 What's up everybody? Welcome to Road to Riot. I'm Let's Fly RC and I'm Bubby FPV and we are out at an abandoned golf course to show You guys another one of my crazy inventions. This is the CL-1 XRX 8. What does X-8 mean? X-8 means there is an X configuration on the drone and there are eight propellers. That's crazy Like just nothing looks like a beast like I wanted to see that thing go super fast and low to the ground So a lot of people are actually doing heavy lift drones now There's a lot of people that are in the cinematography world and some of our fellow pilots are out there Filming drone shots for movies So I actually had another project I'm working on that's coming up here soon where I was trying to do something right I'm gonna be lifting a little bit of weight So I wanted to kind of make something with a frame that we already sell that can lift some heavy stuff What do you mean heavy stuff like a red Komodo camera like black magic pocket or just heavy stuff in general? Well, that's what other people are doing. I've got a secret project. I'm not gonna talk about it I thought it would be pretty cool to try this out and see what it can do for freestyle how much bigger is it than like when a Normal quad so this is yeah, this is what the X-8 looks like compared to your standard Ladrub frame. Are you guys gonna sell this in the store? So we technically already do sell this in the store This is actually just a CL-1 XR frame and Drew and I kind of work together to come up with this really cool Mount that's gonna allow pretty much any frame to be converted into an X-8 tiny TPU 3d print that allows you to mount a motor to the bottom of the standard arm That's cool. So any drone I want to make have eight motors on it I can just pretty much you know, there are some limitations if there's something mounted below it for example There where it's not gonna allow the prop then it wouldn't work But most of our drone frames this should allow anybody convert it to an X-8 frame We're also gonna upload it to thingiverse so you guys can download the prints and print them for free if you guys Already have your own 3d printer. I don't work with the flight controller See if some flight controllers only have six motor outputs. How does this one work? I'm using the HDLRC Zeus DJI F7 board and it has the ability to run eight motors in an octo Configuration, and it's actually set up in beta flight as an X-8, but not all flight controllers will work with this Right now all flight controllers are gonna work with this You're gonna have to have the ability to actually have eight servo outputs or eight motor outputs technically the X-8 system Wires up in a very similar way to a standard flight controller But you have to have four additional output pads for the additional four motors because we're running eight motors instead of four We're using the normal plug for the typical motors on the top And then the motors on the bottom of the quad are actually wired to these four pads here So this quad actually has the Sharkbite HD system Installed at it because we got these new Sharkbite systems We really want to play with them and figure out all the ups and downs Between Sharkbite and DJI and I've been playing with the Sharkbite system a little bit and it's definitely different I want to fly it I want to fly that thing. You know how it works. Yeah, I build it. You guys break it. Oh my god, you know Keep in mind. There's no landing gear on this, Bobby. Oh Carefully Shawn is so concerned about the fact that the motors are uncovered like I get it's not ideal I think it's gonna be fine. He's so concerned He's like over the damage mode when we land on we're gonna damage them I'm like when's the last time you have ever landed you don't land your quads. No, I don't You crash your quads all the time all the time and the motors are fine I'm not doing anything that looks so fun. It's doing its own thing It looks like a human because you have like the legs and the arms in the head. Oh my gosh That's hilarious. It's just skating around the ground like with the air Just expect to see that in the goggles because it's gonna act a little weird before you take off Just kind of flip it. You'll be good Oh my gosh, I kind of want to see full throttle. Let's see Wow, oh low voltage right away. Okay. Oh, I didn't even see the battery. Okay. It says low voltage on the screen Okay, I see the voltage. Is it the same speed as a five inch quad or is it? I haven't metered it Yeah, I made it it. Okay. This is the first time it's been flown at TV except for me kind of hovering it Really that's cool. Yeah, see it said land now. Yeah, I said land now Yeah, I like it honestly like it just I don't know let me try to actually like really try to freestyle like I know What a normal five inch quad? Whoa power line whoa Your rates are less than mine, but that's just me I'm almost gonna forget that it's a like a bigger quad because it I mean it feels like a five inch kind of right now To me, I don't know it sounds Fast rates fast rates jeez Dude, I think it's so fast. Is it faster drew than a line of sight. It looks pretty serious Quite a bit. I wasn't expecting the last I thought the battery. It's not right the hell I mean, it's like 14 should I land you're at 14 volts. Yeah. Yeah, I hover on the grass. What's the arm switch? Okay, let's see fingers. Oh That was so sick Actually, I landed it without breaking it. I mean it's like scary. I don't I don't know I think you would feel more like a bigger quad if I was in a tighter area with like for the location I'd like tighter gaps and stuff. I don't know I mean, there's some tech gaps in there Maybe like like I want to see a whip around like in these tight guys I mean after everyone else I said I don't want to break it. Should we all get a chance on before we really send it? It did. You haven't even flown it yet. No, I haven't even flown it yet When I was noticing that it was twitchy for for you because typically you're a very Flowey smooth pilot and it did seem like it was a little twitchy. Maybe it's just getting used to my rates Yeah, I think we should be able to change the rates on the OSD menu. I haven't actually tried yet But my rates are like super like still learning like super low probably flew for Four minutes or so. Yeah, I mean, I wasn't really I wasn't really going like room room. I don't know I don't understand how it could fly. I really thought Well, I guess hold on so if you think about it our five inch drones with forest batteries We're getting about three minutes of flight keep in mind with these seven inch drone We were getting like five or six minutes of flight So now we've doubled the motor and maybe that just brought it right back down to the flight time that you get out of a five inch drone I didn't even think about it that way. Yeah, because these are bigger motors and they're more efficient Right. So because yeah when we don't when it's not the x8 configuration when it's just the Seven inch when it's just a standard xr. We're flying for like five six seven eight minutes So I guess it's funny you're taking it doubling the motors. You're bringing the fly time back down But the increase in power. I don't know. I haven't flown it yet, but just visually I was like All right, here we go. It's so weird You have to like flip it to get it off the ground so you don't mess the props up Yeah, it sounds so quiet when you're hovering It does sound really quiet. Oh, yeah. No, it it feels fine to me like it doesn't feel shaky or anything I think it was just you getting used to my rates. That's all. What are your rates of stock rates? Yeah, just stock rates I got a little bobble there, but I haven't tuned this at all. It's a stock tuned stock rates So I'm sure with a little bit of tuning from our master tuner Tyler This thing would fly a lot better. Oh, wow. I gave it a little bit of power there in it It definitely has more power than my regular five inch Pulls out of a dive with no issue Does it feel awkward or anything watch out for those trees? Yeah Oh, I'm still hey, it's still alive. I got extra props to chop the trees up. Yeah, okay Yeah, I'm already down to like 14 too. So I mean you're back up to 14 for at hover I don't still feels like I've power. It doesn't feel like it's sagging or anything. Yeah Even with that big punch out over the trees that sound it sounds so cool like a I don't know it sounds so cool I'm gonna bring it in now because I'm under 14. Yeah, 13 five Oh All right, here we come. You got 13 volts, dude Not bad was it feeling weak at the end? No, I didn't feel weak at all. It felt fine Yeah, I guess you're still just kind of getting that seven inch advantage because like that's the other thing is like Those seven inches we fly the voltage way Lower it's not really that bad for the batteries It's when the battery is already at a low voltage and you're still sucking current out of it That's when you really damage your batteries from the seven inch thing. Well, what is the current this thing is Not exactly what I expected. I can't believe How powerful I think it's just boogies. Yeah, when I pulled out of those flat s's it was like I had no hold back I just put no effort into it and it came right out of this flat s no problem Was it my turn? Yeah Man, I'm psyched. I can't believe we haven't even broken a prop yet Like I expected us to have it totally busted by now. I mean well actually I think isn't one of the things about x8 Hold on. You're all excited. You didn't break a prop, but I think what do you kind of do they're gonna go take the top off What is he gonna do? Oh, man, he's gonna try to fly it with seven props. They're always Oh That's freaking awesome. That's so crazy. Oh my god. Okay. It's not I can tell like look it's it's dipping the corner Is definitely dipping and oh, oh it won't come down So it's not happy it's not happy but you could fly at home you could fly at home But it's not happy like the corner was dipping and air mode with the i-term spiking It was like I was full throttle I had to like nose down to come down because it wouldn't just come down flat And I bet you that motor's hot But I mean that we've always used x8s because it was backup, right? I mean it gives you like a failsafe Right, almost probably buzzing full speed with no prop, which wasn't good, but but it's crazy to see that It actually works. You actually have a little bit of failsafe in there. I wonder that's really cool Don't do anymore. Why not? We need to break it before you get to fly it. You already tried it Why do you have to try it more? Just fly it normal. How far can we go? Whoa? It flies. Whoa? That's crazy. Well, let's take off some more. No, why are you doing this? Oh There you go, it's breaking my stuff Breaking my stuff. There was not there was zero throttle. That was zero throttle zero throttle as soon as I armed it Okay, so if you lose one prop, you're okay. Okay, if you lose two props, you're okay. Okay, we lose three props going away Back to china Do you think it was just because the stern probably took off or I think if I turned off air mode It might be okay, but I don't want to mess with it because I just all I did was arm it I didn't move anything all I did was arm it and it just went And you see it was rotating it just started going I think this could use some tuning. Yeah, it's stock. So it's still very bobble very bobbly Yeah, so there's some there's some tuning issues, but it's just kind of a proof of concept. This is very fascinating I think probably our seven inch tune would be fine or at least better because this is just stock beta flight, right? Right. Yeah, I mean, I'm impressed that just stock beta flight flies as good as it does power line Oh Well, you excessively got it stuck in the tree. Is it this arm? Damn. Yeah At least if you do get stuck in a tree, you can't find it. You have eight motors beeping now loud beeper That's worth it alone. You just have to be yeah eight beepers. Yeah Gotta finish this pack Geez these rates I know these are stock rates, but I think it's amplified because of the Oh something like that does not feel like a stock rate because I fly a little faster than stock rate and this feels faster than my rates It's hard to drop And we need to the idle speed is stopped. The idle is really high. Look at the shadow. Oh my gosh. I saw the shadow of the quad That was cool Oh my gosh, you did it. Wow Should I maddie flip it? Why not? I can always build another one right? Oh Oh, well, you almost made it. There's turtle mode. Yeah. Try turtle mode. What is it? Which one is turtle mode? I don't need that one. I didn't put turtle mode on it. Well, it said turtle mode for me when I flipped it Oh my gosh, that was cool. No problem. The props are still good And you took off in the grass too. Yeah We're fine. Who needs landing gear? Who needs landing gear when you have power? Oh my god I feel like van over. Yeah Yeah Is this how van over feels when he flies five inch? Yeah. Oh so fast. Yes I'm the immortal I feel like the first when I first started flying clouds and I didn't know how to do real tricks yet And I was just like, yes Yes, I'm so fast You're at 12 four. Oh my, am I really? Okay. Oh, oh, that is low. That is low What? How am I 11? Oh my god. How am I shredding at? Oh 10 volts 10 volts and it was shredding. Oh my gosh. What? Why? That's ridiculous. The motors aren't aren't warm. Oh, yeah, that's totally fine. That's totally the battery on the other hand I owe you a battery So we're gonna copy the tune only from this drone to that drone because this drone is tuned well with our master tuner Tyler from rotor riot store I just want to pull the pieces off of this tune that I need for that drone I can't copy everything because that has eight motors. This has four motors and if I copy everything It'll screw all my motor assignments up and everything else So we're just going to grab the things that I need from this tune Copied in a notepad and then transfer those items into that tune. I really just want to see if the XR tune will work on this even though it's The x8 like even those eight motors like I don't know how well The tune that we made around a quadcopter will translate to an octacopter motor Oh, yeah, that's better. Oh, yeah Oh my god, that works boom. Look at that. Oh, yes, it's smooth That is smoothie groovy that works better than I expected I guess I just fly really bad flying quads No, I think you know you fly mostly stock tune and the stock tune works really really well for five inch quads Yeah, the it's just when you start doing something like going to seven inch Oh, this fly is so good now when we first flew the seven inch it flew like garbage. Yeah This fly is yes, the rates are slow. I think these are bubby's rates, right? Yeah, the rates are a little slower than I like inverted yaw spin boom What that was full yaw, dude That was what your rates are ridiculous. Look at this full yaw go go go It's so smooth. This thing is awesome now It was fun before but now it's funner. Oh my god. Now. I really like it. I think we should get some chase footage of it What do you think? I've been wanting to get chase footage of it. You're gonna fly But it was a soft crash I was probably facing the wrong direction, but just snow out. Yeah completely snow I actually think you probably ran the battery too low. Definitely did because I'm landing 9.7 volts I was having too much fun You didn't even feel it getting low. No, I didn't feel it at all. Yeah shark bite cuts out at 10 volts Oh, okay, but it's not as DJI. Yeah, DJI 9 volts. There's no way. Yeah, at least I got to crush my own quad this time It's perfect. It's perfect. It wasn't really soft fall So it like came down through these trees and like bounced around a little bit on the floor This tpu mount's a little bit cockeyed, but It's fine. Yeah, these arms are so thick eight eight millimeter arms. These are eight millimeter arms That's unbreakable. Your nine volt battery is still plugged in Yeah, it bounced back up to like 13 six. It's okay. The unbreakable x8 XR x8 Thanks for watching guys. I'm let's fly RC. I'm bubby fvv and we'll see you guys next time on rotor riot Honestly, this might be faster. Yeah, these are what people really want to see. Yeah, this one is a spoiler This is what what why? I started the barton of you and Bartos videos like I need this I think it makes it go like at least 1,000 hours an hour. Yeah