We interrupt your regularly scheduled nonsense for what I've been up to during the most extreme cold month of Winter here, in the Northern Hemisphere. I'm so proud to have not just 1, but 4! (count'em). 4! of Facebook's webcams strapped to my face for hours on end, perfectly mapping out every possible pixel of my spaces. I can't wait to see what they try to sell or sway me into doing next ; ) Maybe it'll be buying life insurance for the inevitable brain tumor all these WiFi signals are growing in my frontal lobes with this thing strapped to my forehead! Isn't the future glorious?
Any da wae, I've played about 12 hours of Palov on PC VR before playing the standalone Quest version. It feels a lot faster and the tracking seems a tad more accurate on the "Shack" version, but there is probably less latency when I'm not using Oculus Quest Link via USB-C. This is the video that helped me install it: https://youtu.be/V-z5bhBuXc0
ShootieDoods!!!™
"They're so shootie!" --cohaagen
I stretched the awful 36fps video that is recorded on the Oculus Quest itself out instead of doing the stupid stretch-blur a background of the same thing with the portrait version on top... this isn't Instaphlem or whatever; use a computer and enjoy fidelity. I did some optical flow frame blending up to 60fps as well so it doesn't make you too terribly sick to watch it. The real experience in the headset is as smooth as an android's bottom, aye Data?
...might have to do more of this... but I don't know. I don't care.
VR _really_ scratches the ADHD itch though, which I seem to have: https://youtu.be/n2EVEYmeSqg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZVEw7hcaOM
We're trapped inside cause of the caronazombies, and things are stranging out. Luckily Pavlov is insane amounts of fun, akin to the Action Quake II days!
"TTT" is a game mode where you're spawned into a round as a Traitor, Innocent or Detective, yet you can only see who's who if you're a Traitor, or one at a time if you're the Detective and can manage to use a device to scan each player. At any moment, whether you're off alone and unseen or standing in a crowd, if you're an Innocent you might be attacked at random. The goal is surviving either way without eliminating anyone on your side of the law. If you're a Traitor, you must eliminate the Innocents and the Detective, somehow without being discovered as a Traitor.
It makes for many-a-pregger moments, and a lot of ridiculous banter. Any why not?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-nmorj0gxw
I had 24 packs charged up for an unnervingly warm xmas eve afternoon, and I got tired of the Toothprick after about 6x. I spent the rest (much faster) flying the ol' Emax "Tinyhawk S". It's likely the tune on it that makes it more fun and somehow appropriate for the size of the area I was flying it in, so I flew the nuts off of it until I couldn't see gaddammit! Which is because I smashed it's little face in, as documented at the end of the video. Oh well, it happens. She'll fly again, but she's long overdue for a new frame of some sort. I'm running out of props and I'd rather transplant it onto some kind of carbon with 1103's or something. We shall see.
Current config though:
FRA: Emax Tinyhawk S Indoor FPV Racing Drone Spare Part 75mm Polypropylene Frame Kit 1-2S
AIO: EMAX Tinyhawk S Indoor Drone Part - AIO Flight Controller/VTX/Receiver (VTX Removed)
MOT: EMAX 08025 15000KV (from the original stock 1S Tinyhawk)
PRO: EMAX Tinyhawk 4 Blade Turtle Mode Avan Propeller
CAM: Caddx Beetle CMOS 800TVL FOV 170 4:3 NTSC (Camera Only!, IR filter was also removed)
VTX: Caddx FireFly (VTX Only!) 5.8GHz 25mw
ANT: URUAV Micro UXII Stubby RHCP Mini FPV Antenna 1.6dBi 5.8GHz
BAT: Turnigy Nano-tech 300mah 2S 45~90C Lipo Pack
Added JST, 5V Beeper, Silicone Conformal Coating and black glint tape (hopefully I won't lose it with all these mods). I modded the Beetle lens for IR / night vision after removing it from the VTX. I used a VTX from a FireFly, cause it supports SmartAudio. I direct-soldered the "URUAV Micro UXII Stubby RHCP" to the FireFly VTX and secured it between the rear props on the bottom.
+0.3g (and growing) of 3M Blenderm tape, Gaffer tape, superglue, welder glue, and hot glue.
33.85g Modded Weight (dry) [+5.5g]
28.35g Stock Tinyhawk S (dry).
+1.41g Taller 15000KV Motors
+3.00g Turnigy NanoTech 45~90C Batteries (18g each)
2S AUW is 52 grams. Flight duration is 2-3 minutes on the Nano-techs.
8.68g 4x 0802 15500KV (stock 2S)
10.09g 4x 08025 15000KV (stock 1S)
Recorded via ground-based DVR;
https://www.immersionrc.com/fpv-produ...
https://www.immersionrc.com/fpv-produ...
https://www.fatshark.com/product/hdo-...
https://caddxfpv.com/products/beetle-v1
Music;
"Gently Waves" by Takako Minekawa
"Maxi On!" by Takako Minekawa
"Spin Spider Spin" by Takako Minekawa
"Flow In A Tide" by Takako Minekawa
Seriously... this label!!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton_Records
The Samurai Robot is from RoboCop 3. What? I liked it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hLYTib0Vkw
Behind the scenes of this FPV session: https://youtu.be/H9_oqZ3htb4
Another H8 "ImmersionRC PowerPlay DVR" session edit. Shout out to my favorite H8r's:
[Sub 250g FPV] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9DcRb_jT99z3GDrDkvud4g/
[Garden Flyer] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaMgx2PF4INorq2p_oqPWLg/
[frank4wing] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEsfOEgWs7NPw1axSbe7bzg/
About 0°C, 4-7am... This time I really did break the frame, though I've got plenty of spares. Next H8 video will feature "Silverware NFE" and fresh motors. It seems I can't wear out a set of 6mm brushed motors before I break one of them enough to cause uncontrollable yaw spins at high throttle.
25-gram AUW Eachine H8 w/ Silverware. It's been dunked in a lake, probably 200+ packs through it, crashed a hundred+ times. On the 2nd AIO Camera, 2nd power connector and 3rd set of motors.
Recorded solely on the ground;
https://www.immersionrc.com/fpv-products/powerplay/
https://www.immersionrc.com/fpv-products/rapidfire/
https://www.fatshark.com/product/hdo-fpv-goggles/
https://caddxfpv.com/products/beetle-v1
Edited with DaVinci Resolve 16.
Music;
Origin Unknown - Valley of the Shadows
Seti - Listening
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvVW2_M19Ug
Ruined 2 junker quads and another 4-inch one I liked in a triple-motor smash in one hit (the finale).
Combo:
Turnigy nano-tech 1300mah 3S 25~50C Lipo Pack
20A CICADA BLHELI_S (F3 FC, XM+ Rx, ATX03 VTx)
RCX H1407 (V2) 3200KV w/ GemFan 4045 Props
Diatone Grasshopper G160 Frame *crap
(Much better frame parts) https://armattanproductions.com/pages/designer_product_grid/165
My original inspiration: https://youtu.be/GnIEwvqfZJE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r7z4Aw_FyY
I made lots of shootout videos when I was a kid. A bored, bored kid. Few survived pre-minidv days. This is one of them.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpxRt-5KRWE
A DJI Mavic Air shooting video of a DJI Phantom 4 Pro that was live-streaming a private fireworks show via Lightbridge HDMI downlink through an Elgato Cam Link 4K to OBS running on Ubuntu 18.04LTS up to YouTube in this video: https://youtu.be/sjdWycCB1kc
Piloting 2 DJI drones simultaneously while also monitoring OBS even with multiple spotters was hectic!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP25xEEFOHk