Closer to the Ultimate Water-Friendly FPV Drone! (Flotation and Waterproof Tests in River Water)

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Hiya, again! Building a water-lovin' FirstPersonView drone has been a bit of an obsession of mine, and I'm always getting a little closer to it! So today I'm testing a flotation setup and waterproofing quality for this 7" FPV drone. This didn't go smoothly, but it was an excellent, educational testing session. My mind is tingling with different design ideas to try. Most importantly, the waterfoofing seems to be holding up well (yes, I know I misspelled waterproofing, but it sounds so funny I left it that way. Pro tip: make sure your antennas stay ABOVE the water when it's floating!
00:00 Hello, Friend. BLUF.
2:32 Our watery adventure begins early in the morning
3:47 Turtlemode / Flip over after crash mode behavior
4:29 First flight
7:24 2nd flight
10:30 3rd flight (almost killed the camera guy)
17:11 4th flight
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[@user-wz7ch1mq9h]

Hey buddy Amazing video I’m from uk , building 6s waterproof thanks for your in-depth video definitely helping me 😎🤜🤛

[@georgeaura]

That's how I want my quads to be especially my insta360 quad.

[@RCwithAdam1]

Ooooh yeah! That would be sweet to have half the 360 in the water and half out!

[@Sasha_Svarovski]

красиво было

[@jasonwoodruff9131]

Another great video. ? I’ve looked all over for videos of how to flash the flight controller. And I have found none. I just built my first drone and I’m using the speedybee f405 v3 on a 7 inch drone. My receiver is a coolrc flysky fs-x6b and my transmitter is a flysky fs i6x. Please help I don’t know where to find the info that it’s asking for

[@RCwithAdam1]

Gotcha. Unless you're having a specific problem with it, this video from Joshua Bardwell should have the info you need to flash the FC and set it up with betaflight:
Betaflight 4.3 Install, Flash, Setup Tab | COMPLETE WALKTHROUGH PART 1 czcams.com/video/LkBWRiEGKTI/video.htmlfeature=shared . Let me know if that helps.

[@TNT_FPV]

👍👍

[@ninohelf]

What did you do with the balance ports of the batteries?

[@RCwithAdam1]

for this test, I wrapped the batteries in plastic and ziptied around the battery leads.

[@3nertia]

What is that you've got your transmitter hanging from?

[@RCwithAdam1]

A gopro chest mount

[@lloydcoleman6889]

"Promo SM" ✨

[@that_jason_black]

@RCwithAdam1 Just sent you an email. Enjoy! . . . Hopefully I conveyed enough for the idea.