Just realised that this person has passed away :( Seemed like a great guy. Life is short - enjoy what you have and your loved ones around you.

Guy in the truck at 5:02, "Hey, Samm!"

R.I.P Samm, you will remain in our hearts forever

Sam, you were one of my most favorite youtubers growing up and you influenced many of my new hobbies.... id just wanna say that fpv stuff have improved a lot and is slowly becoming more accessible.... rest in peace my guy

Rip this legend

wowww you've had much better luck than I with conformal coating... then again I used acrylic. I'll have to try silicone coating asap

excellent. you got the hang of flying these things real quick

Super new to FPV, but I found your videos early on... the one thing that stuck with me, besides how helpful you are, you have quite the narrators voice.

I have a jar of this stuff, and was contemplating using it on every component... just wasn't sure about the soldering of repairs later - you definitely answered that question :) great video!

Awesome video! I've had this stuff on-hand for a couple months now but I've only been using it now because of the snow. Great to see an in-depth video on just how resistant it is. Cheers! :)

Hehe, love that snow jumping with quad. Hey thanks for sharing this. Can't wait to try it out.

Great video, and great flying. Rest In Peace, Samm💜

Great video, thanks for making this. I loved your flight footage too. As I understand it, the acrylic version isn't as flexible or resistant to heat, so the silicone conformal coating seems better for FPV applications.

Loved the jumping in the snow at the end.

Awesome, might try this myself. Loving your videos btw, your narration style reminds me of rcflighttest a lot.

5:09 oh look maaaa It's snow quad angel :D

Best (how to) waterproof video on UKposts! Thanks for sharing!

Good to know that conformal coating does the job. Enjoyed the shots from Mt. Rainier!

Damn this is awesome, and your quad tricks are dope too.

Thank you sooooo much, this is exactly what i needed this is what i have been looking for for so long. You are the best.

I didn't realize they were so fast and responsive. It's like a remote viewing experience. I need one! I'd want more than just a conformal coating though. A triple layer protection protocol, like conformal coating on the bare components, layer of flex seal, then something similar to a cell phone case.

That has made my mind up completely. I'm getting that coating. Oh yes!

dude that was epic! lol loved it, I'm gonna watch a few more videos but this is probably the technique I'll use. thanks so much

the quad at the end: "yaaaaay I am playing in the snooooow"

lol, doing the Snow Bunny hop at the end! just shared ur video with fb RDU FPV, recommending a local flyer to use his wing to record people with speed and exotic cars while they drive. and, i mentioned the chemical and ordered a bottle of MG Chemicals 422B-55ML Silicone Conformal Coating, 55 ml - thank you!

Are the motors already waterproof or did you coat those too? What about the little 2 pin connectors? Do you reconnect those and then coat them? Or is that what you were saying to do with the WD-40?

Subbed. Great info. This will be excellent for this moonsoon weather we have, this side of the world. Now to find some...

brilliant. my favorite part of the vid was at the veary end were the quad was jumping in and out of the snow :)

this stuff is awesome! I have been using it for quite a while and have had no issues at all. awesome flying from the moving car. if you have a black light that coating will glow if you shine it on the part so you can see if you missed anywhere or after working on it to be sure you didn't scrape any off

Hey! Great video!! I use that stuff too, although I will probably use it more often now, after watching your video. Also, this particular brand of conformal coating can be seen with an ultra-violet light after it is applied. I use the UV light from a UV "5 second" glue kit to see were the coating is and to see if I have missed any spots, works well! Thanks for sharing your stuff! M

Very nice video. That is just what I need. I live in Portland, so I need waterproofing.

Nice :D I tried the CorrosionX (HD) method and it works, but it attracts all sort of dirt and dust. Did you do something with your camera lenses to prevent them from getting wet? That was my biggest problem flying in dense fog - the lense was sprinkled with water droplets within seconds and I was glad that I knew the area very well^^

West Washington is a way better place to fly than boring Illinois. Bringing my quad out there this year when visiting family. I'll probably hit every tree though. lol. Awesome video and thank you for all your research, trials and time putting all this together for all of us. I'm ordering this coating today and applying it this weekend.

6 min of my life well spent :D great video

Very nice vid. Thanks a lot. I just ordered my bottle of 419C... I killed two quads due to humidity already, that's already too many!

Used the same coating on tinyhawk freestyle, almost no issues after many crashes into deep snow. Only after 5-6 crashes in a row, when the board is really full of melting snow the vtx may start showing black lines. After drying everything is ok again

I've used the spray on lacquer. I think I'm going to try this stuff for ease of application and lack of mess.

Thank you for the info was looking for something like this instead of sending products out to be coated

Great stuff Sam. Gonna try this stuff out. Cheers

Hi Samm what camera did you use to film this on ?? Keep up the good work

This is such a great thing! Thank you for this information

I can see this working very well for wet conditions but wonder about water proof, as in dumping it in a pond or other body of water. Have you tried that? I've already ordered a bottle regardless, looks so much better than CorrosionX or epoxy. Good stuff as usual Sam. I'm jealous of your quickly learned flying skills, those dives through the mountain road trees were awesome.

That's so awesome, I just ordered a bottle of that stuff!

Hey. Do you have to apply any to your motors? That's something I have been worried about. Also, I might apply some rubberized caps to those ports ... might be a little extra protection.

We use conformal coating at work a lot, and a handy tool I use is an "orange stick" to scrape coating off if it's thick. I think I got them at Mouser, but you can whittle your own I suppose.

I'm sorry if this is a stupid questionbut what about the motor windings. I'm new to quads and would love to water proof mine. What do you do for the motors? Thx. Btw. Awesome flying I the car. Omg that was great. Thx MICHAEL

This is cool. Good idea m8, might do this on the next build.

the mountain footage was beautiful, what camera was used?

thats so cool flying man i love it

You're a ridiculously talented pilot!

Love the channel Samm! How about the dip switches, can those be treated? I noticed you seem to avoid them, but perhaps they are not as much an issue getting wet? Thanks!

I laughed out loud at the end where you were bouncing in the snow. Wow! Great clean product. The CorrosionX was MESSY. I used 30 Q tips trying to get the goo off.

darn excellent driving, and for sharing the info

Thanks for the info and pretty bad ass flying...(ordered me a bottle)

Nice man have you ever been up to Mt. Baker? It's beautiful up there this time of year

Cool video and nice tip with the waterproofing. I wish I knew about this before I splodged liquid tape all over my Naze and PDB.

so any issues with this product? i here autobotix brand but not sure what to use? i have fpv race quad but just in case i get caught in rain or something stupid happens. I do have question about my fpv cam would i take apart to make sure it coated hs 1177 rotor riot cam. I may try this if you reccomend over the aibotix stuff

awsommeee!! I ordered some of this magic stuff to:D! But do you still use heatshrink after coating the components? like the vtx and rx receiver?

You Make Great Content Man R.I.P :(

Thats the most entertaining drone flying ive ever seen !! Shame to read about the bad news tho ... RIP dude.

Love how you water proofs your quad! Just wondering if you had to water proofing your VTX as well?

This is a copy and paste including several snippets from articles, blog posts, and instruction Tutorials I’ve written over the years. Sorry for the rambling and I hope this helps someone I’m just an electronics geek with a somewhat respectable lab… Who repairs industrial control and automation equipment… Also restore and recalibrate test gear. And big into the laser Hobby. Anyway… Dealing with industrial equipment… I’ve come to learn a lot of things about waterproofing electronic stuff. Since I see hundreds and hundreds of industrial modules every year for repair… I’ve got a decent understanding of how it works. First of all… it’s a good idea to soak the board down really good with 100% alcohol or denatured alcohol. Then scrub the heck out of it with one of those small 1 inch disposable paintbrushes. Then give it another good soaking of alcohol with the board vertically so that it can drip off and take all the contaminants with it. Or better yet use an air compressor to blow off the contaminants and the alcohol. I buy 100% Iso alcohol by the gallon for about $15. And I keep it in a squeeze bottle on my workbench. (One of those squeeze bottles with a 90° angled tip that can be operated with one hand.) I use over a half a gallon a month at least! It really improves my work and I couldn’t live without it. There are a lot of waxy and oily residues that can come on new circuit boards… So degreasing really does help the adhesion and only takes a few squirts of alcohol and a few seconds. And the alcohol evaporates quickly taking any moisture with it. Second.... and probably most important. Try preheating your circuit boards before coating. They can handle a lot of heat But only need to be good and warm. Somewhere around 100 to 150°F would be plenty. This will help the epoxy flow in and around all of the components, And it will also adhere WAY better to the board. Also the longer cure time epoxy the better because it maintains much more flexibility. Some thing like 30 minutes is good, 60 minutes is better. Don’t get me wrong… I go through gallons at five minute epoxy every year and I love the stuff. But the faster the cure time, then the more brittle it will be. And with any vibration, it may can easily begin to pull away from the board or individual pins if it’s extremely rigid. So flexibility is great. Also when it comes to silicone… Be sure you get NEUTRAL cured silicone instead of acid cured. acid curing silicone will smell like vinegar and release acetic acid when curing. Therefore easily damaging copper and tarnishing other metals. Over time it will devour component legs and traces. Also, check out a product called “never wet“ made by rustoleum. You can spray that shit anywhere. On pcb’s, inside of power tools, on bearings, windings of a motor, Inside a brushless fan or motor, on your clothes, on your phone, hell I’ve even opened up GoPro’s and soaked the insides with this stuff when I was going to be in a precarious environment...... literally anywhere. It’s extremely thin (similar to a regular clearcoat…) But it’s hydrophobic and really is like magic.… Check out some of the videos demonstrating it. It really is amazing stuff if applied correctly. Another wonderful off-the-shelf product which is available to regular folks… Is flexseal. Yes I know it’s gotten A laughing with all of the infomercials on TV… but it really is an incredible product and cheap/readily available. Before flexseal, something similar was only available in large quantities by industrial chemical companies. But for $13 you can purchase a can of spray flexseal… or even the thicker caulk like tube. And its dang near bulletproof. If you’re worried about the epoxy pouring off the sides of the board… Then use tape or to make a dam around the board. In other words, stick the tape to the edge of the board with the sticky side facing in towards the circuitboard. Wrap the tape all the way around the board and leave the excess sticking up to make a damn so that you can fill it with epoxy. it leaves a nice perfect perimeter all around the board. Or if you’re wanting to cover the front and back of the board… the even better… Suspended the circuit board off of the table a little. Like the thickness of a coin or something similar. Then you can build a dam all around the board leaving a few millimeters extra on the sides of the board so the epoxy can flow over the top and down in under the board. That way you don’t have a bunch of open edges of epoxy that water can work its way under. But you’ve encapsulated the entire module in one slab of epoxy. If you use the dam building method… simply use some slices of cardboard like a cereal box… And a hot glue gun to build a little perimeter or wall around the board… Using another piece of cardboard or your work bench/table as a base to glue the dam to. The exact size you want. I would probably use a small plastic box a few millimeters bigger than my circuitboard. That way you can pour a little epoxy in the bottom, set your circuit board down into the box on top of the epoxy and spacer, and continue to pour epoxy on top of the board until it pours over the edges and connects with the epoxy around the sides and bottom. A small Tupperware container or any random little plastic box the same size should work fine. Once it’s cured you can pop it out and you’ve got a completely coated/padded module. But instead of a huge brick of epoxy it’s a thin coating with no seams or edges. That covers the entire front back and sides of the board in one smooth gel like coat. Just be sure to watch some acrylic/resin or mold making videos. And be sure to wax your Tupperware container/mold so that it can be removed and doesn’t stick in there. If it’s going to be some thing that’s really abused, then swap out all of your connector screws and crimp terminals with stainless instead of regular steel. And clearcoat any heat sinks or metal that isn’t coded in epoxy. It Makes a huge difference because the smallest amount of corrosion can easily spread under the coatings... wick will begin to delaminate it from the circuitboard. Any type of corrosion or patina whatsoever… Weather The white powdery oxide that forms on aluminum. Or rusting steel.... copper that’s formed a patina… it all Poses a huge hazard to the water resistance of a board. That’s the most common failure point I’ve seen which breaks down the waterproof barrier. For example… The white powder that forms and oxidizes on aluminum. That stuff somehow creeps up under and conformal coating with ease. Like it’s not even there. And most importantly…Keep in mind that NOTHING is waterproof. It may be water resistant but it’s better to leave it a bit exposed so you can dry it out later. The only exception is if you’re willing to completely pot it in a solid brick of epoxy. but then it’s completely unserviceable and it adds a lot of weight/cost. it’s always best to leave certain things open so they can be dried out after a mishap. Whether you leave it out in the sun on a dry hot day, or bake it at low to mid temperatures in an oven. the best methods for drying I found… Is 100% alcohol or denatured alcohol. Soak the entire board, transformer windings, motor windings, soak everything. It will bond to the water and draw it out as it evaporates quickly. Even then… I still put it in the sun While in front of a box fan.....or bake it in the oven. Just to be safe. This is a large cut and paste from several different articles, blog post, and instructional‘s that I’ve written over the years. Sorry for rambling… Hope this helps someone.

are you in washington or were you just visiting? i live in the south sound and have been getting tired of waiting for sunny days. ill have to buy a bottle.

Thanks for all the links.

Sick Buddy!!! Thanks for sharing!!! Im ordering some right meow!!!

dude that is bananas! do you put that stuff in the motors as well?

Dielectric grease on the connectors would be good too. Used in automotive applications to waterproof electricals.

Have you noticed any issues with the transmission after coating? What are your thoughts on it interfering with the gps and other signals?

your quad sounds great and there is so few wind noise. How do you do this?

awwe, he loves to play in the snow

Omg u are crazy good at flying!

Hi Samm I was wondering : what are you doing for the fpv antenna and (fpv) connector?

MG Chemicals is about 5Km from my home ...great place and awesome PLA :)

Outstanding job thank you for posting.

What type of camera you use into your drone ? And it is possible to save video from a fpv camera ? Because I have a quadcopter with a Fpv system and a CCD camera, can I save the video from the CCD camera to memory card ?

Will the spray version work just the same as the version you used? All the liquid versions are out of stock.

I use plasti dip on my circuit boards. Its rubber feel like material but its in liquid form when applied so it makes like one thick rubber mat over the board. Its also easy to peel of since mine is black (u can get other colors too, to mach your build) Its cost effective, my jar cost like 35 euros and its half liter and it is going to last me forever. It is also much better in my opinion to have some solid color than transparent since in that way you can be sure that every component on your circuit board is covered with it. It also doesn't ruin your welder tips since you can peel it off if needed and be sure there is none of it left on the solder joint section.

I always wondered about resoldering after applying conformal coating - thanks for the tip at 1:33. That powerline at 4:37 must be hard to see while night flying.

Are you using Dji's zenmuse x5 camera/gimbal for the camera on the drone?

Great pilot man

Damn those quad angels !! 😂

Hi! Is it hard finish when it dry's?If it's not how do you manadge dust and dirt...?

hey whats up, im enjoying your Content, pretty decent! but im from Germany and i cant get this lubricant here in Germany this little bottle costs about 90$ and thats a way toooo much! You said that ist just like Nailpolish, can i use clear nailpolish to do that work? Another option for me is WD-40 Specialist Silikon Spray, a saw a vid and it worked... now my question what do you say or do you have a solution for me? -Jonny ;P

Great Tutorial Video, On how to Waterproof Electronics!.........................

How many packs to clear your drive of snow LOL, must get some of this very wet in the UK ;-)

Do I have to remove flux residues before applying conformal coating ?

Nice video :) what fpv googles you use? can you recommend some budget googles(150€)??

Awesome stuff. Will have to give it a go! Thanks!

Thanks for sharing the info.

Do you still put heatshrink over esc, vtx, receiver even after conformal coating?

awsome job u did there!

This is awesome, I am looking at building a quad and a plane for use above sea water (floats on both), would this stuff work for that too or would I need something stronger? I have seen CorrosionX being spoken about but that stuff is pretty expensive compared to this. Thanks

You're a mad lad! Love it.

May I keep that bottle SMCC #422B in the fridge or freezing it?? I am afraid my room temp. will be higher than normal, because my room has very high heat in winter! I read infor. on the label, but it did not say anything like "Do not freezing it". Would you like to give me the best idea? Thanks a lot!

Awesome just finished ordering some

Do you think using this waterproofing technique on a DJI drone is an option? I do waypoint long range low level high speed flights mostly over lakes.

I believe it's people that share your sense of where is an appropriate location fly that have led to model aviation becoming very close to illegal here in Canada.

really great flying!!!

Does it affect your transmitter signal or video signal when you fly from your car or its pretty much the same? its a nice way to keep your fingers warm great video mate!