You Gotta Crash to Fly Fast! | Track 6 Drone Racing

[@proantifpv]

I don't know if you know much about pro skating, but you, friend, are the Rodney Mullen of FPV. Respectfully, you are the pilot I study. You are the pilot I try to emulate (though my videos don't really show that yet). I just wanted to thank you. I'm still new, and you've always been kind and engaging. You are a really good dude, Shaun. Be blessed and joy to you and your family.

[@Shauny_D]

@@proantifpv wow thanks! i know Mullen through hundreds of hours in Tonyhawks pro skater and Jonny Gigers impossible tricks of rodney mullen videos. I can’t skateboard but i enjoy watching it a lot. I can snowboard and ski but there is no where around here worth it. Hit me up on discord if you need any help with things.

[@proantifpv]

@@Shauny_D You just made my year. Thanks man.

[@crackz6885]

really well done. I have such a hard time flying my whoops indoors. I am pretty new, and haven't gotten a lot chances to fly them outside. But watching this is quite inspiring.

[@Shauny_D]

@@crackz6885 Yah just accept the fact that you’re gonna crash A LOT and keep at it. The crash compilation i showed at the beginning was only crashes from 1 battery and I flew like 50 pack!

[@TorontoFPV]

Great intro! Great job!

[@Shauny_D]

@@TorontoFPV Thanks!

[@nightwingfpv]

I’m glad you like the track man! I enjoyed your freestyle rip too!

[@Shauny_D]

Yah! I didn't do much freestyle in this video I was taking it too easy the last few weeks and was so rusty. I really like the longer course too a 30seconds course for me feels right

[@BeeBird_FPV]

That Christmas tree / fort is pretty cool!

[@Shauny_D]

@@BeeBird_FPV it’s awesome to lay underneath! I should have gotten some better clips. I was nervous about cutting the fishing line holding up the flying letters and keys though

[@fpvkevlar8101]

Nice video bro

[@Shauny_D]

thanks!

[@samcacc..03]

l want that Chrismas tree too😅😂😂 Amazing video dude, really🙌🙌

[@Shauny_D]

Its a pretty awesome tree. We did the same thing last year but decided to double the size this time. I can fit inside with a dog and 3 kids!

[@superhappyfun.1]

Wow! You're really fast! I got motion sickness just watching this :D

[@Shauny_D]

@@superhappyfun.1 it’s faster than i can see while flying! it’s all muscle memory and repetition

[@bluefpv3263]

i started flying racegow with racegow3 track 5 and im proud to tell you that i can almost follow the entire time now :D

[@Shauny_D]

@ Haha yah i still have to 1/2 speed the top pilots videos to tell what is going on. Too fast

[@JungleRabbit99]

Love the video. Are you running this on the defualt quid build rates? I always feel like im trying to fly a far to big quad for the space if that makes sense

[@Shauny_D]

@@JungleRabbit99 thanks! For racing i use rates 650degrees/sec on all pitch roll and yaw. For freestyle 880 on pitch and roll and 1000yaw but i’ll reduce yaw if i use a higher camera angle. For that giant quad in a small space feeling that probably throttle control. You can try to add a throttle scale % limit like 80-90% which will tame that feeling. Some of the extra tight races lll still run a 90% throttle scale.

[@CPTRedBeardFPV]

Got a vision 40 and had to turtle mode and now goes full throttle. Motors seem fine. Do you think I messed up the board or is there a way to trouble shoot it?

[@Shauny_D]

@@CPTRedBeardFPV Not too familiar with that quad. There’s always a way to troubleshoot maybe not fix but… haha Make sure all physical pieces are ok first. Props, motors, arms, solder joints. If it’s flying to the moon when you arm that’s probably dterm noise on runaway so a bad motor, prop, or tune. If it gradually winds up and then freaks out maybe the board/escs. But yah if it flew fine and then freaks after a crash i’d suspect motor/prop causing vibrations and noise to the FC that it can’t hand.

[@bestfield372]

Air 75 bound receiver three plugging way. In betaflight switches working, they are lighting up yellow apart from the arming switch can't arm drone. Can u help, please. This is the second whoop I can't get flying 😂 any suggestions be nice thank you

[@Shauny_D]

@@bestfield372 are you on discord? Hit me up or Tyrantts whoop lounge we can help much better there with photos. Hard to tell from your description but maybe your controller has to be arm on channel 5 only or aux 1? Sometimes that happens… Video feed? Do you see any warnings or arming flags?

[@RyanTehPyro]

Love the music room! Question about the tracks.. are these shared track ideas? Do you think utilizing more of the house could be funner/more entertaining? You broke into the next room but I am thinking of setting up a whole-house track - during the summer it could go inside and out. More like Isle of Man instead of Stadium Supercross... Been trying to think of a way to let people teleport in and fly areas without having to be there..

[@RyanTehPyro]

Just noticed RaceGOW.. might check that out! Only have a couple turd whoops though - digital A85 and an emax TH III indoor lol Even with the PVC setups.. could do like 2 or 3 small gate areas in different areas of the house and ensure linear measurement between them for setting up "the same track" wherever. Looks fun..

[@Shauny_D]

@@RyanTehPyro Yes they are shared tracks. Racegow Season 3. We’ll get a track layout every two weeks and try to get our fastest 3 laps. The tiny tight course has its own unique required skill set and has made me a better pilot more so than anything else. I’ll get out side or through the house a lot more for freestyle. But i will 100% remember this comment and try to get some more whole house flying into Track7!

[@RyanTehPyro]

@@Shauny_D Ima have to join and start leveling up too! I can totally see how the tight knit control would boost XP supaquick..

[@Shauny_D]

@@RyanTehPyro yes indeed! Not only the course it self is tight but when you put in in a small room with lots of things to hit your level up fast. You're forced to stay very close.

[@rezer481]

Lovely stuff, i watch your stuff to hear what youre thinking about (thought process etc)! Thanks alot for all your uploads. Im still in the SIM with my radiomaster pocket. I might want to go with dji goggles and o3 whoops. I know you might get these questions alot. But what would you suggest? Even if money wouldnt be a big problem, i want to take it slow (with the smaller drones and stuff). My radiomaster is ERLS... Was searching though your account but i couldnt find your goggle specs. Theyre DJI with sometimes analog module on it? And do you recommend them? A whole lotta different opinions but since i like your videos and fly style im really invested in your stuff! thanks alot & in advance, for the videos and the reply :). (sorry for my english, im from the netherlands.)

[@Shauny_D]

@@rezer481 Cool i have been wanting to and planning on adding more commentary about thoughts along the way. I talk as I fly right now but most of that ends up cut cuz it wasn’t in fastest laps…

[@Shauny_D]

@@rezer481 I use dji v2 goggles with a uruav analog v3board (just gives the analog module a place to plug in) the module is TBS fusion. I got this setup specifically to fly 03 stuff for commercial work but also have flex and backup for analog and vista on 1 set of goggles. I LOVE the setup. Best analog dvr by far and the giant field of view is fantastic. There is probably 10ms more latency than my fatsharks but i’ll take the other benefits over that. I wasn’t fast enough until this year to even notice. I did try to jump into walksnail this year too and i’m loving most of it by there are a lot of hangups.

[@rezer481]

@@Shauny_D thanks alot ill be looking into it. Deff cause i hear its fine to start digital nowadays. Probly the right move. You also use tinys with digital? Or not at all? Thanks again for the reply :) Evennif you dont add the informative parts intentionnaly i can still see what you do, how you train etc

[@Shauny_D]

@ yah the HD stuff i. this video is all walksnail 1s on a 75mm. It’s been my favorite setup over all for whooping. It’s walksnail now but before it was an analog split cam to get HD video dvr. I do commercial work so i have a smattering of cinewhoops but really only ever fly the 3.5” or the 85mm 03 for that stuff.

[@rezer481]

@@Shauny_D ah cool! Never had issues using these drones on the dji goggles? Thought you could only use de 03 with the goggles. Or am i getting things confused. Just trying to figure my next step out! Or do you use other (than dji) goggles for the walksnail 1s kits. (Thanks again for replying, been googling stuff for so long but i dont have people near me to ask some stuff. So many different answers etc. Sorry for alot of my questions!)

[@Crucifer_Immorta]

Is each part of a the square of a race gate 24 inches?

[@Shauny_D]

@@Crucifer_Immorta yes all the pvc is cut to 24" so it's super easy to build. It also makes the course VERY tight and technical. Nothing else has made me a better pilot quicker than these courses

[@Crucifer_Immorta]

@@Shauny_D I'm thinking about making one for myself. Thanks for the info and happy holidays!

[@Shauny_D]

@@Crucifer_Immorta make sure to get 5way pvc joints. Game changer for building

[@Crucifer_Immorta]

@@Shauny_D Will do. Thanks.

[@ian9toes]

what mode are you in?

[@Shauny_D]

@@ian9toes Acro me trying to fly in angle is like trying to teach a walrus to tap dance

[@ian9toes]

@@Shauny_D do you make any specific changes for indoor, because what you're doing looks insane.

[@Shauny_D]

@ Sorta. Not for indoor but for racing. My rates are slower 650degrees/s on all vs for freestyle i’m at 880 pitch/roll and 1000yaw. It’s stick time and A LOT of crashes. You’re see an edit after 50 batteries and the crashes from just 1 pack! So it looks impressive but really i’m just too stubborn to know when to quit! haha

[@chirots]

How long does it take you to be at this level??? I have played Liftoff more than 23 hours and I sill cannot turn properly.

[@Shauny_D]

@@chirots I had a ROUGH start in 2020 on sims but i’ve been doing it for a while. For just this track i flew the course in the sim for an hour or 2 to learn the turns and experiment with different lines. Then i ran in real life about 10 batteries a day for 4days before getting good times. Don’t be discouraged by slow progress and remember you’re seeing an edit of many many tries without seeing all the crashes and mess ups behind the scenes. The crash compilation at the beginning was only from 1 battery so, yah you gotta crash. A LOT of

[@chirots]

@@Shauny_D thank you for encouraging response. I always know I am not really good at joystick handling. Have played a lot of games from superfemicon to PS3, I couldn't control well at all. However, I also don't give up on thing easily and I keep practicing. LoL. I have already destroyed 5inch fpv last week and now waiting for Pavo20Pro to arrive. Hopefully I can get better for just flying around.

[@Shauny_D]

@ that's the key just don't give up. I made it to 5th and 4th overall in IGOW global freestyle competition not because I was better at flying than all those others but because I just put in pack after pack until I got it done so some tenacity and dogmatism will get you a long ways in fpv

[@chirots]

@@Shauny_D I have improved a little since 2 days ago. Realised I kept looking at the OSD in Liftoff, so just removed OSD and spent 2-3hours to figure out. Now I can turn a lot better and practice sharp turn and fly around the trees...

[@Shauny_D]

@ Yah that’s great! It took me forever to fly through a gate in the sim when i started but once i got through it I felt like i won the super bowl! haha