Hi everyone, the part 2 thermal video will be release shortly and I will add a link here as well once done. Furthermore I just wanted to add that this was not a sponsors video or even a review. I paid for both the Flywoo O3 kit and the DJI O3 Air Unit. This video was entirely conceived by me with zero input from Flywoo or anyone else.

"We're going to be using IPA for clean-up." - there's me thinking about microbrews for a sec! 😉🤣

Thank you Ian for doing the thermo video. That was my main concern, and you answered it upfront with a dedicated video. Thanks for including very detailed disassembly/assembly in this video, as it is a great reference.

This is a great new opportunity, very nice ! Thanks for sharing 😁👍👍👍

Many thanks for the video. Great job as usual. ❤

Thank you Ian, excellent content!

The *easiest* and quickest way to remove the blue thermal conductant paste is to keep it dry at first, no alcohol. First I use a silicone wiper/crevice cleaner (or dry cotton swab,) to quickly wipe away the bulk of paste at the surface, roughly 1-3 wipes. Next, I use a nylon contoured bristle brush, DRY, and begin brushing the paste off, from edge to edge, in one direction and back in the opposite as needed. Do this over a towel or trash can. Vary your brush pressure and angle of attack to reach the varying depths of the board. The paste crumbles and brushes away when dry, instead of smearing all over like when it's wet with alcohol. Now switch it up and brush edge to edge, perpendicular to your first strokes. Work those bristles at different angles and pressure. I spend 60 to 90 seconds, leaving the board with only a very thin, superficial layer of paste, appearing very slightly cloudy. Rub thumb over the bristles of your brush to flick off any material. NOW pump a squirt of 90-95% isopropyl on the board and lightly scrub the remaining paste free. A couple more pumps of isopropyl to saturate the board and now dab up/gently wipe the board clean with a folded paper towel. I have more than 10 or 12 naked Vistas, and discovered this method around the 7th or 8th one. The PERFECT tool for this is the OXO small brush with wiper. It comes in a two brush kit called the OXO Good Grips Deep Clean Brush Set, on Amazon for $8.99. The silicone wiper is stiffer than others I've encountered, and is truly indispensable during builds, repairs, etc. You can push and shape heated Instamorph, setting hot glue, epoxy, etc., getting the material where you need it, or wiping it away from where you don't. Silicone stir sticks work similarly and are even better for particular applications. Anyway, see for yourself. Give the dry approach a shot, and I believe you'll agree it's much easier. Depending on the tools you use, it will be faster as well.

Great video once again

thanks for the help I'm doing mine now but putting it in the mob 8

Thanks Ian! Great video. Any chance on doing a quick clip on how you installed the light unit on the Pavo Pico? Cheers, Sam

Great video Ian. I might have missed it, but what weight difference does making the camera naked make? Wondering whether it’s worth it as I’d have to buy the naked nd filters too. One other question, is there any reason why you wouldn’t add conformal coating?

now planning to add a custom heatsink and a fan to O3 aIr unit to mount on some freestyle drones where the weight doesn't matter much, and also make a video on waterproofing these ripped O3 or the normal ones as well.

what ever became of two 5.8 antenna concern vs the single multi band factory antenna for the o3 unit. is there still channel switching for the o3 units ? Love to see the actual video results from this build, any loss of vibration insulation from the de cased set up ?

Hey Ian! Related sort of... wasn't there a chart that reflects the latency running various frame rates? I know 100 is the optimal but DaVinci seems to hate 100fps 4k 😂

thats what I want to do with pavo pico as soon as i get flywhoo kit. what kind of washers did you put for camera?

Is possible to waterproofing it with fpv worry free? Could it cause overheating?

I want to know if the removal of shelding cover cause some issue to the gps signal, also what about the heat dissipating?

Gota love free stuff

I wish they’d made one of these for the vista.

Do you know, what chipset DJI is using for their O4 system on the Air 3? The drone has been out a while, so maybe you might have some insights now :)

does this kit change the form factor very much?

For people who may have bought a drone with 03 lite already installed... is it safe to conformal coat any exposed pcb components and the pcb on the back of the camera module? Not that i intend on dunking it... but just incase it started raining whilst flying

Have you tried fitting it in the pavo pico after the mod?

WHEN I CONVERTED MY DJI O3 INTO FLYWOO NAKED VERSION, NOW THE LIGHT STAYS GREEN AND DOES NOT LINK WITH THE GLASSES. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THIS OR WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE?

5:03 - dji air unit: 34 gr. 28:49 - O3 ultra: 18 gr. 16 gr. saved or close to 50% At the end I would doubt that dji has just added wait without any benefits we cut away with such ultra version and therefore the key question: Are the benefits of 18 gr. worth the risks like overheating or faster aging of the componente due to higher heat considering dji will no longer provide any warranty? I have my doubts and would try to save weight rather on other parts than on a 250€ - 300€ in total O3 air unit cut down to an O3 ultra. Yes, the result is really impressive by weight savings, but I would rahter sit and wait a year to see what that might cause on such ultra air units cause for me the air units are still quite expensive pieces I can not afford to replace every year. And I am the fixed wing guy where I do not really have to take so much care about weight except in those cases where the CG is out of range. But usually I prefer the genuine untouched dji air unit with all its glory and flaws from the factory line even though I can understand why people wanna try to cut away and lower weight.

how to remove glue on ribbon cable?

Great video. However I'm not going to risk a crash and kill my o3.😅

What antennas are those?

Is there no way to have it stripped down completely but still use the SD card slot?

Can someone please give us 10 minutes of flight time....jeez on a copter under 250g with HD with no Remote ID. It will sell more than beer.

The major downside of the O3 for me is the low light performance which is a real shame.

My naked DjI action2 is 14g

Do you realise that those "shields" you took off are probably not simply heat shields? They're likely RF shields to block extraneous transmissions which would've not allowed the device to get approved for sale in the US?

Dax has been doin this since they came out hes tha man if u wanna better kit

TOOTHBRUSH is the best for removing the blue s**t IMO.

I have some custom titanium M2 x M1.6 x 30mm main screws and M1.6 nylon standoffs made for my O3 toothpick.

Dry brush the blue compound with a toothbrush, its cleaner and without leaving any residue

DJI should release O3 Lite version without recording. Many of us love to fly and do not care about recording our footage. F

thanks for not adding audio again dji

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Damaging of the o3 air unit is 100% guaranteed with this mod.

This changes everything! Including your already slim chance of DJI honoring a warranty claim. So I guess doesn't change the fact that it's still an unethical, crap company...

Changes nothing. Walksnail is life. Dji sucks