 So guys one of the best parts by FPV drones is getting together with other people getting together with your friends flying Hanging out going to cool spots, right? Yeah. Yeah, definitely when I first got into the hobby I didn't really have any friends that were into the hobby So when I started meeting other people that were into the same thing that had the same interest It was just so much more fun to do better than getting together with other people that love flying drones as much as you Hanging out for a good day flying one of the worst things about flying is flying with other people Yeah, sometimes I just want to fly and other people they're distracting. They're plugging in. They're messing up your video They're flying around you. Yeah, sometimes it's too much So flying with people can be both a really great experience and it can also be kind of frustrating So we got some tips for you guys today some etiquette that will maximize your chances of having a good time when you're flying with other people if you had a hobby before drones like Skateboarding or snowboarding or mountain biking or one of those hobbies that's a little bit more independent But you can do with other people You're familiar with the idea of this kind of unspoken code of conduct that you don't you don't drop it on a ramp Well, someone's on the ramp. You don't snake someone's line on the mountain bike trail You don't cut someone off on the tow rope Well, all these things that you kind of get to know and when it comes to flying FPV drones and really all RC there are those same sorts of etiquette tips So we kind of divided up these etiquette tips into categories the first category that we thought of was just flying Yeah, because and this goes for not just FPV drones, but really all RC There are certain pieces of etiquette that you want to keep in mind to be polite and safe The most important part of this video thing we wanted to talk about right at the start is do not fly at or over People yeah, I always like to think that at any time while I'm flying the hand of God can reach down and unplug your battery And what happens then you're wherever you're going. That's where the quads going. Yeah, it just becomes a projectile Right, we've all seen that guy. Maybe you've been that guy. You don't want to be that guy You've been that guy. I've been that it's really it feels really cool to fly straight at the group of people and last It feels cool, but it's not cool I was at a freestyle contest once and I was out there just doing my thing spinning the quad around and I was getting a Little too close to the crowd wasn't thinking straight and the flight controller locked up and it just did a death spiral Right into somebody's back. That's still so bad, you know, and he was a really good friend of mine. I felt terrible I'm still apologizing to him this day It's making those mistakes that teach you the lesson or hoping that we can share some of our mistakes Share some of our tips so that you don't have to make those mistakes to learn the lesson Especially when you just start now. You don't necessarily know any better. I don't think you were thinking about what happened, right? I'm totally responsible for like the first half of multi GP rules You say that you're like that's not gonna happen to me like it could be anything guys It could be your flight controller freaking out It could it could actually be your battery leaves coming unconnected like those XT 60s They get squished and they get loose over time It could be your prop spinning off because the Nile lock is worn off a number of things could happen that Essentially at any time just turns your drone into a brick and whichever way it was going Oh, can't steer it anymore. It's just gonna keep going that way and it's a very sharp break, right? Yeah, so I just always keep in mind that no matter where I'm flying no matter what direction or trajectory I'm on there's a chance that oh, I'm just gonna keep going on that trajectory There's just no reason to fly those certain trajectories There's no reason to fly at the crowd and turn around That's probably the worst thing you could do and similarly just don't fly over people what they call it buzz in the tower Don't buzz the tower our second tip also has to do with safety and not wanting to hit people with drones And that is I'd say don't walk out on an active spot, right? Wait till everybody's landed before you go out there because not only you're putting yourself at risk But you're also making the pilots have to stop and pay attention to where you are so they can't fly the spot Yeah, and if you know if it's a smaller group, you know, I'm always happy to like when Shawn goes down Sometimes if I'm not in the middle of some he'll tell me I'm not I'll just go park it somewhere and he can go get it But if I'm in the middle of a flow or something and I don't want to break it It's good to fly with a friend that like understands like oh, he's in the he's in the middle of a line I'm just gonna wait not making for any surprises Don't walk out and surprise people by being out there and don't put yourself at risk at the same time Yeah, and conversely I would say you need to be courteous for the people that need to get their drones Give other people that are crashing more a chance to go get it That's all you guys with your success batteries and your seven-minute flight time. Oh my gosh So the third tip under the flying category is you got to have a spotter. Yeah, that's that's the law That is the law. It's really good to let people know where the soft targets are You know, you want to make sure that people are aware of any people that are not necessarily with the group Yeah, no, just stay stay away from the back corner. There's a there's a thing pulling in what kind of thing No, it's like a it's like a fire truck. That's fire truck. It's like a giant It's like a it's like a fire truck and there's just Dalmatians what like lined up on it. Just oh, yeah I see him. Oh my god. What are you kidding me? There's one of the really are Dalmatians. I know and then oh my gosh You see there's actually a hot-air balloon a hot air Wow out of the back of the fire truck Yeah, so the group that you're with they know because they walked this video Not to be walking out onto the active field to to get their quads that are crash and stuff like that So everyone that you're with should know better, but someone else that's just showing up for whatever reason Yeah, they probably don't know the rules, right? Yeah It's why parks seem like they could be a great place to fly but most times especially during weekends It could be a pretty bad place people pop out of nowhere right parks like all the time So you definitely want to scope out this bot to make sure that it is clear of people because you don't want to Be flying around other people and you want to use a spot or you want to have someone there that's thinking about Is there anything else going out there and they can let you know like oh hey Hey, there's someone over there by that staircase so go over to the left and steer clear of them, right? Yeah, one last courtesy I'd say you should keep in mind when you're flying with other people is don't be the Distracting person right not everyone can handle flying and hearing you talk at the same time I feel like that's pointed at me a little bit. No I'm crazy when my freaking transmitter is going That's always good to have those noises Yeah, so think about your gear to what's making beeps What's making buzzes and know that that could be distracting someone else some people can't handle it when you talk to them And yeah, so I don't think I've got too many buzzes or beeps going on But I do think I have a bad habit of while someone else is flying I'll just start talking to you Like you're flying and some people can totally handle flying and listening and even having a conversation But other people that's really distracting. I've definitely had some of you like drew. Hey, let me just get my line in I can usually tell when you're in the flow because you don't talk to me back when I talk to you Yeah, I should you just get good at tuning it out too when I'm in the zone even talking to me all day long I'm not listening so all these tips that we've covered so far really apply to all forms of RC, especially Flying RC, right? So whether you're flying line of sight or flying FPV. These are really good rules to keep in mind now When you add FPV in the mix specifically There's a whole another set of courtesies that you need to keep in mind. You've got a more sensitive RF situation going on so whereas controlling technology has really gotten to the point that you can have hundreds of people in the air flying at The same time the FPV video technology isn't there whether you're flying analog or flying with digital There's only so many people that can be in the air at the same time And if you're not careful you can really interfere with other people's receiving gear So our next category is RF courtesy You want to be sure to divide the channels up? It's best to really assign channels in advance know that Sean's gonna have our one channel I'm usually on our one. I'll space out I'll go to at least our three or if I mean if it's just the two of us I can jump all the way to our seven I've kind of changed a little bit though because you had mentioned to me recently since we've been doing this DJI stuff Is that since DJI powers up on basically raceband six? There's all sorts of weird things to keep in mind with DJI that That's one of them kind of best if you're on DJI if you pick a higher channel because then when you friends that are with you That are flying analog they can be on the lower channels And then when you plug in and you accidentally hit our six as the public channel, you're not really blasting them Yeah, there's there's a particular thing when you're using the DJI system It kind of makes our six Unflyable and to that end I would say if you're flying a mix of analog and DJI pilots the DJI pilots It usually works out for us if they stay on the higher channels because six is blasted anyway So the analog pilots they can use one two three four maybe even five And the DJI pilots would use the equivalent of raceband six seven eight So you got to think about what channel you're powering up on and you also need to think about what power level you are Powering up on both analog systems and DJI systems. Let you select your power level Basically the more pilots that you have the lower power level you should technically be on right that way everybody can kind of air mingle together So let's take analog for example when you're trying to fly maybe as much as six or eight people at a time during a race You're gonna have to be on 25 milliwatts You got to get that under control because there's all sorts of weird harmonics and Unexpected interferences it just gets worse and worse the more power yet So less people you have the more room you have to bump up the power level We usually when we're doing a freestyle session the most pilots we ever have flying at the same time would be four And at that level we can usually get away with everyone flying 200 milliwatts Maybe 400 milliwatts if you're flying just two or three people you might start bumping it up to six or 800 milliwatts And it just depends on also what gear everyone is using and you'll just kind of learn like if you fly with the same three people Based on whatever antennas everyone is using you might be able to get away with a little bit more than you can expect But when you're flying with a new group of people played on the safe side use less power and then start seeing if you can All bump it up together, but play nice play fair be courteous Don't be that guy out there. Don't be me 800 milliwatts. I'm guilty Everyone else is trying to be nice run 25 all the way this guy stop stop. It's just all over. I'm just trying to fly No, there's let's fly RC coming in clear And then you also need to think about where your transmitter is right So Sean's flying here one of the worst things I could do is hold my drone right here and plug it up Especially if he's using patch antennas, that's just emitting a lot of RF right in his situation You want to keep your transmitting drone away from the receiving antennas of other people So a great practice to put in place is have a kind of designated takeoff and landing area Yeah, you don't want to land near anybody either because right? Yeah, that's definitely a problem So you all take off together. That's great and all then oh man I nicked a prop I got to bring it in and then I come land right at my feet say right next to him I mean, I'm kind of lazy. I don't really like to get up off my chair and get my quad But but if you come land right by everyone else, it's gonna mess them up You're making sure that you're not plugging in right in someone else's face Even so you should always call out your plug-ins plugging in race band three. Oh wait, wait. I'm on three. Are you on three? I'll wait. Okay. Don't take too long. You wait. All right. I'll be quick. All right. I'll be quick Patiently waiting. Okay. Are you done yet? Not yet. I'm patient The last few things we should talk about I have to do with being a good community member No, we've got a really great community with an FPV. We need to keep it that way We need to make sure that we can keep flying where we have been flying There's already enough negativity about drones in the news We want to try to memorize that as much as possible so that the people that don't fly FPV aren't affected negatively by us So being a good ambassador for the FPV community means be prepared to Share the hobby with others that might walk up no matter where you are whether it's a park or a band At some point you you'll probably have someone come up to you and say what Is that that you're doing it is so cool. It is so cool I love bringing an extra set of goggles or a screen Because I just love to see the reaction that people have when you share the hobby with them and show them what you're doing I've had police officers come up to you all the time And you can completely change their mood just by showing them what you're doing because it is so cool And they get blown away. Don't be that guy That has the quad that always gets lost When you crash your friends aren't just gonna let you go look for your stuff by themselves They're gonna come and help you and then everybody's the nice thing to do Yeah, so this goes hand in hand with the tip that be kind if someone loses their stuff Help them find it find it. Right. But also don't be the guy that's always losing their stuff Right. Have your beeper set up. Have your GoPro securely mounted. Have your battery securely plugged in I'm looking at you van over He insists on just using a piece of foam and a battery strap. Oh my gosh That's not just use a 3d printed thing already. You're always losing the GoPro We've had a little help you look for like three times. God, if you wasn't so good at flying I know, right? So good the better you are flying the more melarky you get away with. It's not fair If you want to keep flying at the spots you're flying at make sure you clean up after yourself. Yeah That's very important. Don't really crash. Don't leave trash. And you know she used a rule for being a good human No matter what you do if you go and have an picnic in the park Don't leave all your wrappers and stuff like that. So right same goes when you're flying with drones I know where all your used props are. Yeah, I got a truck. I bought a truck just so I can throw them all in the back of the truck That's the the prop can back there until we keep a nice mound of props So wrapping up we have talked about flying etiquette our f etiquette and community etiquette These are some tips that we think if you guys keep in mind It's going to make your experience flying with other people that much better Now I know that with everything that's going on you're probably spending less time flying with other people And more time flying yourself. I know a lot of people got into FPV because they picked up a new hobby Well, you know, you maybe have more time to do things But hopefully as we get back to a more normal state and you can start flying with other people And that's going to be a great time to keep all these tips in mind To make sure that when you do start flying with more people You have a good time yourself and you don't ruin the time for anybody else. All right guys. I'm ledred I'm less flair see let us know what what did we forget What's an etiquette tip that you think is super important to having a good time flying with other people? Leave it in the comments down below. 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