Tuning Joshua's Quad

[@JeromeDemers]

the best comment ever @13:52 "it should be predictable.. should be the same every time you pick it up...consistent as possible" We always change so many things hardware and software instead of getting better at flying. I remember Mr. Steele saying that in this interview 2 weeks ago.

[@UAVfutures]

really nice video guys. Awesome to see you helping out others

[@nuggetcircuits1725]

Steele: Then you use quantum mechanics to triangulate your flux capacitor. However, only do it right after you write your name backwards, and turn your rate in to a nonlinear gradient descent. Joshua: That feels locked bro!

[@bobturner3388]

I'm 58 yrs old and loving this hobby! I purchased the best equipment I could find right out of the gate and have never looked back! This video has given me a tremendous grasp on the tuneing area of the quad! So, My QAV has never flown better ,I'm able to not only doing tricks better but I'm now completing them quicker, which makes it so I can start adding on some of my own touches before finishing my trick!I always love watching your group get together and do what most people think is impossible! (Although, I do tend to favor Mr.Steele)I'm not one to write to people on the web(being my age I guess) I felt I needed to thank you all, for giving me the understanding I needed to use Cleanflight to its fullest as far as PID tuneing goes!HATS OFF! To you all,thank you so very much! You guys changed not only the way my quad flys but also the way I am now flying!

[@RTegland]

You went out of your way to write that?

[@Andrew-FKF]

@@RedBear345 I was satisfied buying the taranis x7, $100 for box goggles, and parts for betaflight 75 sized whoops. Probably $400. Going to 5" building my own quad cost around 250-300. the only think I kept buying was more batteries at 25$ a pop. 2018 is my first year in the hobby and I have put more into it than being satisfied. I have grown to 3" and trying those out.. trying different 5" motors and props... probably in $2000.

[@captbuscemi]

Best episode so far, really good to see you guys sharing the love. Joshua is a star!

[@Jacey2001]

you guys are heroes when it comes to this stuff... i hope you guys can take pride in helping a shit ton of people. im working on learning this type of tuning atm and most of my knowledge has come from your random videos. and thanks to josh.

[@ronnwilson2350]

Great episode, I think these kind of vids is what everyone really wants to see. I've really been messing with my tune lately and actually made up charts to write down my setting before I change anything so if I don't like where it's at I can start back with where I was before easily. Seems to be helping a lot in the field. As far as buying a shirt mine is actually coming in the mail today. Great job guys! Keep them coming!

[@chluaid]

Perfect episode. First you explain how PIDs are such a nebulous subject (which is why there are so few reliable or consistent online learning resources for PID tuning). In almost the same breath, you explain perfectly how to tune your own quad. Thanks you guys, THIS is why I subscribe!

[@TheReal666]

Tuning videos are the best ever little bit helps

[@timbell8208]

I love watching you guy's fly but seeing you help other pilot's and teaching them definitely brings warm fuzzy feelings to my heart. keep up the AWESOME video's!!!!

[@danzicarelli436]

Thanks guys! Steele, letting Joshua fly your rig was a stand up move. THANK YOU! Seeing the footage from Joshua flying his quad compared to yours is eye opening. You guys are doing something very special for the hobby. For all of us who can handle the basics set up a rig and fly fpv. We need this type of information to take it to the next level. I am excited to see what you have in store for us. Hopefully a Rotor Riot mini quad setup?!?! A benchmark we can all start with?

[@evoluke69]

This may be your best video yet. Lots of great information!!!

[@jad9544]

I think it's great you all give back to the community. I've learned a ton. I am new to the hobby and have been building micros. Now I use Sims and practice so I can get fpv to the point I can fly a bigger Rig. Thanks for everything.

[@MrFlatboost]

The amount of experience and knowledge you guys share with the world is priceless, yhanx a million Rotor Riot team!

[@cknoma]

By far one of the best videos to date. I love how y'all reached out to an aspiring pilot to help him tune his quad. What has taken me months of reading forum posts and articles online, was summed up beautifully on this episode. Please make more videos like this one. BTW Steele looked dam nervous when Joshua was flying his quad, but it was a kind gesture none the less. I'm sure it made his day.

[@ChrisHeli1978]

Another awesome and insightful video. Love how Steele can describe stuff in a way that sounds like nonsense yet makes sense! I'm glad Chad's there to interpret for us. Cheers guys!

[@NellosFPV]

Nice explanation of PIDs, Congratulations Chad Nowak and Steel Davis, and of course all staff to.

[@MotleyMidwest]

5:42 "like driving a car with the tie rods broken, one of the wheels a different size and can't see out of one eye" - totally know a guy that like that! Good info video. Thanks.

[@RotorRiot]

+IowaUsedCars I think we all do ;)

[@ibalex1988]

This is EXACTLY the kind of stuff i am looking for. thanks for EVERYTHING on this channel. you guys ROCK!

[@dividingbyzerofpv6748]

thank you.... this video has done more to show the differences in changes in Cleanflight PID values than anything else I have seen in nearly a week of searching. just starting to tweek a Naze32 Versacopter. good work.

[@user-wi7br4nj6p]

This video has helped me more than any video I've seen about anything on fpv quads. Thank you!!

[@BigWillieFPV]

Loved his smile great you guys helping people out including my self keep em coming guys live your work Chad's and Steele 👍👍👍👍 you get 4 thumbs up

[@josephguske6961]

Most informative, and fun. Very nice for Mr. Steele to share his toys...though he always "makes me nervous;" like the class clown, w/ "no-to-low filters." Kudos to Josh...for taking the risk!

[@smokindrones9805]

Very nice guys! I love the trend of reaching out to the community. Just what it needs. Cheers

[@brentnorman6848]

I have tried these tips and it has made a HUGE improvement on my Minion. I now have yaw control like crazy (and always wanted). I have put in a few flights today, and cant wait to start to play around with the "I" and "D" a bit more. The guys did a great job of explaining the values and what each one did. Thanks very much for making this video :-)

[@malachihenderson166]

Thank you guys!!! This has been the most helpful video for me. I am very new to the hobby and didn't understand PID's really but after watching this video I finally get it. I can't wait to tune my quad now.

[@adyfparish]

Such a wonderful feel good vid, gonna have to watch it a few more times just to get the hard info out of it without being distracted by the sheer joy of seeing Josh flying a beautifully tuned machine.

[@ChrisCanMakeStuff]

This. Was. Awesome. Well done Josh for flying under so much pressure too! The rates discussion was really interesting.

[@3DMOFO2020]

I really love episodes like this when you guys have a basic quad fpv guy like myself and such start teaching him how you would tune a quad the right way. I'm really learning a lot very insightful stuff indeed keep it up!

[@CradyLab]

Nicely done! Easily the best video I've seen on rates and practical PID tuning.

[@clutester]

Great video. I feel like there are so many hurdles someone has to get over to start in this hobby. Clearly explaining all of these different processes really helps someone like myself. Keep up the awesome videos.

[@ardeneques]

Best video yet, and the others are amazing!!! This is exactly what i wanted to see, tuning is my least favorite part and there aren't a lot of videos covering the whole thing like this, not just PID's. Thanks guys!

[@Frogs77]

this was the best video I have ever watched. love every video but I got so much outta this. especially since I have been getting fustrated about my flying and "tune" your hitting everything I have been asking myself over the last couple weeks. thank you for being my inspiration.

[@kip383]

you guys are awesome. I learned a lot by watching mr. Steele adjust the P IDs and the rates. I wished I lived somewhere closer than Texas.

[@rayrokni]

Great help guys. Thank you

[@SumsarTheThird]

i have a 250 racer with a naze32 board., I've never really flown that particular quad, because i couldn't get it to fly properly, even after fiddling with the pids, and tried alot, eventually giving up on the quad. i then stumbled upon your video, and decided to take it off the shelf, copied every setting you guys did,. never really fiddled with anything els than pids, so i fiddled arround with all the settings untill i had it just how i wanted it.. a little bit different from your settings, but not much. and it flies like nothing i could've ever imagined. SO locked in, and SO responsive, and really really agile. this quad is now with me on the field almost daily.

[@Andrew-FKF]

soooooooo. where are you today? if you got the naze to fly "locked in" what is your setup and how would you describe how it flies compared to this comment 2 years ago?

[@dudeskinus]

love these episodes guys. never stop. haha. I like the idea of how you are touching on the same subjects from a different perspective than the rest of the Internet. hope you can work your way through most things people struggle with. enjoy every min of it guys!

[@eastcarolinadroneshelispla6635]

Thanks so much to the rotor riot crew. I have learned so much.

[@SKIDOOSH]

Guys that was awesome...great tips!! Thanks...and very cool to help a guy out!!

[@oepinzong]

This definitely is a great idea ! having the team to help a regular Joe on tuning a quad is really helpful!

[@dwade_fpv]

Joshua, you did a great job flying. Great episode RR team!

[@syncroG60golf]

Excellent video. Very informative. Explaining this stuff in simplified terms is a big help to us 'noobs'. Thanks.

[@arnepetry]

Thanks guys! despite two years of fiddling, I really learned something today... finally a good explanation of rc rates and tpa that I didn't understand before.

[@mattklein623]

Nice - great to see this walk through and would love to see more. Some great descriptions of each field

[@hiwayM9]

I don't know who gets credit for the idea of sending a few RR pilots out to fans to help tune, but I want to buy them a beverage. Brilliant, and super cool.

[@ficusnipe]

I loved the expo explanation! Thanks for going in more detail about FC expo vs radio expo.

[@VIKFPV]

Very helpful - never looked at the RC rates either. Great advice much appreciated! FYI super excited to receive my Rotor Riot Alien!!!

[@droneartists6137]

Maybe the BEST video ´for me´ u guys have ever done!!! I learned a lot about my personal laziness of trying to get something more locked and consistent. Now I know what to look for to get well simply said "better" at flying!

[@noladroneworxllc3115]

Another great video guys. Thanks. Liked they way you associated a maneuver and the quads reaction with the "tuning" that adjusts it. More please.

[@BrunoGomes666]

You guys are awesome! You don't even use Cleanflight now and yet, you helped another person tune their quad. I know the tuning principles are the same, but nevertheless, I think this video really shows that you guys are great ambassadors for this hobby! That's why you are great and that's why this community needs you. Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing your wisdom with us! ^^

[@DannyCruzCreations]

This was really good. Lots of gold nuggets in there. I'ma watch this more than once.

[@liftytim]

Really good vid guys. I feel like you just summarised months of trial and error into one vid. Going to save lots of angst and time for people trying to get into quads!

[@daveswildernessadventures7122]

thank you for posting this video!! I'm new to fpv...and I'm terrified of tuning my quad . hopefully in time I'm able to fly my quad as graceful as you guys! you guys are the masters of fpv I'm my eyes! great job!!

[@stephenwilley]

Another great video. It took me a good while to figure out that rates/expo were as important as PIDs to the feel. Loving the theme across your videos of community helping each other out.

[@JaredEasterday]

You guys are awesome! I learned a ton watching you tune Joshua's quad. If you're looking for ideas, I'd LOVE to see you all do some "How to do a power loop" or "How to do an inverted stall" type videos. Basic "Here's how we do these amazing maneuvers" episodes. Thanks again!!

[@michaelpetale6872]

Great vid guys I love that you guys that are the best in the world can spend time with others at a lower level! Awesome !

[@kitesurfjerry]

Finally a really really good episode. Thank you and blue skies!!

[@DJDevine]

This was a long time ago in the quickly evolving world of Fpv... Great job and fun

[@kevingray707]

What a great video. So nice to see some of the logic that is going into tuning. Thanks RR!!!!!

[@christiankirkenes5922]

Chad description of what the PID's change was awesome, I actually understood them afterwards.

[@northminibikes]

This is a great video! Real talk in a real situation.

[@Captainhaha1017]

It's about time:) thank you guys! your awesome:)

[@pass1985]

That is amazing how different the quads fly... you can really see the difference...

[@timmyklus]

Thanks guys! Working on getting my KWAD dialed and this has helped out a ton!

[@lowrevsrc]

Brilliant. Thankyou rotor riot team.

[@simonjohnade]

Brilliant Guys !! Very informative and as always fun to watch. Thanks so much, keep it up

[@paulkatiem]

Awesome video. I think this was the most practical / helpful one you guys have put out so far. Keep these coming, but don't stop the goofy ones either. Great Channel! Keep Keeping it real!

[@fsarfino]

One of the best episodes yet. Keep the episodes coming

[@digitalmojofpv6217]

Thank you guys, great advise I cant wait to apply some of this knowledge to my next setup.

[@chrissieracki2959]

lots of good info. I'll have to watch this a few times to get all of the good pointers! Thanks for a great vid

[@donniewroberts123]

AWESOME VIDEO, LEARNING TO TUNE IS JOURNEY ALL IT'S OWN !!!! ONE DAY i HOPE TO GET MINE LOCKED IN. STILL LOOKING, STILL LEARNING !!!!

[@BlackBirdFPV]

Thank you for this video guys!

[@CuttinEJ]

I think I just learned something very important. This video gave me an idea of what a good starting point might be. Thanks, Guys!

[@glenby2u]

I must say that the video is probably the best description / help I have seen. Everyone is about pids and descriptions of what each setting does is rare. taking some of what you put forward in here has made a massive difference to how my quad flies. keep up the great work. and yes, next time get a mode 1 pilot - lol. or maybe try a tri. :)

[@thepalmpilot3g]

This is one of the best videos of tuning i've seen and hope to find more! I could totally spend a weekend with you guys and learn an imperial TON :D Keep up the great work.

[@4xprops457]

All I can say is thank you! You guys rock!

[@BisMaxx]

Really cool of you guys to show us this.

[@Cypri666]

I think the mustache helps when tuning bru

[@terrymiller5658]

This was brilliant!!! Exactly what we need to know. Keep up the great work!!

[@jwrenfpv5019]

LOVED IT!! could you please do an episode explaining on what does what when tuning?

[@-sickfast434]

chad can fly man hes smooth and its awesome seeing steele on rr im new to fpv and can say this is way better then all the 2020 drama

[@Lag80kWow]

Best Rotor Riot video so far !

[@spaceman458]

VERY good advice! As an amateur but getting better pilot the elusive PID tuning always frustrated me and I am actually glad to see (sort of) its much more than that. And that's why I love this hobby/sport. We are ALWAYS learning...every, single day. Thanks guys. And Steele...lose the stash man! ;)

[@FPVCustomsDE]

Awesome episode! That helps a lot. If you have the time; "tuning vom scratch" would be awesome. Starting with PIDs at "0" and increase P till it's oscillating. Then go over to D and I. I still use Chads PIDs (a bit tweaked) for my Alien since I'm running a pretty similar Setup as he does. It's my best flying quad and there is no chance that I got the same result on my own. The hardest to tune for me is Yaw since the effect of different PIDs is so difficult to notice on this axis. Still trying to tune my QAV180. It's a bit***! This thing wants so much D - that couldn't be right -.-

[@viljamitabell8707]

Good job guys! Thank you 😄

[@tacticsespionagegaming2827]

Seriously best vid I've seen yet to help differentiate my own tunes to what is available and why others have there's set where they do!

[@infernalbill9366]

Great idea for a technically oriented episode. This was crammed with valuable information that a lot of people want, but telling it through Josh's story kept it interesting and entertaining. The difference between RPY Rate and RC Rate still melts my mind, though.

[@rebelkline3858]

Going to have to watch and rewatch until it all makes sense.

[@PeterJvanHaren]

thanks for coming down to earth guys!

[@yfz450manny]

Great vid fellas! Never seen a tuning vid approached this way. Loved it!!

[@David-x6e7n]

Didn't know any of that really . This video will be watched loads . Thanks

[@clintcollins]

Such a great episode! Love the cut to fiddles!

[@aerialphotographydrone2982]

I'm glad I watched this. Thanks for keeping the language clean. I've done a lot of experimenting, and though I'm using a Openpilot, the concepts are applicable. It would be nice to see you take an EBAY special ZMR250 running cc3d on 3S (one of the least expensive quads available) and after setting it up the best you could - to race eachother with them. Each member racing the exact same cheap quad specs, but with your own software settings/pids etc. That could be entertaining and informational at the same time.

[@chriscanfpvcabrera1805]

You are an awesome team!! Keep on and happy flying!

[@kozzieh6183]

this was awesome.. while I love watching the pros fly - at times it can become a bit too much .. this approach helps us mere mortals...great work

[@RileyFM]

Thanks! This helped with my Tricopter so much, it's still not perfect but it's a work in project!

[@DominicClifton]

Good work! I'm sure this will help out many people!

[@MrTimmyGT]

Excellent episode, thank you

[@jeremybaeyensify]

This is a really good video! The best video on this channel ! Well done guys! Keep them coming !

[@stav4073]

I really like the direction RotorRiot is taking , i think people are more interested in reviews.comments and tips along with the cocky/funny attitudes of Chad and Steele and how they always seem make fun of each other all bundled up into an episode.Great job guys, and cheers to Mr.Steele for letting someone else fly his quad i know it wasn't an easy thing as most people are very protective of their setups and other people flying them! Keep it up guys

[@samiyam8344]

+JustStav I totally disagree about the "reviews, comments and tips". I mean, they're nice to have like every 3rd video, but there is no shortage of those type of videos out there. Rotor Riot stands out as "the fun show" that this community is missing. They originally described it as "Top Gear with quads" and Top Gear wouldn't be what it was without a lot of cocking about and throwing cars into the ocean.

[@stav4073]

+Sam Iyam Yes i totally agree with you what i meant is i would like to see more of this being incorporated and not less of whats already been done :) maybe every couple of episodes as you mentioned above