This BNF 4" Long Range Drone Flies for 18 minutes!

[@NURKFPV]

UPDATE: The Exlporer LR is on sale through christmas for 8% off! bit.ly/3p6jNxH

[@DavidslvPT]

You may have a little bit more air time with the Overlander 1600mah 6S battery, but don't take my word for it, the battery is about 287g.

[@Baba_Kush]

3s li-ion 18650 3000mah should do a great job

[@RifaiAL]

The perseverance of that dog is amazing . He just doesn't seem to let go. 🤣

[@kennethdavis1628]

lol, what else does a dog have to do?

[@ralphderkapitaen9875]

must have driven the neighbors nuts...barky dog running around, chasing a drone that's cruising around over and over. If you dont like your neighbors, this is definitely one way to get rid of then, if you do this all day long..:-)))

[@BeauMcKee]

16:47 that ain’t no duck! 🦆 💨 😂

[@sharkmusic9636]

LMAOOOOOOOOO!!

[@rolliseventeen]

there was a little break in his speech, i think he surprised himself. 💥💭

[@blizzardfpv9584]

Sea-can was settling

[@spook1015]

Came here to comment on that as well 😂

[@fuleinist]

Your dog is definitely fully charged 🤣

[@smoke4131]

11:27 you can use your glans to test temp. too. 😉

[@NURKFPV]

Lol

[@unkyduck]

@@NURKFPV see my other video...

[@acrocheezefpv]

Your dog repeatedly being in the same spot when you came around had me thinking you were looping the video 😂😂😂

[@JonE5FPV]

DaveC, he’s the man. Glad he’s finally getting his props

[@sakfpv8444]

Hehe, getting his props

[@its_Savian]

To bad Dave C.

[@iandavidson99]

What size props is he getting?

[@eddiesworld1612]

I just getting into this And I’m getting my first drone soon

[@sakfpv8444]

@eddies world, what drone are you getting for your first?

[@reezlaw]

How long was the freestyle flight? Seems like relevant information to me

[@gregdavyd4488]

Ooooofff.. Good question

[@schnurrfpv4594]

I bet 4:30 easy

[@diegobarrantes5467]

Man! You are so good at free style! Amazed!

[@j_de_ese]

Nurk, at 16:46 what happened?? 🤷🏻‍♂️💨🤣🤣 Great video, keep it up! I would love to see this drone fly in the mountains! 💪💪😎

[@tomaskonkol8894]

Geese 😂

[@j_de_ese]

@@tomaskonkol8894 suuure XD

[@frknfpv9722]

16:46 WTF he just FARTED!!!!! LMAO

[@MollyWi]

Yeah, heard that also. It is an intrinsic part of being a drone flier.

[@AdrianoCasemiro]

Who said we need yet another BNF quad? Then something really special turns up. This little cruiser is just that. What is the AUW at 1000mAh?

[@NURKFPV]

It was around 290. Forgot to weigh it for camera. Sub 250 with a 520mah

[@AdrianoCasemiro]

@@NURKFPV This thing is really important. No registration, long range, HD FPV, fully acrobatic model.

[@ckfpv9916]

Analog version with crossfire is 240g with 4s 850mah. Digital version add 30g roughly.

[@yannickg6904]

*whispers quietly" Ovonic 6S 1000s, split in two, end up costing about 10usd for each 3S lipo you build.

[@mikaelbackstrom]

Greatest thing is that it is built on the experiences by Dave C and the community around it. This is the way this hobby needs to go, people like Dave C, Nurk, Kabab shooting out insane or great ideas and the manufacturers taking the time and effort to listen and bring it out to us making it easy to source the right things. Love it!

[@NURKFPV]

Thats always the goal but sometimes hard to find those great projects!

[@NURKFPV]

Thats always the goal but sometimes hard to find those great projects!

[@enarramore77]

cool little set up, i like the caddx vista over the air unit. I have 3 working air unit, one busted, and 2 caddx about 6 + mo on air units and 3 mo on the caddx. Great video Nurk

[@NURKFPV]

Glad you.checked it out!

[@minkorrh]

Driving the dog insane. "I'll just keep going until it drops"............................The quad or the dog?? :))

[@letzUploadit]

May i know what was the c rating for the battery of 1000mah?

[@NURKFPV]

It was highish. I'm not sure any more but probably 70-100

[@letzUploadit]

@@NURKFPV wow thats impressive im considering getting this thing thanks

[@SeanOzz]

Snowboard in the garage? if you wanna come up to the mountains in colorado and fly and capture some snowboard footage let me know and we can collab some stuff.

[@NURKFPV]

I'm so in. Just gotta find time.

[@codynarwhals8355]

Hahah I’m not a KZbin but can I join sounds fun as hell

[@SeanOzz]

@@NURKFPV hit me up. I live near keystone and a basin. I can score some passes. Do some riding, some flying, and some KZbin creating.

[@pkvillager]

I liked that you clarified why you prefer GoPro. You are a pro though, most of us dont need GoPro, no one is watching our vids anyways. But for us regular folk, 50mb and focus off is pretty dang good with the superview script and 2k render. All in all its a cool package for $300 and I am glad they didnt use the nebula cam!

[@browne1317]

16:47 ah yes the Nurk fart

[@NURKFPV]

I swear it was the geese

[@floxflux]

:DDDDD

[@robmulally]

Hahaha i heard it

[@stevemann6082]

oh i thought it was me :)

[@Lucianrider]

How the hell did you pick that up!! Reminds me of my wife.... I can almost never sneak one by her without her radar picking it up!!

[@strawhatsam]

7:58 "I'm just gonna try to keep this in the air as long as I can." - Literally just phases through a tree branch...

[@NURKFPV]

that was so close - just about shit myself :P

[@Jaxblckkk]

Drone like: passing by 10 times Doggo: Hello i have never met you before who are you :O :D

[@NURKFPV]

Every time haha

[@pkvillager]

lol so funny

[@bricktopfpv7573]

Nurk saying, yet we plug in the big battery that doubles the flight time. Dog: A fuck it, i go to sleep xD

[@esaedvik]

It's so consistent I'm thinking Nurk just looped the first flight around the house :D

[@o3rMeNs]

dogs go crazy on the sound of drones. They find it really annoying and tilt. My own dogs even go crazy from unpropped motors spinning and run around the house searching for the sound when I do and get really scared. I've decided to stop using drones near dogs because of this.

[@NoflectioN]

Plug the battery in wait for FC to initialize then unplug battery quickly. This is the same as holding beeper button and will stop the beeping

[@NURKFPV]

Copy that good to know.

[@NoflectioN]

@@NURKFPV Yeah its kind of nice cuz I bury my beeper in the frame where I cant use the button....but hey its not going anywhere! Lol

[@greedfox7842]

its cool to see it fly on a little under spec battery... all the other review have it running on the 45 dollar lilo-cell which is cool, but its nice to see what it does on less power. its also nice to think you could fly more casually with a cheap 550mah and get a little more aggressive when just chilling in a park... maybe swap the 4" 2 blade props for some 3.5" three blade props to get some more "freestyle" performance without doing too much to it.

[@olivierf.4931]

H! What is different on this quad that lets it fly for 18 minutes when all other quads are limited to 6 minutes approximately?

[@Trekeyus]

Weight

[@NickLangMedia]

This looks incredible! Just ordered, thanks for the review.

[@scottspears1764]

Thanks for also freestyling it, it looked fun. Any comments on *how* it freestyled?

[@Marlin7830]

There are some" reciever" options and what not to choose from at check out. What's best?

[@NURKFPV]

What are you using for controller/goggles?

[@Marlin7830]

@@NURKFPV I have not gotten a controller or goggles yet

[@FerralVideo]

"At least there's a puppy." He's a very cute puppy too! Review appreciated, I'll be grabbing one of these once I have the pocket change. As for GPS, the v1 of these quads, esp the DJI version, had a problem with poor performance with the GPS receiver. The v2 addresses this with added shielding and an upgraded GPS unit. You can also add shielding yourself.

[@dividingbyzerofpv6748]

3.5in triblades on emax 1404 3700kv gave me 20min to 3.2v on 3s LithiumIon. Pack weight is 155g by itself but definte legs for days. Used a DaveC frame but skipped the 4in props due to some prop wash issues I saw while flying.

[@sebastienburdin5390]

Forgot to mention that it's a great review and very exciting for the hobby!

[@will3377]

The edit and comments were hilarious. Thanks for this and keep it up!

[@dowblab]

That wasn't just an 18 minute flight test. It was 18 minutes of joy for your dog-o 😅

[@Lucianrider]

The only radio I have is the DJI one, I assume that the Caddyx can be wired up to be used as the receiver?

[@mrb2917]

yup

[@NURKFPV]

yessir

[@sebastienburdin5390]

If the motors kv are not too low to lift the quad with voltage down to 2.7v per cell then just strap a 3s 3000mah 18650 li-ion, and you should get around the maximum flight time possible with this amazing setup. My personal bet is that you could get for sure more than 35minutes and maybe even more than 40minutes if you are conservative on the throttle.

[@dividingbyzerofpv6748]

18650s sag FAST once you get below 3v per cell. I have flown my DaveC 4in on a 3s VTC6A 18640 pack with 3700kv motors and 3.5in Triblades for 20min landing at 3.2v per cell. The performance of 18650s on a quad when below 3v is very noticeable. I have my lowesr voltage set to like 2.5v per cell and my warning set at 2.8v per cell. I generally try to be on the ground shortly after hitting 3v per cell while flying. This flywoo quad appears to have 2750kv motors which is likely too low for good 3s performance.

[@sebastienburdin5390]

@@dividingbyzerofpv6748 interesting feedback, I didnt know how badly they can sag under 3v as I have only been studying this application in theory so far. That being said I still think it is doable to go over 35minutes on 3s if you re conservative on the throttle. In davec latest video, he managed a 30 minutes flight on a 3s liion despite using stock explorer with kv too low for optimal performance on 3s. I believe that with higher kv version of those new flywoo motors he could get much closer to those 35 minutes. Not sure if you were using those new flywoo 1404 motors in your flight, but looking at the thrusts tests they seem to be on a yet unreached level of efficiency for 1404. I ve never seen so high numbers in the category. You should give them a try if you can.

[@DavidCook42]

NURK! at 1:45 mark you cN see they gave you the antenna for the analog version! It has the "R" on it.. right hand polarized. DJI is left hand polarized and the antenna should have an "L" on it. Or is it because you changed the goggle antennas?

[@PeterVieth]

Had to come back here because I’m on the third or fourth set of Flywoo electronics for this thing and I’m over it at this point. The quad is surprisingly good for a spindly little thing but it’s under powered out of the box and the only bigger ESC that I have found that fits is also Flywoos... and I’ve had two die on me over the last five months, neither of them in the air... is that a good thing? That they die on the bench? I guess it’s spared me a couple broken GoPros, but it’s been the least reliable of my five quads. Last time I jump on KZbin FPV hype machine!

[@fcass]

Beautiful little machine. I've almost always built my own quads, but I ordered one of these this morning.

[@NURKFPV]

Enjoy it

[@dronereviewman9580]

I dream about one day having a small lomg range rtf quad!!!!!! Man i wish my life was not falling apart and i could get one. Great Review And Great flying brother!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just dnt think i can move onto digital fpv for a long long time thats another dream of mine!!!

[@joecarnes9174]

I think we may be the same person lol or atlest in situational life.....

[@robrdavis]

I'd like to see you take the Explorer LR and match it up with the 8 blade props. I'm curious as to what it would do to flight times.

[@gvngoheavy]

Dave_C and LeDrone Club are frame designers to watch. Serious inspiration from both those guys.

[@xanderludeman4425]

Can you connect dji googles strait to it or do you need to add a ski HD cam?

[@xanderludeman4425]

I mean dji

[@zemeco]

Hi how are you!!... I just watched your video, it's not clear to me which battery you used that gave you 18 mi of flight time.

[@NURKFPV]

Flywoos 18650 4s Lion pack

[@zemeco]

@@NURKFPV thanks!!!

[@swissfreek]

Curious what size battery you could fit behind the 360 mount with that antenna out back. Would have to be pretty stubby or really small. Or “toilet tank” maybe?

[@NURKFPV]

Or just mount the battery underneath

[@swissfreek]

NURK FPV good point

[@ChristopherJones16]

Isnt "range" a word more or less used as a measure of distance? Yet it seems this drone is being marketed for length of time it can stay in the air. So is this built only for duration or distance?

[@Nici619]

7:11which electric screwdriver do you use? is something like this recommended and does it have enough power?

[@Sundheden]

It's a Wowstick

[@Sundheden]

If you're doing RC, you really want one! Built in battery, kinda powerful, charged and or powered by USB too

[@colebtl]

the camera looks flat, how much is the tilt angle?

[@NURKFPV]

20 degrees or so but changeable

[@colebtl]

@@NURKFPV I'm sold, 20 degrees is actually not that flat (for my standard anyways) and 18 minutes of cruising with 20 degrees is REALLY impressive.

[@sakfpv8444]

Where the 16*16 stack sits, is there also 20*20 holes? Or are the 20*20 just in the back.

[@cj691]

It looked like there were 20x20 holes in his close-up shot.

[@pauls5745]

initial thoughts: looks "svelte" and oddly cute lol. I def like that you can upgrade and downsize almost everything on it for those that like to be minimalist and max flight time or better video

[@chriswatts2054]

What would i need to start to this kind of drone use? I pilot a mavic pro now, but im looking for something to clear rooms and search and rescue with.

[@sparx-86]

iv started an ultralight 5" build that im hoping to squeeze some good flight times out of. long range kind of scares me but im excited to try it out

[@NURKFPV]

That sounds amazing - I would love to hear more about what sort of flight times you end up with.

[@robdude1969]

2:50 Nurk -17 minutes is a long time to fly..... me - ever fly a mavic 2 pro ? 22:50 Nurk... admits mavic.... Keep up the awesome vids bro.

[@imager09tube]

How are the blades attached? screws? Can I install 4" tri-blades?

[@inspirationalmotivationbyn8680]

nice thanks for video, I just received my digital version, it really is a great quad!

[@skyrotfpv]

Buzzer: Plug in the battery until you hear the 3 short beeps, then unplug it and the beeper stops its countdown by confirming nother 3 short beeps. ... or just push the button like you already did. 😀

[@happyfox711]

Cool vid, and drone. At 16:44 when you say 286 meters of altitude, it's more like 30.. is that a very sloppy GPS/barometer, or was it feet or what was that ?

[@arjunks100]

he mentions later around 8:32 how the altimeter is reading pretty high, possibly above sea level rather than ground.

[@blizzardfpv9584]

3:00 props in or out ?

[@blizzardfpv9584]

11:40 PROPS in

[@genefoxgreenmountaindroning]

Looks like a great little drone

[@KernsJW]

Thanks for the review!

[@NukularPower]

Any chance you would consider trying this with iNav? for science :D

[@NURKFPV]

Yes there is. Stay tuned.

[@ZeroFPV]

You'd need a GPS with magnetometer and an 16x16 FC with an iNav target to do so. I do have the 20x20 version of the frame but not the right GPS module to try it with iNav.

[@28daballa]

NURK FPV please do an Inav setup. I ordered this after watching your video

[@SerialKoE]

@@ZeroFPV The installed stack has an INAV 2.5.2 target.

[@SerialKoE]

@@NURKFPV Nice, I am currently building this with the original Dave C frame from Thingiverse moded to 20x20 in front and rear. I use the Flywoo F7 mini stack, a Vista and Nin 3700kv motors

[@thasickest]

This is where I saw the hobby going 5 years ago. Nice little quad. The newcomers won't know the crap we've endured to get here. Lol everyone's first quad should be a CC3D.

[@simonnaughton2272]

Multiwii

[@zviki68]

@@simonnaughton2272 😂 I still have it. It's like Arduino Mega 2560...

[@zviki68]

Or even KK Multicopter, where you need to adjust yaw, pitch and roll with potentiometers on the board... 😁

[@kevindubois1014]

16:47 is that a barking spider? lol

[@Pict8kr17]

Are you able to share PIDs? I want to love mine but get crazy wobble, especially with wind and hero 10 bones.

[@zachigley9526]

Do a video on your goggle set up. What are the receivers and whats the extra battery for

[@Its_Mee_Bee]

If you have a super G+ with 7in props, slap a 5200 4S on it for LR and you’ll get well over 14min. Benson, me, Wrckit, and several others use them on our G+ builds and love them!

[@NURKFPV]

I also use my superg + a lot

[@11bayrat]

I have one comming!! Thanks for the preview!

[@dcologne6749]

Like your video and have a question. Can the DJI Remote Controller be used to fly this Quad?

[@NURKFPV]

Yes

[@andyramz2703]

How about the googless ?

[@nickpawsey]

The DJI HD camera you recommended, would that be a good option for a build less than 250 grams and good for drone cinematography?

[@willay747]

Just got my flywoo and love it. How do you "high charge" a battery like that?

[@GOOD-ss1dq]

Can you name me the Vtx of highest power that have good antannas can be used in a night eagle 2 pro ( a night vision camera )?.

[@Pile_of_carbon]

That's a pretty neat quad. Don't think I've seen a BNF/PNP long range machine before.

[@diggsit69]

Hi I was hoping you could give me some advice I’ve been flying drones for about two years and I even flew a plane long time ago when I was a solo pilot, but I never flown any FPV . I want to get a kit so I can learn but I don’t want to start with toys , I like this BNF I was wondering what do you think for somebody learning but yet willing to grow into this and picking up maybe a QX7 RC transmitter I don’t know about goggles I don’t wanna spend top line like DJi so what would you recommend and what do you think about this type of package that I’m asking about would I be able to learn on it without going to toys .

[@PatClevenger]

Live next to Indiana and go to Indianapolis to find places to fly which is sketchy alone. Few places in Richmond as well that are fun but you aren't kidding when you say its flat.

[@NURKFPV]

Soy for days.

[@cmtetaboaco]

Hey Nurk, what do you recommend for general micro freestyle, the flywoo or the Beatle? Thanks

[@NURKFPV]

Either to be honest. Both are pretty solid.

[@cmtetaboaco]

@@NURKFPV thanks, the idea is to fly vista on either the Beatle could benefit from the less weight right? Man! Hard to decide lol

[@gavnunns]

Can I blame you if my wife finds out I just ordered another drone.... Always wanted to build a low impact light weight long range but I'll take a bind and fly that works out of the box!

[@crashhawk2134]

What was the flight time on the Freestyle pack at the end?

[@NURKFPV]

I used a smaller battery and got interria couple times so couldn't tell you exactly but it was close to 7 minutes at the end

[@LilwickedFpv]

Great video just luv the part where you said you’re so in luv with the DJI so am I keep up the great work 👌🏽👍🏽

[@etops.flight]

Finally going to succumb to the digital option and this looks to be my first HD Quad.

[@76Macadamia]

Whoop whoop I ordered mine today and got 8 percent discount, my question for you... I got 4S 1550 and 4S 1800, do you think it will be okay for this drone?

[@Jiml3ob]

Only commenting so I get notified when someone else comments.....

[@ianlee8376]

would this carry a naked gopro?

[@NURKFPV]

For sure

[@ianlee8376]

@@NURKFPV Just checked the site. Apparently they sell one with the mount specifically for this drone. So damn cool.

[@RedCobraH]

This is on lipos right? What about slapping some li-ions on it?

[@arthurtorricer4544]

so is that V2 DJI goggles? and which controller are you using.. Im interested in the T18 pro and or the Tx16s I think it's called from radio Master. Would.that work? or should just get all DJI system?

[@diamondfoxes3250]

He used a 4s 18650 spot welded pack for his 18 minute flights when he was originally making this quad. A average Lipo just can’t compare in terms of a steady draw.

[@dividingbyzerofpv6748]

My 4in DaveC runs 3700kv 3.5in triblades and a 2800mah 3s VTC5D pack. 20 min flight time landing at 3.2v per cell. Problem is the 3s pack is 155g while a 4s is around 215g. DaveC has hit on a nice combo with a LiPo for getting under 250g AUW. Very versatile config

[@TheEragoon]

I see the DJI goggles and camera but not the brick (transmitter). How is the system set-up? PS: I'm a noob.

[@youareabarbarian]

It doesn't use the DJI air unit, it uses the Caddx Vista unit which is much smaller. Nurk is using a Crossfire setup instead of a DJI controller.

[@TheEragoon]

@@youareabarbarian Thanks! I assume is digital not analog

[@MaykThewessen]

What is the best drone for skilled gamers but beginner drone guys? i got the race drone of my neighbour but i need a radio transmitter, what do you recommend?

[@NURKFPV]

For transmitter I recommend the qx7

[@zimsiq7994]

does fvp glasses and the controler come with the ddrone?

[@bryontrott]

Wow very impressive flight time!

[@NURKFPV]

Yes it was!

[@bryontrott]

NURK FPV I was impressed Purchased one from your link. Looking forward to any helpful setup videos and tips from you. From your video it looks like they sent you a RHCP antenna for a DJI system?

[@npaine01]

How far do you think you could get with full dji setup? I don't have any crossfire or anything and have been using dji remote as well but it seems that range is going to get hit hard.

[@NURKFPV]

3 miles at least - probably further. I want to try soon

[@1baggy0dodo4u]

What kv were the 1404 motors?

[@mrb2917]

2750

[@AarOnCoasters]

are there any analog drones with this matter ch fly time?

[@NURKFPV]

There's a version of this that is analog

[@alexma6956]

What camera did you use to shoot actual footage?Quality looks pretty good so not sure if FPV camera can do that.

[@matthewaugsburger536]

Thats the footage from the dji camera recorded from the goggles as the vista doesn't have on board dvr. If you havent used a dji fpv setup you will be amazed how good it is.

[@fuleinist]

Anyone know how this FC is setup? Since f411 only have two uarts?

[@tomwolber]

lol - today at noon EST must have been when the embargo for this ended - I've watched 3 different videos in my feed in the last 20 minutes

[@NURKFPV]

Yes exactly

[@sventrautmann1540]

Thank you much for your video. Did you fly your Explorer LR4 with BetaFlight 4.2? Would you like to chare your PID and fliter settings? Thank you very much!

[@Darksagan]

Dave getting recognition finally. Nice

[@ir0k512]

What BNF long-range drone kit is available? I do not use goggles would prefer using my phone for viewing drone live video feed. What do you recommend?

[@mallamasj7019]

Hello Nurk. Good video. I would like to ask you what battery recomends for that drone?. Thanks!!!!

[@NewmanDrift]

Dang only 150$ shipped for the Xm+/run cam nano2 version! Definitely ordered via your link

[@checkeredflagfilms]

Very interested in this because of the flight times. I've seen a naked GoPro on flywoo's site (out of stock) That seems like a go-to solution of visual quality. However, I did notice that the 1050 battery didn't appear to allow enough space for the GoPro up front. Can you test that out?

[@NURKFPV]

put battery under and gopro over

[@Double0steve0]

Hi there could you tell me how many amps I should charge the flywoo 4s lion pack at?

[@jetlag410]

Can you add a GoPro to that small of a drone? Like The session GoPro. Thanks.