roninUAV :: Official Thread

[the.ronin]

Huge thanks to Robbed for giving me the heads up on this!!  Gal Kremer gave the Ronin Mk2 some airtime!!  (starting at 1:03:00)

https://youtu.be/MC7c4aL1a84?t=3780

I'd preface that I approached quite a few reviewers to see if they would review the Ronin Mk2.  Only Gal and TweetFPV accepted.  Now having been in a couple completely unrelated industries where I found myself needing to lean on the graciousness of others, I can tell you with a high degree of confidence that there's a LOT of talk of "helping out the little guy" and a *laughably* disproportionate amount of action.  Not to mention the fact that these guys are two of the leading FPV reviewers they clearly are not want of products to review.  So I think that speaks volumes about their integrity to even give me the time of day.  

[kaitylynn]

Love the comments...might have to change your handle to "This Guy"

[the.ronin]

LOL ... hardly. It's people like you and others here who got me to the Mk2 which in turn gave me enough confidence to even approach reviewers like Gal. *Thank you!*

[the.ronin]

Siiicckkk   ...



TweetFPV also let me see a early peak of his review video and ... well, I looked like this:  

Of course right on the eve of Chinese New Years, my dudes in China messed up my already FedExed order which is actually quite rare.  So the last 12 hours was a little hectic and *heavy* on the email sparring and negotiations.   In the end all got fixed and everyone loves each other again.  Yay for small business lol.  

[the.ronin]

 

[iFly4rotors]

Hi Ronin,

TweetFPV did you a solid. That is an EXCELLENT review. 

I viewed his review on YouTube in order to comment which I did.

Keep Up the GOOD WORK  

[hugnosed_bat]

very nice reciews!
i miss one by oscar !? :-)

[Rob3ddd]

Great review!!

[the.ronin]

I saw that one, iFly ... thank you man!!

i miss one by oscar !? :-)

I'm glad you asked that. I never asked Oscar for a review. The reason is that I wanted to see if my stuff could stand on its own two feet. I can tell you now after the fact that the answer to that question is ... barely lol. I approached *a lot* of people to review the Ronin Mk2. Only 2 accepted. In my defense though and given the traction my frames have gotten, I suspect at least some of that was the lack of any direct or indirect monetary incentives whether that be affiliate links or what not. I was kinda bummed about that but also not very surprised.

Which is why my respect for TweetFPV and Gal Kremer went up a couple notches as they clearly are not cut from that cloth. And the "well they have daytime jobs" excuse doesn't cut it - many folks I approached were in the same position (and with far fewer subscribers) and were not so ... open minded, shall we say.

[wllmlutz]

Hell yeah! That's badass man! Gal Kramer building your frame. I love that frame too. I've beat that guy up man and it's still going. In fact I'm the beginning of my last visit I'm chasing a bird with my MK2 build.

[the.ronin]

Whattt ...  



https://roninuav.creator-spring.com/

[the.ronin]

How this didn't get auto flagged I have no idea LOLL.  I put "FPV Pilot" in a little red box on a white shirt and called it the "Supreme tee" and it wouldn't even let me upload it lol.

[the.ronin]

Ok last ones I swear lol   Just having too much fun with the graphic design.  It's one of my other passions.      But this time I can't afford models so this will have to do.  

[iFly4rotors]

So, since those are not models...are those people wearing the shirts your friends ??

[the.ronin]

iFly, no ... they are precanned images where the design is simply placed over the image.  I will share my secrets with you ...

So basically, the "print on demand" (POD) service I am using for this is Teespring (which a lot of FPV people use).  But it does not have this functionality where it can overlay your designs onto pre-fabbed pictures of models.  Another POD called Printful does.  However, Printful does not offer a storefront like Teespring and I don't want to integrate my own website into their service because it is a royal pain.  So I am using Teespring to actually design, manufacture and sell the shirts.  But I am using Printful to made these so called "mockups" which I then add some ronin-magic to get to the pictures I posted above.  Here is what this mockup page looks like on Printful ...



The tech has improved a lot.  Before on earlier PODs like Cafe Press, it was a literal cut and paste of the image onto the prefab model picture.  But now I notice it actually bends the image depending on the posture of the model.  Man, I'd hate to be a model these days lol. 

With that said, I did launch my own surf brand in another life (before Covid decided to kill it).  I contracted models and did the photo shoots.  Frankly, they were some of the hardest working, scrappiest young people I met.  They really left quite an impression on me.  This was filmed on a DJI Mavic Air held in my hand LOL ...



So yea ... I have a little bit of experience in shirts.