Start flying FPV without having to sell a kidney to pay for it! BetaFPV Cetus X FPV drone kit
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- Getting into flying FPV drones doesn't have to cost you those precious kidneys just to pay for all of the expensive gear you need. You might have two of those things, but it is better to keep them for yourself. Today I am going to show you a complete FPV starter kit that can get you in the air fast and at a price that works for almost any budget, the BetaFPV Cetus X FPV kit.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:45 Gimme the deets
05:15 A look at the quad
09:20 How does it fly
13:47 A look at the radio
20:00 A look at the goggles
25:30 It comes with extras
27:53 Why would you buy it
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My daily driver 5" build:
Quadmula Siren F5 Split
iFlight Xing 2208 1800KV Motors
SpeedyBee F7 V3 Flight Controller
SpeedyBee 50A BLheli32 ESC
DJI O3 Air Unit and camera
CNHL Speedy Pizza 6S 1200mah
RCHackers 6S 1300mah
Ethix Rad Berry 5135 Props
My daily driver 3" build:
Quadmula Siren F3 Split
Emax Eco II 2004 3000kv Motors
Skystars F722 HD Pro flight controller
Skystars KM55A 55 amp BLheli32 ESC
DJI O3 Air Unit and camera
GNB 550mah 6S
HQ 3.1x3x4 props
My other gear:
Radiomaster TX16S
Radiomaster AG01 Gimbals
Thumb Grippies Pinch Sticks
DJI Goggles V2
iFlight Crystal DJI patch antenna
TrueRC Singularity omni antennas
Happymodel 2.4G ELRS Pro Module 
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I love this video! What I’ve noticed about the people that don’t like this drone is that they didn’t read the manual. All your information is dead on, thanks!
First 40 seconds of this video completely summed up my first 6 months in the FPV hobby. I, however, have absolutely zero regrets!
I think it is so awesome that everyone's FPV experience is so different! That is what makes this hobby great, all the little things that people do differently and how that impacts their whole journey. There aren't many things that can be so varied, but also bring a community together like FPV does and it always makes me smile a bit :)
this is the best you review I've seen, no one else talks about how you could eventually out grow it
Dude love this detailed video. Been really thinking of getting into the hobby but didn’t wanna sell one of my kidneys. This kit looks great and perfect to dip my toes into the hobby without breaking the bank. I used to be into rc helicopters and it’s been ages since I’ve flown anything because it was really expensive and I needed to stop spending so much at that time. Now I have a pretty good career that pays really well so been looking into getting into the air again and was thinking fpv because seeing the videos online makes it feel like you’re flying through the air in a jet fighter and that got my hyped. And it would also help with checking stuff in higher places for work and making home cinematic videos (but that’s for later when I get more trained with this kit to help me get better first). Keep up the great work with the videos man, liked and subscribed from me. Can’t wait to get this kit.
Rocking timing, I have about 4 different friends I’m trying to get into the hobby. This is exactly what they need
well there you go!!! There are some other kits down in this price range too, this one just has ELRS rather than FRsky so it can mayyyybe grow a little longer than the others. Not a half bad quad either considering my son hasn't totally demolished this one yet, and that boy has killed at least 10 drones in the past year, lol.
If anyone wants a kit like this, but doesn't quite have 290 dollars, the Tinyhawk 2 kit is equally awesome, extremely similar, and only costs like 200-210. Also, to Bacon Ninja, I was sad that I didn't see you at Rampage! Would love to get that greasy signature on my v2 goggles.
I hope to go to rampage some day....but it is likely that it will be one of those things where I have to wait for the kids to get a bit older first. Once my son can share that rampage experience with me, you better bet we are both making that super long drive! lol. Plus, by then he will totally be ripping harder than I ever could.
This is an awesome video for a newbie, thanks!
Thank you mate! Just bought this kit to start my journey into FPV and stumbled over your video. Great content!
I really hope you enjoy it!!! Should be everything you need to dip your toes into this crazy FPV stuff, and even get you in the water down to your ankles in some situations :)
I got this kit for christmas and after upgrading the video antennas on both goggles and drone, I immediately replaced the radio. The radio is even worse than you stated if you want to do simulators and run Linux. Because they didn't define the usb settings correctly, it does two fun things: it only shows 7 axes instead of the 8 it does in windows, and the missing one changes at random every time you plug it in. I found their code on github, and even though I've never messed with usb hid definitions before you could see the obvious copy/paste hack job they did in the code. I managed to get them to compile a test version of my fix that always reports the 8 axes which is buried in the comments on github, but it still randomly changes the order. I'm pretty sure I could fix that too but I had such a horrible experience working with their customer support over the issue where they kept demanding that I make a youtube video showing that their code was wrong so I just gave up on them and got a Jumper T-Lite V2.
I started the hobby with the BetaFPV Lite starter kit 2. Then I upgraded to the Cetus Pro, and now I got an HX115 which is my first large actual freestyle drone and not a tiny whoop
Just got my Cetus X (ELRS) last week! I picked it up based on some of your videos and the videos of Captain Drone
hopefully you are enjoying it!!! I can say this quad has lasted far longer than my first quad did, lol. One pole took an arm out on the Novice IV that I picked up, and the Cetus has met many more poles than that.
I have the Cetus pro, its awesome!
I think this kit its a great option for some who wats learn fpv great video thank you.
I always appreciate you stopping by :)
That's great flight time.
I started with the new kit 2 years ago. Loved it.. Wore it out.... Upgraded.
yeah, upgrading is a necessity for this one at some point. I got my first gear in a kit too...the quad only lasted a week, but the radio and goggles are still rocking as daily drivers for my kids! This one is great for learning on and then handing off to someone else who wants to learn which is kind of a cool take on it. Spread that FPV love :)
@@BaconNinjaFPV what I see as an improvement over the Beta75 I flew is the frame.
I bought so.. Many.. Frames..
😂 I have a box of damaged frames and a bag of brand new props.
The gimbals lasted as long as you would expect a potentiometer to last under extreme conditions
(Daily all day).
The goggles still worked when I put them away.
Love this kit! This is what got me into the hobby. First time I flew it, the rush was so intense and my heart was pounding so hard, I knew I had to start building asap. Currently working on swapping the hardware into a BetaFPV Meteor85 frame. Hopefully it'll fly a bit better.
If you haven’t ordered that frame already I would recommend swapping it to a micro carbon fiber frame open prop is so much fun that’s what I did for my Cetus x I put it in an Odonata hd frame retuned it got bigger props and it ripped very well I should try and fix that thing so I can fly it again it feels like my 3in apex
I see so many parts swaps with these things after the learning process, and I think that is great! I am also going agree with Fllow on having a little open prop carbon frame for it like the Odonata since they are just a ton of fun :)
I sadly already sold my Kidney. :(
I'm out one arm and one leg. At least I got to choose which ones though.
😂😂 I sold my Girlfriend
@@JustKeepLivingFPV nice!
@@FlyZoneFpv there are many of those, i gues
I kept my kidney but I sold my soul. Oops!
Great review. I started with the geprc tinygo kit like that . I handed the goggles down to my 6 year old and bought him a tango2 and a geprc thinking p16 to go with it.. I think its a good way to get started especially if you don't have a friend are someone to guide you In the beginning . I never could get the sim to work for me...
Everyone learns differently, and some people prefer just jumping in with a quad and taking the crashes....which can get super expensive, lol. At least with something like this it doesn't hurt so bad if it gets killed in a crash, and so far this one has taken all the abuse my 5 year old can throw at it without so much as a prop change, lol. Even my Tiny Hawk 2 made me change the props every week or so from getting chipped up in crashes, but I guess these big whopping ducts are doing their job!
My first fpv drone was cetus x.. really durable drone, crash and learned from it, now I have another whoop upgraded version better than cetus x, but still a whopp..
it is definitely something you grow out of, but for all the crashes that come with learning it seems to be a champ! I gave it back to my son this weekend and he has put at least another 50 crashes on it since then with no breakage. Always nice to plow something relatively cheap into those beginner trees...and walls...and poles...and concrete, lol.
i hit a pole 30 min ago now my camera signal is gone, still getting OSD@@BaconNinjaFPV
New subscriber here. I've been thinking of getting this drone as my first, I'm disabled and live in my 1967 GM çity transit bus and I have been into RC everything since about 1980, I was 8 years old when I got my first Team Associated RC10 buggy, and since then I've had cars, planes, helicopters and now I want to get into drones
Betafpv makes nice stuff. This kit is great to get in the hobby. Sadly everything in the hobby is getting too expensive
that's no lie....even in my time things have gotten more expensive, and compared to 5 years ago things have gotten down right crazy.
Facts mate and the big channels also seem to think teens can afford digital! Their smugness will literally be their downfall when hardly anyone is coming through if they don’t start talking about analog and helping r&d 👍🤝
@@BaconNinjaFPV And that's entirely due to certain restrictions in the past 3 years. We can't just put the entire world on "pause" and think we're not gionna suffer the consequences later...
Very good starter kit and it’s also very good for when you feel ready to swap the components into a micro frame retune it and rip it open prop outside that’s what I did with mine and it was a solid 2s ripper with the Odonata hd frame but sadly my vtx has exploded
I have seen a bunch of people swapping the parts over into something else!! They seem to have quite a bit of fun with them.
i ordered a twiglet 2.5" frame, you think it will rip?
I bought and I have flown it and it's fun
Igor the Cetus x about 5 months ago, it was the best decision I still have it, broke the camera and frame and I replace it, upgrade the antena to a RHCP, Tolstoy recommend it
Did some research and got a good pid tune to no have the wobble
I kinda regretted buying the Cetus X. There are some reasons for this, to start off, I got the Cetus X ELRS, by itself, Jumper T-Lite controller and EV800D goggles, those two work perfectly. The drone has had multiple things break, the camera isnt very durable, the screws snap off every once in a while, camera is a stack so it overheats, and you cant buy just the VTX or camera if one breaks. And they don't really sell that camera stack. There were a few good things like durability, but the flight wasn't very good, in my opinion at least. It had lots of prop was, so not good for very much freestyle, it isn't meant for a camera so not very good at cinematic, and it could have been better. I feel like it falls just between good and bad, its an alright quad, but I think getting a controller and finding what type of flight you want, such as racing, get a meteor 65/75 or mobula 6/7/8 or something, cinematic get one of the countless 2.5-3.5 or even 5 inch quads out there. Currently I have my Cetus X taken apart as a test quad, designing a new frame (not the best so far), and I feel a more niched-in drone would perform way better for ones needs, or get like a Cetus Pro, I don't see the point in the Cetus X, everyone says its amazing and the best beginner quad, but being a beginner, I very quickly leveled up from it, and within 3 months I already had to upgrade.
I guess I texted too soon, you covered my question . It’s too bad they don’t make a small one similar that will work with the dji goggles 2. A small one about that size would be fun to fly around the outside of the house on the days that you are at home.
I'm still using all the parts of it after 6 months. The radio is good (If BETAFPV provides the radio with ELRS updates which is still not the case for ELRS 3.0 but is supposed to come soon...), I don't think you can get much better with a high investment. I will still probably switch to a Radiomaster Boxer in the long term. But the LiteRadio can last a long time until you might want a little more functionality and a bit more professional handling. Even if you switch to 5 inch and a little smaller to digital, the goggles are still good for whoops usable, since digitalization on Tiny whoops probably will take longer... And the Cetus X can be easily converted to a Meteor85 or a Twiglet toohpick with carbon frame which are better for acrobatic tricks...
I really appreciate this feedback! :) I suspected there were a few people out there making use of the kit for a while even though more premium components are available. I didn't see any reason why you couldn't keep using it for things until the money lines up for buying the nicer things. I also see a ton of people doing that conversion to the Cetus X after they start flying other quads!
Awesome flying and review, dude! 😃
It seems like a pretty interesting kit indeed!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thank you sir! I wish it handled being upside down a bit better, lol..but for learning on upside down is usually a bad thing anyway.
Would you say this is the best beginner fpv drone kit or do you recommend another one?
I have the cetus x kit, and I have only one issue with the cables.
This is the 3 time that the cable just torn apart from the battery thing (except the fact that the drone fell from 90 meters at the last time🤭)
So..
How can i secure the cables?
Hello, what's more future proof in terms of the goggles and radio when you compare, Cetus X kit with Whoopfly 16 analog kit ?
If you got a digital headset for better video quality could you pair it with this controller and drone? How does that work? Also can you use a sim with this controller?
I wish I could get one...
I am giving one away in the next couple of days! I have a vid up, one of the newest ones, about the massive give away I have going on.
But I heard the goggles won’t fit if you wear glasses. I wear glasses, what did you do?
I'm planning to buy this cetus x, but I could use another googles like ev800? and another radio like jumper t pro?
You absolutely could use any analog goggle with a standard 5.8ghz RF receiver in them and any radio with ELRS as long as you get the Cetus X Betaflight version since the Cetus version has FrSky as the radio protocol instead.
I started on a betafpv kit; I would not recommend it; you'll grow out of it quick within month, and end up spending more in the long run.
Might as well get a good controller and a sim. Then, a bnf and used googles.
a good controller and a sim is a great way!! You absolutely will grow out of this one, no doubt. That does depend on the pilot though and some people will take more time with this one than others. I grew out of my beginner stuff pretty quick, but I made myself hold on to using the controller and goggles for 6 months or so just so I could learn to fly on low end gear and not lean on any of the good stuff down the road.
@@BaconNinjaFPV That's a good point; I;ve had two friends who I got into the hobby and both of them I recommend the betafpv pro kit and within three to four weeks they were looking to upgrade. I guess it depends how hard the fpv gas syndrome hits ya.
I still have the betafpv controlelr; I usually lend it to people who want to learn and have them just get a sim.
I loved my X's.
However, I went through 2 of them, all of their vtx's overheated, even on 25mw.
oh man, that isn't fun at all! I haven't had any issues with the one in my unit overheating, but then again I get to test such a small sample size when I try a product out that it is totally possible I never see an issue come up in some places. I did put a bunch of packs on mine over quite a few weeks and I did wind up leaving it powered up while I went to walk and pick it up quite a few times with no issues. Must be something with how the VTX is built onto the back of the camera board. I could see that making it a tad hotter than the typical whoop VTX install.
I have a Cetus x and the camera stopped transmitting images. What could have happened? How do I test and locate the defect? Can you help me?
hmmmm, there could be a lot going on there! On the Cetus X the camera is attached to the VTX so there won't be any cables running between the two causing issues, but one good thing to start with is do you get OSD in the goggles? If you do get OSD but a black screen other than that, there could be issues with cable feeding video out of the FC back into the VTX. If you get no OSD at all and everything is black, then it could be the camera, the vtx, or the wire feeding video into the FC which gets a bit more complicated.
Tbh I just want to know if I get this kit can I build off it like upgrade the whoops range use a different remote/goggles down the line you know stuff like that I mainly want to fly indoors I know I’ll at some point I’ll have to buy more drones that are more expensive but for now I just want to get the best affordable analog whoop so I can learn irl
That is a great question! So...upgrading the whoop is mostly limited to motor swaps as the radio receiver is built onto the main board and the VTX is built onto the camera. As for the rest of the kit, you absolutely can throw a module in the back of the radio and upgrade to a newer version of ELRS (the internal is limited to only 2.X) or run a different protocol. It won't be a great forever radio, but you could get by with it for a while until you got something with better sticks. The goggles will work for a while as well, they are just kind of small but will work with any moder analog quad!
@@BaconNinjaFPV thank you so much you’re actually the first person to reply to me and give me information about the hobby thank you 😁👍👍
whoops are measured motor post to motor post, so a 75mm whoop uses 40mm props, not 75mm props, 75mm is 3 inches, 65mm is 2.55 inches. and a 65mm whoop certainly does not have 2.5 inch props
I was waiting on someone to catch that!! I always leave one in there :p
Greetings, I like the content of your videos and among your videos I am looking for help to know why when I accelerate the motor it works normally but when I lower the revolutions to zero the motor begins to accelerate on its own to the point that I have to disarm the drone because it does not respond. It is my first drone, maybe I configured something in BF incorrectly but I don't know what, although I use an elrs 500 preset from BF. betafpv elrs superD receiver, FC mamba h743, betafpv 1w module, radiomaster tx16s. Battery 4s. What can I do so that the motors do not accelerate only when I remove the acceleration in the control????
there could be a few things going on with that one. First one would be a PID tune that is too hot for the filters you are running. If there is too much noise getting to the gyro it can cause an oscillation loop that presents itself like a throttle run away. Usually that would happen either immediately when you hit the throttle or at mid to high throttle though. It is more likely that you either have too much KV on the motors for the pack voltage and need to run a motor output limit, or that your motor idle speeds are too high and it is causing unexpected behavior at low throttle. I would either try setting your motor output limit to 90%, backing off of your dynamic idle (if you are using dynamic idle), or lowering your idle percent by about 15% to see if that helps.
@@BaconNinjaFPV Appreciate your time for answer me sooner possible, I'll going to check that things on the PID of BF we see what happens... Thanks a lot....😁
So, my Mobula7 HDZero 2-3S died and now I looking for drone to replace it with. Do you have any sugestions? It doesn't have to be a whoop but something easy to handle. :)
I would honestly go for something like the Darwin baby ape! It is relatively cheap, has some upgrade paths, and will probably work with the batteries you already have for the mob 7!
@@BaconNinjaFPV Thank you!
Any good HDZero choices around you have heard of?
need i a betaflight for cetus x becuse i dont have computer to install
If you have a phone capable of using the speedy bee app and USB OTG capability on it, then I would still go betaflight for the flexibility in the future. If not though, the Cetus version is a solid option with just a little bit more limitation. The real down side to the Cetus version is that it comes with an FrSky control link in the radio rather than ELRS and that is much more limiting to the life span of your gear in my opinion since it isn't really considered a solid control link option for bigger quads anymore.
how does it compare to the tinyhawk 3?
the TH3 is a great little quad! One thing this kit does have a leg up with though is that the betaflight version of it is based around ExpressLRS rather than FrSky. Having that compatibility with other quads (even if it does mean a module to run newer versions) gives it a little longer lifespan if someone needed it to. I would love to see Emax put out an ELRS version of their starter kits to catch up on that part of the market!
@@BaconNinjaFPV ohhh that's a good point! Outside of that, performance-wise, are they pretty similar?
18:20 So... Doesn't that mean BetaFPV are violating the GPL here?
Their radio firmware is closed source, but does include ELRS as an open source package....it is kind of a grey (maybe not so grey) area that I really wish we could get some more clarity on from them. I wish they would just open source their radio firmware and call it a day, or implement some EdgeTX build for it that would solve the whole issue.
@@BaconNinjaFPV Yup. Definitely really annoying when a manufacturer that's gained so much from selling open-source-running hardware keeps code for themselves, especially if it's in a GPL-violating way...
Do you need a ham technician license to fly this drone?
the drone is about 60 grams 90 with battery
I think you're one of the best content creators, but please, no more silly thumbnails.
I really appreciate the feedback!!! I will see what I can do on them in the future :)
Wdym silly bru watch if you like or go a away
Still pretty pricey! Wait till you start breaking things. Not sure if this is a good 1st drone for a brand fpv wannabe. PS: rear men throw out the manual...1980 tv.... 90's was the bomb! Your house is a pig sty.
My buddy had cetus kit and the controller build quality in the ginbals was awful....like it had elbo expo. Flew great in angle mode but as soon as you went to acro, full stick deflection caused the quad to go schitzo. Tried calibrating and no dice
I really did expect that a bit more in the radio, but mine seems to be a little less flexy than I had imagined. I think they have done some recent gimbal design reviews since they offer better gimbals in versions of the Lite Radio 3 now. They are still kind of gritty, and clearly plastic internals with potentiometers, but I didn't have any occasions where I felt it flex in a way I didn't expect.
@@BaconNinjaFPV agreed. It flew well in angle mode which is fine as generally I'm not doing many Flippy flops. 1s 300mah don't seem to be designed for all that. I have done power loops but bottoming out was always a struggle. Good chat and content brother