=== Let's Drone Out — Episode 272 === Title: LDO 272 - Painless360 Talks About His 7 Inches Recorded: 2020-11-12 Hosts: Andy, Jack "Brightontillifly" Nash, Andrew "Frank" Hyams, Tony "TheTonstar1" Marchant, Wayne "CurryKitten" Andrews Guest(s): Lee "Painless360" Schofield Total audience: 1,964 Platforms: YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wk6EZCmnl8); SoundCloud (http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/929160655-letsdroneout-ldo-272-painless360-talks-about-his-7-inches.mp3) ===================================== Lee is https://www.youtube.com/user/Painless360 [0.0] Curry: Welcome to Let's Drone Out, the original and best drone themed podcast. [5.0] Curry: We record the show live on the Thursday night on youtube.com forward slash Let's Drone Out [9.8] Curry: and our lovely patrons help with the editing costs. [12.2] (Patrons): These are Wacky Wes, Mikey Dread, Art Faulkner, Carlos Campos. [19.0] (Patrons): Thank you. [20.2] Jack: Hello and welcome back to a wonderful episode of Let's Drone Out. [54.49] Jack: Andrew S. Frank, can you please read the disclaimer before I or Andy R. Z talk anymore? [59.49] Frank: Any views expressed by any guests on this show are personal and may not reflect the views of others. [65.49] Frank: There we go. [66.49] Jack: Especially Jack and Andy R. Z. [68.49] AndyRC: I don't want you lumping me in with it, but fair enough. [72.49] Jack: Andy R. Z, how are you doing? Notice that we're at the bottom on the naughty step. [78.49] Jack: We're joined by my non obedient wife, Vegan Sausage. [89.49] Jack: We're joined by a guest who matters and has got all the toys playing the 360. [97.49] Jack: Hello, good evening. [99.49] Jack: And our overlord and savior, Andrew S. Frank. [103.49] Lee: Hello. [104.49] Lee: Well, hello to everyone then. [106.49] Lee: I'll kick us off. [107.49] Lee: It's lovely to be back on. [109.49] Lee: The time before last I was on the show, it was the middle of summer and there was just three of us. [114.49] Lee: And if you remember, I was literally cooking to death as the sun was setting. [120.49] Lee: It's a very different evening tonight coming on. [122.49] Lee: It's dark. [123.49] Lee: I've had to put lights on. [125.49] Lee: 2020 has been a weird year, to say the least. [132.49] Lee: However, in terms of technology and the hobby, as Andrew and I were talking before everything kicked off. [139.49] Lee: Not been bad, actually. [141.49] Lee: We've still got some really no good stuff come out. [144.49] Lee: Even though China was closed for the best part of two months. [149.49] AndyRC: Yeah, they seem to have been busy in the background. [153.49] AndyRC: Perhaps with us not making demands and breaking stuff, they could have a lot of innovation. [160.49] AndyRC: Yeah, there's been loads, hasn't there? [162.49] Jack: Andy, we talked about this. [164.49] Jack: You're talking. [166.49] AndyRC: Fine, if you don't want me to talk, for me to meet myself as well, Jack. [170.49] AndyRC: Some passive, aggressive, weird thing that you're doing tonight. [175.49] Lee: I quite like Andy talking because I haven't spoken to Andy for about six, seven weeks, mate, since we last done a chat. [183.49] AndyRC: So it's been a great long time. [185.49] AndyRC: I'm just coming round now to being a person. [189.49] AndyRC: Yeah, be warned. [191.49] AndyRC: As opposed to what? [194.49] AndyRC: Just a smitherering blob on the floor, just non-human. [200.49] AndyRC: Non-human state. [203.49] Lee: That's right. [204.49] Lee: I just thought you were once an abstract idea and now it was a bit of a... [209.49] Lee: Okay, good. [210.49] Lee: Well, I'm glad you're feeling better. [212.49] Lee: Feeling better, yes. [213.49] Lee: People are asking about Curry Kitten. [215.49] Lee: Is it worthwhile mentioning that he's not on tonight, Andrew? [219.49] Frank: Absolutely. [220.49] Frank: So, Curry is not going to be on the show tonight because he is with his daughter who has just come home from hospital. [231.49] Frank: So, best wishes with him and his family at the moment. [235.49] Frank: Yeah. [236.49] Lee: Bye, Sophie. [237.49] Lee: Get well, so... [238.49] Lee: Virtual hugs. [239.49] Lee: Hope you all get well soon. [241.49] Lee: Stay safe. [243.49] Lee: It's a shame he's not on. [245.49] Lee: So, where do we want to start? [248.49] Frank: As Fraser has spotted, I am wearing a Christmas jumper. [253.49] Frank: And I will defend my Christmas jumper, absolutely. [258.49] Frank: Because it's past Poppy season, remember it's day was yesterday, end of Poppy season, start of Christmas season. [266.49] Frank: And we've got Leon with all the best toys. [269.49] Frank: So, I am wearing my Christmas jumper. [272.49] Lee: I completely endorse this point of view. [274.49] Lee: I think the year we've had, I think you can do whatever you bloody well want. [278.49] Lee: And seniors, like you say, the whole Remembrance Sunday thing's out of the way. [282.49] Lee: We're on Countdown for Christmas. [283.49] Lee: Get your first bottle of sherry open. [285.49] Lee: Get the mince pies. [286.49] Lee: Let's... [287.49] Lee: You know, why not? [288.49] Lee: Well, you know, I was going to say what else can go wrong this year, but I'm kind of not going to say that. [293.49] (Patrons): Don't say that. [294.49] (Patrons): Don't say that. [295.49] Lee: That would be, yeah, that would be asking for trouble. [299.49] AndyRC: What does it say on Jack's T-shirt? [301.49] AndyRC: I wear purple for myself. [304.49] AndyRC: What? [305.49] AndyRC: It's fake love. [307.49] AndyRC: It's some sort of, it's some sort of Brighton T-shirt. [311.49] AndyRC: Carry on. [312.49] AndyRC: It's not. [313.49] AndyRC: This is my bottle. [314.49] AndyRC: It doesn't work properly. [316.49] Frank: Well, there you go. [317.49] Lee: It's definitely a Brighton T-shirt. [320.49] Lee: As we're doing tops, Tony, I feel like you've been left out. [323.49] Lee: Do you want to talk about what you're wearing? [325.49] Tony: Well, this is what I'm wearing pretty much all the time because it's, I've got about ten of them. [331.49] Tony: There you go. [332.49] Jack: You can't enter this weekend, can you? [334.49] Jack: Because it's locked down and you haven't got a big enough garden. [337.49] Tony: We're hopefully going to Martins to do the On the Line Challenge X-Class race, which is kind of weird. [346.49] Tony: But the weather's supposed to be rubbish, so I don't know if we're going to do it. [351.49] Tony: Basically, Martins set out a track. [353.49] Tony: Everyone racing X-Class this year, we were supposed to be in California, I think. [358.49] Tony: And we've all been sent a track to set up. [361.49] Tony: So Martins mapped it out, all his land, set it up, cut the grass. [367.49] Tony: And hopefully, we go in Saturday or Sunday. [370.49] Tony: I can't remember which day it is. [371.49] Tony: I think it's Saturday. [372.49] Tony: But yeah, then we've got to race this track times and then send our times in. [377.49] Tony: But I don't know. [379.49] Tony: The weather looks pretty bad, so don't think it's going to happen. [383.49] Tony: Much rather have been in California, to be fair. [386.49] AndyRC: You wouldn't. [387.49] AndyRC: But anyway, carry on. [392.49] Lee: So where do we want to start? [395.49] Tony: I don't know. [396.49] Tony: Tracer? [397.49] Frank: Yeah, I think that's the biggest news, isn't it? [400.49] Frank: The TBS Tracer. [403.49] Lee: TBS Tracer. [404.49] Lee: So this was an interesting one, because TBS Tracer, I had probably a good... [413.49] Lee: about two months ago, and Trappy shipped me the kit, and I was playing with it. [418.49] Lee: And it just, as I said in the video, just kind of works. [421.49] Lee: It's basically a 2.4 gig version of Crossfire, is really what it is. [426.49] Lee: And I was just explaining before the stream started. [430.49] Lee: So I did my flying, and I thought, okay, everyone is going to do their normal kind of, you know, videos about it. [438.49] Lee: So I said to Trappy, can we do, like, an interview video? [441.49] Lee: And I'll kind of go through all this stuff, because he'd mentioned loads of things as we'd been talking before and as I got the kit. [449.49] Lee: And he'd mentioned some really good stuff, some of which he wasn't willing to repeat in public, some of which he was. [454.49] Lee: So I said, right, the stuff that you've got to talk about in public, why don't we do an interview video? [459.49] Lee: It'll be a different video from me just going, Tracer, brilliant, which everyone else does. [465.49] Lee: We can actually talk about the specifics and some of the technology. [469.49] Lee: So he said, yeah, that's great, that's great. [471.49] Lee: So trying to be professional and organized, we did the video. [475.49] Lee: So we did the whole thing, you know, recorded it, and I had to sit up and it sat there. [479.49] Lee: And then he delayed the release. [482.49] Lee: So two, three, four weeks went by. [485.49] Lee: And I'm pinging him going, when's it coming out, mate? [488.49] Lee: Because I'm still flying with it, and it's still working great. [491.49] Lee: And eventually he came back and he went, we're going to have to remake the video. [496.49] Lee: So much has changed in the last five weeks. [500.49] Lee: I was like, oh, right. [502.49] Lee: OK, so we did it again, which is the one that everyone saw. [506.49] Lee: And then it kind of we had loads of questions about it. [510.49] Lee: But it's really interesting because the Tracer kit, the Ghost and the FRM302 stuff from FlySky, [519.49] Lee: that we suddenly had this flurry of 2.4 gig radio systems. [523.49] Lee: I know Curry was really funny. [525.49] Lee: He mentioned on one of the one of the videos, it was like, you know, what a year 2020 is, you know, [531.49] Lee: long range systems are now 2.4. [534.49] Lee: And it is, it was really odd. [536.49] Lee: It kind of all came around because there's these, I think, are the Centec chips. [541.49] Lee: There's two Centec chips, LoRa based chips. [544.49] Lee: Well, they're not LoRa based. [545.49] Lee: There's actually several RF functions, one with LoRa anyway. [548.49] Lee: But they would have been around for ages. [550.49] Lee: And the FRM302 from FlySky uses that chip. [552.49] Lee: The Ghost uses that chip. [554.49] Lee: And Trappie is still being super evasive over whether or not they use the same chip in their system, the Tracer. [564.49] Lee: So Pavel Spikowski, I know you've had Pavel on. [568.49] Lee: Pavel and I were actually at one point trying to trace the tracks on the receiver. [574.49] Lee: The chip is the packaging on the chip. [578.49] Lee: Because talking to Trappie is going, no, it's not LoRa, it's different. [581.49] Lee: And actually, the same chip can operate in three different modes. [585.49] Lee: And that might be what he's taught. [587.49] Lee: I think he's being deliberately evasive because he doesn't want to give away any kind of secrets of what they're doing. [593.49] Lee: Yeah, exactly right. [595.49] Lee: Which is infuriating for me because I do actually want to know what he's doing, but he's dancing. [601.49] Lee: But the chip on all the Tracer stuff has had the numbers burnt off. [606.49] Lee: Ooh, wow. [608.49] Lee: So that immediately made it. [611.49] Lee: So Pavel and I worked it out. [613.49] Lee: And it looks pin-compatible with the same syntax, but I'd said to Trappie, so is it these chips? [620.49] Lee: And he came back and he went, well, there's lots of other chips that are pin-compatible with that packaging. [626.49] Lee: And I was just like, OK, we're not going to get the answer, are we? [629.49] Lee: So we've had a couple of goes with it. [631.49] Lee: But actually, it just works. [635.49] Lee: It's one of those really boring systems as a reviewer because you just snap it in the back. [639.49] Lee: The Lua script works. [642.49] Lee: Thank you, Double-A. That's really kind. [643.49] Lee: It's one of those weird things that Trappies are one of those guys in TBSs. [649.49] Lee: It's one of those subjects. [650.49] Lee: I'm sure, Andy, you get it as well. [652.49] Lee: When you do a video on one of those outfits that has a really strong polarizing effect. [658.49] Lee: So people like Fat Shark, TBS, DJI Kit, you tend to get an element that you get the fanboy element, [666.49] Lee: which are all like, yeah, it's the answer. [670.49] Lee: And then you have the other end of the spectrum, which are all the haters. [676.49] Lee: And you get this really weird polarizing effect. [678.49] Lee: You can do a video on a flying wing or a model or a quad or whatever, and you get a general, you know, [685.49] Lee: there's lots of shades of gray. [687.49] Lee: With those kind of people like Trappie in particular, you have this really polarizing effect. [694.49] Lee: It does seem to be, you know, you either love him or hate him. [697.49] Lee: It's like, you know, the Marmite, Vegemite characters in the hobby. [701.49] Lee: So you tend to attract this really weird reaction, similar to the one that I got with the Fat Shark stuff, [709.49] Lee: the new HD stuff, the Shark Bite, is it? [713.49] Lee: I still want to call it bite frost, because I keep doing that. [717.49] Lee: I keep doing that. [718.49] Lee: I had to redo the video twice because when I was editing it, I'd be like that, talking about it. [725.49] Lee: I'd call it the wrong name. [729.49] Lee: And it was when I was editing, I'd be like, ah, I've done it again. [734.49] Lee: I mean, but this is an interesting thing. [737.49] Lee: It's really funny that everyone's comparing it to DGI, and I don't think it bears comparison with DGI. [743.49] Lee: The fact that people are even talking about it in the same terms as DGI. [747.49] Lee: Greg at Fat Shark is over the moon about. [749.49] Lee: He's doing his Snoopy Happy dance, because in his eyes, it's not a competitor for DGI. [758.49] Lee: And it's amazing how many pundits came out with this stuff and did the, ah, you know, it's not DGI. [767.49] Lee: And you know what, it's not. [769.49] Lee: It's not. [770.49] Lee: We don't know what it's going to cost. [772.49] Lee: The performance is interesting. [774.49] Lee: The performance is, you know, it's using the same kind of frequencies as analog does. [782.49] Lee: Latency is about, from what I've been playing with here, about 15, 16, 17 milliseconds-ish. [790.49] Lee: So it's not horrific. [792.49] Lee: You know, most races would probably be, you know, you're rolling the rise at that kind of latency, but that's not bad. [799.49] Lee: It's, you know, if you run a DGI system, that's not ridiculous. [805.49] Lee: The power levels are interesting. [808.49] Lee: The distance is, because of course we can only test it at 25 milliwatts legally here in the UK, can't we, everybody? [815.49] Lee: Yes. [816.49] Lee: I'll nod with me. [818.49] Lee: Yes, Lee, we can't. [821.49] Lee: So I'm going to be doing a video, and that's probably the first video I'll do with it. [824.49] Lee: But the range is surprise, surprise with this system and a comparable analog system on the same power levels. [832.49] Lee: It's about the same. [834.49] AndyRC: Yeah, I was going to say, Lee, do you think this is going to be, is this them boxing out analog? [842.49] AndyRC: Will this, do you know what I mean? [844.49] AndyRC: Is that we've got the DGI thing. [846.49] AndyRC: We've got the fact shock. [848.49] AndyRC: Is there, is this an attempt to get rid of analog? [852.49] AndyRC: Because that's what I watch. [854.49] AndyRC: I can't remember the chap's name, but he's a friend of Greg's and he seemed to be very happy that we can do away with analog. [860.49] AndyRC: Now, I don't think that's the case. [862.49] Lee: Personally, I don't think the cat, I think, you know, a lot of people were jumping up and down and talking about the fact that it was a red cat who put all the money into fact shock somebody that whatever it was several weeks ago and never almost jump around. [877.49] Lee: And it's the end of fact shock, fact shock dead. [880.49] Lee: And it was like, OK, well, actually, there's loads of analog vendors out there who would love fact shock to sod off and leave a big gap in the market. [889.49] Lee: All the sky zones and the East and everybody else, right, would just run into and desperately try and kill each other to get to the spot that fact shock has. [900.49] Lee: So even if you took fact shock out as an analog goggle manufacturer, it wouldn't stop analog doing it because actually with analog, I mean, you know, OK, who's got the DJI system in here? [913.49] Lee: Because I know, Andy, you have, I have. [915.49] Lee: Oh, I was three. [916.49] Lee: So only have right. OK, OK. [918.49] Lee: So so that that's the poor side. [920.49] Lee: So so so those guys have tried it out. [925.49] Lee: So so if you try the DJI system and let's assume that everyone has for the moment and if we ever get together, obviously, Andrew and, you know, Brighton, you can have a go. [939.49] Lee: But but once you've done the DJI system, you are spoiled a little bit because if you if I go to the field and I start with analog, I'm quite happy until I put the DJI stuff on. [950.49] Lee: You think, oh, that's that's a bit that's quite a lot clearer. I like that. And then it's only when you go back to analog that you think, holy crap. [958.49] Lee: And then you realize the drop. [960.49] Lee: And the thing is with this is that this isn't this is a whole goggle system. [967.49] Lee: So the image that you get in your goggles only depends on the resolution. [971.49] Lee: So if you have an old pair of dominator twos, which, right, which are great goggles for analog, if you if you try and display a 720p image on those panels, it's going to look crap. [985.49] Lee: Doesn't matter, right? Because that's the resolution. If you got something like a modern set of HDOs, HDO twos, then it's it looks a lot better. [995.49] Lee: Is it DJI quality? No. [1001.49] Lee: Does it work in a different way? Yeah, completely. You know, there's some cute there's some cute stuff in it. [1007.49] Lee: And, you know, I'm going to continue to fly and play around with it. I actually have put it on a quad. [1013.49] Lee: And so as apologies for everybody, because the way I've mounted, this is horrific. [1017.49] Lee: But this is this was my this is my test rig. So just just live with it. [1021.49] Lee: Seven inch Lee. Why, thank you. Yes. [1028.49] AndyRC: It's the way I'm sat. So that is the way my trousers have just wrapped up. [1039.49] Lee: There we go. Jack, we managed 19 minutes without you. [1049.49] Lee: So yes, it is a seven inch. Well spotted. I like I like seven inches. [1055.49] Lee: They they feel better. [1059.49] Tony: Someone sound cut that. [1063.49] Lee: So you know what? That might be a thing from a patron. He's just a whole lot of sound. [1069.49] Lee: So it's it's not it's mounted on the top. I know it's a terrible place to put it. [1073.49] Lee: And but the thing is, with these units, you have to have a little bit of space on top. [1078.49] Lee: But I've only put it on here because I want to put it on a wing and fly it on the A.R. wing, which we'll talk about in a minute. [1085.49] Lee: But the danger with a wing is if you're flying out of range and you suddenly start to lose range, whereas with the quads, [1092.49] Lee: you can kind of, you know, break and stop and come back with a wing you kind of committed. [1098.49] Lee: So if it flies out of range, you kind of you kind of got to hit your return to home or try and bank it and bring it back in a range. [1105.49] Lee: So so no, no, it's what I'm glad. [1110.49] Lee: I'm glad everyone picked up on it as we were doing the bottom jokes. [1113.49] Lee: So so I as a system, I quite like it. It's it's going to be interesting how it all works out. [1121.49] Lee: I'm glad they brought it out because when Fat Shark were bought by Red Cat, is it Red Cat? [1127.49] Lee: I want to call it Red Hat because that's a Linux thing. [1134.49] Lee: But but when they would do it, I kind of speak into the guys at Fat Shark. [1139.49] Lee: And I said, you know, the easiest way for you to shut up all the detractors out there who were saying it's the end of Fat Shark is to bring out a new product. [1151.49] Lee: And they and they kind of have it's just a shame it's still not final, final. [1156.49] Lee: It's a shame the VTX is a bit smaller. The VTX runs incredibly hot. [1162.49] AndyRC: I was a bit confusedly because haven't didn't get FPV sells a load for I'm making this up for like two hundred and fifty dollars. [1171.49] Lee: I'm not making that up. No, they sold. It's the same deal. [1175.49] Lee: So it's the same kind of thing that they did with the original, whatever it's called. [1181.49] Lee: Yeah. You see, now I'm overcorrecting myself. I have to. There we go. Bite for us. Bite for us. Yeah. [1186.49] Lee: Yeah. There it is. That's the one that I pulled out of the unit. [1190.49] Lee: The really interesting thing about this and the thing that I might be that I think might be a game changer for Shark is something that I didn't think we could talk about yet. [1199.49] Lee: The person who's been testing it has basically been posting on everybody's. [1203.49] Lee: So you had to actually look what the name was that I couldn't remember by shark by system that can remember. [1211.49] Lee: He's been so so there is as well as that VTX unit, there's another smaller version, which is small enough to go on a week. [1220.49] Lee: That'd be game changing, wouldn't it? And that's a twenty five two hundred milliwatt unit. [1225.49] Lee: Now, if if they at the moment that's been tested and it's working very well. [1230.49] Lee: And again, I didn't think we could talk about that, but he's been posting everywhere about it. [1234.49] Lee: So I haven't let the cat out of that bag. But imagine having a whoop with that kind of system on it. [1242.49] Lee: That's something you can't do with GGI. [1244.49] Lee: You know, so it might be a system for other places where you're not going to use analog or and you're not going to use DGI. [1251.49] Lee: So be interesting. See, I've got I've got the HDO to use. [1256.49] AndyRC: And when I saw two hundred and fifty dollars, OK, let's convert that 250 pounds. [1262.49] AndyRC: You've already got the HDO to. That's quite attractive, isn't it? [1266.49] AndyRC: I was even thinking, you know, yeah, I could pick I could pick that up. [1271.49] AndyRC: It's just whether this I think the thing that cements DGI, it's the fact that like people are creating Bynum flies and putting it in it. [1281.49] AndyRC: And I think if we see that with this shock by the thing, then that that's when it that's when you kind of know it's become a thing, isn't it? [1289.49] AndyRC: When people go to start making frames for it, they start. [1293.49] AndyRC: And that's when I'm thinking, like, maybe I need to maybe I need to get this. [1298.49] Lee: Yeah, I think that would that would be for me, the bit where I would feel that that was the tipping point that starts to become more mainstream. [1309.49] Lee: The receiver unit itself is a little it's 80 grams, which doesn't sound like a lot, but it's quite a little bit of weight stuck at the front of the goggles. [1318.49] Lee: If you're not if you're used to wearing the DGI goggles, which are quite a lot bigger, then you kind of use that weight on your head. [1325.49] Lee: But you're going to need an upgraded strap on your on your goggles really for them. [1330.49] Lee: But it's yeah, I think it's one of those that we've just got to watch and see how it actually works. [1336.49] Lee: It's got me interested for sure. Yeah. [1339.49] Lee: Lots of the videos that I watched when it first came out because my my units were typically stuck in customs. [1347.49] Lee: It's one of those, you know, you love those, Andy, don't you? [1349.49] Lee: Where you get the little letters from customs. Yeah, absolutely. [1355.49] Lee: You love that whole stuff. And unfortunately, it meant that mine was about three or four days later than everyone else's, which meant that everyone else has already made their videos. [1366.49] Lee: And a lot of them were basically going, ah, it's not DGI. And you kind of go, no, it's not DGI. [1373.49] Lee: If it was DGI, it would have a DGI logo on it. It's something else. [1378.49] Lee: And I think that I think there's a sliding scale where one and two is crappy analog that we're all flying seven, eight years ago. [1384.49] Lee: We're really crappy cameras, you know, average single channel receivers. [1390.49] Lee: Then, you know, three or four on the scale from one to ten is modern analog FPV with high end cameras from run camera. [1397.49] Lee: Fox here, really good diversity receivers from people like Immersion RC and others and good goggles like your HDOs, your O3Os, your whatevers, you know. [1409.49] Lee: And then you've got kind of at the other end of the spectrum, you've got kind of at the nine or ten is DGI kit. [1414.49] Lee: I think the big question is where on that scale does this put you with a half decent set of goggles? [1423.49] Lee: And I need to fly it more to answer that, to be honest. [1427.49] Frank: As Tony has shown, there's, you know, DGI system isn't perfect. [1432.49] Frank: Like, if you have two of you flying a bit close together, you can suddenly have a lock up and fall out of the sky. [1439.49] Frank: I don't know how I haven't, I guess, not enough people have been flying for long enough on the short bite to really know that if you lose signal with the short bite [1451.49] Frank: and then you come back in range because it's got the kind of blocky breakup, analog skewing morphism thing going on. [1460.49] Frank: But is that enough to not completely lock you out? [1464.49] Tony: I think I think it does come back because I've watched a bit of Bardwell and he drove up on his tractor. [1472.49] Tony: And it went completely and then he turned his head or faced the goggles back towards it and it come back on pretty instant. [1480.49] Tony: So, yeah, not like the DGI, which took more than 20 seconds. [1485.49] AndyRC: Grumpy FPV has got a very good point here, I think. [1489.49] AndyRC: We absolutely could not agree more with that. [1493.49] Lee: I absolutely agree. [1495.49] Lee: So for those listening on the audio, he wrote, surely as long as FPV gets bigger, it doesn't matter what you fly. [1501.49] Lee: I assume you're meaning the pool of people who fly it. [1504.49] Frank: Yeah, seven inch, eight inch as you keep going, keep getting bigger. [1509.49] Lee: Nine inch, ten inch in warm weather. [1513.49] Lee: So this is kind of my kind of take on this as well. [1519.49] Lee: If somebody sees this and likes it and wants to fly it, brilliant. [1523.49] Lee: If they have fun with it and they're not putting anyone in danger, awesome. [1527.49] Lee: If they can only afford 120 quid and they get some cheap box goggles, a cheap BTX camera and they're flying and enjoying it, you know what? [1536.49] Lee: Brilliant. [1537.49] Lee: If they want to spend 800 quid on a DGI system, go for your life. [1542.49] Lee: We've got enough people having a potshot of this hobby. [1544.49] Lee: We don't have to go at each other about whether or not an FPV system is good or not. [1549.49] Lee: You know, fly what you've got and enjoy it and have fun. [1552.49] AndyRC: That's the thing I don't like, really. [1555.49] AndyRC: I understand it because we're a tribal bunch as humans. [1559.49] AndyRC: But it's like, yeah, it's just we're we're we're struggling off to, you know, gain respect of the general public as it is without dividing ourselves. [1570.49] AndyRC: So I'm well, I'm well up for that as long doesn't matter what you fly for sure. [1576.49] AndyRC: It doesn't. [1578.49] Lee: Oh, go for it, Jack. [1581.49] Lee: You've been very quiet today. [1583.49] Jack: Yeah, the only one thing I do worry about is like being that sort of person who's like a bit diehard analog for what they want to do and then meeting up and then all your friends are on digital in different sort of, you know. [1597.49] Lee: So let's talk about that very quickly because it's a really good point. [1600.49] Lee: The way that the DGI system and interestingly, SharkBite, get it right. [1607.49] Lee: I should have had a drink, shouldn't I? I never taught every time again. [1613.49] Lee: The way that SharkBite works is that the the the eight channels that it's mapped to are basically raceband. [1621.49] Lee: Some of them are not exactly raceband, but they're pretty close. [1625.49] Lee: The interesting thing is the DGI system also pretty much uses raceband. [1629.49] Lee: The weird thing is, is that I think channels seven and eight are swapped. [1633.49] Lee: Interestingly, it looks if you look at the channel assignments again, we're getting quite deep into this now. [1639.49] Lee: I'm not talking about this in the videos yet. [1641.49] Lee: So everyone is watching when they talk about when I do this bit on the video, as you can go. [1645.49] Lee: Yeah, I can fast forward. [1647.49] Lee: I'm LDO, but seven and eight are turned around on the DGI system. [1652.49] Lee: So it doesn't match raceband completely. [1654.49] Lee: Unfortunately, these boys have done the same thing. [1657.49] Lee: But if you look at how much of the band it's using around that central point, it's a digital system, right? [1666.49] Lee: Whereas the DGI system uses a little bit more bandwidth, and that's because it's a bidirectional system. [1672.49] Lee: It's sending telemetry down from the model to the goggles and it's sending RC information up through the link as well, which is why you can use the controller. [1683.49] Lee: This is a one-way FPV system. [1687.49] Lee: So it's only one way from the model down to the goggles. [1691.49] Lee: There isn't a bidirectional link. [1694.49] Lee: So in terms of how much bleed you get each side of each channel, it is actually a lot less. [1700.49] Lee: I'm trying to figure out a way to show that. [1703.49] Lee: And what I'm thinking is maybe, you know, like the band scanner that you get on like Fusion and the things like that, [1711.49] Lee: is maybe try and show the peaks. [1713.49] AndyRC: Yeah, I've done that. [1715.49] AndyRC: I actually did it with the DGI. [1717.49] AndyRC: And, you know, when Tony was getting the... [1720.49] AndyRC: Tony, it's because you're using the 50 megabit thing. [1723.49] AndyRC: If you fly with other people, 50 megabits out of the question, because it uses a separate channel. [1729.49] AndyRC: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [1730.49] AndyRC: But I've had a look at the DGI thing on the normal one, and it actually takes up about the same as analog. [1739.49] AndyRC: Like when you look at the spike through a spectrum analyzer, would that be the right word? Yeah. [1744.49] AndyRC: Yeah. [1745.49] AndyRC: Yeah, so I only fly... 50 megabit is amazing. [1749.49] AndyRC: It's okay. [1750.49] AndyRC: I prefer I'd rather fly with friends than use 50 megabits. [1754.49] AndyRC: That's what I'm doing. [1755.49] Jack: Tony's like the best for him. [1759.49] Jack: He's a thought person that will like, you know, move the TV close to him. [1765.49] Jack: To his side angle. [1767.49] Jack: Or like if the microwave heated his food up quicker, he would remove the door from the microwave to cook your bollocks. [1777.49] Lee: There's two comments I'd love to just bring out here. [1780.49] Lee: The first one is from Pavel. [1784.49] Lee: He said that remember vinyls, a few years, people will rediscover analog FPV and say it's better quality. [1789.49] Lee: And there will be. [1790.49] Lee: They will be wearing tie dyed shirts and have beads in our hair. [1794.49] Lee: And we'll be we'll be smoking a doobie and then flying analog because it's because it's the really it's the way to fly. [1802.49] Lee: It's not being impressed. [1804.49] Jack: It's for the purity. [1806.49] Lee: It's like none of this digital stuff. [1809.49] Lee: Digital is the devil. [1813.49] Frank: You joke, but there's still people that are like 35 megahertz is the way to fly because it's you've got a little range in it because it's a lower frequency. [1823.49] Jack: It's got purity for the purity. [1826.49] Jack: And that I'd agree with that. [1828.49] Jack: I would actually. [1830.49] Jack: Do you remember? [1831.49] Jack: Do you remember Mergen RC in the Oh, what was it? [1835.49] Jack: You know, the one after the foldy arm round things? [1838.49] Jack: What were they called? [1841.49] Jack: Oh, man. [1844.49] Lee: I'm talking about a model. [1846.49] Lee: Yeah. [1847.49] Lee: What is it? [1848.49] Lee: The discovery from TVS that I've told you. [1852.49] Lee: Vortex. [1854.49] Jack: Yeah. [1855.49] Jack: What was the one after that? [1857.49] Frank: Let's play. [1860.49] Jack: Lines for each band and it had little triangles. [1864.49] Jack: Anyone remember that? [1866.49] AndyRC: I don't know what you're talking about. [1868.49] AndyRC: Jack, have you taken your meds today? [1872.49] Lee: Sorry. [1874.49] Tony: That's all we took. [1876.49] Lee: Yeah. [1877.49] Lee: Come back. [1879.49] Lee: Unless he's got a way to find out which which quad it was. [1883.49] Lee: Not his passive aggressively logging off. [1886.49] Lee: I don't know. [1887.49] Lee: I hope not. [1889.49] Lee: So so while we're talking about all the other things and HD systems, shall I grab the AR Wing Pro and we'll talk about that. [1899.49] AndyRC: I have to I have to say, Lee, just while she's doing that. [1903.49] AndyRC: My friend Phil has been really appreciating your channel lately because he is absolutely loving fixed wing FPV. [1909.49] AndyRC: And he used a lot of your videos to set head tracking system. [1915.49] AndyRC: It's immense. [1916.49] Lee: Anyways, carry on. [1918.49] Lee: No, thank you for that. [1919.49] Lee: It is. I'm having a lot of fun with fixed wing at the moment. [1922.49] Lee: And it was very this is this again is one of those weird things. [1927.49] Lee: And I can kind of talk about the story a little bit on here about how this came about. [1933.49] Lee: So nearly two years ago, because those of you that watch the channel will know, [1941.49] Lee: not an old map. [1942.49] Lee: Sorry. [1944.49] Jack: Did you find out which quad it was? [1946.49] Jack: I can't remember. [1948.49] Jack: I don't know what it is. [1949.49] Jack: But does anyone remember that? [1951.49] Jack: Yes. [1953.49] Jack: And that's how it that's how they laid it out on the channel map. [1959.49] Jack: It was a vortex. [1960.49] Lee: It was a vortex quad that did it. [1962.49] Lee: They had their own custom electronics, didn't they? [1964.49] Jack: Yeah. [1965.49] Jack: And I thought that was a really beautiful way to lay it out. [1968.49] Lee: Yeah. [1969.49] Lee: It didn't catch up. [1971.49] Frank: This episode was recorded in front of a live online audience, [1975.49] Frank: downloaded and edited to make sense when it played audio only, [1978.49] Frank: censored to please the iTunes people, [1980.49] Frank: hosted on the Internet, [1981.49] Frank: forwarded through to your podcast provider, [1983.49] Frank: downloaded, [1984.49] Frank: playing on your device and is now playing in your ears. [1987.49] Frank: All thanks to our Patreons. [1989.49] Frank: Consider joining them and you'll also get other online benefits. [1992.49] Frank: Find out more at patreon.com forward slash let's drone out. [1997.49] Lee: So about two years ago, [1999.49] Lee: for those of you that watch the channel, [2001.49] Lee: I really like the AR wing, [2003.49] Lee: 900 millimeters, [2004.49] Lee: only about 70 quid, [2006.49] Lee: pretty bulletproof. [2007.49] Lee: And for 70 quid, you don't mind if you break it. [2010.49] Lee: It's heartbreaking, [2011.49] Lee: but not as heartbreaking as destroying a campaign or two or a drag or something. [2015.49] Lee: Anyway, so the sonic model got in touch and said, [2018.49] Lee: look, you fly a lot of wings. [2020.49] Lee: Yeah. [2021.49] Lee: They said, what, what, [2022.49] Lee: what would you like to see in a wing? [2025.49] Lee: So it was one of those really weird leading questions. [2027.49] Lee: I said, okay, [2028.49] Lee: why? [2030.49] Lee: And they said, okay, [2031.49] Lee: we're designing the next wing. [2033.49] Lee: We're interested in getting your feedback. [2036.49] Lee: And I said, okay, [2037.49] Lee: I've got a list of about eight things. [2039.49] Lee: So I sent them the list and they came back and somewhat suspiciously, [2043.49] Lee: I think, said, oh, that's exactly the same as our list. [2047.49] Lee: So to be fair to them, [2050.49] Lee: I actually think it was because it was about air flow, modern FPV. [2054.49] Lee: It was about more room for batteries, [2056.49] Lee: having more lower wing loading. [2060.49] Lee: There was loads of things on the list. [2061.49] Lee: Having the wings come off was a big thing of mine as well. [2064.49] Lee: Oh yeah. [2065.49] Lee: I'm into that. [2066.49] Lee: Detachable wings. [2067.49] Lee: Hallelujah. [2068.49] Lee: So, so anyway, [2070.49] Lee: so that was the start of it. [2071.49] Lee: And then they started working through it. [2074.49] Lee: Then there was a whole thing about, [2075.49] Lee: I was going to go out to China. [2077.49] Lee: Then that was knocked on the head. [2079.49] Lee: Then there was the thing about, [2080.49] Lee: they wanted to call it a painless 360 edition. [2084.49] Lee: And I was like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. [2086.49] Lee: Don't, don't do that. [2087.49] Lee: Don't put my name on it. [2091.49] Lee: And then, and then we kind of, [2092.49] Lee: then there was a whole thing about that we're deciding whether or not it was [2095.49] Lee: worthwhile doing a brand because it's expensive to create a model like this. [2099.49] Lee: You have to do injection molding. [2100.49] Lee: And usually the first version is a bit cheap. [2103.49] Lee: So you have to do two or three version. [2105.49] Lee: Each mold is like 70 to $120,000 to make. [2109.49] Lee: It's ridiculous. [2110.49] Lee: So anyway, [2111.49] Lee: so there was one point where they were just going to add wings onto the [2116.49] Lee: existing AR wing. [2119.49] Lee: And then one day I get some pictures from them with this thing in it, [2127.49] Lee: which is all, it's all like 3d models. [2129.49] Lee: And I was kind of going, what's that? [2132.49] Lee: And they went, Oh, it's the new AR wing pro. [2135.49] Lee: And I was like, is it? [2136.49] Lee: Okay. [2137.49] Lee: So, so we started looking at it and working through it. [2141.49] Lee: And, and then eventually we were getting ready. [2145.49] Lee: Then new year happened Chinese new year, [2148.49] Lee: which turned into Chinese new never, [2150.49] Lee: nobody's ever coming back. [2152.49] Lee: Then Corona virus happened. [2155.49] Lee: And all the time, this is sat there. [2157.49] Lee: And I'm like, please just bring it out. [2159.49] Lee: Please just bring it out. [2160.49] Lee: And then finally, finally the Greg, [2165.49] Lee: hi mate, Greg from E wings is on. [2168.49] Lee: Don't worry. [2169.49] Lee: We're going to show yours in a minute as the actress. [2172.49] Lee: So, so this finally, [2175.49] Lee: finally came out, [2176.49] Lee: but the really funny part was so sonic model are ready to actually do it. [2181.49] Lee: They've got production, [2182.49] Lee: the shipping them around the world. [2184.49] Lee: Interestingly, [2185.49] Lee: they didn't tell Banggood about it because Banggood and notoriously crap at [2189.49] Lee: just as soon as they get information, [2191.49] Lee: stick it on the website. [2192.49] Lee: They don't, they don't, [2193.49] Lee: the whole thing about don't post this unto the certain certain date. [2196.49] Lee: They're just like, whatever. [2198.49] Lee: So, so even Banggood didn't know about it. [2201.49] Lee: So they ship me the first. [2203.49] Lee: So this is the one of three that were hand built. [2206.49] Lee: Wow. [2207.49] Lee: And the ship and the ship me it right. [2209.49] Lee: So I could do my video first and very kindly. [2211.49] Lee: They put my logo in the manual. [2216.49] Lee: Don't to say thank you. [2217.49] Lee: And also there's a custom. [2220.49] Lee: They've got one, the back. [2221.49] Lee: Sorry, everybody. [2222.49] Lee: I'm going to show my seven inches again. [2224.49] Lee: There's a battery strap that has slime. [2229.49] Lee: And also the painless pill on it as well. [2232.49] Lee: And all the first 300 of these actually have the special battery strap in. [2238.49] Lee: So they're so, so the ship me these, right? [2241.49] Lee: So I get one. [2242.49] Lee: There's a couple of others in the world and it gets stuck in the post. [2247.49] Lee: So there's an entire, [2248.49] Lee: so sonic model is sat there waiting and entire operation is waiting to go [2253.49] Lee: public, right? [2254.49] Lee: So they've got all the, all the, the, the, the, the Instagram and the, [2258.49] Lee: and the Facebook stuff. [2259.49] Lee: It's all ready to go. [2260.49] Lee: And the fingers hovering over the button, [2262.49] Lee: but because Lee can't get his ring. [2265.49] Lee: So anyway, so after about 10 days, [2268.49] Lee: I ping them and went the tracking still says it's in China. [2272.49] Lee: So they're like, oh my God, [2274.49] Lee: by this time it actually started real production. [2277.49] Lee: So, so they ran and got one off the production, [2279.49] Lee: stuck it in another envelope and shipped that one. [2282.49] Lee: And in the meantime, this one turns up. [2287.49] Lee: So I, so the reason that the first video, [2292.49] Lee: uh, didn't include a maiden and all that stuff, [2294.49] Lee: for all of you who were kind of wondering, [2296.49] Lee: it was an unboxing first look. [2297.49] Lee: And I talked about the features and the list that I had. [2300.49] Lee: The reason it was like that was because literally arrived and solid model [2304.49] Lee: were like, please do the video, [2305.49] Lee: please do the video because they were so desperate to get this thing out. [2309.49] Lee: And at that point, [2310.49] Lee: there were containers of these things flying to all of the shops and, [2315.49] Lee: um, they would, they were really good. [2318.49] Lee: And they said, because you've been such a big part of having how the [2321.49] Lee: wind's been designed, we want your video to be first. [2324.49] Lee: Um, and then once the video went up, [2327.49] Lee: then it kind of went everywhere else. [2329.49] Lee: And it was just such a lovely experience. [2332.49] Lee: And the feedback I've had about the wing and what it is and how it works [2336.49] Lee: has been absolutely fantastic. [2339.49] Lee: Um, and I need to give a shout out actually to Andrew Newton. [2343.49] Lee: Um, [2344.49] Lee: Andrew, uh, [2347.49] Lee: also had a wing and, uh, [2349.49] Lee: I couldn't maiden it because I set it up. [2352.49] Lee: The weather in the UK was absolutely crap. [2354.49] Lee: So I couldn't go out and shoot my maiden video. [2357.49] Lee: Andrew at the moment, obviously in Australia, beautiful, fantastic sunshine. [2363.49] Lee: He did his maiden really quickly, but what a gentleman. [2366.49] Lee: He got in touch and said, uh, [2368.49] Lee: when are you doing your maiden? [2369.49] Lee: Cause I won't release mine until you've done yours. [2373.49] AndyRC: And if only the quad community works like that, [2378.49] AndyRC: eh, no, that's fine. [2382.49] Lee: So, yeah. [2383.49] Lee: So the, so the way the wings available now, [2385.49] Lee: I've got another few in, [2387.49] Lee: I think this is the one I'm going to use for most of my flying. [2390.49] Lee: Um, [2391.49] Lee: I think in terms of the flying experience, [2395.49] Lee: uh, the cruise is only about five, six amps with a 7,000 milliamp power [2400.49] Lee: lithium ion pack in here. You can get the best part of an hour's flying. [2403.49] Lee: So lithium ions, brilliant. So you just throw this up. [2406.49] Lee: I mean, I've got my, as you can see at the moment, [2409.49] Lee: it's still got the DJI system on the front and flying it with a DJI system is, [2415.49] Lee: is right in it. [2417.49] Lee: Absolutely epic. [2418.49] Lee: Put it on 16 nine and it is, it is fantastic. [2422.49] Lee: Um, the only thing I did do was I, [2424.49] Lee: I fitted a folding prop. [2427.49] Lee: Sorry, [2428.49] Lee: my bike over there, uh, because, because the bottoms are flat. [2431.49] Lee: When you come in, [2432.49] Lee: if you don't have the folding prop on and you don't have the brake on, uh, [2434.49] Lee: you just snap the proper. [2436.49] AndyRC: Yeah. [2437.49] AndyRC: My, uh, my friend Phil texts me, uh, and I woke up to this text and it said, [2441.49] AndyRC: looks like Lee has found a muddier field than ours. [2445.49] AndyRC: Cause I, and I looked at the video and it was just what it was just like a, [2450.49] AndyRC: a mud bath or something, but, uh, well done for flight. [2454.49] Lee: Well done for cleaning up. [2457.49] Lee: Well, actually it wasn't that bad. [2459.49] Lee: I went to that fit. Sorry, Jack, go on. [2462.49] Jack: When you landed, I was surprised it wasn't like a bobsled. [2466.49] Lee: Well, this was the funny thing when I was, so the, [2468.49] Lee: the story with this is, um, lockdown happened on Thursday. [2472.49] Lee: Uh, I'm trying to respect the lockdown and also my wife's a teacher. [2475.49] Lee: So we are being particularly careful about who we, um, [2479.49] Lee: interact with because being a teacher, [2482.49] Lee: is interacting with literally hundreds and hundreds of families by proxy of [2487.49] Lee: the kids. So, uh, we are trying to be careful anyway. [2491.49] Lee: So the Wednesday was the last day and, uh, uh, a local guy, [2496.49] Lee: a guy called Adam who very kindly said, look, I'm, I'm local. [2499.49] Lee: I'll come and help you. I was like, brilliant. Okay. [2501.49] Lee: Wednesday was literally the one day in between this rainstorm finishing and [2506.49] Lee: the next rainstorm starting in the bloody North, which, so, um, [2510.49] Lee: I said, great. I'll meet you at this field. [2512.49] Lee: Last time I was at the field was a week before the corn was still in there. [2516.49] Lee: And I was thinking about the land is going to be a bit tricky cause I'm [2519.49] Lee: literally going to have to bring it down the, uh, [2521.49] Lee: cause those of you that have watched some of my maiden videos, [2523.49] Lee: you've probably seen that corn grow over the year. Um, and it was, [2528.49] Lee: I thought it was going to be a bit muddy. I'll set my wellies, uh, [2530.49] Lee: but it'll be fine. Anyway, we turns up. [2533.49] Lee: I looked over the fence and it is, [2535.49] Lee: it just looks like the battle of the song has happened. [2539.49] Lee: The word water. And then Adam turns up and I was just like, [2544.49] Lee: would we've got no other choice. [2546.49] Lee: It's either now or we don't do this thing. [2549.49] Lee: So I'm thinking the law that the launch is going to be all right. Right. [2552.49] Lee: Cause I'm using, I now have also launched and that'll do all the hard work. [2555.49] Lee: So I'm not worried about that. It's got plenty of power. [2557.49] Lee: The landing is going to be exciting. So, um, and of course with a maiden, [2561.49] Lee: you don't know how floaty the wing is. So as I brought it in, [2564.49] Lee: I'm thinking, right, I need to be reasonably low cause I don't want to, [2568.49] Lee: you know, kind of overshoot. And somebody mentioned on the sonic, um, [2573.49] Lee: uh, model for, and they said, all that landing was a bit sketchy. [2576.49] Lee: I said, no, it wasn't sketchy. What I was doing, [2578.49] Lee: I was trying to miss all of the mud and literally land in the verge at the [2583.49] Lee: side, which I did. And, and, and the wing was so felt so good, [2588.49] Lee: even though it was a maiden, I could literally just cut the engine, saw, [2592.49] Lee: and kind of, it was only about 20 feet away. Um, and then, [2596.49] Lee: and then the guy who, who came and did the maiden did a flight and landed it [2600.49] Lee: even closer. It was absolutely brilliant. So, uh, so no, it, [2604.49] Lee: it was less than ideal. And in any of the circumstances, [2607.49] Lee: I'd have been like, no, sack this, we'll go and find somewhere else. [2610.49] Lee: But it was like, this is the one shot that we've got to do this. [2614.49] Lee: Although I don't think we actually legally, you know, [2617.49] Lee: we don't have to not go out and fly. Um, I, [2621.49] Lee: I will probably be doing the maiden of the other thing I want to talk about. [2624.49] Lee: Greg, brace yourself for me wings. [2628.49] Lee: Nice. Uh, which is this thing. I hope, [2630.49] Lee: I'm not sure the camera's going to pick this up. [2632.49] Lee: What are you sure? How big's that one now? [2636.49] Lee: How many inches is this one? [2641.49] Lee: Uh, I'm not sure how much is a thousand centimeters millimeters. [2648.49] Lee: It's basically, yeah, it's, it's reasonable size. [2652.49] Lee: So this is, this is 40 inches. Is that right? [2655.49] Lee: 40 is the same size as a, this is almost 40 inches, uh, [2662.49] Lee: in the warm weather. So this is the black. [2670.49] Lee: So this is, this is something that I got from, this is, [2673.49] Lee: this is the thing I'm building right now. If you watch the video comes out [2676.49] Lee: tomorrow while I show myself flashing. I have on it. [2679.49] Lee: As you can see, I'm a little bit further on. [2682.49] Lee: Looks like a carbon weave on the wing, doesn't it? [2685.49] Lee: I'm glad you like that. So, uh, I had to actually laminate the wings. [2690.49] Lee: I haven't laminated foam for four years, five years. [2695.49] Lee: I hate laminated wings because it always makes, makes it look like, uh, [2699.49] Lee: as I, as I joke, it makes it look like your old fellow in a condom, right? [2703.49] Lee: It just, it's not pretty. I think laminar just, just it, it's, [2708.49] Lee: it doesn't enhance the look of a wing. Um, unfortunately this, [2713.49] Lee: you have, you have to, so I had to laminate. So I've laminated the wing. [2717.49] Lee: You can see the laminate at the end. Why'd you have to Lee? Sorry to, um, [2722.49] Lee: it's recommended for strength and for, um, it makes it very, [2727.49] Lee: very almost like a, uh, a hard coating on it. [2732.49] Lee: But the other thing as well is that they recommend that you kind of put this [2735.49] Lee: stuff on the top. Um, and this is, this is actually the, you know, [2738.49] Lee: the, the stuff that they put on cars, that, that wrap material. [2742.49] Lee: Yeah. Yeah. That's what that is. Don't be fooled. It's not carbon fiber. Um, [2747.49] Lee: but it does look absolutely awesome. [2752.49] Lee: Is it? [2753.49] Lee: I was going to say, it looks like a button to put on the, [2758.49] Lee: the laminating film is the stuff that you iron and it's, [2762.49] Lee: it has a heat activated, um, [2764.49] Lee: glue on the back and it also shrinks slightly, [2766.49] Lee: which makes it nice and tight. And then, uh, this stuff, [2770.49] Lee: you just put it on like it would any kind of vinyl, you know, [2773.49] Lee: you just started one edge and work your way along. Um, but, uh, [2777.49] Lee: yeah, I've got some made in this. The problem, [2780.49] Lee: I'm interested because it's not everyone looks at this and says, oh, it's a, [2784.49] Lee: it's a, it's a drag. Um, [2787.49] Lee: and I get why you think that because I thought that when I first saw it, [2790.49] Lee: but now having built it, it is nothing like a drag. [2794.49] Lee: It might have to resemble a drag in terms of the layout. [2798.49] Lee: I'm trying to figure out where this needs to be. So you can see it. [2800.49] Lee: There we go. That's very drunk esque. Yeah. Yeah. [2804.49] Lee: But if you put it on the side, it is much, much deeper. [2809.49] Lee: The, the aerofoil is a racing aerofoil. [2811.49] Lee: It's not an airfoil and same as the track. [2814.49] Lee: So this is designed for out and out, uh, speed. Um, [2818.49] Lee: cause, cause Greg's a speed freak at E-Wings. Um, and I love, uh, [2822.49] Lee: but if you look at this, all of his designs are very similar. [2825.49] Lee: They're kind of based on this. They're all, he, [2827.49] Lee: he wire cuts them himself out of blocks of foam at home. [2831.49] Lee: So it's a very boutiquey thing. Um, but I can't wait to fly this. [2835.49] Lee: It's going to be very, [2836.49] Lee: very different from a drag because this, this doesn't, you know, [2839.49] Lee: if you look at the wing, it's completely symmetrical. There's no, you know, [2843.49] Lee: it's not designed to generate lift. It's just designed to cut through the air. [2847.49] Lee: So this will, this will go incredibly quick. And literally today I put the, [2851.49] Lee: the folding prop on. Um, [2853.49] Tony: how many inches is this whole folded prop? [2856.49] Tony: Nine inches now. [2861.49] Lee: Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Um, so, but so that, that's, uh, [2866.49] Lee: what I've been doing the last three or four days, but that, um, [2869.49] Lee: that's, that's cool. So I must admit, [2871.49] Lee: I've been having the whale of its last two or three days. [2874.49] Lee: I don't know if you guys ever have it when you're building, [2876.49] Lee: you know, you kind of sit down and you start a project. I'm sorry. [2879.49] Lee: I've been moving my head around the mics in front of me. [2882.49] Lee: When you sit down and start a project and you kind of get the soldering iron [2885.49] Lee: out or you, you know, you start working on something and then you look up and [2889.49] Lee: two hours have gone and you think, Oh gee, where's that? Right. Okay. [2892.49] Lee: And then you put your head back down and you carry on, [2894.49] Lee: you look up again and another two hours have gone. [2896.49] Lee: Literally every day for the past four or five days has been like that. [2900.49] Lee: Cause I come in, I've been a little list of things. [2902.49] Lee: I start buggering about with all this crap. Um, [2905.49] Lee: and then before I know it's half past one and you're thinking, okay, [2909.49] Lee: I'm desperate for a drink and I'm desperate for a wee and you kind of get [2913.49] Lee: up from the bench and you do some stuff and then you kind of back to it. [2916.49] Lee: It's been great. I've been going to sleep absolutely shattered, [2920.49] Lee: mentally exhausted because I've been, um, you know, [2925.49] Lee: concentrating because, and you, you, you guys probably know the way it works. [2929.49] Lee: You can only usually sustain that level of concentration when you're really [2932.49] Lee: enjoying something. If you don't enjoy it, you know, after 10 minutes, [2935.49] Lee: you're kind of looking for a reason to walk away. But in the morning, [2939.49] Lee: I'd be coming in, [2940.49] Lee: starting and playing with this stuff and just having an absolute blast. [2943.49] Lee: Great. [2945.49] Lee: So Greg, thank you. [2949.49] Lee: Um, so Greg's just saying is working on the new vortigo. [2953.49] Lee: How do you say that? You Andrew, [2955.49] Lee: you have one of those and you've had a fly vortigo vortigo. [2959.49] Frank: Uh, I think it was about me. I had to go on, but I guess it'd be [2963.49] Frank: vortigo. I would guess. [2965.49] Tony: Can you buy them already made for Tony? [2970.49] Jack: It's an underground Christmas jumper. [2973.49] Frank: It's a TFL Christmas jumper. Yeah. With buses and tubes and everything on it [2978.49] Frank: as well. [2979.49] Jack: Yeah. Sorry. [2981.49] Lee: I've got my new Christmas jumper on the way. [2983.49] Lee: So if you're doing a show near to Christmas and once it's here, [2986.49] Lee: I would love to come on and do the whole jumper thing. [2988.49] Lee: If we're doing the hats and everything again, as we normally do. [2991.49] Tony: I've never owned a Christmas jumper. I might buy one this year, [2994.49] Tony: just for some girls. [2997.49] Jack: It's got to be a vegan Christmas jumper in it. [3000.49] Frank: You can get back to the future Christmas jumper. [3002.49] Tony: Yes. That's all I'm getting. [3005.49] Tony: Well, I'm Frank. I'm looking for a new. [3007.49] Jack: When Andy asked, why did you wrap it? [3013.49] Jack: You should have said for protection. [3015.49] Tony: Ah, world elite wings. [3019.49] AndyRC: All a build service. I might take you up on that. [3024.49] Jack: One free build. The only thing is we have to use thingy as a foot store. [3034.49] Tony: Well, I'll see if he's all right. [3037.49] Jack: I'll shout down in a minute because he's still under the stairs. [3040.49] Tony: He signed it. So he's got to do it. [3043.49] Tony: He did sign it. Yeah. [3045.49] Jack: Is it your foot store for a whole day or eight hours? [3048.49] Tony: I can't remember. [3049.49] Tony: During the build process. I don't know how we're going to do it. [3052.49] Tony: That makes good video. [3055.49] Jack: But in non-COVID times, I suppose. [3059.49] Tony: We just have to wear a mat or maybe have your head out of sort of like a cat flap [3066.49] Lee: just so your ass is in the room to put your feet on. [3069.49] Lee: Well, wait. [3070.49] Lee: We'll just switch that around for a day. [3073.49] Lee: Let's have an ass out of the room. [3076.49] Tony: Sorry. [3078.49] Tony: But we will be having Greg on in a few weeks' time. [3082.49] Frank: So we'll learn more about the Ewings and really do a deep dive into the Ewing stuff. [3089.8] Frank: I must admit, Andrew, I've been impressed. [3092.8] Frank: I wasn't interested in getting a... [3095.8] Frank: Because I would call this quite a boutique, exotic thing. [3098.8] Frank: But I'm not. [3099.8] Frank: I'm not. [3100.8] Lee: I'm not. [3101.8] Lee: I'm not. [3102.8] Lee: I'm not. [3103.8] Lee: I'm not. [3104.8] Lee: I'm not. [3106.8] Lee: Because I would call this quite a boutique, exotic thing with the amount of building that you have to do. [3110.8] Lee: So you literally get a load of pieces of foam and you have to stick it together. [3114.8] Lee: But it has probably been one of the most fun, rewarding builds I've done in a while. [3121.8] Lee: Just because if it flies, it's because of the work that I've done. [3126.8] Lee: It's not a case of just bolting it together and plugging the servos in. [3131.8] Lee: Similarly, if it completely destroys itself first time out, which it might do, then it's my fault. [3139.8] Lee: But the whole thing about doing lamination and stuff. [3143.8] Lee: And now actually, because I did a video on laminating, because somebody asked me about it. [3148.8] Lee: And while I was laminating, I thought, you know what? [3150.8] Lee: I'm just going to film this and I can narrate what I do. [3152.8] Lee: Having now done it a little bit more, I'm actually falling back in love with it a little bit. [3159.8] Lee: Particularly now, we're using Greg's idea of you can then put the car wrapping vinyl stuff on top. [3168.8] Lee: It just means that you have a really bulletproof model, but the vinyl is so bright. [3175.8] Lee: You could actually, because I got a vinyl cutter here as well, I could cut designs into the vinyl and then wrap that on top of the black. [3181.8] Lee: So at the moment, so this is my idea. [3183.8] Lee: I've got two ideas here. [3184.8] Lee: We can do a quick vote. [3186.8] Lee: I was going to do kind of circuit lines in gray, going up here and out into the wing with kind of like little circuit blobs to have it like a big circuit. [3196.8] Jack: Or the other lighting Tokyo Drift called Lee. [3203.8] Lee: And then I was going to put green LEDs underneath. [3206.8] Lee: So when it's sat on the ground, it looks like it's a neon. [3209.8] Lee: That would be amazing. [3212.8] Lee: A big spoiler. [3215.8] Lee: Or the other option is to do the leading edge in orange as well and then have like hexagons that go back and break up as it goes back over the wing. [3225.8] Lee: So like like a honeycomb that sounds solid and then breaks up as it goes back. [3230.8] Frank: The kind of fading pixel kind of. [3234.8] Jack: I've got a question, Lee. [3235.8] Jack: It's the Galapon Jaffa tape because you love that, didn't you? [3239.8] Lee: No, it's less. [3241.8] Lee: It used to be Jaffa tape. [3243.8] Lee: Jaffa tape? [3244.8] Lee: Whoa. [3246.8] Lee: I can't let that go. [3249.8] Lee: Well, bear me on it. [3250.8] Lee: You can't. [3251.8] Lee: It's not really showing up on here. [3253.8] Lee: Jaffa tape. [3254.8] Lee: No, Jaffa tape. [3256.8] Lee: So I don't know if you can see, but it's carbon fiber effects orange. [3261.8] AndyRC: Yeah, let's go. [3262.8] AndyRC: Wow. [3263.8] AndyRC: You get that? [3264.8] AndyRC: Yeah, that's nice. [3266.8] Lee: Yeah. [3267.8] Lee: So it's rough again. [3268.8] Lee: I'm going to be really sad when I completely stuff this up because it does look mint, but [3275.8] Lee: it'll only look mint until the first time I land it in that muddy field and then it'll [3279.8] Lee: just look like a Wellington boot. [3282.8] Lee: Put the big lights on. [3284.8] AndyRC: That's a northern thing. [3285.8] AndyRC: No, that is a northern saying, Greg. [3287.8] AndyRC: Big lights on. [3289.8] UNKNOWN: Oh my God. [3290.8] AndyRC: What is the chat today, man? [3294.8] Jack: That's what happens. [3296.8] Jack: Lee comes on and the chat is going absolutely. [3300.8] AndyRC: Is it not? [3301.8] AndyRC: Is it not gaffer tape? [3304.8] Lee: No. [3305.8] Lee: So it's actually a particular brand of duct tape that I found that was bright orange and [3311.8] Lee: it was called Jaffa tape. [3313.8] Lee: Oh, now it makes sense. [3315.8] Lee: Jaffa tape and it was bright orange. [3317.8] Lee: And I love it because it's the stickiest tape I could find. [3320.8] Lee: I used to wrap all my elevons in it and then you can't get it anymore. [3324.8] Lee: It's now called American duct tape. [3326.8] Lee: It's essentially the same tape, but if you search for Jaffa tape, you'll find it on Amazon. [3330.8] Lee: And Jack, amazingly, has remembered that that's actually what I use for my elevons. [3335.8] Lee: But this time round, I actually use the wrap. [3338.8] Lee: And you know, the hardest thing in the build was trying to make sure that the carbon fiber [3343.8] Lee: effect goes in the right direction on each wing so it has the different each side. [3350.8] AndyRC: Yeah, that's don't stand on the pavement with the crack in it territory, isn't it? [3356.8] AndyRC: It really is. [3358.8] Lee: Because I nearly did it the other way and I was heartbroken. [3362.8] Jack: You know, the Mexican idea, did you ever see it was an episode of Wheel of Deers? [3367.8] Jack: It was the last series that Ed's China. [3372.8] Jack: China. [3373.8] Jack: They'd done a proton car and they'd done the retro reflective. [3377.8] Jack: You remember that? [3378.8] Jack: Yeah. [3379.8] Jack: You shine a light. [3380.8] Jack: They done retro reflective hexagons and it did look amazing. [3384.8] Lee: I wonder if you can get that in the vinyl. [3387.8] Lee: It was on a proton line. [3390.8] Frank: I want to know with your vinyl, what's your vinyl cutter? [3394.8] Frank: Is it a Roland or a cricket or something else? [3398.8] Lee: My wife's got the big cricket and I've got a silhouette, I think, just for the A4 stuff here. [3406.8] Lee: So between us, we can usually do most stuff. [3409.8] Lee: But it's one of those things that once you start doing a little bit of it, you end up just... [3414.8] Lee: Yeah, it just looks sick. [3416.8] Lee: So was there any consensus? [3418.8] Lee: I forgot to ask. [3419.8] Lee: Circuit lines or fading hexagons? [3423.8] Tony: Circuit for maggots. [3425.8] Lee: Circuit. [3427.8] Lee: Okay. [3428.8] Lee: Right, that's it. [3429.8] Lee: Okay, that's fine. [3430.8] Lee: I will start working up the designs tomorrow and we'll get it cut. [3435.8] Frank: Another question I have for everyone. [3437.8] Frank: Has anyone seen anything about the new Jumper radio? [3442.8] Frank: Yes, TX-12. [3445.8] AndyRC: You've already got it. [3447.8] AndyRC: I've got one coming on the way and Lee probably has as well. [3452.8] AndyRC: I would imagine. [3453.8] AndyRC: No, Lee. [3455.8] Lee: I couldn't possibly comment as it's an unreleased product. [3460.8] Lee: Is it? [3463.8] Lee: You know what, I bet if you search on the Banggood website, I bet those buggers have already got it on. [3474.8] Lee: Because they are a law unto themselves when it comes to pre-release products. [3478.8] Jack: I've got a tip for you guys. [3480.8] Jack: If you ever want to know whether Lee's got it or not, Lee, move your camera from left to right. [3486.8] Lee: We're not going into the secret pile. [3489.8] Lee: We're not doing that. [3491.8] Jack: And if he won't move it, it's because it's there. [3495.8] Lee: It's all this crap over this side of the desk. [3500.8] Lee: Yeah, that would be more or less. [3502.8] Lee: Usually, you can actually see my plaque and nobody ever gets to see that normally. [3509.8] Lee: That's where it lives. [3510.8] Lee: Jumper T-12. [3512.8] Lee: Actually, no, it's still not on Banggood, so we're not talking about it. [3518.8] Jack: It's just out of shot. [3521.8] Lee: Come on, mate. [3524.8] Lee: No, no. [3525.8] Lee: We'll have to see if RadioKing do a version of it. [3530.8] Frank: Yeah. [3531.8] Frank: And then there's also the new DJI one as well that's quite similar in terms of its form factor. [3538.8] AndyRC: Looks like a Tango, doesn't it? [3541.8] Lee: Yeah, I really like those smaller. [3544.8] Lee: Somebody's just posted that it's actually called a TX-12. [3548.8] Lee: I'm just searching on that website. [3551.8] Lee: I thought it was there. [3552.8] Lee: Oh, yeah, it is. [3553.8] Lee: No, it's on Banggood. [3554.8] Lee: We're okay. [3555.8] Lee: Happy days. [3556.8] Lee: There we are. [3557.8] Lee: There we are. [3558.8] Lee: So have you got one coming, then? [3559.8] Lee: Yeah, absolutely. [3560.8] Lee: Of course I've got one coming. [3561.8] Lee: Yeah, absolutely. [3562.8] Lee: I can't wait to get my hat. [3563.8] Lee: Lots of people loved that. [3566.8] Lee: So the TS-8G, whatever it was called, the smaller version, the smaller radios. [3572.8] Lee: Lots of people love them, people who don't have big hands. [3575.8] Lee: Don't know why I did that. [3577.8] Lee: Really like the form factor. [3579.8] Lee: It's something that Ben's been working on for a while. [3582.8] Lee: It's a cheap and cheerful little radio, which will be awesome. [3586.8] Lee: And it's dead cheap. [3587.8] Lee: And what are Banggood listing it as? [3589.8] Lee: £50.62. [3591.8] Lee: Holy moly. [3593.8] Lee: Wow. [3594.8] Lee: But, yeah, I really like the RadioMaster stuff, I must admit. [3602.8] Lee: I'm now having used it for seven months, whatever it is, the big brother of it. [3608.8] Lee: What was it? [3609.8] Lee: The TS-16S or whatever they've called it. [3611.8] Lee: I'm a big fan of that radio. [3613.8] AndyRC: I really like it. [3614.8] AndyRC: I'm the same. [3615.8] AndyRC: Anyone ask? [3616.8] AndyRC: It's an easy one now for me. [3617.8] AndyRC: What transmitter? [3618.8] AndyRC: It's either Tango 2 or if you like Crossfire or the RadioMaster TS-16S. [3624.8] AndyRC: I've been using that a lot this year and I can't fault it. [3628.8] Tony: I think I'd like to swap at all. [3631.8] Tony: I've been fitted with the same transmitter of six something years. [3635.8] AndyRC: Well, you don't have to, Tony. [3636.8] AndyRC: That's the thing as well. [3637.8] AndyRC: It's like an inundated market. [3640.8] AndyRC: If you've still got your Taranis, there's no need to switch, really. [3643.8] AndyRC: No. [3644.8] Jack: You'll be like trading my wife, Tony, in for some blonde bimbo called Lily. [3649.8] Jack: It wouldn't feel right. [3651.8] Lee: No, that's right, Jack. [3653.8] Lee: Any particular reason why you chose the name Lily or did you just pull that out? [3657.8] Lee: Don't go there. [3658.8] AndyRC: Don't ask. [3659.8] Lee: Lily's on for the show, mate. [3662.8] Lee: Awesome. [3663.8] Lee: All right. [3665.8] Lee: I remember the last time I was on a couple of times ago, we were talking about radios. [3670.8] Lee: Two years ago, if we'd have talked about it, we'd have all just gone, I'll get a free Sky [3674.8] Lee: Taranis or a QX-7 or an X-Lite. [3676.8] Lee: It's really funny now. [3678.8] Lee: Here we are. [3679.8] Lee: They're not even on the list, which is such a shame. [3683.8] AndyRC: They've not prized themselves out of the market, but they've locked themselves out of the [3689.8] AndyRC: market, really, haven't they? [3691.8] AndyRC: What's ironic is these transmitters are all piggybacking off the X-M Plus, basically, [3698.8] AndyRC: aren't they? [3700.8] AndyRC: F-R Sky, but they just needed to jump on the bandwagon, but they just wanted it all for [3706.8] AndyRC: themselves, didn't they? [3708.8] Lee: As I keep saying, I would be happy and I would buy another radio from Free Sky in a heartbeat [3713.8] Lee: if they'd replaced my Taranis, kept the form factor, maybe upgraded the screen a little [3718.8] Lee: bit, allowed me to connect to A-C-S-T version 1, A-C-S-T version 2 and access with a full-speed [3725.8] Lee: inverter in the back. [3726.8] Lee: I would buy one of them to replace my Taranis in a heartbeat, but they just seem hell-bent [3732.8] Lee: on not giving us what we want because all of us who fly the Taranis, who love it, going [3737.8] Lee: back to Tony's comment, and the same, it takes me a while to get out my Taranis because [3744.8] Lee: the switches, when you've been flying that long, you're just using the same mode switch [3752.8] Lee: for the last four years, you've been using the same arm switch for the last four years, [3756.8] Lee: you don't have to think about it. [3758.8] Lee: If they could just give me a new Taranis, same form factor, same look and feel, but [3763.8] Lee: with better electronics, nicer screen, ability to do all the stuff that the multi-protocol [3769.8] Lee: modules do, I'd buy one in a heartbeat, but they're just doing it. [3774.8] AndyRC: They actually, I think, left the door wide open for the Ghost and the Tracer, didn't [3779.8] AndyRC: they, FrSky? [3780.8] AndyRC: I think people, if they don't go with the Radio Master, they'll either go with that [3786.8] AndyRC: or Crossfire or both. [3789.8] AndyRC: They've done it themselves, haven't they, I think, FrSky? [3793.8] Lee: I think they have. [3794.8] Lee: The only reason they upgraded the slow inverter that the majority of their radios had, you [3799.8] Lee: remember the whole issue with you couldn't run Crossfire at full speed in your QX7, all [3804.8] Lee: the radios that they brought out that support the access protocol, they then decided that [3809.8] Lee: it was worth spending the extra five cents or whatever it cost per unit to put the full [3813.8] Lee: speed inverter in because they needed it for their access protocol, for the higher [3817.8] Lee: speed. [3818.8] Lee: It's things like that that you just go, why didn't you do that for the past four years [3823.8] Lee: when everyone has been having to take the back of their radio and spend 20 minutes with [3827.8] Lee: sweat pouring down their brow, desperately trying to solder in and not screw the entire [3832.8] Lee: radio up? [3833.8] Lee: Why couldn't you have just done that? [3835.8] Lee: Because you knew people wanted it, you knew people were asking for it, and you just ignored [3839.8] Lee: it. [3840.8] Lee: It's things like that that just, like you said, it's such a shame because they had it [3844.8] Lee: all, they could have owned that market completely. [3847.8] Jack: Yeah, and then they forced them to release the R9 module again. [3853.8] Jack: Yeah. [3854.8] Jack: Should we call it there, guys? [3857.8] Jack: I can say, yeah. [3859.8] Jack: It's time. [3860.8] Jack: I don't know if you want to hang out for an after show, Lee. [3863.8] Jack: I will be on the Thursday night show doing an 80s night once again. [3869.8] Jack: So that's the thursdaynightshow.com, and I'll be playing 80s music and cranking over [3876.8] Jack: Andy R.C. [3879.8] Jack: You've been joined by my little Tony. [3882.8] Jack: Bonjour. [3883.8] Jack: I guess for tonight, paying the 360. [3885.8] Jack: Pleasure, as always. [3886.8] Lee: Thanks, everybody. [3888.8] Jack: And the reason the show exists, thank you to everyone who donated. [3892.8] Jack: It makes his life easier, Andrew slash Frank. [3895.8] Frank: Bye. [3897.8] Jack: Everyone's favorite liability. [3900.8] Frank: Bye. [3902.8] Frank: And no swings away. [3905.8] Jack: Nothing brings the show down. [3907.8] Jack: Probably would be better if I left. [3909.8] Jack: I've been right by fly. [3911.8] Jack: Thank you so much. [3912.8] Jack: Thank you. [3913.8] Jack: Good night. [3914.8] Jack: Tune in next week. [3915.8] Jack: Don't forget we are live every Thursday at 8 p.m. UK time. [3918.8] Jack: Don't forget they like savings, and we'll have good guests on. [3921.8] Jack: Frank, also, I might give you the email for Andrew Newton. [3926.8] Jack: Thank you and good night. [3929.8] Jack: Bye. [3930.8] AndyRC: Telemetry lost.