 What's up guys, welcome to Rotorite, and today I'm here with Zoe and myself Cricket and Zoe is the queen of 3d flying. So they say. No, she's the queen. Me? I'm just a very little ordinary freestyle pilot. No, no, you're the king of backwards flight. I try to fly backwards a little bit. Let's just go back and explain what 3d flying actually is. So as I'm flying the machine you have thrust downwards and you give them point in time I can apply thrust in the opposite direction. So you need like tick-tocks, crazy maneuvers that you can only do with a 3d helicopter But now you can do them with a 3d quad. Mind blown. So if you can imagine going from your traditional flying to actually just switching over to 3d I mean it's like complete like taking and putting the training wheels back on and you're learning the whole thing over again. I had an experience in where we at. On a quad camp in San Diego. San Diego And I got to change the fly 3d over concrete for the first time. Where's my quad? With our only 3d quad. Yeah, that was nerve-wracking. It's in one piece though. Yes So we're gonna see how this all works out today. So this is Zoe's traditional. Well not her traditional This is her personal frame. This is my personal frame. My design This is actually designed for the IQ motion control modules, which are a 3d specific motor But I've been flying them with the high trains. I really like these. They're super smooth. Really great. The 2207 2450 They provide a great deal of thrust. They're really smooth And they work good from four to five cell, which is what I've been flying with 3d lately I'm not gonna have a fancy machine like that So what we actually did was we got the rotor right flow frame But I do like the fact that you don't have to use you can use everything that you originally have right now to actually fly 3d. Yeah, you don't need a newer specific setup to actually do 3d with This is the thing that I think really trips out pilots. They think I need special motors. I need special ESCs I need special props. I need to frame for it Realistically any frame any setup can do 3d as long as it's modern made within the last like two years See that so you can all try this. We're gonna make this happen today We're gonna do this and then you at home you do this and we'll we'll reconvene back in the comment section And we'll see how it works out for everybody. So this was flying yesterday on 2d. Okay So today it's just gonna be hook it up to our laptop. Yeah, I'm gonna make it work So the first things we have to do is configure the ESC's for 3d mode We'll bring it into the be a hull a 32 suite and we'll switch the ESC's into bidirectional mode Which is fairly simple then from there We have to configure the flight controller for 3d again a simple check mark box adding a switch in the toggle Menu and then essentially flying it a little bit of setup, but only take us a few minutes nice So now we got our quad with our USB hooked up and our batteries connected Props are off for safety and we're gonna go ahead and we're gonna open BL heli 32 So the first thing I like to do this is just not just three This is any I just like to check and make sure all our ESC's are matching matching and everything showing up So right now we're on three point. We're on three two point six So now we're gonna let you take this over and you explain to me how we do this Okay, so this might sound complicated, but it's actually really easy So what you're gonna want to do is you're gonna go to motor direction And you can go to bidirectional or with the newer ESC's bidirectional soft And this is the probably the one thing that's not gonna make sense to anybody if you do For if your motor direction says normal you have to go bidirectional soft reversed It's something to do with the fact that the D-Shot implementation with the ESC's is not done correctly and kiss ESC's don't have this issue. It's only on the BL heli 32 stuff So now we're gonna hit right set up Which it should just do it on one ESC and we'll have to go through all of them individually to set them up So like motor number two is reversed. So we're gonna go bidirectional soft and that will actually keep the motor direction going the right way Okay, that makes sense. It makes no sense. It makes sense though, which is like that We have to do each one individually. Yeah, so again, we're just going to bidirectional soft reversed And the difference between the two is soft tends to make the transitions a little bit smoother Which is something you could definitely want if you're getting a 3d. We're hoping for soft maneuvers here Okay, no hard crashing is not our plan today. Now with that we've configured the ESC's There's nothing more we really have to do although if you want to decrease your switching times There's is one thing you can do and that's actually change your ramp up power from 50% to 100% Oh, I like a hundred percent. Yeah, so you think I can fly this in the warehouse So now that we have the ESC's configured, we're gonna go into beta flight and configure beta flight for 3d mode Now I know nothing about beta flight. I'm a flight one guy The earlier days. Yeah, so a flight one doesn't have 3d mode yet Um, I've heard Preston's working on it and something that I'd really like to see especially since I talked to them about How they could do motor mixing a little bit differently and possibly better than beta flight So we're gonna connect up to beta flight And then the first thing you're gonna go do is go to the configuration tab and through the configuration tab You're gonna scroll down to the 3d ESC motor feature tab You're gonna click enable now if you're running one-shot ESC's like old-school ESC's or you have a Analog ESC those need a digital protocol You'll have to set up the 3d deadband low 3d deadband high and 3d neutral But those are a thing of the past you really don't have to screw with them so you hit save and reboot and another huge thing is Idol up or 3d idol up generally most people like having a little bit of extra throttle at the very low end keeps the quad more stable and Same thing applies with 3d mode. You're gonna want a little bit of idol up So going back in we're gonna go configuration and then actually right now It's really neat the default value is 5.5 for motor idle. Yeah, that's exactly what I want to be 5.5 to 5.8 is really good. It used to be defaulted to 4.5. So I see that this is only D shot We should go to 1200 to handle it 1200 gives you more Resolution, which is really great because with 3d mode. You're kind of having the amount of resolution going to the motor So now we've done that the only thing we have to do now is set up the modes So I'm gonna say aux 2 is not being used or it is being used or flip over after crash So we're gonna get rid of the flip over after crash the cap And we're gonna take over aux 2 on the setup because you really can't do turtle mode on this, huh? Well 3d is like a superior version of turtle mode. Well turtle mode actually came from 3d mode There's racing pilots that started using 3d mode to get themselves upright and race and then they realized Hey, why don't we make this a dedicated feature and that's where turtle mode came in This is the thing we'll have to go through and probably double-check before we fly it But we're gonna add range now. This is a little bit tricky the disable 3d switch So right now with 3d mode enabled in the configuration tab the quad is always in 3d mode But you're probably gonna want to have a switch on the quad so you could disable 3d mode and fly it normally Which is actually what I do if you go to fly one of my setups it defaults to 2d mode You have to flip the switch to enable 3d mode So that way I can hand my machine to anybody and they can fly it without destroying it. We're gonna increase this range We're gonna do aux 2 so while the Transmitter switch is within this range. It'll be disabled So it'll by default machine will be in 2d mode then when you flip your aux 2 switch It'll enable 3d mode and then you can hit the arm switch And then you as you get to center throttle the machine will then arm. I'm learning something guys It's a lot of switches a lot of switches a lot of setup And this is why you want to do it with the props off because if you don't set this up right and you don't test it Right without the props You know negative couple of these cool So the quad is set up now We just have to test it with a transmitter and battery to make sure the motors go in the right direction That 3d mode is working right and we can fly it. So we're gonna go ahead plug the quad in. Yep We have voltage now. Hopefully we have connection to the transmitter Cool such a 3d mode switch. Oh, yeah, and then we have to add in air mode So by default a beta flight I believe has air mode set to Always on and this is actually something that I've forgotten a lot of my other videos and a tip That's extremely helpful is that with 3d mode air mode tends to add a bit more judder to your transitions Because the motors aren't actually at zero. They're idled up for air mode to keep it stable So with 3d mode, you're gonna have to learn how to actually manage your throttle in a completely new way You're not gonna have any fancy tricks You're not gonna have air mode to kind of level you out You're gonna have to get more in tune with where you need to have your throttle when to keep the quad in full control This is gonna be difficult. It is All right, so now we have one more thing that we have to set up through the Configurator. Yeah, so one of the important things setting up your receiver tab by default with 3d mode enabled You have like a dead zone in the very middle of your stick of about 10 degrees It's really really small But it makes a huge difference because as you go positive with the default configuration You essentially lose the ability to manage your throttle in the middle of your stick, which is kind of maddening We're gonna change the defaults. This is something I wish the beta flight devs would do because it make whole life easier So going into the receiver tab, we're just gonna change the 3d throttle dead man from 50 to About three or five you can get away with three The biggest thing is if you change to three It's gonna be very finicky trying to arm the quad because you have to get within that very small precise spacing in the very dead Son of your throttle Before you can flip the switch and have the motors arm. Gotcha. That makes sense now. So we're actually gonna change it to like five Make it a little bit easier Let's save. Okay. Cool. So I think that's set up now We just have to plug in a battery again. You want to do this out the props Okay, see that's why we do it with the props off. What did I do exactly? What did you do? Okay, so it's good some like crap, but that's gonna vary Cool. So now that we know the pods working correctly. Let's try flying it. Let's put some props on it. Yeah, I'm scared I'm scared Okay Now that we got it built we're gonna try it out. Hopefully I can learn 3d today Are you guys excited? I'm excited. Are you excited? I'm worried for you. She's worried, but I see the excitement in her face Here is the quad that we actually put to go. Like I said inside This is the rotor right flow frame and we use the blaster motors just because I'm going to be crashing this thing a lot Hopefully not today. Let's not crash this one today. Not too much. I hope not But at least we're over grass But just a point the blaster motors are a free replacement And I honestly think this is going to be a really good 3d setup for beginners And this is something we didn't talk about earlier The frame has a great center of gravity when you're flying 3d You want to try to get your center of gravity right in the middle where your props meet That's going to be your sweet spot. If you can do that, you're going to have a good time And I think you're going to have a really good time today I'll think I'm going to pull it. Yeah, let me demo first because I want to see what this does in pristine state And I want to see what I can actually do with it. Uh, I've never flown the flow frame I've never flown these motors, but I think I think it's going to be pretty good 3d mode enabled Oh, this thing is really smooth So not as much punch as I'm used to I think Cricket's going to do a lot better than he thinks Because he's like the master of backwards flying If anyone can master this really quickly, I think it's going to be him I hope so. I think you for the vote of confidence still The biggest thing is once you get up into the air And as you do any kind of maneuver, you want to build up a bit of inertia into the quad So you give it a bit of a throttle blip in the direction And then as you hit the apex, you're going to go into the opposite direction Apart from that, if you freak out, remember you can always go right side up and throttle up out of a bad situation That's it, huh? That's all you gotta do? Yeah Okay Be terrified Looking good and clean And realistically, when you're learning to fly 3d, you're going to want to take your time getting used to the quad The way it flies The area that you're in Because if you- That was too sketchy It was pretty sketchy I'm so scared to flip it over You got this, you got this There you go, there you go That was smooth Oh geez You got this, you got this Nice smooth, nice and smooth Oh Hey, this is so- This is hot Come on, guys How can this not be cool? I can go upside down and be like, yeah So that is one of the basic flare rolls As you add inverted throttle to kind of go up and over and flare over something When? How low should I be doing my flips? Like- You can do them as low as you want if you feel confident in the machine I do them as low as a couple feet off the ground So like this Ah, yes, like that Oh geez That is- That is- I feel way better this time than I did last time If you fly quads, your mind is already processing what's going on So when you do go upside down Now you just have to realize that I have throttle on that other axis You have to use the way that the machine transitions from positive to negative thrust Yes And that's something that takes a while to get used to Especially in different maneuvers and how you build up the machine And going from say high throttle to low throttle very quickly It can take a second for the motors to catch up Which will throw you off as a pilot The trick that I want to see you do And this is the first trick that I ever accomplished with 3D Which is actually backwards flying So you gain momentum in the straight line You flip the quad back Engage negative thrust And carry yourself continuously Okay I think you can do it That was cool though That little transition to the back there, that was clean See that's what I wanted for Stuff like that Like things that I really could add to my flying Yeah So what did I do? I did y'all backwards Oh That trick was cool That trick was cool So on his like first battery he's already doing some cool tricks So definitely switch over though from Forward to up Like even if you just cut throttle like it does something really wonky in the middle there It's part of the motor mixtures because when you're passing zero All the motors have to meet at the same point And when you're trying to do it quickly You're generally not getting to that point Some motors are spinning down faster than others slash they're at different rpms So they're never able to quite hit that zero point And that's why the iq motion motors make such a big difference Because they're all stopping at the exact same time Well it's not even that it mixes differently When you go to zero throttle and if you're applying yaw and stuff They can actually spin two motors up and two motors down Whereas this one you have to have them all meet at the same time And there's no coordination between them And you can't hit pure zero rpms That's the biggest thing the iq setup you can go to pure zero Where the profit is just barely spinning Whereas these ones you have to have the motors spun up For the electromagnetic field to give back feed into the ec to know how fast it's going So traditional ecs always have like a startup speed that's constant So it has to go from like 100 rpm to negative 100 rpm And within that range you notice a little bit of a jitter I say it's not it's not too crazy But it's definitely something it's something that I can get used to Like if you knew it was coming like I don't know it's coming So I definitely fly around it I guess you're gonna see your fancy stuff I want to see you get ready Heck yeah That's what I look for in a flight So that's fun that's that's fun Across the trees and yeah Oh look at the camera tilt though Did you change that a little bit Did was that like to the whole time I need to fly zero Really Yep, I think if I flew just like that Are you good Yep Let's see what you can do cricket Which is weird because there's not a lot of freestyle pilots to fly 2d That fly at zero degree tilt Cricket is a prime candidate You gotta know how to swing that thing Let's see you cricket That's one thing I love about 3d saves When you least expect it it gives you that Oh my god moment So I think I can try to make it smoother Yeah That's why I say if you build up your inertia And then slowly go through the throttle ranges Here you go how about this That's really great You can look up at the sky and just thrust in that direction like Ah geez the recklessness That little boost back is really neat Who knew she said I think I got this I got this though Bam I got this This is awesome I could do all kind of crazy stuff But see look the zero tilt definitely helped me out Because now I know exactly what's Flat though You're slamming the throttle though dude Well that's because I was getting ready to crash and everything So we're back from the field and My mind is just blown and wrecked And like slight headache right now Because of all the different dimensions that I've been flying Gee I was impressed You did some stuff I wasn't expecting of like a first time flyer It felt a little natural I think I was way more prepared this time than I was last time Mentally Yeah so what were you expecting And what was different than what you expected It was less smooth as last time I flew a 3d quad It wasn't this smooth The transition between them was pretty bad And now it's a lot Even just when I watched you fly a lot on the site It was a lot more smooth I could just tell by the different rolling transitions That it was much better than it was I think I might have found my new thing I'm scared to death to see what he does with 3d at the first thrust It's dope So coming from a fresh perspective Because like I've been flying 3d for a long time now Like four or five years What would you say for newbies that are getting into it What to expect So for the newer people that are coming into the hobby I would still go ahead and stick with a traditional 2d quad copter I mean it's hard enough flying acromode as it is Like most people spend months Just trying to master the basics of flying around Exactly So going into 3d is going to be a little intimidating Until you feel competent enough to actually fly it That's to say the least So for the people the pilots that out here They've been flying for a while And you just want to get some new inspiration Or take an old spot and turn it into something new Try it I mean what it's You can do it with your quad And I have to say I really do recommend the blaster motors They felt great with 3d And the fact you have the warranty on them Kind of gives you a bit of peace of mind Keep a look out on my channel guys Because that's coming in with me And we're going to have some crazy stuff that's going to happen I can fly from the 3d It's going to be too good It's going to be too good Some crazy stuff is going to be coming with that Believe it But on that note guys We're out Until next time See ya And then we're going to save