While at CES, Will and Norm attend a quadcopter showcase event at a closed off outdoor range just outside Las Vegas. We put on FPV goggles and race a pair of DJI Phantom 2 quads! They’re not quite as fast or maneuverable as custom built multi-rotors, but they’re still thrilling to race. Who’s going to win?
This video was shot with a Sony PXW-X70 camera, which we’re testing. Thanks to B&H for providing us with gear for CES! Check it out here:
Photo credit: Eric Cheng
Shot and edited by Joey Fameli
planning to 3D print a frame and make my own!
1:26 I vote norm based on his experience in the past and I like him more
than Will sorry Will.
What transmitters are you guys using that you are able to have FPV with a
gopro??
they actually seemed like friends in this video. Norm made eye contact!
keep it up.
Can see how Will might have had a little more trouble with that transmitter
than Norms one. The interference gets in the way a lot more than I thought.
Will got the bad 5.8ghz video channel.
Moneys on Norm
Race rc planes they are faster and and less expensive
Norm.
team norm
Can we expect to see a build video for one of these in the future? Also,
does anyone make software for customizable hud projections in the glasses
to give you tilt and altitude?
Norm
My money is on Norm $$$
Damn cheech marin is flying fpv? Cool!
im sure they were in gps mode. lol noobs
Norm! 😀
Actually Will is the winner here, considering he didn’t end up on the
ground having an epilepsy from that ages-old-vhs like feed. Forget flying a
thing, it was hard just to watch. At least Norm had a functioning
240p(otato) feed.
No manuel mode? :p Whould go a lot smoother and faster.
Will’s beard looks so much BUSHIER when he’s not wearing his glasses 😉
Norm
Norm gets my coin
what is the title of the background music guys?
Do more on FPV!
I would expect a higher quality video, maybe if you put a go pro on it, it
would be better quality?
nope.. it is worse and harder to fly with.
you use board cams for FPV as they do not have a large amount of latency
and adjust to low light much better.
those cameras where bad and not setup correctly on the phantoms, also the
antenna placement was junk.. but you do get drop outs in the video and
interference when flying. but not usually that bad.
so … i am guessing they didnt show you manual mode, also you would think
with fatshark and immrersionrc reps there they would have got the the
cameras and transmitters working correctly unless the horrible distortion
was due to the DVR and only in the recording.
Also the interference you learn to fly through and mostly just ignore once
you have been doing it for a while.
was that the game of drone guys at the end?
Will
Racing phantoms? Whut?
Lots of seesawing. Were they racing in ATTI mode? That looked like the
first time i flew FPV and i had autolevel on. I tried manual on my 3rd
flight and it was smooth flying ever since.
“Racing” phantoms?
will to win
Terrible ta session Marco… De bien belles images…
n1
They call this fpv race? DJI Phantoms?! And the video quality is horrible
even my fkin ladybird fpv is better