Falling Back in Love with FPV

This video should be shown to every FPV starting pilot so he knows what FPV is about. Constant homebacks for a simple repair you didn't predict... But that's why we love FPV, don't we?

When you first setup a plane, make sure to manually adjust the control surfaces to neutral while the servos are centered. Some planes (many flying wings) prefer to have a bit of up elevon as 'neutral' position, and there's no yaw axis control. Test the plane (prop off or throttle disabled) at the bench by putting in stab mode and observing the control surfaces while you bank, pitch and yaw the plane around. Lift a wing, and that wing's aileron should move up and the other wing's aileron down to counteract your bank angle to level the plane. Lift the nose up and the y-tail elevons should move down to pitch it back down to level. Move the tail left or right and the y-tail elevons should move toward the direction of movement. Then at least you'll know the stabilization is working correctly.

Individuals commercializing FPV has driven the entirety of FPV to become highly commercialised. People forget that this is a HOBBY first and foremost. Hobbies allow us to have fun, relax, and escape from the norm. Ive been saying this for years. Its nice to see that influencers are finally getting onboard.

You can check the gyro 'angle mode' while on the ground. Just wiggle the plane around and watch the surfaces move to correct. They should do the opposite of whatever wiggle you are doing.

This is the most I've smiled in a long time. The struggles of the build! I'm going to dust off the workbench tonight.

This was my first plane.. went threw many headaches/crashes in beginning trin to learn the set up! Now its 1 of my favorite planes.. sooo much different then quads! Much respect for trying something different! Also. Rule #1 for flying fun is always first. Never lose that passion to fly!

Hey Nurk!! It’s good to see you finding your joy again! I remember you were the first actual fpv video I ever saw, and man did that open a worm hole for me lol!! That was a few years ago and I’ve been obsessed ever since. Totally changed my life (as corny as that sounds it’s 100). I just re-discovered some of your older stuff recently when I decided to follow JB’s lead and build an 8S quad. Then I realized that this was nothing new as you were building a 12S years ago lol!! Anyway, love your channel man and I really appreciate your putting stuff like this out there so guys like me can find what we didn’t know we so desperately needed!! Love this shit!!!

Best comedic editing yet ;) 😂😂

Dude flying wings has been so much fun after getting into quads a couple years ago!! So much fun it's a whole different experience!!

We always watching your videos and flights! Feel free to return here any time Nurk!!! Let's fly together!

Flying is about fun and challenges for me, fixed wing or multirotor doesn't matter. When you have that perfect late evening flight that leaves you perfectly calm and happy, it makes the umpteen crashes before worth it, and leaves you wanting more, just like you found. Enjoy many more of those flights mate...

So much fun watching someone else other than me suffering the joys of FPV foamies.It’s like climbing a mountain oh so satisfying when you get to the top…& it finally flies right.

Can’t wait to see this. My first and only wing was the dart.. boy did it live up to its name on the very first flight 🤣 #lawndart

Recently went on my own “make fpv fun again” adventure. Really trying to get back to what got me hooked. Got a 5 inch built that I don’t mind smashing and I’m starting a new fixed wing build. Started only buying/building with a purpose instead of for fun! Wondering if you had a similar feeling

Thanks for the entertainment. Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Also great editing BTW 👏 Get this thing to the mountains 🔥

Nice to see, it's not that difficult. normally I fry in manual/horizon (it's a plane ;) ) if you look in INAV 6.1 setup you can see the orientation of the plan, and how it responds to the movement. Then if you put in angle or horizon you can see how your elevons and elevator moves. I usually use autolaunch, because I'm lazy. have fun... hope this helps ...

Soo been researching this myself the past few months. Thank you Paul for the video. Good to see ya!

sets up camera in garage, leaves garage, opens garage "I'm actually coming back right this second..." ;) Glad to see you enjoying it again! I'll need to find a project sometime so I can do the same

This is exactly what the iNav learning curve is like. It’s all worth it though! It looks like your plane either thinks right side up is upside down and that down is up. Put the plane into angle mode and move it around with your hand. When you roll right, the left aileron should go up, when you roll left the right aileron should go up. For the tail, aiming the nose up, should make both ruddervators (yes, they are called that ) go down, and aiming the nose down should make both ruddervators go up. If something is behaving behaving backwards, you need to reverse the servos in iNav, not in OpenTX. The fact that it flies OK in manual, but not in any of the automatic modes makes me think that you reverse the servos in OpenTX and not in iNav. When you use iNav, you don’t do any mixing in opentx like a normal plane, just use the same opentx model that you use for quads.

I have some feedback on what you are "doing wrong". Or, could just do better. First, you can check angle mode without launching it. Put it in angle mode and move the model around and make sure the ailerons move the correct way on their own. Tilt the model left and the left aileron should come up while the right goes down. Tilt it right and the right should come up while the left should go down. Tilt it forward and the elevators should come up, and vice-versa. Very easy pre-flight test that you should do before EVERY launch along with the high-5 check. If you have that sorted then it is actually safe to auto-launch, even for a maiden. Also, turn on continuous auto-trim in iNav to get it trimmed without any effort. I'm sure you've done your research, but just in case you don't know about Painless 360, it is probably the best YouTube channel for newb wing and iNav pilots. Good luck on Maiden 2.0!