💥Head-tracking FPV Flying from RC Spitfire Cockpit
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- čas přidán 13. 01. 2022
- Why do we use head-tracker to fly FPV? Some pointers on how I use head-tracking to enhance situational awareness, immersion, scale realism, and maintain safe separation with wingman and bogies! It feels so natural and intuitive to fly with head-tracking FPV - freedom!
Flying in a Spitfire has been a dream since childhood. Now I have done it with head-tracking FPV from the cockpit of a RC Spitfire! You can, too!
Plane: Avios Spitfire Mk Vb / Pilot: "Motionsic" (FPV)
Defender: Freewing Avanti / Pilot: ”Aerocali” (LOS)
Featuring: miniature Mk 8 US Navy reflector sight 1:7.5 scale, 14mm wide
*FPV Gear: DJI Goggles Race Edition Combo - including camera, air unit, and built-in head-tracker. I no longer recommend this system. It is outdated! Use following instead:
Recommended FPV system:
DJI FPV Goggles V2: www.getfpv.com/dji-fpv-goggle...
DJI AIR Unit (by Caddx): fpvdogfight.com/products/dji-...
Pan & tilt: Motionsic BAG (BadAss Gimbal) fpvdogfight.com/products/moti...
Head-tracker
fpvdogfight.com/products/tall...
Field: OCMA, Black Star, Bob Swenson Memorial Field, Silverado, CA
#FPVdogfight #HeadtrackingFPV #fpvRCplane - Věda a technologie
rearview mirror AND a gunsight. 11/10 points. amazing build
Well, not a British/ Spitfire gunsight tho
@@Mixtapen Learned eyes😉
@@motionsic You not proud of me? took me a while to learn eyes
@@Mixtapen go away
Wow! That's the best FPV cockpit view I've ever seen.
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Seriously the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while!!!😃
Here was the dream I had as a child (about 50 years ago).
Make it real, this is the time!
I had the same dream as a child and after some money it’s real now! 👍🏼
Speechless! It's like owning your own Spitfire. I'm just blwn away. And the sit awareness is exactly what you do when really flying, fixing reference points and all. Just AWESOME. It doesn't get any better than this does it? Real RPM-dependent Merlin or Griffon sound... a boy's dream come true. All the best, Rob
Thanks Rob😉
2% the fun of a real spitfire for 0.1% the cost so it's 20x the value!
@@RADIOACTIVEBUNY I like your analysis!
@@RADIOACTIVEBUNY this dude knows how to party lol
@@codeack101wlck word! Sharp, too! Spot on on the cost estimate!
first i was astounded by the head movement, then i was even more impressed by the mirror, but the radical.. oh my thats so awesome
Astute observations! Cheers!
Man, this is definitely on my bucket list! Looks so incredibly fun!
It is! Closest thing to flying full scale warbirds, without the cost and risk!
@@motionsic so it would seem! I'm a 107 commercial drone pilot but don't fly fpv. I'd love the chance to try this out someday! Sounds so fun, probably 109 times better than X Plane!
@@tofuComputer in case you want to get started, here is the list to buy:
DJI Digital FPV Goggles:
www.getfpv.com/dji-fpv-goggles-v2.html
DJI Digital FPV Air unit
fpvdogfight.com/products/dji-digital-fpv-air-unit-by-caddxfpv
Motionsic BAG - BadAss Gimbal
fpvdogfight.com/products/motionsic-b-a-g-badass-gimbal
Head-tracker
fpvdogfight.com/products/tally-ho-head-tracker
@@motionsicFor the equipment to fit under the cockpit glass what kind of scale do you need?
This is a whole new level of RC flying!
Haha, thanks! I agree. Wish more RC bros would join the fun!
You Sir are starting off the new year with GREAT!! content....TY for this excellent and informative video.....👍👏👌
Thank you for the encouragement & patronage Lee. Happy New Year!😁
Awesome! Can't wait for these builds to start using game-quality graphics for tracer rounds along with incorporating smoke generators for scored hits.
OMG. That is absolutely freaking cool!!!
Wow, mind blown. FPV, RC, sim, immersion, situational awareness, the real use of head tracker.
Thanks! I always wondered why head-tracker have not caught on earlier. It's such a great device to make FPV truly immersive. I literally can't fly and don't find FPV enjoyable without using head tracker.
@@motionsic Is it because of the price thing? Or is it because of the software and programming things are hard to setup in general?
@@kwcnasa I guess t's just inconvenient to setup for most people. People really want a plug and play solution. Which it is now almost that easy. I guess it's the cost of the Digital FPV goggles that is really keeping from mass adaption.
Is this an rc plane? Whoa it looks awesome! You must feel like flying a real one!
I have many times dreamt of flying an rc plane or helicopter with an inboard camera to live stream the video to myself on the ground, but being able to look around just takes the experience to the next level!
wow!! its amazing!!
This is really Amazing‼️ One of the Best Video Ever ‼️✌️❤️😊🇵🇭
Happy New Year! Spot on as always and good to see you have the Spitfire back in action!
Happy New Year! Good to see you chime in. I need to update the camera & gimbal in the Spitfire. The HT and gimbals we are using now are much more precise and smooth then what’s seen in this video.
@@motionsic Wow, that clip looks great, I will keep an eye out for your improvements. Happy Landings!
This is amazing stuff
THIS IS SO COOL!
Having just had this come up on my feed, watching this on my phone not in full screen mode, my first thought was "holy hell those are some amazing graphics on the background!" until I noticed the RC in the title and realised what that meant!
More thrilling and impressive than a Sim, I hope🙂
This is freaking awesome.
nice model. For aerobatics line up on a road/runway/cardinal heading. Loop-turn your head to watch the wing tip to follow progress. When over the top reduce power to idle-recover. Spins-line up over runway high and level flight slower speed-power to idle maintaining level-keep holding level or slight nose up-wait for buffet-use rudder to keep straight-when she goes over pull stick full aft-full rudder (either direction for now)-nose will drop and count 3 revolutions-stick neutral-center rudder-recover-add power in and level out. Easy peasy.
Thank you for the acro instructions. Will be practicing diligently: czcams.com/video/N5cBKmFZ6Lo/video.html
All of this is pure excellence
Thanks for the encouragement! Cheers!
Well that's just effing amazeballs
simply FANTASTIC
Thanks!
thats pretty freakin awsome
Thanks!
That's so cool
Omg that is just absolutely gorgeous
Thanks man!
This is amazing
Thank you!
Fantastic 👏👏👏
Incredible !!!
Thanks!
Awesome! RC and flying simulator fusion!
Indeed, head-tracking FPV easily bridges interest from full-scale, sim and RC pilots. It’s a great hobby🙂
omg this is so awesome!!!
Thank you, cheers!
That is insane!
always wanted to fly rc with headtracker... awsome
this looks amazing
It feels amazing flying “in” a properly setup head-tracking FPV plane. Truly freeing!
Can’t believe what i am seeing! 👌
This is totally awesome, mate.
Glad you think so!
Amazing !!! It's like the real thing. You are awesome.
Thank you for the compliment!
That's pretty bloody impressive
Thanks! Fun times!
Oh my god, I don't know you, but, You are a legend.
Thanks! I am flattered, but undeserved…
New flight sim game looking awesome. Full working high res mirrors, too!
Ha thanks!
SENCILLAMENTE IMPRESIONANTE!!! FELICITACIONES!!!!
Muchas gracias
“Guns,Guns,Guns!” As us virtual fighter pilots shout when he has a bead like he had 😆
This should be made into combat rc planes, just awesome absolute love it
True, I do think this could be developed into a sport🙂🕹🛩🎯
@@motionsic what make/model rc spotfire is that? Would love the build info.
@@dannyboyNS752 Avios Spitfire Mk Vb, 1.4m span. Here are the FPV equipment used:
Digital FPV Goggles:
www.getfpv.com/dji-fpv-goggles-v2.html
DJI Digital FPV Air unit Micro
fpvdogfight.com/products/caddx-air-unit-micro-version-for-dji-digital-hd-fpv-system
Motionsic BAG - BadAss Gimbal
fpvdogfight.com/products/motionsic-b-a-g-badass-gimbal
Head-tracker
fpvdogfight.com/products/tally-ho-head-tracker
That is totally BAD ASS!!!
Thanks man!
This is the ultimate simulation.
THAT'S the way FPV should be flown!
Yep! Glad you agree!
You have a new subscriber! Great video
Thank you! Cheers!
dude wtf mirror and holo sight?! Im amazed
As Sim pilot im gona say Bro respect!
Thats how it look like and little fight at end just Epic!!!
You know it! A little bit thrilling, too with some skin in the game. Can’t just hit reset when I crash😉
@EndGameYTcaptain my friend from SQ306 was playing on mouse and board with no pedals but he got track ir hand made. I wasnt bad pilot, rather good but he was able to fly so smooth i couldnt reapeat on stick pedals and mouse to move head… so dont give up just practice and time gona make you better 💪🤜🤛
Because its awesome!
ONE WORD! INSANE! EXCELLENT!
And Fun😁
Awesome!
Thanks!
I remeber watching some rc poanes as a kid few years back and I always thoguht about camera inside of sorts
The sight is so nice
Functions like full scale reflex sight, no parallax…
Very cool. You can get a servo stretcher to look up all the way and turn all the way left and right
Thanks for the advice!
Love it :)
Yay, thank you!
Nice had been looking for a premade tracker for the DJI goggles 👍
You can buy one here:
Head-tracker
medlin-drone-store.myshopify.com/products/pre-built-head-tracker
Awesome
Badass!!
That looks like so much fun! Would make flying so much easier too!
TRUE! It’s indeed easier than conventional line of sight RC flying…
They’ve built themselves their own RC runway…
I mean that is just AWESOME!!!
It’s Orange County Modelers Association in Silverado, California. We have roughly 400 members.
Man thats amazing 😅
Thanks!
Great. Can’t wait for third person.
Will do!
Ok that’s cool but that targeting sight made my mouth drop. That’s sick!
You know it!
Fantástic
This is so f*@king cool !
This technique is way better than controlling from the ground without the right POV.
Cool thing is we can fly either way, so get two uses from one plane😁
Tnx for the informations, j really appreciate it, i hope you niece things.
This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time! Would your kit fit in a flair puppeteer powered by a .56 four-stroke? I have one of those nearly airworthy laying in the attic
Yeah for sure. The Spitfire is 1400 wingspan. Flair Puppeteer is bigger. Should fit no problem.
Bravo
EXCELLENT! 😊👍
EVERY SCHOOLBOY’S DREAM! 😂
Damn I might have to get myself dji setup just for that haha
Bravoooooooooo
Great idea.
Glad you think so!
That;s the thing I forgot to ask about- the gunsight!
$64000 question….
That’s an excellent way to add to your flying experience even better with the sight you can with practice dog fighting 👍👍🤞
That’s the idea! A new perspective to give experienced RC flyers to enjoy the hobby and progress, with formation and dogfight skills that they could not do before.
it's just plain cooler
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!! I have started writing a message for like 5 times but I don't find the right words, I'd better keep it simple: Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s how I feel when I first started flying the Spitfire this way. And still do every time.🙂
It even has its own reflex sight..?? I NEED ONE!!!!
Astute observation😉
Einfach nur Geil.
Danke!
New hobby unlocked 🔓
Worthwhile pursuit😉
Love your channel, how do you deal with the lower efficiency of edf jets? Trying to decide on a platform but really only looking at prop planes.
Some EDF jets at cruise power can still get 7~8 minutes of flight time, 4~5 minutes of spirited flying, not too shabby, like this one: czcams.com/video/N5cBKmFZ6Lo/video.html
That's pretty cool - do you use a buddy box where the "master" controller is available as a backup with line-of-sight control, and then transfers control to the FPV pilot? Just curious. I can see my club making a big stink about it - was wondering if it violates any of the new "rules" by the FAA. Sorry, just wondering.
I have a spotter and comply with FAA, AMA rules.
I like it! Can you make any video about patroling of territory? Like duo flying mission. Very cool videos)
Sure! We like to fly formations all the time. But it’s tougher to frame the shot with both scenery and two planes, takes more planning. Similar to this: czcams.com/video/2cNhWemAE7U/video.html
@@motionsic Yeah, like this, but mb for longer distance and higher.
muito top
The head tracking is awesome, but god damn that cockpit is incredible. How was the gunsight made?
Resin printed scale Mark 8 Navy Gunsight, with LED light and collimating optics similar to the real one. It's parallax free meaning cross hair stays aiming true despite movement of camera.🙂
I got a close friend of mine working on a RC jet plane that will have the ability to reach the stratosphere. The biggest problem is the the video feed with ELRS these days you can easily reach that height with radio signal but video is much harder.
Very impressive! What’s the mission for the jet?
So cool! I love the headtracking FPV and the realistic scale cockpit! Are there any planes that come like this or do I need to build my own? Thanks.
This is a Avios Spitfire from HobbyKing. It comes with a lot of scale details. I added the mirror and reflector sight. The head-tracking FPV parts you need to buy separately:
DJI Goggles Integra:
www.dji.com/mobile/goggles-integra
DJI O3 Air unit
www.dji.com/mobile/o3-air-unit
Motionsic BAG - BadAss Gimbal
fpvdogfight.com/products/motionsic-b-a-g-badass-gimbal
Tally-Ho 2 Head-tracker
fpvdogfight.com/products/tally-ho-2-prebuilt-head-tracker
Very nice RC. Reminds me of the flight sims
Indeed! Add some useful flight instruments, it would pass as pretty good flight sim🙂
Gila, ini asik banget 👏👏👏
Thanks, cheers!
You are welcome
Hello. What do I need, what parts to assemble this Head Tracking FPV system?
sir only holy ghost can fly like that. i am lovein it
Thanks! Praise not deserved but I’ll take it😁
@@motionsic it is more than praise sir. .
Just amazing feels like I’m playing war thunder in real life
Exactly! A bit more thrilling then War Thunder since danger of crash is real and can not just reset.
Hey Rob! Great video as always. Can I use your head tracker with my Specktrum transmitter? Hold one for me. See you at the airfield. 👍👍 😎
Yes you can use the HT with Spektrum transmitter Ken! Will hold one for you.
What’s the delay on the movement? I can’t see myself not getting sick if I’m turning my head with a noticeable delay in what I see.
It was long (70ms) for the setup in this video. The ones we are using has almost no noticeable delay.
Question - what if you have a bad eye and you can't see out of one of your eyes because of a chronic condition i have optic neuropathy and i can see fully from one of my eyes can i still use this fpv technology in my planes and fly them ?
Should be able to, in my opinion, if you can drive with one good eye. Even though the goggle has two screens, they are presenting the same image from the same camera, so not stereoscopic. And the image is individually clear. In fact, I am helping another client with similar condition setting up his first FPV plane as well. He has already “taken a ride” in my plane and decided to go for it!
Cool! how did you make the HUD (cross hair)?
It’s miniature functional reflector sight, similar optics to full scale: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflector_sight
Hi Buddy could you advise me some store or places that I can get rc planes with tracking systems!
Appreciate it!
We sell the head-tracking kits that can be installed easily to typical RC planes 40” wingspan and bigger. Here are the major components:
DJI Goggles Integra:
www.dji.com/mobile/goggles-integra
DJI O3 Air unit
www.dji.com/mobile/o3-air-unit
Motionsic BAG - BadAss Gimbal
fpvdogfight.com/products/motionsic-b-a-g-badass-gimbal
Tally-Ho 2 Head-tracker
fpvdogfight.com/products/tally-ho-2-prebuilt-head-tracker
Can you plug up the googles to do live video feed for a spectator?
Yes. Spare goggles can be used in audience mode.
Is the gunsight something that’s available as an off the shelf item or was it custom made?
It was a custom made prototype. I am setting up production line to mass produce the reflector sights. They will be available for sale in a couple of months.