 Hey guys, welcome to Rotorite and this is First Flight to Freestyle today. We're out here at Orlando Speed World We're here to chase some drift cars now The whole theme of the series we're taking Eric here from really having very little drone experience to being a fall-on ripper We're gonna take all those manual mode skills that you've been learning and try to apply it to some chasing Chasing is one of the most fun unique things you can do with this type of FPV drone You can get shots that are just not possible any other way and drift cars are one of the most fun things to chase I think this is our second to last one. Let's try to destroy it today But I did have to ask for some extra help as many of you guys have said in the comments Haven drew as a teacher is a huge leg up But I had to bring somebody else because I don't know if you guys have seen this guy shredding in New York City last week Absolutely amazing video on the Rotorite channel. Bubbie. Thank you for coming. Yeah, that's gonna be a blast But he's a total natural with the chasing he gets amazing shots of drift cars He's also done some some motorcycle chasing you did this one-shot Bubbie But you chased a biker doing a backflip and you just perfectly tracked it was the most epic thing You just you are definitely one of the best chasers in the game. So guys this track is awesome They pretty much let us have free reign in the place all the drivers are super cool with the drones They don't mind things getting a little bit crazy Harry We're just gonna go set up right next to the track and tear into it. Let's go So like I said this track is super friendly to drone flying Which means there are already some other drone pilots here turned it up and there's probably gonna be a few others Which means that when you're flying here, you got to think about sharing the airspace We do have an advantage with the DJI FPV drone And that is that you can set it to run exclusively on 2.4 That means that this drone isn't gonna be bothering anyone else and when we're flying this drone We can just do whatever the hell we want Which actually is gonna make it pretty interesting for these guys We're gonna be able to slide with a lot more ease so we'll probably be seeing some spin outs But if they know what they're doing shouldn't be a problem. Look at this guy. He's got it. He's got it So all we see what we're gonna be missing out on is some smoke But maybe we'll get lucky a little drop and we'll get some of that smoke back I think right now the issue is like if they're kicking up so much water and like trying to get the really cool shots right next to them it's gonna be like Don't get reigned by the floor It's just a question of how good the water briefing is on the DJI drone Done So funny how quiet the cars are now that they're in the water What's nice about chasing drift cars on a track like this is their path is very predictable You know after it's gonna take a couple passes to get down what they're gonna do But it's the same set it turns every time so you can really start to predict what they're gonna do When you first start off you're just gonna do some basic follow like this Just worry about staying behind and just think about keeping them in frame Like all I'm doing is just trying to keep them in the middle of frame and not crashing to them Even as they're spinning out. So that's it. Just keeping them in frame. This is kind of how I start off And then once I start to get more comfortable Also, he's probably catching up. So let me see see behind. Nope. I know there is So I wanted to get out of his way But once I start to get more comfortable, you know, you'll start wanting to push it a little bit closer But I think you know there's diminishing returns if you get too close So that you can't keep the whole car in frame You know, I don't always think that looks so great. Like we're also gonna get wet today That's true. So you almost you want to keep your distance for two reasons one So you don't get wet and two You know while being super duper close is awesome to show off as a pilot If you can't see the whole car, I think it kind of ruins the shot I will say sometimes like getting right up on the tire does look cool. Like as a certain Okay, is that cool? Is that cool? Is that out of that? Dude, this looks like a go pro like a video like a youtube video. I'm not on the phone. Yeah, I've never watched it on the phone before So right now I'm really just doing like, you know behind But um When I get more comfortable what you can start doing is kind of starting to strafe them too This one I'm actually going to like swing around and strafe them What does faith mean like go sideways like some kind of on his side here But now I need to remember he's about to turn into me. So do that crossover So that that that comes down to knowing what they're about to do having that course kind of memorized that I know When they're gonna if you get ahead of them you can kind of try and save it make it look stylized I meant to do that, right But the strafe is really cool, you know, it's just kind of a speed management thing You know and like get that distance. It's tricky. I didn't do it. Super great there Super fun to watch though. Then I also like to think about like starting the shot, you know, so maybe I'm looking at the sky dive down see them That's awesome come and do it So it's not just going to be a function of like cut cut It's also great that these guys are doing tandem because like all right I'm gonna intentionally try and slow down and let this other guy just come in the frame Come on man. Come on. Oh, he's not as close as I'd like him to be if he was close to that You know, maybe it would have worked out better, but still you just kind of you just kind of save it with some flow Just move around make it all look intentional and then maybe I'll zip past him and catch back up to the first guy You know, it's really fun to play with multiple cars Especially when they're closer together. So here let me uh hand this off to bubby. Let's see what you got I'm gonna put my camera angle at like 20. All right You can adjust the camera angle on this thing with the dial because these cars are going a little bit slower So like I don't want to have a bunch of camera angle And like I don't you go straight for it. Watch that wall I so like I think I disagree with drew a little bit in the sense of get the like I like getting really close on those spots. Yeah, it's show offy. Definitely a show off But we help me get a basic idea like speed wise Obviously you're trying not to overshoot But are you using more roll or more yaw to stay with him like in this turn? So like I'm using a lot of yaw right now to stay in that turn like I'm barely using any roll I don't think he used enough yaw These guys are definitely even going slower than you might be used to this is a great day for you to learn Eric because the with the water the speeds are really being brought down They don't need to have as much speed to to slide out that was an awesome shot That was beautiful to yaw around the hood like that. That was sick. So here's tandem or whatever they call it so I'm gonna try to be on the first guy And then maybe slow down and transition to this guy kind of like that Yeah, dude this thing. Yeah, this thing is crazy That's the shot of the day right here. Oh, you see that rainbow? There was a rainbow. Oh, yeah spray. That was so sick So like I guess like an angle a good side of the car to be on is the outside of the turn So like if they're turning left I want to be on the right side of them Because like if they're turn if they are turning left and I'm on the left side It's going to be really hard to get an actual turn when you're facing It's just a weird angle to be turning at like this It's very hard to get them in shot and actually track them And to show the movement because that kind of slows everything down and makes it feel almost bland Yeah Nice shot. Nice rotation Love that little flick There's so much water on the lens. There's so much water on that lens. Yeah So now I have to do that. It's gonna be on me. Awesome. Be just as good. You got this There you go boom made it you did it. He's already going for the shot. He's just going right for it So when you start to be pointed to down at it You got to remember that that means you're diving remember when we did the dives and you know when you dive you go down So if you point it down, you're gonna start. Oh boy. Oh boy. Oh Nice save. Just bailing. Just bailing. Nice save. So yeah, there you go I would not worry about you know when you're first getting into it being White so bubblicious and getting my eyes closed. I would just worry about being low and chasing right And make sure it's in the frame the whole time right, you know If you want to be looking down at the car you might as well be using a mavic Right, the whole point of fpv is that you can really chase this thing and be dynamic So I'd practice it's more important practice being low and behind it Um than anything else even if you're not close yet. You can always get closer I got the shakes in my hands. I got to move to my legs. It's okay the dji Optical image stabilization. It's gonna help a lot with that. So is this footage stabilized too the image that we see And the guy goes and on the phone there. There's a little bit of stabilization with it But when we see the the final x when we see the final video recorded on the drones sd card There'll be even a little more stabilization on top of what we're seeing live If I want to take off some stabilization, can I yeah, you can turn it off? You know if you want to show off how smooth you are for eric No offense, we're gonna leave all the stabilization on this guy. This guy's one of the best out here This guy yeah Oh Right in the spray right in the spray. Oh spin out. Oh my gosh, that was awesome Feeling good. You know based on what I'm hearing too. I think eric you can just just use less throttle You know, you're really uh, oh watch Oh I saw the line I punched doesn't crap. I went too wide. It was gale. He went through that nice save That was actually on purpose ish Oh, he got close Wow, that was awesome You are you know The drone's gonna carry a lot of momentum these cars when they're drifting aren't actually Going with that much velocity. They're making a lot of sound the tires are spinning fast But they're not actually moving in space that fast So you can use less throttle. I was at about 40 50 the entire time. So I feel like that's where I am But maybe I'm not So nice and right now you want to really yeah, like as you're when you're coming up on them like that Lead off that throttle so that you slow down to match their speed But yeah, just just hang back just hang back and keep it in shot for a whole turn And worry about getting closer later on, you know, oh, oh boy. Oh nice save. Nice save All right, he's gonna hook around hook around. There it is. There it is. Keep it smooth It's not here's where I think y'all is kind of low pass. There you go. You nailed it That's I was excellent. So I think something that you can use a little bit more of is yaw Like especially when they're in the turns more yaw. Okay Just to try to keep them a little bit more centered or yeah, that's a good job Just kind of gently get back onto the throttle here gently. Don't go too fast Just hold it you're locked in you're locked in gently yaw gently yaw gently yaw Yeah You know, it's just ended just pretend like oh That goes straight up and like use them in pretty nice finishing try just like you meant to right I can't believe my battery is still going. We're seven minutes into the flight time on this thing is just undeniably amazing Nice That's a good transition because you can see the reflection in there There is perfect So like maybe next time like look up from the clouds and then dive down Yeah, like what you're saying you're thinking about how you're gonna use the shots together, right? How you can transition, you know, that's something to think about Nice nice nice Eric. Oh Yeah You're taking everything that we've learned over this whole series and really bringing it together in a really impressive way That is awesome. That orbit was so that was like a dynamic orbit You orbited it while it was moving through space. That is that was awesome, man. All right. That's my battery. All right. Yes That was fun and once you start picking up the speed That one driver with a 350 I felt like I could finally guess What speed he was an inch right? It takes a couple laps. Yeah, and you know what they're gonna do. You can see the future is awesome, man I love this crap This is really getting the flavor for like what freestyle is because like when we've been flying We'd be going to private places so we could just focus on instruction But when you go to like kind of a a more popular flying area meeting up with other pilots Oh, you missing a motor. I got you whatever. Oh, I got a buddy with a drift car hop in like the community is awesome I think that's what makes it for me because the flying community in general has always been my home It's my family right and seeing this tight in with cars Tighten with people who are just living their lives into this adventuresome spirit. I love it Dude, thanks for having me. This is one freestyle is all about If I die I'm blaming you drew Hope he's in that line of a car is about to head out. We're gonna send Erica is gonna get some third person chase shot It's gonna be awesome Still life was that a blast that was absolutely legendary We got some good shots of you that we tried to get right up on the window to see in there And I so did you see us could you see the drone sometimes? Yeah, awesome You guys are doing amazing, especially considering the what's going on with the water man. It's gotta be difficult, right? It's hard bro. It goes from like super wet and slippery to dry hooks and then back to super slippery and right So it's like well, we're tending with the blue car that's 14 and we're getting close. It's kind of like Oh But how man all these things right now is you guys are killing it. You want to see more drifting action There'll be links to all these guys channels. We got camel style. We got front seat extreme We got front seat extreme link in the description check them out But don't forget to come back here, of course every monday for new episodes of rotor ride This is the first flight to freestyle series where I've had these great mentors leading me along the way teaching me All sorts of cool freestyle tricks from a beginner to what i'm flying now Which is just a beginner. He's able to crash with a little more flair. Yeah, if you're new to this playlist check it out I mean you really started started at the bottom now. We're here now. We're here having so much fun guys Thank you for watching Please leave a like and a comment and feel free to smash that notification bell We'll see you guys Monday episode guys the rain is clearing up the smoke is coming back out So we're gonna get out there get a couple more runs and we'll see you next time. Let's go