I Built a (Better) Flying Car! (eVTOL) Flight Test - Part 7

"Drone Builders" Discord Server:   / discord   In this video I finally got the "Spider" drone flying! It still needs some tuning (as all my builds always do), but we're off to a great start! Parts used in this "Flying Car" build: 16 x Tmotor U8II 100kv (only 8 have power rn) 8 x T-motor 28" Carbon Fiber CF Propellers Pixhawk Cube Orange Flight Controller Tattu 16,000 mAh 12s LiPo Battery Lots of 30mm carbon fiber tubes, 1" square aluminum tubing, bolts, wires and 3D printed parts #drone #evtol #flyingcar #opensauce #opensauce2025 Chapters: 0:00 Wiring the Drone 0:38 First Power Test 0:55 Next Steps to Fly 2:05 ADHD 2:53 Final Assembly 4:13 Propeller Test 5:02 Melted 3D Prints 6:29 PLA vs ABS Heat Experiment 7:08 CNC Aluminum Plates 8:50 Drone Flight Test 12:09 Thrust to Weight Ratio 12:48 Open Sauce 2025 13:04 Flying Car Upgrades 13:53 Michael Reeves 14:02 Pikachu 14:14 Final Flight - - - - - - - - - Keywords: FPV, DJI, Mavic, eVTOL, fpv drone, fpv goggles, Ardupilot, Arducopter, Mission Planner, QGroundControl, PX4, PixHawk, Cube, Matek, CubePilot, Betaflight, PID tuning, PWM signal, flip, waypoints, quadcopter, quad, hexacopter, octocopter, multicopter, multirotor, UAV, UAS, Part 107, Part 108, Part 135, 44807, FAA, license, fixed wing, manned drone ​ People I made fun of in this video: ‪@MichaelReeves‬ People I met at Open Sauce 2025: ‪@alanzeekk‬ ‪@Vsauce‬ ‪@colinfurze‬ ‪@PeterSripol‬ DISCLAIMER: This video is for educational purposes only. Building and operating an eVTOL like this could lead to you or others getting hurt, so if you pursue such a project, you do so at your own risk. DON'T BE STUPID