 Hey guys, welcome to this episode of Road Riot. I'm Alex Fanover, joined by Bubby and LaDribb, and today we're gonna be doing a digital shootout. Previously, we did a video analog versus digital. You guys absolutely loved it, but we have some new gear to play with. We have Shark Bite and DJI. So this is like what you flew in the last episode where you've got a race quad built with the DJI digital FPV system. It's got the Vista in there, but this isn't an analog quad. This is also a digital. This is Shark Bite, so this has the HD-Zero race VTX. You can see this looks a lot more like the analog setup did. It's real slimmed down. Even this one is too. A lot has developed over the last year and a half, two years since we did that video. So now we're able to put the Vista in a much smaller package. These quads are darn near identical, despite the fact that this one has a Vista and this one has an HD-Zero. They're really the same quad. So I'm gonna race them around on the track and we're gonna see which one's faster. And I don't know which one's gonna be faster because I have been flying a lot of DJI in the last two years, and I've only just started flying Shark Bite recently, but I know a lot of the top racing pilots are flying this and they are switching completely away from analog to it. If you haven't seen some of the other episodes where we've talked about the different video transmission systems, you might be wondering why would one be faster than the other on a racetrack. And it's all about latency because with the DJI digital FPV system, there tends to be a little bit more latency, which for people like you who are racers can kind of feel that, but with Shark Bite, there's a lot less latency. So, and that's always been the big difference is that, you know, DJI has this increased latency, but the image quality is incredible. So, whereas analog, there was virtually no latency, the image quality was pretty bad. So it's just like, what matters more on a racetrack, seeing the gates super clearly or seeing them in real time. Shark Bite kind of is in the middle grounds between analog and DJI, where it has a lot less latency, but the image quality is not as good as DJI necessarily. But it's better than analog. It's much better than analog, yeah. So I think it's kind of a good middle ground. So I'm very curious to see, we don't have an analog quad here because I really want to compare the digital systems between the two of them because I'm very curious to see. Again, I haven't flown that much HD zero Shark Bite, but I've been flying a ton of DJI ever since that first episode. That's when I just kind of got into it. So I actually might be faster with the DJI because I'm so used to it. So we're really going to be able to push the systems today. They're identical quads and I'll go in and talk about what's in them right now. We have some frames from 533. This is a switchback zero and a switchback HD. The only difference is this one's a little bit bigger to carry the Vista in there. This has the van over motors, which are 2021 KV. We have a Foxier stack in this quad. This one has a race video transmitter in here and it has the brand new Foxier Digicite B3 camera, which is like the best Shark Bite camera that you can get. That is something fun about Shark Bite is it was developed to be more open source. Any company can develop cameras or transmitters for it. DJI is way more locked out. The performance seems to be pretty standard across the board when you're using DJI other than a few exceptions like the Polar camera. But with Shark Bite, the different types of cameras you can get can provide vastly different types of performance in terms of the resolution and even the latency. So why'd you pick this particular camera? So this one, first off, I'm a big Foxier fan. I've always thought that in the analog world they make the best cameras for racing and for freestyle when it comes to analog video feed. And so when they came out the Digicite, it just looked like the best camera option for me to use because I trust Foxier. I've always found they have the best image. And plus I always like to try the hottest and latest greatest thing. All the guys who I've talked to who have tried this say it's the best camera you can get for Shark Bite right now. And it's the lowest latency and I want to try that for racing. Now what I have tried to do in this case is make these quads weigh as similarly as I possibly can. It's not a hundred percent. It's just, it's never going to be. Anytime we do a comparison video, there's always someone in the comments like why didn't you make anything? Like when you're comparing different things, there's always going to be some little bit of difference because of how they go together. So I would say these are nearly identical. I can tell you what they are. They're six grams apart. Six grams. They're six grams apart. Six grams, guys. You may not be able to visually see it but they are six grams apart. Put a piece of electrical tape on the other one. Yeah, I'm not even going to tell you which one is heavier because I don't, I mean, you can probably assume which one is maybe a little bit heavier but the quads are literally identical everywhere else. So it's just going to come down to what I feel as a pilot which one I prefer and which one I'm ultimately faster with. So we have a track out here at FBVO ASIS in Orlando, Florida, which is a public FBV park where you can come and fly really awesome that we have a location like this to just be able to come out and not be interrupted and just be able to fly our drone safely. Yeah, if you live in the Orlando area or if you're visiting, come by Bill Frederick Park and they got gates set up for you. I'm going to go ahead and warm up with both of these quads, make sure everything's flying good, get used to the track, and then I'm going to set down my fastest laps on each and we'll see which one's faster. I think Sharkbite's going to win but I wouldn't be surprised if DJI wins only because I have been flying strictly DJI for two years now and I've only gotten a little bit of time on Sharkbite. So the fact that it's different- But see, I want to talk about that so why have you been flying DJI? I got a job. Well actually what I mean by that is I've been working in the FPV industry and in the FPV industry, the kind of standard when you're on a big set is you're not going to show the director an analog video feed, you're going to show them a DJI FPV. So I kind of got forced into flying it and then the more I flew it, the more I started really liked the image of it to be perfectly honest and for freestyle I felt like I was more confident flying it. But when you enter a race, do you then still use DJI or is that the one exception where you've been going to analog? Yeah, I've been going to analog and then previously I've been trying to build some quads on Sharkbite because it seems like every single racer is switching away from analog to Sharkbite. Okay, so you're already convinced that for racing you're using Sharkbite? 100%. Okay, it's better than analog. It's better than analog. Okay. That's why I didn't even want to compare analog. But we're just going to give DJI one more fair shot at it. Yeah. In my opinion, after warming up on both of them, I feel great on both. A little more comfortable on DJI but the quads are flying identical to each other. There's really no difference there. So if DJI is going to win and we're not trying to make DJI win, I just like, if DJI lost badly last year. You're biased. You're so biased. You're sponsored with some shit. All right, so I've got my warmup packs on both of the quads. I've flown two packs on Sharkbite, two packs on DJI. So now we're going to fly and do the test. We're going to see what my fastest lap time and also my like fastest three lap times are. So I'm going to start with the Sharkbite. I'm going to then fly the DJI back to the Sharkbite and then finish on the DJI. So that's four batteries. We're going to see what's the fastest time. Flat. 12 flat, fastest time so far. Yeah. Let's go DJI now. Okay. I will say it from my end. Okay. Can I notice the variable latency? Yes, I can. But after flying DJI for two years, it's less... So you learned to predict it. Yeah, it's just not as like, I don't have the issue with it. And what I did notice though is flying. Oh, I can see these gates, the picture's nice and big. So you think the picture is even better than on that Digi. That was my first time looking through a Sharkbite camera other than the standard Runcam camera. And I was really impressed with that. I thought it looked really good. Who do you want to win? We know there's bias. Who do you want to win? I don't think there's any bias. Like, part of me really wants Sharkbite to win because I just put it in three of my quads. So I genuinely want H2-0 to win. I also, it just seems like in the racing community, that's the most accepted. So I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for if DJI does better. But at the same time, I don't really care like what I want at this point. I just want to have fun. Like I want to go to local races. I want to use whatever's compatible, whatever I can use, and just like go out there and have a good time. One thing I have noticed is the, I think it's 120 FPS of the DJI. I noticed it big time because like this is 60 FPS. It's only 60? It's only 60, so like when I put the DJI on, it's just like, ooh, it's smooth. That's one thing I do notice about it. It was 11-3. 11-3! That was 11-3. Like he killed it over Dale. Oh my God. I was giving it everything at the very end because it was a good lap. So I'm like, all right, if this is my last lap, I'm like, I'm ready. That was sick. That was a good lap. So like in an actual race, that would count and you just got to get through it. I went through the gate next. And it was power on too, so the timing would have caught it. Gotcha. Motors are fine. Those van over motors. Yep. We got something. Oh my God, look at the dent you put in the bell. Look at that. You can see where it like took paint. This motor is so hot too. What are these? These are 2021. 20, 207, 2021 KV on 6S. No throttle cap. Oh my God. But that's what you gotta do to go fast these days, man. Like I think if I were to put more time on this system, you know, get used to the HDL goggles once again and everything, I probably would be going maybe even a little bit faster. But. That's really fast dude. 11-3. But at the same time, if I also put that same time into just specifically DJI racing, I'd probably go a little faster there too. But we got one more battery on DJI for racing. Let's see if we can break 11-3. I want to be very clear too. I'm giving it absolutely everything on all these batteries. I, like I said, I have anything I would want Sharkbite to win just because I spent money on it. But like, I'm genuinely giving it absolutely everything. Are you like pushing the throttle stick all the way out? Oh yeah. As much as I comfortably can. Are we going? Are we getting it? I can't. Two, but I was pushing it. You got it 12 and 11 and 11. You pushed it too low. So actually my average is better on DJI. The average is better on DJI. Because I had like 12, 12 and then 11-3 on Sharkbite. That's true. But on this it was like 12, 11, 11. Yeah. I felt like I would be more consistent with DJI because I've been flying it a lot. The Sharkbite, I'm like, okay, I'm getting used to it. But I feel like that 11-3 on Sharkbite kind of showed the potential of what that's slightly lighter and it could be much lighter as well. Let's be very clear. I was trying to make the weight similar. You can really not get this set up any lighter with the Vista. So if you're competitively racing, you can make that Sharkbite quad 20 grams wider. Why didn't that down to match it? Just so we could focus on like latency and everything like that. Last time, if I'm not mistaken, Analog not only had the fastest lap but it was the best three consecutive laps every time. But with DJI, I had a better three consecutive lap time which technically by multi-GP is what's more important because they go off of your three consecutive time versus your single best. Sharkbite had the fastest single lap but DJI had the more consistent three laps. And I think I attribute that consistency to me being comfortable with the DJI headset. That 11-3 showed the potential of what I could do consistently. I think the latency makes a difference. The ability to be lighter makes a difference. It was really close, but I can confidently say the winner is you, Alex. You're an amazing pilot. It's always great having you here, putting the gear through the test. Guys, what do you think is better? Because we're not gonna say, we're not gonna say. So all the results, which do you think is better suited for racing? Leave a comment down below, getting an argument. Engagement's a good thing. If you're new here, hit the subscribe button. We are always having a great time with drones. Pushing them to their limits. We post videos every Monday. And if you don't wanna miss a single one, there's a little bell icon. If you hit that, we'll spam you. We'll let you know, hey, we posted. Come on over and watch something. Guys, I'm Lydred. I'm Alex Vanover. I'm Bubby at TV. See you next time on Rotorize. Woo! Well, so, we just heard y'all probably think that better. This is the post roll. I was like, all right, Bubby, I'm doing some orbits around Wednesday. We're getting some B-roll. I'm like, all right, bring out your timer. Let me see, I don't care. This point the episode is done. Let's try and kill the quad. I don't care if I crash it. Or the times. Your first lap was an 11-5. And the second one was an 11-8. And then you got an 11-2. 11-2. So you beat it with B-2. So get the shark bite. So now I gotta get the shark bite. And I gotta try it. We can just be here all day. Just watching Alex not really to fly. We can just be here all day watching Alex just growling. Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! We'll watch Drew all day with his overly steady videos. Woo! Woo! Smash! Smash! Smash! Smash! Smash! Smash! Smash!