You can use a UV light to find any missed spot when applying the conformal coating, and you also need something else (I don't remember the name now) to apply on all plugs that makes the water not to go into them too.

Really nice to have a dependable drone that is designed for this specific use! Can’t wait to see how the HD and future versions of this design will look

As a beginner im so afraid of water 😂

Im begging the youtube algoritm because you’re videos are sooooo underrated.

it's amazing that even the foam has a sponsor

Good to see you back, Pochwat 👊

This is so exciting and this video is so excellent!

I just recently started watching your videos, and you have become a one of my favorite youtubers. Your videos are on a such a high level, and you helped me a lot.

I cracked up watching the thirds person clips of you just dropping into water. 😂

I love the content just love how your straight forward on reviews and your voice is so calm it like you where meant for making these type of videos

This is pretty intriguing. I completely agree about the design of it lol. This would be great for the Canadian winters we get and let me actually fly in the winter without having to trust my own conformal coating job lol

Good to see you again, bud. Always look forward to your videos.

the ultimate winter drone

Finally FPV content. Been waiting for so long 🔥

I promise you dude chasing that tornado is what got me in period

I just saw An FPV Beginner's Guide: What I Learned When Getting Started by you i wanted to check if you were still active. I got a nice surprise !

This is the best FPV channel. Congratulations from brazil.

If you want to waterproof electronics, what you want is a product called LPA III made by Lawson Products. Unlike conformal coating, it penetrates into all the little cracks and pockets and then forms a waxy coating that is very durable. I used it on my scale RC trucks. Drove them through creeks and puddles, often completely submerged, and never had any damage to the electronics. Works great for boat trailers. Just spray the connectors before you connect your lights, and also works on your trailer plug. It protects against corrosion from salt water. I started using it on service trucks. They use plastic junction boxes that are hard to be sealed, and are exposed to road salt. Just spray the ring terminals and they will never corrode. Washes off with a plastic safe break clean or wax and grease remover as well, so it's not permanent. However, the coating will withstand a pressure washer. Amazing stuff. Another alternative is to dissolve bathroom grade silicone into mineral spirits. The just put it into a cheap sprits bottle, and coat anything that isn't damaged by mineral spirits. When the mineral spirits evaporates, you end up with a silicone coating. I've waterproofed all kinds of things. Just don't use it on walking surfaces, as they get slippery when wet.

When you noticed that your battery was at that point you had an opportunity to land it on dry ground, but you chose to try to get it back to you. That's why it took a bath!!!

7:37 gave me a good laugh 😆, great vid Matt!

How does your GoPro footage look so good? I've used the recommended FPV settings for the GoPro, but yours just looks so much better.

Hey Matt, welcome back Bro. Thanks for the vid

Matt, your videos are so fun to watch! please continue!! You helped me a lot to enter in FPV world.

Brilliant review Matt. Been watching ur vids for awhile now. Cool stuff.

Really Very Helpful video ☺️, Thank you bro 😊 hava a great fly👍

I was just about to ask about the saltwater. Good to know!

Great video Matt

Pretty balanced audio mix and sick thumbnail! You just got yourself a subscriber.

I believe Darwin to be an underdog in the industry rn. They are coming out with quality products for their price point, and seen to be improving their products as well!

Looks like fun 👍

I believe the floaties are called "pontoons."

Living next to the ocean, this type of drone is on my bucket list. Thanks for sharing

man this is literally laugh out loud funny. so good!

Yo that lake water is extremely clear

Was fun to see the drone go in & back out of the water. Awesome concept for safer water flights

It is really nice to watch your videos Matt. They are so well prepared!

A little tip use fpv worry free instead of conformal coating it is easier and safer and use a smokestoper to test the waterproofing I remived the props then wrapped the smokestoper and battery in a plastic bag then connected it and poured water I’ve the whole drone amd it worked

Funny that they did it as a pusher but your explanation makes sense! Love the crashes from the camera on the beach.

No digital though? Simultaneous release of both seems a better marketing tactic.

5:50 wow it instantly detected and told you the max currents of the water 😉

Looks good 😮

imagine just going to the beach and seeing a drone going into the beach and coming back up like a dolphin going up and down

This dude really likes that jacket.

What batteries did he use for the quad?

I’ve already lost a drone to water so I’m nervous flying over atm. Definitely need more flight time before I attempt it again

As far as flying underwater goes, unlike air, radio waves have a hard time traveling through water. They're sometimes called air waves for a reason. You can get it to penetrate if your gear is powerful enough but most 2.4ghz transmitters won't work through more than maybe a foot of depth

Great video !

fantastic this drone!! i want to learn for drive in acro mode and i would record some videos in waterfalls this is the perfect drone..

thanks for sharing. Interesting idea. So far I'm relying on conformal coating. It saved me a few times already and the quad flies until now - after 3 dips :D

Waiting on the o3 air one hopefully 🤣,

Wow it's been a minute since you've posted. Welcome back. Already snow in ontario

You should check out worry free fpv, I’ve got it on all my quads and can fly underwater. It’s absolutely bullet proof

Hi i have been testing the drone for the last week and so far its doing well

If they can waterproof DJI O3 it would be great!

That is awesome

Neat I used to apply a few layers on my quads because it was often very misty on the morning. Basically soaked if I landed in the grass. Unsurprisingly I also crashed it into the creek/ocean that kinda surrounded the field. I was able to pull out but never really thought it was truly safe. I'm now tempted to dive through waterfalls though lol

At least you got to the shore. Mines at the bottom of the ocean

Nice.. how far this set able to fly / how many minutes?

Done this years ago with an Eachine Wizzard X220, its called Conformal coating and two 500ml pop bottles attached to each side with zip ties. Great video though.

Darwinfpv make such a great innovative drones for good prices btw. anyway I have to say gopro9 footage looks SO MUCH better than any dji camera.. sory to say this DJI.. but you can learn from the gopro about color, saturation, and especially dynamic range.

I have their Baby Ape; learned to fly outdoors with it. Big fan of 'em. They're trying different stuff, and they give good value for yer buck.

Awesome! Waiting for hd version! Here's a little crazy story. I actually crashed my original mavic air into water before I got into fpv. It was amazing. It while under water. It wouldn't fly but it did continue to record video. It took me about 10 minutes to get to the Drone in the cold water. Lol It recorded little fish swimming by. So I thought the quad was dead. Water poured out of the sd card slot, but nothing shorted out! Amazing lol! I was on vacation. Bought a 5 lb bad of rice and buried the mavic. Within one day the quad slowly came back to life. It still works perfectly lol. Amazing and lucky I believe.

Hey dude any chance you could do a vid on cheap flight controllers u would recommend

Hello, could you please review the betafpv cetus pro and cetus w rtf kits please? thank you

I saw a drone in Swiss back in 2019 that was waterproof!

Thank you so much Matt! You just reverse engineered it! I'll build one now! 😊

The guy who had ducted quad in pool and took off, is there a KZfaq video of that? Thx!

Hello! How do i know wich one to buy, like, elrs version 4s or 6s or tbs crossfire blablabla...hahahaha i have a dji Google 2 and the dji controller from the fpv and i really would love to see you doing a new vídeo with this versions to choose which one to buy! Thanks for all your awesome videos and reviews! U r great!!!!❤❤

Hi I am a huge fan and wanted to get started in FPV so I purchased a TinyApe pro RTF kit that did not work and they will not refund it. Do you have any suggestions of what I should do?

I crashed my homemade drone in a pond, and it sat there overnight. No waterproofing whatsoever. I retrieved it the next day, and the only thing that never worked again was the battery. I jsut let everything dry out, The reciever worked. All the motors worked. I can't remember if the flight controller still worked...but I seem to recall that it did.

Hey Matt! can you please help me bind my cinebot 30 to my tx16s radio the cinebot is ELRS. i've treid CLI bind_rx on beta flight but it just says not supported can you please help?

Hi @Matt, just curios, did you waterproof the batteries you used?

Can I use a standard battery? Or do you have to use a special waterproof battery?

Those foam floats could be redesigned. You could get someone with a 3D printer to make more dynamic floats

Hum/ my dji se went to lake /pick up and un hook the battery , and fly next day no issue 😮😮😮😮

Really like your review style! Subscribing for more! :)

I cannot understand why they would put the battery on the bottom, unless this was made to always land in water only. Just my preference and past experience. The battery being on the bottom and landing on uneven surfaces, looks like it could result in a puncture or constant wear damage from connect when landing. Anyone in fov knows there will be emergency landings or crashes.

Great video, but can you follow up with a controller review. Does it work with phones, fliggt time,what type of controller should I buy etc Ive been contemplating a swellpro Spry/3+/4, but theyre very expensive.

Can you use any battery?

Thanks for the video. I bought the Darwinfpv waterproof FC to build my own, (with a digital unit) but I was curious if you thought it was safe to fly this with the Hero 11 & 6s 1300mah battery with just the two floaties? DronecampsRC used all four floaties because he said it would sink with a gopro using just the two floats…?!?

racun itu benar! thanks m8

So the motors.. exposed to water.. work fine? Are they special motors or can any motor handle water?

Man, that looks like the most fun review ever! I wonder if using like a 1.3ghz vtx would fare much better under the water. It would be awesome to have a submarine fpv drone!

My wife bought a dji mini 3 pro, and I want to build my own. my goal is to make a long range drone. so far I am leaning towards a 7" frame I think? and settled for the tbs tango 2 pro. I would like to buy the dji goggles so i can share it with my wife but not sure if this is the best approach. anyway do you have any suggestions on what to buy for a frame, esc, fc, gps, motor, props etc . thank you so much for all your help and videos it helps out newbies like me.

Yikes lol! The exact same thing happens to me once! Luckily it was for a pool cleaning company so it was easily able to be retrieved and not in the ocean! An empty water bottle is a great idea though

What controler and goggles?

Are Eachine Wizard X220S a good drone?

@MattPochwat They now have an option on their website letting the customers know of a DJI 03 HD system that is coming soon. Are you able to review or get information on any upgrades if that may just be the camera or also components ?

Excellent review. Thorough and appealing. Detailed and enthusiastic. While still with fair criticism. Darwin Waterproof FPV Drone. I'm not sure that's the right name but I'm sure Google will find it for me. And I'll remember it too.

how about the battery it's that waterproof?

Pls do drone speed tests

Matt, i'm subcribed already and your videos are really great and helpfull. Could you or anybody please help me with something? I'm about to buy my Cinewhoop and I'll use it specially for Real state (indoor and outdoor) and footages in hotels, restaurants and similars. I still can't decide Between Avata or the new Cinebot 30 with DJI O3 Air unit. Both have benefits (i guess) over the other, but i can't decide for what i want to do (exposed above) which one is the best. One of my concerns is about: 1- Stability in low speed, so the drone don't get wobbling. Is avata a better choice due to it sensor located underneath (gps matter in this case?) or i'll not miss this sensor at all flying inside a house even in low speeds? 2- As i said before, its not my main objective, but i'll need to take some images from outside to inside (specially in real state) and i have a lot of opportunities in my town for this cenario, many of them starting in coast (sometimes over the sea and with a lot of wind). Which one is a better choice to me? Cinebot30 O3 version or DJI Avata? Please somebody help me! xD Cheers from Brazil!

I saw or heard ship club ,they dipped in oil/after it sank no issue /try to dipp in cooking oil i think not sure…

Really this is the video I need after. I just crashed my shit in the water because everywhere around my house is flooded right now from the rain it’s under the fan drying out.q😂😂😂😂😂

dji 03 air unit Can GoPro replace?

Some of your tiny links don't work. Might to update. Great content!

Why is it that you should unplug the battery underwater? I'm just learning about fpv, electronics and how everything works and this puzzled me a little bit xD

Could you pleasedo a backwards flying tutorial

Amazing vid as always 😊

Andy legend!!