@TheRCAddict]

Umm, I am flying at 4:37 the motors stayed on

[@neilreid9005]

So that's how it's done! Thank you!

[@johnwedrall7149]

understandable instructions and nice flying man ! 🖒🖒😎

[@reidbtable]

Hilarious ending. made me chuckle...your the best keep it up

[@TheRCAddict]

Sucks to clean mud though, still haven't cleaned them out. I need to get on it though to film part 3 this weekend though.

[@einsteind]

great looking forward to part 3

[@md95tsi]

Very nice info Thank You Man Your sticks Bro are Awesome

[@camdix3250]

This is so, so amazing. Just subscribed. I have learned on toy drones. Could you please tell me what drone you are using here? Are there drones that fly in acro mode that are available as ready-to-fly (with drone, transmitter, batteries, charger, etc.)? Or does an acro drone have to be built from the ground up, purchasing all components separately? Thank you for any help you can offer. Thank you for your wonderful videos. Best wishes.

[@albertgilding161]

great video. I am going to be starting with Los until I can get the for gear together. thanks

[@petermabbort456]

Nice one again. Number three please! Here the bing I struggle with... Trying to centre the movement without going to far the other way. I end up hovering from side to side etc

[@TheRCAddict]

Yeah, overcorrecting is hard to overcome. Maybe lower your rates a little if you are still struggling.

[@geoffpedder]

i learned i need to practice my LOS, good instruction

[@kandredfpv]

I recently discovered your LOS video and have just been blown away. I'm an experienced FPV freestyler, but I'm now motivated to learn to fly LOS, especially now during the Covid-19 lock down since we're not allowed out in parks to fly FPV. I don't have enough backyard space so I've been using the LiftOff drone simulator, which has been great. However I've noticed that unlike in your video here, my quad does not maintain its pitch attitude when turning and I have to constantly apply a bit of negative pitch, while cross coordinating yaw and roll just to keep it from accelerating forward. Does this seem normal to you? By the way, thanks for the excellent tips on LOS for beginners like me.

[@TheRCAddict]

Sounds like maybe your channels aren't centered? In betaflight RX tab you can see if the model is drifting.

[@kandredfpv]

@@TheRCAddict that was my initial thought too so I calibrated my inputs and verified they were all centered. I've got hall effect gimbals so they are pretty precise. I then fly in LiftOff in FPV mode with the stick inputs displayed and found that I normally pitch up during turns. Having thought about it mechanically, I realised that when a quad is pitched down at a fixed attitude, and you then apply roll as part of a cross coordinated turn, the degree of your roll establishes a new pitch angle in the direction of the turn. So I recon I'm just applying too much roll during my turns and am having to constantly reduce the new resulting pitch angle after the quad changes direction. Or to make a long story short, you are able to do this perfectly and make it look so easy because of all your experience flying LOS...haha.

[@reisfpv638]

Hey if you're not crashing you're not flying

[@SWhite-hp5xq]

In my case it’s - I’m crashing so I’m not flying 😂

[@pandagmail3505]

I’m a dead pilot and I can confirm this 🤣

[@jlgaustin]

Great video man. So are those 5152's your new favorite prop? I bought a couple of sets and they don't seem to hold up too great in crashes and I been crashing a lot LOS. The T5046C's seem much tougher, whats your opinion?

[@TheRCAddict]

It depends really. They require a lot of torque, so on lower KV motors they are my favorite, but on higher KV the V2 cyclone are my favorite. Durability seems the same as any other PC prop to me.

[@minwards1983]

great vid bud. do you ever flip diagonally? right stick to one of the corners. they look pretty awesome. don't think I've seen you do one in any of your vids

[@TheRCAddict]

I do occasionally in FPV, but not really in LOS.

[@andrecpu]

Here we learn something :) Thanks !

[@DRONERC33]

really good video thanks for help people is getting into the hobby A+++

[@adyfparish]

Nice one! Could be time to break out the fake Warp quad and try to get to grips with some of this. Looking forward to part 3

[@TheRCAddict]

Fake warp quad? I hope to build a LOS specific quad soon.

[@adyfparish]

Vigo GW250x from Japan. Great frame but Warp quad clone. running a dodo fc and Emax red bottoms. hobbyking.com/cn_cn/vego-gw250x-multi-rotor-frame-kit.html

[@sabonetaboy8362]

I learned a lot bro tnx!!!

[@parahoping]

Kickass! Thanks for the tutorial It's awesome!

[@natedogg8649]

Great video!

[@dhecel544]

Nice tutorial. Thank you. By the way, I am a beginner in this hobby and I have eachine falcon 250. What settings will you recommend on altitude mode and acro+? I have a hard time flying and controlling this thing hehehe. TIA

[@푸른하늘-b2q]

Hello, I enjoy watching KZbin that I want to learn from drones. What kind of simulation should I do?

[@menacingyou]

ugh flying air mode LOS!!!! what a tricky thing... sooo much easier through the cam lol. I guess I need to learn it to become a better all around pilot. great video

[@TheRCAddict]

How is flying air mode any different? So many people think it is a flight mode like angle or acro, when it is just a setting that should be permanent.

[@menacingyou]

I have it set as just airmode on a switch so it basically is a mode

[@kubburdigital]

awesome tutorial man

[@reyesmorales100]

Awsome video. seems like you have really good control of your quad. so does having a better radio controller helps you maneuvering better? because I have a cheap $50 dls flysky

[@TheRCAddict]

Well, if you are running something slower like PPM VS SBUS it will yeah.

[@iknowlaa]

i will try next week to learn this...

[@zekeisme1]

great video

[@TerminatorDuo]

Something that I would like to see in a video is what is the best step to do when you loose orientation and the quad is too far to see.. I guess you hit the angle stick and then try to hover up and down? But is it maybe possible to set the failsafe that the quad hovers in place?

[@TheRCAddict]

Well I run without the accelerometer off, so I don't have an angle switch, but I just tilt it in one direction and see if it is coming back to me haha, really difficult to tell though :/ Unless you have GPS nope

[@Max_0578]

Nice video! Very helpful. Do you think i can practice this with my Emax Tinyhawk 2?

[@TheRCAddict]

For sure

[@Max_0578]

@@TheRCAddict Thanks!😊

[@doktordrone]

very useful for me, thank yo very much :)

[@fallingwithstylefpv4759]

Thanks for this!

[@astrobros21]

cant wait for part3 :)

[@TheRCAddict]

Will be a little bit before I get it out, but working on it for sure.

[@astrobros21]

no worries haha.. just excited for the trick series :) it really looks nice when doing the continous roll flips and up/inverted thrusts. but then all of this cannot be done without the basics of LoS. Thanks for the tips.:)

[@TheMadmacs]

great stuff, i briefly tried acro in fpv and i didnt hate it (thanks DRL fpv sim), i am still worried bout reflexes when i get out of shape, and also camera tilt when i am trying to make a small change to my line, i notice a lot of pro's abandon a line and do something else instead of trying to make small line adjustments. in DRL even a 20degree camera angle is very difficult to make a small line adjustment, it seems to require either opposite yaw+normal roll, or normal yaw+opposite roll... i havent hit this problem yet in real life but i hope it is simpler than the sim, in the sim i end up need ing a pencil and piece of paper to figure out how to fly straight and level in a slightly different line than the one i'm on.....i really hate that feeling, its like the old joke '' you can't get there from here'... i have to practice in quite a busy area, dog walkers and kids going to the soccer pitches can appear from any angle and i need to be confident of my reflexes. ps. show some pics of the damage a 5inch beasty can do to a person,

[@TheRCAddict]

Yeah, smoothing things out only comes with time. Lowering your rates, or making them more exponential can help though.

[@foundcause898]

"rates are like that" great stuff

[@TheRCAddict]

lol

[@55kolin55]

I am about 6 batteries into learning to fly acro los (I have about 10 batteries on stabilise mode) and I thought I would try flips... should have watched this video first as i was keeping the power on lol Luckily no damage!

[@onclefly8450]

Hi, two great video. :)

[@ruftime]

Nice! How are you liking the 5152's?

[@TheRCAddict]

On high torque motors with lower KV FANtastic. Higher KV not so much. They require a lot of torque to turn well.

[@tamburavadak]

I have a nagging question. Should I enable Air Mode while practising these drills or keep it off?

[@mooosestang]

I think i do funnels when i'm flying fpv and don't even realize it. I am going to dedicate some time to learning to fly LOS acro. I'm fine until the quad is pointing towards me, them i'm screwed!

[@TheRCAddict]

Yep, nose in flying is certainly tricky.

[@alancarter8396]

Really enjoying this series, can't wit to try this on my x252, reckon it is up to it?

[@TheRCAddict]

Not going to be nearly as much power, but you could complete some maneuvers yes.

[@alancarter8396]

Cheers.

[@mike216ism]

Your crazy good at flying and acro! How do you catch it when it's flipping so fast?

[@TheRCAddict]

Muscle memory on the sticks.

[@mike216ism]

The RCAddict I figured that because seeing it and stopping it has to be felt and learned. Your a beast! I'm new to the hobby. Around a year or so. I love it! Hopefully can learn acro this year

[@neilfpv]

I have another question specifically on 1:16. I mentioned in my earlier question to you that I use Jumper T16. With rc, I cannot leave the controller like what you did in T:!6. It will drop to ground. I think something is really missing in my configuration on T16. What could it be?

[@TheRCAddict]

Do you mean your radio has a spring that pulls the throttle back down? I was at the perfect throttle position to hover which is why I could let go

[@neilfpv]

No. What I meant was that even if I tried my best to find the perfect throttle spot, it wouldn't stay. It will either go up or down. I just can't seem to achieve like how you were doing it. My hands are very stable. I'll try it again tonight since someone caught a bad settings in my Receiver section in BetaFlight. My yaw, roll and pitch were not set to 1500. I'll fix it today.

[@rentaroo]

Great video! New Sub.

[@easttnscott7629]

Do you have a recommendation for prop color combinations that help LOS? I see the colors used in this video. Is this a combo you use a lot or does color matter to you? Thanks

[@TheRCAddict]

Anything that you can see well, doesn't matter. Keeping it consistent on each build can help though.

[@easttnscott7629]

Thanks for info. You got me motivated to mix FPV and LOS. I was just doing FPV because easier for me but glad I am working on LOS. You tutorials are helping on LOS. Thanks again.

[@mihkelreb]

awesome dude, just wondering, how do you soft mount your motors? (if u even soft mount them)

[@TheRCAddict]

I use these pirofliprc.com/1mm-Medium-density-motor-soft-mounting-pad-10-pcs_p_3852.html

[@jesselopezdrones4396]

Awesome👏👏👏

[@ctstony]

man you are good!

[@schumata3356]

Good one

[@Heiple2007]

and I have trouble getting my Tiny Whoop around the freakin' living room. Damn.

[@DashzRight]

Do you change the expos for los flying? I found the quad too responsive when flying los compared to fpv...

[@TheRCAddict]

Nope, I just use the same rates. Starting out lower LOS rats will help though

[@mohawksniper79]

very cool

[@benhager2559]

great videos buddy thank you for the help / i can honestly say- i can fly pro in fpv / acro --- but for the life of me, acro los scares the hell out of me lol . ive been flying fpv for a solid year. all my quads i build and are nice and $$ , im afraid to even attempt it with them -- like u said i need to go buy a toy to practice this XD --- subbed /fist bump

[@TheRCAddict]

Haha, yeah something cheap certainly increases confidence!

[@itsmegideon6641]

My vtx is currently not working (waiting for some new antennas to come) so im watching up on this so i can still fly

[@MBorga]

Hi .The good news ...I 'am still practicing☺ it looks so easy how you fly Quads.My Problem is that my quad is getting faster when i turn. I think i use to much roll but with less roll it is more like a drift.When i just watch your stick cam i can not see that you pitch hard back to keep the quad leveled after you turn it.I raise my rc rate to 1.1. and the super rates to 73 . Do you have any ideas what i can change? Best regards Marc

[@TheRCAddict]

Yeah, if you are adding in too much pitch it will lean forwards more in the turn, making it come out super fast. Might have to give some back pitch depending on what it is doing.

[@MBorga]

Ok perfect thanks

[@MBorga]

Hi i practice and practice and practice but i have still one thing i don' t understand. I watch your video 30 times☺☺☺ and i learn a lot. For me it is easier to make faster turns ( just turn not to fly a hole circle)I have big problems to turn like you do it at 1.30 in your video. I understand when i use more roll to turn my Quad( realacc x210) it banked more and when i use more yaw it is a flat smooth turn. My Question is: How you use the roll? Is your right Stick in the center when you turn? I can not fly a hole smooth circle because my quad is getting faster and banked.... puahhh☺i hope you understand what i try to asked 😆Best regards Marc