Nazgul Evoque is the best FPV quad iFlight has ever made
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-- TABLE OF CONTENTS --
0:00 - Intro and commercial disclosure
3:42 - Unboxing. iFlight has made it easy for beginners to get started.
5:42 - It lights up! LED side panels!
6:53 - Motors: why iFlight Xing2 are some of the best
7:39 - How much does it weigh?
9:45 - Even the screws have attention to detail!
10:39 - One disadvantage of the side plates: ease of access
11:35 - Can I blow up the 20mm ESC?
13:13 - F7 flight controller is full featured with good documentation
iFlight Google Drive with wiring diagrams, CLI dumps, manuals, and more: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
iFlight helpdesk for support requests: iflightrc.freshdesk.com/
14:05 - XT60 plug is integrated into the frame
15:07 - Why I don't think the GPS unit upgrade is really worth it
16:44 - vTX output power basically checks out
17:21 - Things I would change about the Betaflight configuration
• Betaflight all modes o... - My "all modes one aux channel" tutorial
20:31 - GPS lock time test
21:18 - Flight test
27:16 - Conclusion: should you buy it?
Which is better? Evoque or Roma F5 V2? In case you missed my review of the Roma: czcams.com/video/CHdniiAbtfY/video.html
Joshua, your Amazon affiliate link is broken. Just for info. Also, any chance you can try get some affiliate links for UK FPV shops? I would like to support, but I dont like buying from banggood. I know drone authority do an affiliate program.
I'm surprised that you don't mention that your analogue version has a X frame and your digital version has a DC frame.
Could this not explain why the analogue version flew that much better?
what shall we do with the@@Drunken.Sailor
Hey Josh - just to let you know the Amazon link takes you to a ThorRobotics Underwater Drone and not the Evoque. Great video by the way!
@@robglowable he has already answered this in the comment below.
Iflight seems to be going above and beyond with their new releases.
iFlight Chimera 7, fantastic package. Great unboxing experience. I must say iFlight impresses us.
The Titan XL5 is still a great quad even though it's been out for over a year now. It's virtually indestructible.
@@jaydenrareproto agree....love mine.
Think the feeling difference was more deadcat vs true X?
X is better for freestyle and dead cat is good for long rang flight.
That whole “can I blow up a 20x20 esc” segment is the best thing I’ve seen in a while
i recently got the nazgul5 v2 and had an issue with the USB port. the RMA process was super simple, they were very communicative throughout the entire process, and he even set up tracer for me. it was probably the best customer service experience ive ever had, not just with a product within this hobby, but with any customer service experience period. they went above and beyond to make it as convenient and easy for me as possible.
I love these video's, such an attention to detail!
Ordered the Evoque last week, can't wait to try it, looks so much fun!
yep. i got my evoque F5D 2 weeks ago and it feels SO MUCH different and better to all my long range quads... love it. will buy a second one. i suggest you guys get the version with GPS just to see speed. i clocked it in with 190km/h on 6s 1550 lipo.
if you are looking for PROPWASH you better call Sherlock Holmes cause that search will take a while!
190 kmh??
@@Twx97 yeah. i am not shitting you
How fast is that in mph
@@cloudpandarism2627 that’s crazy
Holy sheep
Your flying has improved so much since your first videos ... its impressive
I love the ESC durability test! xD
Not bad test ha. My f5d esc died on first day out. On landing hit small loose branch on the ground that's all. Esc cooked.
I used to tune in to learn something but now I just want to watch you fly! Thx 4 another awesome video 👍👍
It's fun watching your skills get sharper all the time.
Bought this drone about a month ago, got a failsafe like 300 feet over concrete. The drone survived the crash with minor scuffs here and there but my hero 8 got smashed to bits.
Thing is built like a tank, heavy but very durable. A very nice freestyle drone for beginners indeed! Highly recommend!!!
Readytosky makes a rip of this frame. Its all I build on.
awesome video dude! so much detail and care put into it. im just looking into getting into flying drones so im happy ive come across your video , im going to check out your other stuff aswell , u deserve your huge amount of followers dude just awesome stuff! also a beast on the sticks at the stack that was sick
Great video man very informative! About to get into drone flying and your videos are top notch keep them coming
iflight nazgul v1 was my first 5" qwad and i still love it
Yo Josh, I'm a fan and watch most of your videos but rarely comment. Just wanna say your flying in this video was actually really nice. Good work my man.
Im Finally here early lol. I wanted to say thank you JB you have helped me so much since I started in this hobby.
I Love my Nazgul 6s!!!!!! Takes a beating! I feel like this is hands down the best quad I have ever had. Changed my FPV world!
Haven't seen you this excited about a product in a while and I must say I agree, the Evoque features things I would have loved to do custom build jobs for but now in a bind and fly version saving me a great deal of time and effort, that alone is worth my money.
i love it when iflight make those noob questions so easy to answer, get the evoque.
Ordered one the other day as my first FPV, pretty excited!
Flight is by far the best fpv drone maker in my mind. Their drones come in really damn good quality, nice packaging, well designed and good indication for starters. I've own a titan, nazgul 5, bumblebee and a chimera7, and I've never complained once for any of them.
Awesome review. Great details and I really appreciate the comparison to the strongest competitor.
Could they fly differently because analog was X-frame and digital was DC-frame shape in your test?
That's what I thought as well
Came here to say this.
Take my upvote.
(Oh well, that is Reddit, but here there's a thumbup anyway) 😊
exactly, i have DJi X and its awesome and stable.
Yup this has to be why
I thought that he's gonna say it on the video
I had a long fpv break, it started ruffly when you started your 3 pack a day thing. You became such an good pilot by this, keep going! And hey you probaly dont remember or conversation about 6s and more flight time, i managed to build a quad that flies 10 mins good freestyle with a 1800mah pack 😉 and im landing mostly on storage voltage to keep the pack in a good state
Hahaha trying to kill the ESC is a whole new level of entertainment. Can you do that on every review ?
I second this request.
Right? When he first started doing that I was like WTF is he doing???? And then it clicked. Like he’s purposefully trying to break this thing!!! If anything out of spite for 20mm ESCs 😂 god I was dying.
Wow you thoroughly tested that ESC. That's awesome!
What a nice backyard flight and rewiew Joshua. Regards from Germany, Digital FPV Crew Berlin
I got to fly one the other day and damn it is beautiful out of the box. Looked at the black box log of the flight and it is tuned to perfection!
Hahaha I love the rigorous esc testing JB! LoL Those are very nice quads you got there! It really sounds like you had fun doing this review and it shows buddy. Good job
I've had my eye on this quad thanks for the review I'm going to have to purchase it now
Betaflights GPS rescue isn’t bad at all. Most people have issues with incorrect failsafe settings on their transmitter or other issues with settings. Once setup properly and tested I haven’t had any issues with it. I trigger GPS rescue and it just works every time. If you have crossfire you need to set failsafe to cut for it to work properly.
Can you share your settings??
yeah please?
This is also the best freestyle i have every seen you done👌👍
The Digital have a Deadcat frame. That’s the difference of flightstyle
I hope JB will swap the camera and vtx to find out!
I came in the comment section just to see if someone already pointed this out. True X design and generally x shaped frames fly much better then others, it's physics
Yep, I was surprised he didn't mention that. I was hoping he would talk about how the deadcat frame play on the feel of the quad.
Also there are different motors on analog and digital.
Yeah - I don't think current BF handles deadcat that well. I just had that experience on a 3" where it flew terrible on a deadcat frame and then great when I switched the components over to a true-X. Not sure if this was always the case as deadcat designs used to be pretty popular (and are again with the newer long range stuff).
It's good to see you got the analog version also. Kinda tired of only seeing the dji stuff. Pretty sure there is still more people running analog. It's way cheaper
Except.... It really isn't,,,,,,, I felt the same way, until I really looked into it. And for a high end analog system, it's just as much. You can get budget level analog a lot cheaper. But it's extremely limiting. BUT, the analog vs DJI latency is still not comparable. They both serve their purpose.
I rather see where im flying even in bad lighting conditions and adjust to that insignificant latency increase. Pilots have been used to that latency for years and done perfectly fine unless you're racing and want to squeeze out that extra millisecond on a lap.
Agreed. Analog for the win!
@@MCsCreations I like both. For different reasons. If I'm doing tight proximity, and flying new areas, I go analog, the latency definitely makes a difference. If I know the area, and am going for more flow style. The digital is excellent
I been saying was going to do analog on my next long range. But I ended up not doing it 🤦♂️ I should of
I bought the digital Evoque as soon as it came out and have hammered on it really hard (noob style!) I have to say I absolutely love it. I haven't needed to replace anything but props. It still flies awesome. Even though it's an expensive initial purchase, over the last month it has been cheaper than both my Protek 35 and QAV R2 to fly since it has been so durable.
Did you get the F5X or F5D? Not sure which one i should buy. It looks like the deadcat frame behaves worse?
@@xlw12 I haven't tried the squished X, but the deadcat seems to fly incredibly well for my needs.
Hi. I bought the same one just recently but I can't pair it with my goggles. Is there only limited goggles out there which can support digital signal? What goggles do you use? Its the DJI camera inside.
Oh yeah! I've been waiting for a latest vid♥️
Hey man, you are one of the best pilot of the world…!!! Respects!
Great video aggressive freestyle luv it keep up the great work 👌🏽👍🏽
Sick flying, Mr. B
those analog packs you flew are my favorite flights ive ever watched you fly, FINALLY ;)
I love Iflight products, especially the aio escs ❤️
On my iFlight Chimera Analog I got the same GPS module and there are flights with even 21 sats but the average is 16-17 :D and I like (love actually) the build quality on that also! My daily one is a Nazgul V1 4S with the Original Xing 2750KV motors and is an incredible kwad still after almost 3 year's and about 250 crashes!
JB's house.... the most famous FPV track no one has ever been to :)
Thanks Joshua
awesome vid Mr Bardwell! just received my evoque 5x analog today, installed matek diversity elrs and got to put a cpl packs thru it!! I thank you so much for helping persuade me into this quad, it rips all the balls and smooth as butter compared to the mobula7 I've been ripping around the past cpl months lol.
cheers, have fun everyone!
Hey anthrax I know you posted this over a year ago but I am myself new and looking into the evoque what analog goggles would you say would be best suited
@@PuddinDB hey there, cool to hear! have you checked out the newer v3 nazgul? the specs are a little better, but there are some tradeoffs like cool led light pipes in the arms the evogue offers 😎 either way you'll have fun!
anyhow, for goggles I acquired skyzone sky04x and added a second receiver. they are amazing, but do get a little warm.. I have not tried anything else to compare other than box style goggles from 2015, which you definitely don't want on your face lol.
skyzone released a new set recently, the sky04o pro, which has better oled screens (specs wise) but basically the same, for $200 less.
have fun!
@@PuddinDB hey! I swear I wrote back to you but it's not showing up.
I got the sky04x, lovely goggles. skyzone released a new set not long ago, they are basically the same as mine spec wise for $200 less.
also have you looked at the new v3 nazgul? little but upgrades but no cool lights like evogue. either way I'm sure you will love it!
cheers, have fun!
just started watching mate epic is the word own a Dji Fpv now for the next level
that’s a pretty cool quad! i don’t usually get prebuilt but i kinda want one
No,ur good. Brother you can fly. Love the hobby but stayed with it because of ken and you. Thanks josh I appreciate all u do.
awesome flying!!!!!
The analog version was true x, the digital was dead cat. Maybe that has an effect on the flight characteristic of the 2?
EXACTLY what I was wondering
Great review Joshua. It's definitely a great quad . And I'll be getting it now after watching you. And my Diatone Roma F5 V2 is amazing. I love the way it performs 👍🤘 keep rockin Joshua
You won’t be disappointed
This is not the same Bardwell I subscribed to a couple years ago... bro your flying skills have improved sooooo much
Lets hope he hasn't been replaced by a clone like many of our governments entities :)
It's not him flying he has led ledrib hiding and flying for him lol 😆
@@wongowonga I'm actually going to hope that you grow some brain cells.
@@rockman49er ohhhh its drib disguised as Bardwell, that explains why he's wearing the drib shirt 😂🤣
Excellent review JB. I wasn't going to watch because I want one so bad but just built a quad!
Damn, your flying has improved :)
Joshua you have such a gorgeous property
Watching this now and Joshua still comparing HD to Analog in the video, its good memories
Joshua, got my iFlight Evoque F5 (Digital Version) / 4S earlier this week. Agree, iFlight doing a top notch job on boxing/labeling. Got everything bound up last night and can’t wait to test myself this weekend. I’m impressed so far and haven’t even flown yet! Will be strapping my new GoPro 10 to it…wish me luck 🍀. Thanks for the review! 🤙🤙
Hi, What lipo did you use and how did it go. Thinking of the 4s one here. Thanks
About GPS: In my geprc Baby crocodile the GPS work's like a charm straight out of the factory. I must say that I saw geprc using different GPS modules.
Flight difference characteristics was probably because of the different frame designs, you might have just forgot to mention it. Also that first pack rip was amazing you just sold me on the drone within 30 seconds I'm gonna start saving up now.
Thanks!
I got to admit , hope that frame style catches on in the hobby 🔥
I'm not in the market for this (although I do have a buncha iFlight doodads) but iFlight gear has always impressed me. They seem to have little touches in their products that make it seem like they care and really actually fly this stuff.
My esc did self -destruct on what I considered a minor block for a couple seconds. You were right about the 20 mm esc's
The evoque analog wow'd you because: X-config + RPM filter.
Nazgul5 with RPM filter should fly even better due to less weight.
rpm filtering is an amazing addition! 👏
Redefines smoo0000ooth in the multi rotor community. But now I only break CW props 🤔
Ik have the nazgul and love it.
I have 3 quads that have all came home due to coordinates/GPS rescue in some way shape or form. If set properly it will do what it's supposed to. Test, test, test. If you're not worrying about properly functioning gear it will help ease anxiety(as bad) when pushing range. It also helps with orientation if you get lost when you want to fly home.
I think that was some of the best flying I've ever seen you fly at home, and most unique lines around the house, how much of that was 3packs a day and how much was the Nazgul?
I second that and was going to comment something very similar.
I have such a nightmare with links bro. I've just ordered my evoquoe today thanks to You and others. I've watched this video loads lol. Anyway JB I couldn't do a link so joined your patreon instead to say thanks. Nice 1 n your flying is wicked with the Nazgul. I've got the baby nazgul you need to try that also the 73mm one.
The weight is decent. And those led in the arms are very unique. Hhmmm kind of intriguing.
Do you think the deadcat frame on the dji could've made the flying experience less enjoyable then the analog? I want an analog with the deadcat frame but I'm not sure if the frame could make a difference with the flying characteristics
Hi Joshua, love your videos i always learn something valuable from them. Im still really new to flying and even newer to tuning, but i was wondering if the nazgul evoque pid tune could be used on the standard nazgul? Or does it not work that way? Unfortunately Im not quite at the stage of tuning the quad myself, but that flight look so darn smooth, no propwash at all!
Yo! I stopped watching your video last year on 3 packs a day to learn freestyle. I'm shock to see how good you're now 😲. I just start this hobby btw.
One of the cool parts of this is being able to hear some of your inputs 87
Awesome..... as usual.
Well, you make reeeeeally good videos, since in every search I do your videos pop up first and I do learn stuff. Yet I havent really see you flying before... Dude! Thats so nice!!!!! I bet you know this place "like the yard of your house" hahahahah
If handling and flight experience is the same I would definetly go spending another 30bucks for the Intelligence build, led and protection of flightcontroller etc :)
Thank you Joshua for a great in depth review as always. :)
took the plunge and bought 1 👍 Angle Aux 2 is already across the full channel.
Bought the Roma as my third quad after watching your video on it JB. First thing I broke... Well, RIP GPS
Holy shit, that first few seconds of footage ... it fuckin LOOKS good too
I’m tempted on the analog, great video.
Dont get it because he says if flew better. It likely flew better because it was a completely different frame geometry. X vs DC
I will never buy another analog. I wasted so much time and money to try and get a great video. Digital has been the best investment in FPV for me so far!
I do think that the fit and finish on the Evoque is worth the extra costs.
Not only does it earn an increase it's value because of the aesthetics - I think part of the fun is the way these things look both on the bench and in flight - but the added features also offer true function, The side guards can help with cleanliness and depending on where you fly that could be a real difference maker but I also liked the 3D printed parts for the GPS, the XT60 plug, etc...
The pipe LED lights are super cool and again I like that as a feature both on the bench as well as in flight. And you talked about the blue loctite on the screws - to me generally speaking that is more than a nice to have, it is a easy way to avoid real troubles that can lead to serious damage and costs to replace broken or lost parts.
However I will say that $300 is too much for me at this time so it is only a wish to have for me and I might imagine that this is the same for many others. What would suggest is that you should try to always have the ability to be patient meaning if you can't afford the one that you want don't get a compromise as that usually leads to disappointment and you ending up with lots of lower performing items that ended up costing a lot more than if you got the right one in the first place.
This quad looks worthy of the cost because of the well done unique features that it offers combined with the fact that Joshua gave it really high remarks when he talked about how it flew. Cheers
I was in the market for both but ended up going with the Roma V2. I don't know which is better but I love my Roma. It flies like a boss (after upping the rates) and while it doesn't matter, I think it is one of the best looking 5"s on the market...just enough style to be distinctive without trying too hard.
In the end, that’s all that matters. This isn’t a pissing contest. All these kwads will be outdated in a few months but, as long as we’re happy with them, will be bringing us joy for years to come… if they survive that long.
I still have my ifligth nazgul working XD so upgrading to Evoque seems like a natural choice. That was some awesome flying JB! the new prices are depressing... damn you cryptominers!
fastest full property tour ever
I'm still OG with my Nazgul v1. Had to replace the FC, but it's been bulletproof!
Great flying, from the (analog) quad and from you Joshua!!! 👍
I wonder the cost of replacing a broken arm given the integrated led tube...
Just got my Roma yesterday and will be testing emuflight 0.4.0 in it today
Looks nice and Flys well would be a good buy for a few extra bucks.
Nice to see you own a Daitone dog.
Does anyone know the deal with that Drib shirt with the disassembled motors? Is that still available somewhere?
I like this T also. Would buy one or two. ;-)
@@lubosschejbal9258 I have been looking for a while. I'm assuming it was either a special run or discontinued now. I mean I hope I am wrong . . . . .
Whoa, FPV drones and distilling? We have the same quirky hobbies! You and JB are two of my favorite CZcamsrs.
its onlyfans thing lmao
@@Nate88it Great minds think alike it seems... Count me in
Thanks Dad for the review... : )
26:14 whoooops sounds)))) dterm was shocked a little)))
great review
Good thing Betaflight GPS rescue works great now :D
Would be great to have vids where you pick a Brand and then explains their drone one after another, what they are for, differences etc etc.
Can't find that on CZcams and would be definitely interesting
Show! I ordered it and I am looking forward to it🤗 could you give us a good setup for betaflight? Or is it already okay with o pid and stock settings? Thank you so much for all your videos.
Hey Joshua. Thank a lot for your awesome videos - especially your build ones! 😊 I love flying and building, but I have a problem. I shake a lot with my hands. It’s a big problem when soldering😕 I’ve literally destroyed 5 mamba stacks because I soldering the pads together. My favorite stack at the moment is Succex-E F405 because there is so much space between the pads unlike the Mamba F4 ore F7. Can you point me in the way of stacks with as much or more space between the pads then the Succex? Thanks for a great channel💪😎😃👍
Liked the ESC stress test... looked like you almost lost a finger for the cause too 💪
Nahhhhhh it was fiiiiine.
Damn you Bardwell! Now I need one...
Im looking at you too, iFlight... seducing me with your led's... shame on you.