thedroneracingengineer

I'm a full time YouTuber. Because of you!

Without the support of my Patrons, there is no way that I would be brave enough to make this leap. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 

This is going to be awesome.

Moto Typhoon Giveaway Winner: Ben Crashin

Congratulations to Ben! Thanks to everyone else who entered.

Ben, please message me here or email me joshuabardwell@gmail.com to arrange delivery.

GIVEAWAY: Moto Typhoon

EDIT: If you are only just now seeing this post, it's because the giveaway was open only to patrons at the $5 and up level. The post has just now gone public, but the giveaway is actually over.

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The latest giveaway to my $5 and up Patrons is a Moto Typhoon FC and vTX combo.

Comment ONCE below to enter. Winner will be picked on Saturday, December 16.

I will cover shipping up to $15.

JB F4 AIO will be back in stock on...

If you wanted to buy my FC but it was out of stock, here's my little gift to you. There is one more shipment coming in some time on Wednesday. (I wish I could be more specific but I just don't know the exact time.) 

After that, it will be several weeks until RDQ gets more in stock, although there will be tons of boards showing up at approximately 25 resellers around the globe, so you'll still have plenty of chances to get one if you want.

My Letter To Patreon r.e. Changes To Fee Structure

I sent this letter to Patreon support.

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I am writing to object to your new fee structure.

As far as I can tell, the motivation behind the new fee structure comes from the desire to charge Patrons immediately when they subscribe. This leads to individual, anniversary-based chargers instead of collective, lump-sum charges at the end of the month. And this leads to increased transaction fees, which has led to the new fee structure.

I can only speak for myself when I say that ...

Betaflight Backpack Giveaway WINNER: Marcin Szczepanek

I know this was a really desirable item. Thanks to all of you for supporting me. But unfortunately we can only have one winner, and that winner is  

Marcin Szczepanek

Marcin, please contact me via email or Patreon Message to arrange delivery.

GIVEAWAY: Betaflight Hive Backpack

FPV Model will be giving away a Betaflight Hive backpack on my YT channel in just a day or two. In the mean time, here's a 2nd chance to win just for Patrons at the $5 level and above.

You know the drill: comment one time below, and one time only, to enter.

I will perform a random drawing on Sunday December 3rd and post the winner in a separate post.

I will cover shipping up to $25. Shipping over $25 is the responsibility of the winner.

Thank you guys very much for supportin...

ISDT Q6 GIVEAWAY WINNER: Adam Weston

Adam, please email me joshuabardwell@gmail.com to discuss delivery. Thanks to everyone who entered and best of luck next time!

GIVEAWAY: ISDT Q6 Lite Charger

THE GIVEAWAY IS OVER. THE WINNER HAS BEEN SELECTED. If you are just now seeing this, it's probably because you are not a Patron at the $5 level or above. Giveaways are open only to Patrons at the $5 level or above. (Although I still appreciate EVERY ONE OF YOU immensely.)

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In my review of the FD-100 discharger, I announced a giveaway of the ISDT Q6 Lite charger. I'm giving away two of them--one exclusively to Patrons, and one on the YT channel.

As with all of my Patreon giveaway...

My new parallel charge board just released

 Me and ReadyMadeRC have released a new and improved parallel charge board, and I want YOU to be the first to know about it. Frankly, it's going to sell out immediately and go into back-order, and I figure getting first-shot at it is a privilege of being one of my Patrons. 

https://www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&c...

Shendrones Rapture GIVEAWAY WINNER: Aron Örn Hall

Aron, please contact me via email at joshuabardwell@gmail.com. Congratulations!

GIVEAWAY: Shendrones Rapture (frame only)

THE GIVEAWAY IS OVER AND A WINNER HAS BEEN SELECTED.

A few of you upped to the $5 level after I announced the QQ190 giveaway. Unfortunately, only people who were at the $5 level when the giveaway was announced were eligible, but here's a consolation prize: a Shendrones Rapture frame!

Comment once below to enter.

Happy Flying!

QQ190 Giveaway Winner: Paul Hodgetts

Congratulations to Paul! Paul, please email me joshuabardwell@gmail.com to arrange delivery. Thanks to everyone else for your support and good luck in the future.

GIVEAWAY: QQ190 RTF Quadcopter

THE GIVEAWAY IS OVER. A WINNER HAS BEEN SELECTED.

IT'S BEEN TOO LONG since I gave away a quadcopter. What's wrong with me!

This is a really sweet quad. The QQ190 is one of my favorite racing-style frames. It's super durable and flies really well. This comes with the full TBS stack, including 2-in-1 ESCs and FPVIsion OSD and vTX. This quad is totally maintainable with zero soldering.

Product link: https...

Meetup with me in Kahului, Maui, Tomorrow

Hi folks.

If you are able to make it, I will be at a meetup in Kahului, Maui, tomorrow, October 6, at 7 PM. Location is Keopuolani park, map link below. All are invited. In theory, there may be some flying, but if there is a big turnout, then FPV channel assignment may become ... complicated.

Map link here: https://goo.gl/maps/exmoUxVZ6zJ2

Joshu...

Live Quadcopter PID Tuning

I'm going to try something really ambitious. I'm going to tune a quad... from scratch... live on the Internet while you watch.

For more info, here is the event link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnYyhI1pn8o

I'm both excited and terrified because this will involve some technical challenges that could torpedo the whole thing. But I'm going to do my best to pull it off, and I hope you'll come watch.

Early Access: Foxeer Box Review

Leggero S4 Giveaway Winner: Eric Rocconi

Eric Rocconi has won the Leggero S4. Eric, please email me joshuabardwell@gmail.com to arrange delivery.

Congratulations to Eric and thanks to everyone who entered. Your support is invaluable!

FPV Know-It-All Swag (10% off for you)

I'm announcing the launch of my Teespring store to Patrons first. If you want to pick up an FPV Know-It-All T-shirt, sticker, or coffee mug, now you can get 10% off as my thanks for your support.

Here's the link with the coupon code: 

https://teespring.com/stores/fpv-know-it-all?pr=NIWXAY5PL9

TS100 portable soldering iron on sale $40

If you have been wanting to get the TS100 portable soldering iron, now is a good time. It's on sale for only $40.

https://goo.gl/CWF8iW

Rotor Riot HypeTrain is Available NOW.

 GetFPV just sent out their notification that they have the RR HypeTrain motor in stock. I have about 20 packs through this motor and I have to say that it's a really excellent freestyle motor. 

If you want to order this motor, move fast, because they will sell out quickly. And if you choose to use my ...

GIVEAWAY: EWRF e7086TM3 vTX

EDIT: The giveaway has ended. Thanks to everyone who entered.

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This is the famous $17 vTX that supports SmartAudio, that got me into such a tiff with Trappy from TeamBlackSheep. In honor of that tiff, I am going to give away FIVE of these video transmitters to my Patrons.

There is ONE catch. This vTX supports L-band frequencies that are ILLEGAL to use in most parts of the world. So in order to enter this giveaway, please comment below: "I solemnly swear that I will never us...

Submit your questions for my Q&A livestream

I've scheduled a Q&A livestream for this Saturday, August 12, at 9 PM Eastern U.S. time. (Apologies to overseas people. I know this is a terrible time for you.)

Patrons are invited to submit questions via this form. I don't promise to answer every single question, but I intend to give priority to Patron questions.

The form is here: https://goo.gl/KLdA7R

 Livestream link is here: 2017-08-08 04:07:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Sperry Multimeter Giveaway Winner: Jonas Hummelstrand

Congratulations to Jonas and thank you to everyone else who entered. I hope that these little giveaways are a nice bonus for being my Patrons, but I hope most of all that you are subscribing at exactly the amount that you feel is equal to the education and entertainment value that my content provides.

Jonas, please email me joshuabardwell at gmail to arrange delivery.

GIVEAWAY: Sperry Clamp Meter

Last week, I told you where you could buy the last-known examples of this AWESOME little portable multimeter. This multimeter turned out to be too expensive for Sperry to produce. They discontinued it, but I found a small FPV shop that had a few for sale, and for only $40! 

Of course, you guys cleaned it out in like five minutes. In fact, the shop owner messaged me on Facebook to say, "Did you just post about my multimeter somewhere?" I have no idea how he knew it was me... I guess I have...

$40 Awesome Clamp-Meter That's Not Made Any More

At Flite Fest, Ryan Harrell had this multimeter in his bag, and my jaw hit the floor when I saw it. If it lacked its killer feature, it would still be a great portable multimeter: thin, small, and the probes wind neatly around the housing and clip out of the way. But the killer feature is that IT HAS A DC-CAPABLE CLAMP METER built in.

In case you don't understand how great a clamp meter is, it lets you measure current without having to splice into the wire in question. It's hands-down the easi...

MY FIRST PRODUCT and it's a parallel charge board...

I am INCREDIBLY proud to announce my first branded product. It's the parallel charge board I always wished somebody would make. 

Okay... I know that's not sexy like a frame or a flight controller, but charging our packs is something we all have to do, and parallel charging is, simply put, the ONLY fast and cheap way of charging lots of smaller packs, like mini quad pilots use.

What makes this board so good is that it only has 4S balance ports. If you have a bunch of 3S, 5S, and 6S b...

Like you need more email, right?

If you are interested in joining my email list, please click the link above. At the moment, I am only asking Patrons to join, as I get it ramped up and ironed out. I am still figuring out exactly what the point of the email list is, but one thing I hope to do is to send weekly or bi-weekly updates on the videos I've posted to the channel. So if you don't visit the channel every day, you can get highlights of what posted. Also, I plan to link to one-page summaries of some videos, so you can get a...

Fatshark Module Test Results: Trial 1

Here are the results from the first round of testing. This test is the "out-and-back" test, where I fly in a straight line down the road as far out as I can go. This test does not involve diversity at all, since the modules should stay on the directional antenna the whole time. The goal is to simply test the raw range of the module.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The AttitudeV4 was using a Triumph antenna, whereas the diversity modules were using both a Triumph and a 10 dBi X-air crosshair. This puts th...

Initial feedback on the Runcam Split

Hi Patrons!

I know many of you are eagerly waiting for my review of the Runcam Split. The full review is coming! I just finished writing an email with initial feedback to Runcam, and I thought you would enjoy if I shared it with you.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND that this is raw feedback and it does not represent the totatlity of my opinion on this product. The goal of this is to help Runcam make the product better, so it focuses very much on nit-picky negatives. There are many positive things whic...