FireBlade_FPV

My first time racing the Vari from Black Cat Design Co. Built this one with the NewBeeDrone Infinity 200 stack, running 6s 1250mah packs. Totally loved the build and the boards, the layout of the FC and ESC are great and quality is top notch. Tuning and RPM filtering is a snap, very happy with the way everything turned out. Video is nice too I think, no noise at all that I can see, and a bit of static here and there while racing with five other quads. All holding up well too, had a few good crashes but nothing serious. Lots of gate slamming and bouncing off the ground. Used some fun TinyLEDs with this one too, so fun ! Thank you all for helping with this event, another awesome race with the Southern Oregon Drone Racing Org group. #SODRO XING 2207 1700kv motors - HQ RC38 HeadsUp prop 5x3.8x3 RunCam Racer 3 - 2.1mm lens TBS Crossfire TBS Unify Pro32 FrSky Taranis X9D Plus FatShark Dominator V3 - FuriousFPV True-D V3.7 #BCDCVari #blackcatdesignco #newbeedrone #infinity200 #infinity20

Nothing better for lunch than some 6s packs :) Experimenting with throttle cut and different prop setups. I've been working with throttle cut (or throttle cap) for racing but wanted to try it for some smooth freestyle. These 1800k motors get a bit wild on 6s, so much power. I setup a variable throttle cut on one of my attenuator controls on the FrSky Taranis. I can actively dial in the throttle cut level that I want, could be very useful for those mid range and long range flights where we want to conserve battery. Fun getting back into some freestyle flying, nothing really tricky or fancy but some fun tree surf ! https://www.InstaGram.com/Jason_FireBladeFPV https://www.AirVuz.com/user/FireBlade https://www.YouTube.com/FireBlade #treesurf #betaflight #freestyle #runcam #crossfire #quadfellas 

My first time racing the Vari from Black Cat Design Co. Built this one with the NewBeeDrone Infinity 200 stack, running 6s 1250mah packs. Totally loved the build and the boards, the layout of the FC and ESC are great and quality is top notch. Tuning and RPM filtering is a snap, very happy with the way everything turned out. Video is nice too I think, no noise at all that I can see, and a bit of static here and there while racing with five other quads. All holding up well too, had a few good crashes but nothing serious. Lots of gate slamming and bouncing off the ground. Used some fun TinyLEDs with this one too, so fun ! Thank you all for helping with this event, another awesome race with the Southern Oregon Drone Racing Org group. #SODRO XING 2207 1700kv motors - HQ RC38 HeadsUp prop 5x3.8x3 RunCam Racer 3 - 2.1mm lens TBS Crossfire TBS Unify Pro32 FrSky  Taranis X9D Plus FatShark Dominator V3 - FuriousFPV True-D V3.7 #BCDCVari #blackcatdesignco #newbeedrone #infinity200 #infinity20

My first flight at the lake last weekend, walking down from the road and finding my spot. Lake was like glass ! At times I had trouble seeing the water surface and got dangerously close, almost lost it at about the 4:35 mark ! Perfect time to go flying and conditions were very nice. Can't wait to get out there again, maybe go with my brother and his surf boat again and get some footage :) TBS Source One V3 frame TBS Crossfire Full TX @1000mw TBS Crossfire Nano RX with Immortal T TBS Unify Pro VTX @800mw with LR extended Foxeer antenna CLRacing F7 FC Betaflight 4.1 XING 2207 1800kv Unibell motors with HQ 5x4.3x3 v2s blades RunCam Racer 3 with 2.1mm lens FrSky Taranis X9D Plus with external LiPo 2200mah 2s 10c FatShark Dominator V3 with FuriousFPV True-D V3.7 https://www.InstaGram.com/Jason_FireBladeFPV https://www.AirVuz.com/user/FireBlade https://www.YouTube.com/user/JDogB1 #blacksheepfpv #betaflight #longrange #midrange #tbscrossfire #tbsunify #tbssourceone

Pushing the NBD 20x20 stack build with the Vari race frame by BlackCatDesignCo This is the second pack after first maiden flight, getting warmed up and first flight test went perfect, so now time to turn it up !  Also experimenting with launch control, fun testing the max launch angle settings. Loving this stack so far, build was a lot of fun and really like the layout of the boards. I kept the stock betaflight install for now, which is a custom target version 4.1.0 Running tbs crossfire radio system and tbs unify video. Runcam racer 3 - 2.1mm lens XING 2207 1700KV motors FatShark Dominator V3 goggles with FuriousFPV True-D v3.7 https://www.InstaGram.com/Jason_FireBladeFPV https://www.AirVuz.com/user/FireBlade https://www.YouTube.com/user/JDogB1 #tbscrossfire #tbsunify #betaflight #vari #blackcatdesignco 

TBS products are amazing ! Running the TBS Source One V3 frame, with TBS Crossfire Radio module, and TBS Unify Pro vtx. Some fun here testing some mid range at Jesse HighAFpv property over the 4th of July weekend. A few of us took a trip out to Dragonfly Farm to get some long needed fly time. Jesse has an amazing wide open property with all kinds of different terrain. Also had the chance to watch some long range wing flying by BikeGuy and Rushi, very cool and inspiring, might be my next project :) We will be racing again very soon, in Grants Pass and Eugene has some events on the horizon. Good times ahead ! https://www.InstaGram.com/Jason_FireBladeFPV https://www.AirVuz.com/user/FireBlade https://www.YouTube.com/user/JDogB1 #blacksheepfpv #midrange #mountainsurf #skysurfing #tbscrossfire #tbsunify 

Took the new Vari build with the 20x20 NBD stack to the field for some testing. I spent some time building this one, my first time building a 20x20 stack and I am really impressed with the NewBeeDrone stack. Even though it is still a F4 board, the layout of the board is very nice and full of features. I was also surprised at the number of UART ports and all the full features such as LED control and digital DJI support. The ESC is beautiful as well, nicely built, very tough looking and I like the heat shield. Love this frame too, designed and cut in Eugene, Oregon. Local support and supplies for parts and goodies. Hit me up if interested and I will put you in touch with the designer. FC is running stock Betaflight 4.1.0 35v 470uf capacitor XING 2207 1700kv motors with 6s 1250mah 130c GNB LiPo packs RunCam Racer 3 FPV camera with 2.1mm lense TBS Unify Pro32 Nano VTX TBS Crossfire Nano RX FrSky Taranis X9D Plus Radio FatShark Dominator V3 FPV goggles with FuriousFPV True-D RX GoPro Session 5 2.7k Superview HD Cam https://www.InstaGram.com/Jason_FireBladeFPV https://www.AirVuz.com/user/FireBlade https://www.YouTube.com/user/JDogB1 #newbeedrone #infinity200 #betaflight #vari #blackcatdesignco #BCDCvari

We had our first drone race since the quarantine this year. This is actually our fourth race of the year, we had two races at the indoor fairgrounds arena and a whoop race at the SOAA headquarters. So good to get back in the field and race, breaking out some new gear and testing. At least four of us were running the BCDC Vari frame from BlackCatDesignCO. Love the frame, and that it is cut in Eugene, OR and comes with all the TPU mounts needed. Hit me up if interested in the frame. Hopefully we will be running more races at Klippy's property, great area and fun place. Thank you Klippy and Mancub, Platnumb, and HighAFpv and BikeGuyFPV for the awesome frames ! https://www.instagram.com/Jason_FireBladeFPV/ https://www.AirVuz.com/user/FireBlade https://www.FPVBook.com/FireBlade #blackcatdesignco #SODRO #BCDCVari #vari #multigp

Whooping at Klippy's property last weekend with some of the guys. First meet up and fly since lockdown, and not very many of us and we kept distance. Nice and sunny day, bit of wind but the whoop handled it well. Jesse and I were flying our AcroBee whoops outside while Jason was finishing up his new 5" race quad build in the garage and getting ready to maiden. I'm still amazed how well these tiny whoops fly, especially outside in the wind. I can't wait to get a brushless whoop. Running the Mockingbird brushed with gold motors and Nitro Nectar Gold 300mah packs. Flying with FrSky Taranis X9D Plus and FatShark Dominator V3 goggles with FuriousFPV True-D V4.3 Thank you for watching and thank you Quadfellas !! https://www.InstaGram.com/Jason_FireBladeFPV https://www.AirVuz.com/user/FireBlade https://www.FPVBook.com/FireBlade #tinywhoop #newbeedrone #acrobee #mockingbird #betaflight #fatshark #taranis

Met up with a number of local pilots at the Klippy farm in southern Oregon. Jason has a great property, lot of open space and trees, just watch out for the power lines ! Some fun here with launch mode, making sure all of my settings and tune are good. I'm using launch_control_mode = PitchOnly and I have the setting launch_control_angle_limit = 80 (which is not enough) I need to lower this setting to about 60 degrees - you will see why :) Also brought out a new build for Klippy, he was very excited to check it out. Using the Vari frame from BlackCatDesignCo and the NewBeeDrone Infinity 200 stack. We did some testing as well and I will upload some video soon. Sure was nice to get out and fly on a nice day, has been some time ! Thank you Jason and Jesse HighAFpv for the help in configuration. We have a race scheduled at this location for June 20th, can't wait !! https://www.instagram.com/Jason_FireBladeFPV/ https://www.AirVuz.com/user/FireBlade https://www.FPVBook.com/FireBlade #newbeedrone #blackcatdesignco #vari #betaflight #infinity200