World’s Fastest FLYING RC Drift Car

Thanks to PCBWay for sponsoring this video--check out their website for an instant quote on custom PCBs, 3D printing, or even CNC machined parts: I made a 3D printed drone that is as easy to fly as an RC car is to drive using a combination of standard miniquad drone parts and an RC car controller. But it wasn’t quite as easy as just slapping a pusher motor on a quadcopter and calling it a day—there were many engineering challenges to address to make it so intuitive to drive around. Patreon: FREE parts list, 3D files, instructions, & code: The EjoWerks Speeder Project: Parts I used to build this project: Radio: Microcontroller: IMU: Wire (24AWG): Wire (18AWG): Lidar: Motors (lift): ESC (lift): Motor (pusher): ESC (pusher): Props: Battery: Camera: Video Transmitter: Video Goggles: Antennas: M3 Heat Set inserts: Magnets: Foam Tape: 3D Print Filament: These are affiliate links—I receive a small commission for every product purchased at absolutely no cost to you. A racing drone is difficult to fly because the pilot is in control of every directional and rotational axis of motion all at once. By adding a lidar altitude sensor and some altitude hold code so the drone maintains altitude automatically, we constrain the problem to just 2 dimensions. By taking the steering input and intelligently mixing it to the roll and yaw output, we can get smooth, coordinated turns with just one input from the pilot. Finally, it’s just a matter of mapping the throttle input to a pusher motor and you get an incredibly fun flying RC drift car. If you found this video interesting, don’t forget to subscribe so you can be up to date on future projects like this! Intro: 00:00 Inspiration: 00:57 Build: 01:28 Special Features & First Test: 04:00 Code & Control Mixing: 05:06 Outside Test Flight: 06:55 Control Revisions: 08:04 FPV Flying: 09:00 High Speed Runs & CRASH: 09:50 Conclusions: 11:10 #Drone #Car #FlyingCar