haha no wonder it crashed, it probably failesafed because flysky. as for the camera feed - you'll need tp buy a pair of goggles for that to work. you will also need a radio
#Found a crashed FPV Drone; attempting to fix
rugged chasm
a radio is a controller, in this hobby
https://www.racedayquads.com/products/ev800d-5-8g-40ch-diversity-fpv-goggles-with-dvr
these are the standard analog goggles that everyone suggests. they're pretty okay, but cheap enough.
ah, that's a rough charger. be careful with your lipos, cheap chargers can charge them wrong and catch them on fire
as for what radio - it's tough. you'd really want to solder on a new reciever in place of the flysky reciever. are you comfortable soldering?
reciever - https://www.racedayquads.com/products/happymodel-ep2-rx-express-lrs-receiver?keyword=elrs rx
awesome! FPV is completely different, unfortunately. your dji drones are gps stabilzied, this is not. i recommend practicing in a sim before you go flying
twin forum
Very lucky finding a drone, I lost my first drone about 2 years ago in my neighbourhood, arris x220 and flysky caused it to failsafe, never seen it again
But a tip I have is don’t jump straight for what people say is best, there are other protocols for radio like crossfire, frsky ect, if you’d like to stick with a 2.4ghz connection you have tracer to pick from aswell
Crossfire is higher latency but has absolutely astounding range, where as tracer is very low latency but range is impacted
ELRS and ghost are a very nice balance between both but can be tricky to set up, I personally prefer tracer after flying crossfire and elrs
Before you test anything you should buy a smoke stopper, have you plugged it into betaflight aswell to make sure the computer will pick it up?
rugged chasm
But a tip I have is don’t jump straight for what people say is best, there are o...
why would you buy anything other then ELRS? it’s literally so cheap
and please dont recommend frsky as an alternative. that's just wrong
there's 2 protocols you should consider in 2022. crossfire and elrs - and elrs is the cheaper one of the two, so that's really it.
twin forum
I’m not saying don’t buy elrs but links come down to preference in my opinion, as I’ve said I’ve flown crossfire, for nearly a year and I’ve tried elrs but tracer is the one I went with
rugged chasm
i fly crossfire too, but no, if you're starting from scratch, just buy elrs
twin forum
Isaac do you know any pilots locally?
Also fpv
Hm right, it hasn’t popped on 5 volts so let’s hope it doesn’t pop on a lipo, as I said you could get a smoke stopper, or do what a fair amount of people(myself included)do and pray that she doesn’t go pop
Now that does sound horrible but it’s not that bad, it basically sparks and then smells very badly
I popped an all in one on my 3” a few months ago and it still smells
What cell is the battery do you know
tawny walrus
This ALMOST makes me want to register my stuff so that if/when this occurs. Poor guy who lost it.
twin forum
do not even put that thing near a charger
tawny walrus
Interesting choice of lipo for those motors. Did a winding fry?
twin forum
A 5s lipo on 3v is basically done for
tawny walrus
Look at the copper coils inside the motor. One of them (or more) might look toasted as compared to a shiny copper one.
No need to take apart. Just inspect.
twin forum
Good looks like this
didn’t think people flew 5s, normally it’s either 4 or 6
Good news is since the motors are such a high KV you could run the quad on 4S
If you do decide to switch to 4S it’ll save you a bit of money on lipos, but you should make sure the motor output limit is set to 100, 5s on 2750kv is fairly high to not have a cap
Motors work backward the higher the voltage, so 6s ranges between 1600kv-1900kv, 5s would be I guess 2000kv to 2400kv, and 4S would be 2500-2800kv(not exact but roughly)
You can run high kv motors on a high cell but your flight time would be reduced along with efficiency, I fly 6s but I use 1950kv motors so to keep them running efficiently, I have them capped to 1800kv
tawny walrus
I was looking at diatones website just now. chat options pop up immediately.
static stone
cool looking frame. Nurk did a video on upgrading to Betaflight 3.5.1 when it came out, back in November of 2018, so that dates the drone a bit.
VTX, there should be a light that tells you what band and channel it's on with a VTX that old, especialy a Wolfwhoop. The VTX will only power up if a battery is connected.
rugged chasm
dont get the garbage sologood conversion. not the same thing as the eachine set
static stone
RaceDayQuads has Better price, shorter shipping times 😄 Alsso, you want the receiver with the external antenna. While ELRS has amazing range, the cube antenna kills about 1/3 of that and then you have issues with thequad it's self blocking the signal. it's not a problem for those with experiance building quads, but for your first quad, use an external antenna to create far fewer headaches.
tawny walrus
twin forum
The vtx won’t power up via usb input, they run off vbat so they use a filtered voltage from the battery to be powered, also the blue light your talking about, is it flashing consistently/in a pattern or is just randomly flashing
twin forum
That’s nothing to worry about, all flight controllers have a slider box in the configuration tab that sets the quad to enable its beeper when plugged in via usb, this can easily be turned off
Some companies leave it enabled where as basically 98% of normal people disable it because it’s annoying when working on the bench
twin forum
Sorry for the late reply, what vtx is on it?
I would not fly a drone using a ppm control link, ppm is like stupidly outdated
Personally I would rumble the budget around and buy a new vtx, you can pick some good brands for not too shabby of a price
The likes of the tbs pro32 is 50 bucks which can go up to 1W
Iflight would be a good company for cheap but really good quality parts
oh shit wait
Is that a 3” frame?
If it is then you’ll be better off with something more along the lines of this
So after doing a bit of searching I’ve discovered your frame is the Iflight IX5 V3, which seems to be labelled a racing frame on some sites
Unfortunately it’s discontinued and it’s only sold as a frame which means there’s no stacks or set ups that it was built with from factory
That being said, you could opt for a flight stack(FC and ESC together) or to keep it slim even an AIO(all in one/esc and fc on one board) which will give you more space for a vtx
Hell even some AIO have a receiver built in aswell including elrs
Could also try presets, these may not work the best but atleast you’ll know if the vtx works
static stone
@visual tusk what was it doing when you tried to lift off?
plush anvil
Flips?. What does it do? Why give up so easily?
Sounds like props are on wrong
That’s FPV
I spent like the last 2 hrs doing weird stuff Like this lol. Had to get some help
plush anvil
would do you, you have most the equipment now, I THINK. Havent been following this thread
static stone
Nazgul 5 is awesome. I love mine. this thing you have hear should be fairly good too.
If it's flipping out on launch, it's likely 1 of 2 things:
-Props on wrong.
-Motor rotation set wrong.
easily solvable. Have you got a pic of how you have the props on right now?
long niche
me moving from dji drones to 5i inch racers, please put angle mode on for testing, you will crash in the default mode (acro) if you have only flown dji. Also beware that its extremely sensitive compared to something like a phantom 3
long niche
yes obv a whoop or sim for starting is preferred
long niche
and don’t do that either. angle mode is bad
bro
long niche
what are you on
rugged chasm
actual skill
rugged chasm
bro lmfao
long niche
whats the issue
rugged chasm
no it isn’t, you literally only give bad advice
long niche
(i still use acro tho)
long niche
no it isn’t, you literally only give bad advice
dude moving from dji to a 5inch im giving something that the person is used to
rugged chasm
angle mode sets you up for really bad habits when you go to fly acro
long niche
Dji works on angle
long niche
angle mode sets you up for really bad habits when you go to fly acro
oh yea thats true
long niche
theres legit 0 issue with using angle mode thats just u
long niche
A 5s lipo on 3v is basically done for
yea
plush anvil
Pretty sure that sentence wasn’t a question
twin forum
no it wasn’t, it was a statement lmao
Also @visual tusk I would recommend the nazgul5, it was my first proper quad, the stack on it is pretty good, mine hasn’t broken in the 2 years of ripping it hard, been on two frames and survived a 50ft drop off a tree
The xing pros are also fantastic motors
twin forum
what are you on about, I was talking about a lipo
long niche
no it wasn’t, it was a statement lmao
oh wait
shoot i was refering to the wrong comment
twin forum
lmao
long niche
mb
twin forum
It’s all good
plush anvil
except I usually endorse frsky
no one in the right mind would recommend frsky over elrs
long niche
do u think i am in a right mind
rugged chasm
@long niche please stop recommending frsky
seriously dude
we gotta work on giving new people better and more helpful advice and not fucking them over at every opportunity just because you like giving different advice
long niche
<@884655428443705384> please **stop** recommending frsky
i have stopped
plush anvil
put them on in the order the quad is set up
normal
are the motors set up like that
do they spin in the
L R
R L
direction?
is it flipping in that direction?
static stone
@visual tusk
hard to tell from the video, so i want to confirm, are you sure that each motor is spinning the correct direction. not just by the settings, but physicaly check each motor that it spins the correct direction?
because it looks like one or more motors is spinning the wrong way.
rugged chasm
very much agree
stone helm
Hello. I do props. If it still flips send a video of the motors idling, props on.
oak pivot
radio - https://www.racedayquads.com/products/tx12-mkll-multi-protocol-opentx-2-...
An ep2 in a 5inch 
O wow mb thats some very old messages
Sorry for 🅱️ing
rugged chasm
static stone
Best way to get that video will be to set your idle speed as low as you can in betaflight, and also take a Sharpy marker, or some paint, and mark the tip of one blade on each prop. totaly fine to use an old beat up set of props for this.
stone helm
These two are installed in props out configuration (motors reversed).
Assuming you have them installed facing up, I've marked in red the directions that these props want to turn.
Motor direction is entirely correct. Just switch those 2 props.
Actually judging by the shadow here, props are right side up.
stone helm
Assuming you have them installed facing up, I've marked in red the directions th...
So swap these 2 and try again.
rugged chasm
OH SHIT LOL
stone helm
you did not
rugged chasm
I just noticed
stone helm
you did not do it right
rugged chasm
@visual tusk come back Isaac
stone helm
that is NOT going to fly
rugged chasm
I just glossed over it and assumed you did everything right 😂 my bad
stone helm
You didn't swap the two front ones you swapped two side ones
man
swap these two
You know which way the motors turn. You know the motors turn the correct way. Just match the direction to the prop that would push air down if turned in said direction
you want the props to blow air down, you know, so the quad moves up
I swear this is the most fundamental skill in fpv you need to be able to match the prop to the motor no matter how many motors there are
rugged chasm
I swear this is the most fundamental skill in fpv you need to be able to match t...
I still can’t do it
I just hope
Or I match it to other quads that do fly
rugged chasm
he’s done it ladies and gents
rugged chasm
see you in 15 minutes when you crash and have broken it
rugged chasm
ok so
heres what you're gonna do now
you're gonna pick that quad up
and you're going to unplug the battery
and then dont plug it in for 14 days. go fly an hour in a sim each day until then
learn why thats a bad idea
static stone
Gratz!
And yes, totally should upgrade to ELRS if this is something you plan to stick with.
long niche
Bros trolling more than me
stone helm
How much is rather quickly?
long niche
9 minutes is not quick btw
static stone
what battery size do you have, and how long did they last?
static stone
charge them to 16.8 for full pack life, but yeah, 5 minutes is a normal flight unless you're just puttering around
But I'm glad to hear it's flying! 😄
Awesomesauce! It's really kind of awesome that you brought this old abandoned bird back to life
Welcome to the Gang 😋
stone helm
🤨
finite parcel
Looks like ESC ester damage. Haven't been following so it's mostly like something else
twin forum
Check your solders to your esc, I’ve had two quads have that issue and both times it was because a connection was either hanging on my a thread or was basically just resting on it
twin forum
Probably issues with the esc then
keen apex
might be an idea to make a post in the local FPV community to ask if anyone knows to who this quad belongs