How To Tune an FPV Drone with Black Box Logging for High Performance Freestyle

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[lordhenrix]

I’m on vacation in Florida and I went to the rotor riot shop to get some props and this gentleman who is making this video was the kindest most generous person I could have met while there. I’ve never used a digital system and he let me try his goggles and I got an hd tour of the shop through walksnail. After my purchase he sent me away with a care package which is so much more than I expected. Thanks a lot man for making my trip to Florida and to rotor riot unforgettable

[PIDtoolbox]

hey thanks for the shout out! nice set of results. FYI, the reason Iterm doesn't result in any overshoot there is because you have really quick tracking such that Iterm is not able to accumulate. That is a good thing, and is often the case when the rig is light, powerful, and P gains are sufficiently high.

[uavtech]

Awesome to see great information convasing the internet in the FPV community!!

[julientourel]

Maybe the best tuning video ever because it is linear, simple, and understandable !! And I have watched A LOT of videos regarding PID tuning : PID Toolbox, Chris Rosser, Joshua B, ... Your one is understandable for a non english native (but speaking english every days). Thank you very much !! I will restart the tuning of my 4 inch qwad.

[zarcha]

this is the first time since flying drones in 2016 were i felt like i actually tuned a drone, it took away all of the feel from the process that i couldnt understand and just showed me straight facts to look for. thank you.

[RahmatHidayat]

This is by far the simplest and easiest to follow tutorial. Nicely done

[MrSabram]

This is a great video out of all the YouTubers I've seen this is really been the easiest to understand tuning video I've ever seen. It seems like the science is fading through the magic and it's all making more sense. I hope you make more of these videos

[carcomp]

FINALLY. Someone just says how to do it without needing to run outside, fly, come back in, check, run outside, fly, come back in. I don't have enough packs to do the Indoor / Outdoor method. This is perfect and gets me 90% of the way there, which is about 40% more "there" than any of the other ways! I'm happy.

[scrimdog]

That was great. Took me years to understand the process. I always had a feel for it as far as the pids went. Using osd tuning was fast enough.
I think your video here is pure gold. I hope all new pilots follow this method and just get ripping as soon as they can. Then go watch Criss, mark ect to actually understand what your doing. It's like the difference between learning to drive and being a motor mechanic.

[kelvinwolf]

This was a great video. I've never seen someone make blackbox tuning so approachable. If I find the time, I'd love to try this method and compare it to my current "tune-by-feel" tune

[reiyv]

In Betaflight 4.4.1, the DusKings BMI270 filter settings seem to have gone, at leats I cannot find them in the list of presets.

[ninmarioscc]

This is the video I’ve been waiting for to get into tuning. Know that you are making lots of pilots out feel less intimidated by the concept of tuning

[Binkoro]

This is the most helpful PID tuning video I’ve found. Every step is described and demonstrated. Thank you!

[gregstewart]

Now I understand one of the reasons why you charge what you do for your prebuilt quads. The components are costly and the frame design too, but it is hard to put a price on the tuning process. I am glad that you posted this video because it explains the value but I learned quite a bit from it as well. Thank you.

[lakaiinhd]

I ordered my Rotor Riot HD1 3 years ago. Still flys great. Waiting for the new Air Unit from DJI to come out and will be definitely purchasing a pre built from these guys again! Amazing quality and customer service. I can't wait!

[TimeFadesMemoryLasts]

You can also use the BF LUA script on your radio to use the sliders. So it's still possible to use the PID sliders without goggles.

[TheKarstacus]

Hands down best PID tune video I've seen.

[evilgeniusfpv]

Great video! I have watched all of UAV tech and Bardwell and this was the first time in 2 years of flying I felt comfortable enough to tune. No disrespect to either because they are both amazing and have saved me hours upon hours lol but I tuned my daily after this and it Flys amazing. No more presets! Thanks RR

[WearefpvFr]

Hum, this BMI270 preset with PT2 on gyro 2 is not really good... especially for "High Performance" 🤔

[ginginthing]

Excellent video. You broke this complex subject down and made it easy for a newb like me to understand and pay attention all the way thru. I've watched several videos on this subject and I started to think I would never understand what all these parameters meant or how to set up a drone. Not now. Thanks for sticking to the explanations without throwing a bunch of EXTRA complexity into show off all your knowledge and confuse people. U r a very good instructor. Thx for this very helpful video.