ZOHD Drift Dark Breeze

Black EPP version of the wonderful little ZOHD Drift.
ZOHD Drift Dark Breeze (Banggood) - bit.ly/40GqWrj
ZOHD Drift Dark Breeze webpage - www.zohd.net/zohd-drift
SPECS -
Item Name: DRIFT
Material: High Quality EPP
Wingspan: 877mm (34.52'')
Length: 688mm (27.08'')
OPTION A (2S Version)
Motor: 1406-2600KV
ESC: 30A w/5V 2A BEC
Servos: 4.3g*2, 8g*1
Propeller: 2 blade 5x5
Recommended Battery:
Lipo 2S 900-1500mAh
ZOHD Lionpack 18650 2S1P 3500mAh
OPTION B (3S Version)
Motor: 1406-2600KV ESC: 30A w/5V 2A BEC Servos: 4.3g*2, 8g*1 Propeller: 3 blade 3x5x3 Recommended Battery: Lipo 3S 800-1100mAh
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[@prep0wer]

Beginners tip: add eyes to the plane for orientation. Because the rigidity of foam is inversely proportional to the temperature; avoid dark colors in "summertime".

[@EnglishTurbines]

Morning Andrew, you need to activate your "Extended trims"....Get out of jail on Maiden flights.....Unlimited trim throws....🤔😳😏😏😏🇬🇧

[@AndrewNewton]

Damn why didn't I think of that.

[@EnglishTurbines]

@@AndrewNewton I'm sure you knew?.... Actually, I won't fly a new plane without it myself and to my surprise a lot of folk don't know about it...🤔😳🇬🇧

[@FPVREVIEWS]

what a fun little plane. looks delightful to fly.

[@jamesceastep8874]

Andrew: Very nice video with good commentary, gorgeous location, & weather! Expert organization & VERY useful! - Jim

[@The_Pub_]

Andrew, Can you swap a black wing with a white wing and see how she goes for orientation and flight stability.. Maybe a white elevator also??? Very hard to see on such a great looking day. A 1200mm Drift with pusher would be ideal as I love my Razor.👍

[@AndrewNewton]

Wing swap....brilliant

[@The_Pub_]

@@AndrewNewton: I can't believe it has taken you 6 years to realize this?? (my intellect!!)

[@MorningView]

excellent view and glider...just got mine yesterday

[@archivist17]

That looks like FUUUNNNNN!!! 👍🏼 And, yes, a slightly larger version would be great.

[@matthewjeffress8606]

Thanks for the video, I recognise my favourite flying site there, the Bluff! 😊

[@AndrewNewton]

Great spot

[@pilotmiami1]

Bravo.thenks.dont stop go ahead

[@stevefaltis8989]

Andrew, yer killin me, I love yer video, period, but mostly not being jealous, I love you’re advancement,

[@Bellairvideo]

Looks a very nice version #1 Still flying like a pro i see! Wonderful mate✅✅

[@AndrewNewton]

You too I see. Keep on flying!

[@Rcschim]

Looks really relaxing when you slope soar there! Nice little plane! Greets from Austria

[@AndrewNewton]

Hey Mario. Welcome to South Australia. You reminded me I must watch your DJI antenna video.

[@Rcschim]

@@AndrewNewton Good idea ;) I've watched your review of this plane here because Banggood offered it for review ;) Not sure if I want it tho ;) But it looks great when you fly it there on the coast for sure!

[@brianchamberlain9630]

That's a Beaut!

[@jonoedwards4195]

Such a great toy, 3s has Unlimited Vert. I scored two off Bangrood for like $90 or so. Had the weirdo Gyro GPS impossible fings included. Love it. Black Foam is a Factory disastererer tho. Great review, flying captures got Me Pumped. Flew this morning, now finking 2m Phoenix and a Cliff may be in order?? Beauty Andino. Stay on top of Your PSA blood work, just saying.

[@MiklGrey]

Awsom ❤

[@dronepilot260rc]

Nice 🎉 I almost bought one of these

[@NorthShoreProductions]

Drift XL would be a 1 click purchase for me.

[@Gma7788]

Another waste of time and money. When are you going to stop being distracted in life? When are you going to make 1 decision for yourself? Blacked out plane designs are very dumb. It means you're just looking at sky all day. The human brain will always default to the blue and white colours instead of the black thing. The manufacturers are laughing at you and they're holding your money 💰.

[@gmivisualsjason3729]

Excellent

[@thomasjagoe3257]

See it is soon available at my hobby shop, will add this to my hanger, along side my original.

[@d.jensen5153]

Thank you for cooling my jets! I was a button click away from getting a PNP ZOHD DDB but you've sobered me up. The plane definitely is beyond my current skill level. You make it look easy but I can tell it's too much for dyslexic thumbs. ;) I need to go up three mistakes high with an underpowered diy slow stick, and then make left turn after left turn until the battery alarms, ha ha.

[@AndrewNewton]

Good call. This is a frisky little model.

[@RGCbaseace]

I concur a 2m drift would be awesome

[@GroundControlRC]

Very cool little plane and a pretty good price as well. That did look very agile. Sub-250g ;-) Thanks for the flight demonstration Andrew! See you in the Air!

[@Gma7788]

Wrong.

[@KenKneknaneek]

Nice!

[@mallingdave]

Top video Andrew..Drift X-Large sounds a great idea…

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

I'm with you on this "no newfangled stabilizers and absolutely none of those little tiddlers for beginners" Old Fellah! Same for anything in life - learn the hard way to learn it properly! We're also getting up a petition to completely ban the use of those infernal dinky "ladies shopping trolleys" with their Auto transmissions, reversing cameras, ABS braking systems, cruise controls etc for training kids to drive. There's no way that they can be safely let on the roads unless they can reverse a crash box Kenworth with at least 2 trailers down an open cut pit incline, load 2 Euclids and do a handbrake start up and out again. Let us know where to send the petition for your signature! 🤔😉 ARGH! There's them damn kids with their Eachine Mini Warbirds in the park again. And they've got their senile old Gramps with them NOW! Blasphemy! Blasphemy! 🤣🤣🤣

[@brunoadriao1280]

Greetings. Nice video Andrew. I vote on you about a bigger Drift. The onboard footage of the runcam was recorded at 1080 60fps? I still have doubts on the best setup of the camera for no stabilized footage for youtube.

[@AndrewNewton]

2.7K 60fps to allow some cropping

[@eriktoussaint]

@Andrew Newton At 2 minutes and 4:15 , the ailerons are moving in a way that suggests a Kopilot (or comparable) is 'on' (wigeling the plane makes the ailerons respond). But making loopings seems to be impossible when the Kopilot is switched on. I have been looking in your voice over to find a reference to using or not using a Kopilot, so I have no clue at all. I am especially wondering about the moments the plane hangs almost 'still' in the turbulent air

[@AndrewNewton]

Big clue at about 3:47

[@Liithiumbob]

Some 2, 3 and 4 inch folding props would be great for these little motors.

[@ErnestPJay]

Hi. Greetings from the Philippines. I am a totally beginner, zohd drift seems soo stable. My question is, did you add a stabilizer into it?

[@AndrewNewton]

No stabiliser

[@tcz7742]

I have bench tested the small and large props, and you actually get less thrust with the 3S prop with a 3S battery than you do with the 2S prop and a two s battery. Personally, I would just bin the 3 s prop.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Actually you need a just slightly smaller prop than the 5X5 for running on 3s. A lot of WOT running WILL burn the motor. We have 3 motors down via Drifts and Dart250gs by getting too keen on the 3s/5X5 combo. The ESC seems to always survive.

[@AerialWaviator]

This ZOHD Drift 1.0075 edition is looking very rad. Perhaps a bit of yellow, red, or orange to help with orientation? The Dark Breeze Edition looks at home sloping like a ninja on a warm Australian ocean breeze. Am very happy that the ZOHD foam production line is again up and running. Agree, would be great if ZOHD were to make a ~1.5x edition (ie: 1400-1600mm span), not that there is anything wrong with the Drift design when flying in calmer weather. I'd like to see a wider fuselage compared to what the Eachine-Razor had to accommodate a 21700 pack, and just easier access in assembling a KIT version, or installing FPV gear. Drift Albatros Edition? ;)

[@mikesrcgarage]

Very cool slope soaring is a bucket list RC dream of mine and it's long overdue. That's a cool lil plane. When flying a powered plane on the slope is it basically ready to go or do you need to change CG in any way? I have several powered plane that I think would make great slope planes. Thanks!

[@AndrewNewton]

CG back a little for good gliding performance. But forward a bit in strong winds to keep the nose down

[@mikesrcgarage]

@@AndrewNewton Thanks buddy

[@neilgillies6943]

Bigger + rudder 😁

[@oldmandoingstuff8997]

From Alabama USA,. Well done. Ive the white Drift an now in box when not Airborne Dark Drift. At 64 yo an Partime Tour Bus Driver Ill take A UMX Box plane an now the Dark Drift on Road to Give me A Little Flying time in my Bus Tour down times. The Turkey Vultures in Alabama Love The Black Drift an Glide with The Black Drift when she is up. Our Ravens ie: Crows, Chase Drift a bit. Very rewarding well thought out. Im PRO larger Drift in future as well. God Speed Sir

[@AndrewNewton]

Thanks Old Man (same age as me) Our magpies are the plane chasers here.

[@oldmandoingstuff8997]

@@AndrewNewton Hi U may know,. PSA blood work test to Early Detect Prostate Cancer. Had my Prostate removed 5 days ago, On Good Friday,. Early Detected at My Tender age of 64yo. PSA test found very Early. I Recommend Testing

[@AndrewNewton]

@@oldmandoingstuff8997 Yes indeed. Excellent advice for chaps our age.

[@atamargo99]

gran video!! what kind of recibir use? 2.4 Ghz??

[@AndrewNewton]

I used FrSKY D4R 2.4GHz

[@designaddict101]

That one would be better at one of your old smaller VIC beaches where you're up close...

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes, perfect small slope sloper

[@ErnestPJay]

Which one is more visible in the sky- the white version or the black one?

[@AndrewNewton]

Black is more visible but orientation can be harder. I prefer white with broad black stripes under one wing

[@brianjones238]

Hi Andrew, are you using the official CG marker on this bird? Cheers.

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes, but it needed to go back a few mm

[@florianperrin8424]

Hi Andrew, waiting for my white Drift to come... 😁 PNP version... I'm a true beginner 😅 Did you actually suggest to ZOHD/Sonicmodell to make a bigger (1m-1m20) version ? I saw they do not have bigger than 1m models... I contacted them for some advice about battery size/weight; I saw you put a 2S 18650; might weight around 100gr ; not too heavy ? I am planning to fly it with different setups depending on the wind here (French Alps); either a really small 2S 600-800mAh battery for "soft" winds, and a more bulky 2200mAh Lipo for stronger winds, even maybe a 2x18650 like yours... I also plan to fly it with my Runcam 2 4K on top (to keep easy CG setting, and far from the nose in case of crash); any advice ? Great onboard video with the Thumb 👍😉

[@AndrewNewton]

Your batteries would be OK as 2S. RC2 4k and 2200mah might be too heavy and draggy but worth trying

[@florianperrin8424]

@@AndrewNewton Hi again, received the Drift some weeks ago, tried it in different situations but the winds are too unstable here at the moment (mountains, spring, turbulences...). But I struggle to balance/center it... I can easily balance it according to the marks under the wings by moving a 2S/1300mAh/67gr LiPo, but when I fly it with the rudder flat, in calm air, It is going down immediately. Then if I trim the rudder a bit up, I manage to fly but it is quite "sluggish". If I set the battery rearwards in the nose, and rudder flat again, of course the GC is further back than the marks from the manufacturer, and with flat rudder I still cannot obtain a nice fly, it is drowning... Any advice ? Did you experience the same behaviour ??? Never had this experience with any glider before... Thank you in advance.

[@vipertruck100]

Hi Andrew, Recently I flew/maiden my Dark Breeze, and is was a bit hectic. When I don't give up elevator, it goes in a steep dive even at 50% throttle. CG is at the little marks under the wing, and that seems very far to the back to my feeling. I believe those CG marks are way off. What I don't get, I see you fly with a flight pack and camera up front. Battery is a ZOHD 2S1P all the way back in fuselage. I need about 30% UP elevator to level the plane out and keep it like that. I'm not using any flight controller right now because not being a big fan of them after +50 years. Is there anything I am missing? As I did everything as per manual. I guess that I need to get that up-elevator mechanically with trim at neutral. I do not see anything misaligned on the plane. I know the servo throws need to be less, at least one hole inside at the servo arm. Weather was decent, 4km/h with 20km/h gust sometimes. In my experience this thing doesn't fly like glider, rather like a hotliner, but could be my old eyes. Possibly the speed is to high at full throttle. Maybe I try the 3-blade prop on the 2S pack. Any suggestion is very welcome. Cheers Andrew, break a leg.

[@AndrewNewton]

My battery its much lighter I guess. Seems like yours is still nose heavy and you can't move it back far enough.

[@vipertruck100]

It balance slightly nose down with my fingers under those little marks. I try with some weight behind the battery. Might as wel put that KOPILOT in it. For now I gave elevator a mechanical UP and do a test with 3-blade prop on 2S to slow it down. Probably end up some more weight behind C of G. Well see. Thanks Andrew, Kind Regards.@@AndrewNewton

[@AndreyYeltsov]

Is the black EPP more durable and crash-proof than the white one?

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes, a bit denser maybe, but it's not a hot liner.

[@jojo-._.]

to the drift xl idea. I think the Volantex ranger is basically that

[@AndrewNewton]

Not quite. I was thinking more of a slim glider fuselage

[@jojo-._.]

@@AndrewNewton hmm okay. I only know the ranger from Fotos so I thought it was slim. Great video btw!

[@eriktoussaint]

Hei Andrew, did you use the Kopilot during this flight?

[@AndrewNewton]

The answer is hidden in the video

[@eriktoussaint]

@@AndrewNewton I would appreciate a bit more openness Andrew. At 2 minutes, the ailerons are moving in a way that suggests a Kopilot (or comparable) is 'on'. At the same time, making loopings seems to be impossible when the Kopilot is switched on. I have been looking in your voice over to a reference to using or not using a kopilot, so I have no clue at all

[@liamwilson9490]

What transmitter and receiver are you running in your Drift?

[@AndrewNewton]

Watch the video

[@liamwilson9490]

@@AndrewNewton very helpful thanks u old twat

[@bugsy742]

@@liamwilson9490 shame you didn’t have a dad around because your mum was such a slag mate!

[@fpvgood]

black is new version?😍

[@AndrewNewton]

Correct, otherwise the same

[@Bigislandfpv]

What hd cam are you using?

[@AndrewNewton]

You tell me, after rewatching the video

[@beerman2221]

hey Andrew having a problem with my Bixler 2 with full throttle and full elevator just will not climb the CG seems to be fine

[@loc4725]

I've had a servo failure which had similar symptoms. Elevator moved when static but in the air the authority was very weak to non-existent. 😮 Other things to check: - Slop in linkages (everything tight?). - Control surfaces not damaged? - Elevator rates OK on your radio? - Elevator travel unhindered, hinges not too stiff and there is actually enough travel? - Plane not (too) nose heavy? A little is fine but too much and you'll experience problems.

[@AndrewNewton]

If you're talking about launching, don't use full throttle, it will always dip down until flying speed is reached. Half throttle and a strong throw is the way to launch a high motor pusher.

[@The_Pub_]

"" Deny the Dip "" Search on Andrews site for hand launching.

[@stevefaltis8989]

Vicariously ME!

[@emperorkalel]

Is there a dji rc like radio for this plane?

[@AndrewNewton]

Can use any radio, what do you mean by DJI like?

[@emperorkalel]

@@AndrewNewton touch screen Android tx

[@johnsterne178]

What gps unit are you using?

[@AndrewNewton]

None on this one. But BN220 fits.

[@Chris-vc1dh]

where is it already summer weather in the uk?

[@thargor6750]

Lol... That is not a UK accent.

[@The_Pub_]

@@thargor6750 :: Could have been 250 years ago....😶

[@r1m.dog78]

South Australia to be specific 😀

[@infosplus1772]

In Temu it cost 136 euro 😂

[@AndrewNewton]

They're dreaming

[@stevefaltis8989]

I’ve before, cryips, I m 74, California, straight, zero on yor vids, better than hot rod vids…thanks.

[@jonoedwards4195]

He has a Hypnotic Effect!

[@fritzstudios8571]

In your opinion Andrew what's the best beginners plane with fpv? Preferably something big and slow?

[@AndrewNewton]

Bixler 2, Skywalker X8 (not the wing) or similar, with a ZOHD VC400 camera/VTx.

[@fritzstudios8571]

@@AndrewNewton thankyou!