We put 8 motors on a Freestyle Drone.. the X8 7in kwad that RIPS

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8-motor drones are typically used for lifting heavy payloads, like cinematic movie cameras. We don't have any fancy heavy cameras, but Shawn decided to build an X8 anyway. Guess we're just gonna have to send it.
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@RotorRiot 3 жыл бұрын

If you have a 3D printer and want to try an X8 for yourself, download the STL for bi-motor mounts here: www.thingiverse.com/thing:4795302

@starsstripesjacket 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! :D time to go play :p

@LetsFlyRC 3 жыл бұрын

Here are the CLI tuning changes I made using Betaflight 4.2.6 with blheli_s esc: set dshot_idle_value = 300 profile 0 # profile 0 set vbat_pid_gain = ON set iterm_relax_type = GYRO set iterm_relax_cutoff = 7 set p_pitch = 78 set i_pitch = 117 set d_pitch = 82 set f_pitch = 112 set p_roll = 72 set i_roll = 111 set d_roll = 75 set f_roll = 105 set p_yaw = 77 set i_yaw = 117 set f_yaw = 105 set d_min_roll = 0 set d_min_pitch = 0

@rightpricemedia8852 3 жыл бұрын

Will this work for any frame with 16x16 mounting holes or just with the cl1 frames?

@LetsFlyRC 3 жыл бұрын

@@rightpricemedia8852 it should work with almost any 16x16 mounting hole frame.

@VastFPV 3 жыл бұрын

yaaaa sik!

@Hahahe568 3 жыл бұрын

I always feel so sorry for Shawn, because he spends so much time building this stuff and he sees you guys literally DESTROYING it😂

@RotorRiot 3 жыл бұрын

😅😇😈

@pteranodon3946 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't matter, Shawn's the real star of RR.

@TheConfigurat0r 3 жыл бұрын

It's like dad building stuff for his boys.

@tribefpv 3 жыл бұрын

Yer i was thinking the same. But then he gets payed to do what he loves 😃👊

@glenleonard7610 3 жыл бұрын

Did you ever thing he likes the challenge of building thing to see if he can make it unreal able lol

@rmdcade1717 3 жыл бұрын

Bubby in the interviewer seat for the first half--he's really getting fully integrated into the team. I had no idea his rates were that low, though! You'd never believe it from his flight videos, because there's such a sense of constant motion and interaction with the environment.

@JoshWithrow 3 жыл бұрын

I am really enjoying the direction that this channel has taken. It went from a "cool pilot showcase" to a truly informational channel. Don't get me wrong, having an occasional flight video for the sake or showing a cool flight is cool, and even a decent vlog can be appropriate. But people like information, and they come to youtube to find information... not just to see cool guys do cool things, especially when the "cool stuff" gets repetitious. Anyway, I *REALLY* enjoy Shawn's builds coupled with Bubby's abilities and fresh attitude. Great job!

@mooommo14 3 жыл бұрын

People love to complain, but other then them and flite test I can't think of many other channels that put out this kind of content regularly. It'll be nice when covid is over and they can do some travelling and get more guests back on though.

@JoshuaBardwell 3 жыл бұрын

But will it fly with only 4 props?!

@troyleigers8433 3 жыл бұрын

on just the front 4 motors....

@Vousie 2 жыл бұрын

Nope. It shot to the moon on arming with 3 missing, so it'll do the same with 4 missing. Even if it is one on each arm... If they turn off the half-broken "air mode" (or use pretty much any other flight control firmware) then maybe it will work...

@TLK22 2 жыл бұрын

Will it fly without props?

@just-inb3231 8 ай бұрын

yes @@TLK22

@the_darkside_fpv 3 жыл бұрын

Shawn is truly a mad scientist. Y’all did good by bringing him on the RR crew. Much love guys keep doing what you doing

@LetsFlyRC 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother. I am happy that people are enjoying my creations.

@the_darkside_fpv 3 жыл бұрын

@@LetsFlyRC it’s not a problem at all brother. Your creations definitely keep things interesting as well as spark creativity in others. I personally appreciate it.

@discopotato675 3 жыл бұрын

Love how he keeps hinting.... See how it says "land now?".... "Lemme try 5 more tricks"

@VermilIlion 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like this build could have really benefited from a 6s battery and more mAh.

@brandongroves4465 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve probably watched 50 of your videos. The drone on the water tower is the one that finally got me to subscribe.

@kortbebbington7001 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos, you guys got me into FPV, got my first RTF Starter Kit 3 days ago and I'm loving every minute of it and I can't wait to get better and upgrade!

@kwadkenstine4988 3 жыл бұрын

After building a bunch of these X8 config drones i have found they work better as a 8 motor quadcopter ( each pair of motors rotating the same direction run by one signal wire) , done like this they will fly with only 4 props.

@VLena_art 3 жыл бұрын

I love the atmosphere in this video! Its just chill, having some fun... what the hobby is aal about!

@FPVMama 3 жыл бұрын

100% agree!

@wilsonkanaday1620 3 жыл бұрын

Great video just bought my first fpv drone from your store can't wait to fly it.

@KevMo3366 3 жыл бұрын

Cool stuff! Like the print colors. My favorite color combo! Reminds me of Retro 80's I have it on all my quads. Nice flying bubby👍

@metrocaptain 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting concept. I like the reaction from Drew after the tune. Sounds sweet!

@jdd1777 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Actual innovation. Really cool.

@Triple-fe3fp 3 жыл бұрын

I like that addition of the extra motor assembly option!🤙

@thewaxlab 3 жыл бұрын

Already did it with your HD 7”… it’s awesome! Even made the 3d files for the motor mounts.

@bowser1252 3 жыл бұрын

Link for the mounts?

@wing_it 3 жыл бұрын

Bubby with that spoiler😂😂😂

@BubbyFPV 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@tjtaylor364 11 ай бұрын

Thank you guys you helped me find my passion

@TheEviling 3 жыл бұрын

Hitting a powerline and landing in a tree, and the pulls out a metal pole to get it down feels like something that should only happen in cartoons :)

@DanishStallion 3 жыл бұрын

Great segment !

@trianglesky380 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video Rotor Riot. This 8 motor 7 inch drone is very inspiring.

@mikespeedyfpv321 3 жыл бұрын

Great video I love the channel 💯❤️👊

@AarOnCoasters 3 жыл бұрын

As soon as I saw it I thought " how do you land it?" apparently I'm an idiot because the answer is "carefully."

@Vousie 3 жыл бұрын

Nah. Landing is easy: Fly it near the ground and just disarm. Taking off is the problem. However you do it, you'll be doing some damage to the props unless you take off from a wooden block or something that holds it in the centre without touching the props... At that point it's easier to just put landing gear on it.

@AarOnCoasters 3 жыл бұрын

@@Vousie Wooden blocks are hard to find

@1baggy0dodo4u 3 жыл бұрын

9:38 To the moon! lol

@jeremy-williamsaerial7084 3 жыл бұрын

Badass great job

@Liveforalongtime 3 жыл бұрын

I think we should call this hex “Edward” Scissorhands

@foomp4532 3 жыл бұрын

10:00 "I don't want to mess with it" Is that why you are taking off props until it crashes?

@HaraldLabout 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, good to see you are using shark byte in this video. Hope to see a review soon.

@sebastienhache7493 3 жыл бұрын

Having double the motors means having to use roughly only 60% of the power they normally would. Also keeping the props turning slower and able to be banged up without breaking. Many pros, major con is the extra weight and drag. The bottom props can stay stuck in the grass until the top props pulls the quad up. Amazing!

@nistax2880 3 жыл бұрын

love to see shark byte in there

@dreswan1 3 жыл бұрын

Really entertaining! 👍🏾

@DavidHanniganJr 3 жыл бұрын

That's exactly how it feels. That's exactly how Vanover feels. 😂😂😂😂😂

@holla_academy 3 жыл бұрын

9:36 I've never actually seen a fly away before, That was kinda scary lol

@hawkfpv4950 3 жыл бұрын

i have had a quad with the wrong motor direction and prop direction! it flew away but i disarmed in time to have it fall out of the sky!

@ahamedkhan232 3 жыл бұрын

Twas frikin awesome

@Suspiciousfpv 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to arm the lower motors after you take off? If so I wanna build this.

@neilfpv 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you didn't get hurt folks. That was dangerous!

@BrainDeadEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

That's thing is sic ! I'm green and have couple 7s . Two blade . Wonder were I could get an experienced time to load

@Xavier-wo6ce Жыл бұрын

Very interesting...... so besides it being smooth and powerful. Do you guys feel it could make a great freestyle machine and if so in what size and configuration (motor/prop)?

@Sora_no_me 3 жыл бұрын

one question how you make tpu design for down motor dude its work perfectly i saw it...

@terrywheelock9458 3 жыл бұрын

Ya'll need to quit SCREWING AROUND and build a MANNED ROTOR RIOT MOBILE! 😁👍

@zico3239 3 жыл бұрын

how do you wire the current sensor when you use two 4in1 Escs therefore you endup two current sensor cable signals to solder to the FC?

@dihler55 3 жыл бұрын

All this needs is some landing feet and you are golden.

@MadDragon75 3 жыл бұрын

"See it says land now.".. Keeps flying😜..

@jhughes2286 2 жыл бұрын

That shit about Vanover was hilarious

@Bill14886 3 жыл бұрын

Off the hook 🪝

@Rom4uck Ай бұрын

hello! please, tell me what a controller do you use and esc's? I want to build the same, but SpeedyBee F405V3 has only 6pins for esc#2 (GND, M5-M8, TEL). what wiring do you do on your quad? thanx, cool video!

@fcass 3 жыл бұрын

Ninja Derek. Too cool. And whaddup Drew and Bubby? Cool video as always. I need Bubby's shirt - my wife (ex, shwew!) bought me a knockoff Chinese RotorRiot shirt haha. It's cool tho - terminator version ha. And btw, I actually really love that HGLRC Zeus FC. Great board. I have at least 3. Oh 2, I landed one in wet grass. Poof. But that's an excellent FC, highly recommended. Keep on doing what your doin. Good stuff.

@JakeBlackburnXDC 2 жыл бұрын

alrighty so.... i just decided to get going on a cinelifter. surprisingly this just answered a bunch of my questions!

@Tweety1965 3 жыл бұрын

do you have the motor mounts in the store yet I cant find them

@zhenlinkan8857 3 жыл бұрын

This is really inspiring! I am doing a custom 8x build, I'm having trouble with the wiring, and I'm wondering if I could get some tips from you guys!

@chrispy2262 3 жыл бұрын

Hope to one day have 10% of there talent sick video

@theR0ck 3 жыл бұрын

Lol, I love u guys experiments

@Free_3.0 3 жыл бұрын

It's hilarious how this is turning into a "let's break the mad scientist's toys" show. (I mean that in a good way)

@patman0250 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I don't know about that last dude. Like seriously just fly the damn thing and stop trying to be the dude to come up with something that nobody has at that point. Because he's so cool haha look what I did. Like bro fly the damn thing or get the F out of here.

@SuperMarkkidd 3 жыл бұрын

what controller and goggle combo are you using

@d7eemo270 3 жыл бұрын

So do u use 4 in 1 ESC or some other ESC that can hold up 8 pads ?

@baggszilla 3 жыл бұрын

Wait, what? Does Bubby have a spoiler on his Drib frame?

@BubbyFPV 3 жыл бұрын

Yessir!!

@MaxMustermann-vw8bl 3 жыл бұрын

What size and Kv are the motors?

@scottdickinson4528 3 жыл бұрын

those golfers were probably PISSED that was goin on in their backswings hahaha love it

@Scarecrow_Jenkins 3 жыл бұрын

Boyo!! 🤘🤘

@stephenking2932 3 жыл бұрын

Hey guys where did u get that extendo kit

@jamiebarrient6536 2 жыл бұрын

Bullet style prop nuts, especially on the bottom motors will give more perop clearance and protect the shaft threads.

@Better324 3 жыл бұрын

AwEsOmE sTuFf!

@djasynchronous7777 3 жыл бұрын

old skool RR fun 🤙

@jimmac 3 жыл бұрын

Abandoned golf course. With a nicely mowed grass and a fountain in the background. What alternate reality is this?

@RotorRiot 3 жыл бұрын

Florida

@paulgeorge1069 3 жыл бұрын

IM GOING WITH ITS BANK OWNED AND THE BANK IS IN DENIAL. LOL

@arensel84 2 жыл бұрын

With groups of golfers in golf carts and all....hmm

@KevMo3366 3 жыл бұрын

Lol you guys dropped this video the day after my friend crashed his X8 doing freestyle😂 I made the comment I don't think X8's are made for regular freesyle LMAO🤣

@checkm8606 3 жыл бұрын

What TX system is he using? Why is that a immortal T on the internal system of the xlite? Any explanation? Did you mod it and put a crsf nano in there?

@LetsFlyRC 3 жыл бұрын

I modded the xlite to be only crossfire, by removing the internal frsky tx. There are tutorials out there on how to do it. I basically created my own version of a tango.

@FlippinKayaks 2 жыл бұрын

Please put a giant old VHS Camcorder on that thing 😂

@adbrainfilmad1163 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice idea for a taking off/landing solution would be 3d printed spikes attached to the hex nuts. This way the hex nuts wouldn't get destroyed after first start

@hrhodes2768 3 жыл бұрын

good to see you guys using the shark byte system

@user-zx6ps4ij1l 2 жыл бұрын

hello，can i refer your Pid Settings？ my X8 is very shaky not understand how to fix it

@marianofpv 2 жыл бұрын

What happens if you lose a prop? Will that motor smoke with no load? If that's the case, the ESC firmware should detect when the motor has no load and disable output.

@dejanfras5661 3 жыл бұрын

Coool 😄👊👍

@dronepilot260rc 3 жыл бұрын

Drib creates the balance in the videos lol

@nicolasc7222 3 жыл бұрын

Would the thrust be even greater if you increased the pitch of the lower props,?

@rcpete7055 3 жыл бұрын

I was into Drones so much in 2017 it was my life and I've built over 50 quads since but I split my time&funds between Scale trucks, eflite planes and drones😀 it's complicated 🤯😜🤨🇬🇧🤘

@jasondf 3 жыл бұрын

You could definitely have a take off mode that disables the bottom motors until you're off the ground. Don't ask me how to do that though

@LetsFlyRC 3 жыл бұрын

We thought about that, but, couldn’t come up with a way to do it in the fc

@JoshuaBardwell 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure that's possible in Betaflight.

@oriongalaxyfpv3147 3 жыл бұрын

happy owner of a proudly built Y6 build , but suffering battery problems ( succed the only battery i gave him right away so much she doesnt charge anymore) which battery did you feed this monster ? i love exotics configurations like that !

@gautamkrishna7421 3 жыл бұрын

the HGLRC f722 is such an underrated board... £22 F7 with plenty of UARTS and hardware pins

@tagyourit12 3 жыл бұрын

Puhleese share the 7 inch tune you transferred to make it perform significantly smoother! I know all tunes arent the same but it has been a beast to get my 7 inch (and aggressive 6 inch) locked in. maybe a larger drone tuning tutorial? I just want a place to start that is better than the place I am.

@Sugalime3D_FPV 7 ай бұрын

Hey, I just posted an idea in my community. It could possibly be that 3D drones can be improved using 8 motors. But the trick would be that when idling, the opposite motors blow on each other, so to speak, give each other thrust. Only when you accelerate in one direction on the remote the motors collapse and both motors will give trust the same way... It might have the advantage that you can accelerate the change in direction of rotation, because you have 50% of the motors rotating in the correct direction which also will support the other motor (by wind to the props) to change it's direction of rotation. I currently lack the know-how and money for it. If anyone can say something about it, I would be happy. Otherwise it would be one of the projects I have in mind, but it could take years before I can realize something like that.

@linecraftman3907 3 жыл бұрын

you should have higher pitch blades on the bottom as the bottom props get high speed air

@RRcasa4 3 жыл бұрын

@12:14 is the killer for me 🤣😂🤣

@fpvllama3068 3 жыл бұрын

I love to see you use and talk about shark bite.

@LetsFlyRC 3 жыл бұрын

There will be more ;) it definitely has its pros and cons over dji - both have their place.

@mepanza 3 жыл бұрын

Lol funny video guys!!! Where can I buy that extension pole?

@FPVMama 3 жыл бұрын

Re: Bubby's Spoiler Bubby, seriously explains: "I think it makes it go, like at least 1,000 miles an hour." Drew, nods head, matter of factly: "Yeah" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Reminded me of "The Little Rascals" having meaningful conversations about nothing where in real life everyone's wrong. 🤣🤣🤣

@LetsFlyRC 3 жыл бұрын

Funniest part of the video. 😂

@FPVMama 3 жыл бұрын

@@LetsFlyRC Haha! I thought the funniest part was when Drew was flying talking about feeling like Vanover and when he first started flying. Hahaha! So funny.

@fifrocks1 3 жыл бұрын

how does flying with shark byte feel after flying DJI?

@DJBigSarge 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@BrandonBeans 3 жыл бұрын

When testing crazy things, I disable airmode and put it on a mode switch. I'll flip off airmode to stop a flyaway before I try disarm.

@TBloodFPV 2 жыл бұрын

what motors were these?

@staticfpv881 3 жыл бұрын

I still fly 4s bc weight w/ sag compensation in BF . Wondering if that’s why they didn’t feel sag

@truefpvblood158 3 жыл бұрын

Got a link to the thingyverse prints?.... Or what could i search for them under?

@LetsFlyRC 3 жыл бұрын

It is linked in the comments here. Scroll down a bit. The tune is also linked

@truefpvblood158 3 жыл бұрын

@@LetsFlyRC much appreciated👊👊😎amazing response 🕙🤙🤙🤙

@alembicfodera 3 жыл бұрын

What is that extension Pole called ?

@LetsFlyRC 3 жыл бұрын

golf ball retrieval pole

@ricardomorarv6256 3 жыл бұрын

"Your 9 Volts battery is still connected" lol 🤣

@marc_frank 3 жыл бұрын

dji must be happy about the sharkbyte

@kastnerr 3 жыл бұрын

What battery were you running?

@LetsFlyRC 3 жыл бұрын

Tattu 1550 funfly. We brought bigger batteries, just in case, but didn't need them. We were getting 3-4 minute flights on the std battery I use for 5" freestyle.

@kastnerr 3 жыл бұрын

@@LetsFlyRC 1550 is even more impressive. Great job.

@whitefrog2 3 жыл бұрын

@@LetsFlyRC You ran it down under 10V multiple times; maybe you did need that bigger battery???

@RRcasa4 3 жыл бұрын

The Alex jokes 🤣😂😆😄

@danielskoog5565 3 жыл бұрын

I'd be interested to see what would happen if you put a higher pitch prop on the bottom motors and how much better flight times you would get with that setup.