Absolutely. I was also thinking about creating an in-depth guide as a beginning into FPV with Simulators, and explaining everything, including how to fly, practice, hold the controller, pinch vs thumb, etc. At this time, I am at work but ping me back later today or these days and I can write you a few tips.
Hi. I’m a retired person who is curious whether having a drone for a hobby would be interesting. Can you recommend any drones which can get a beginner started, and are compatible with this simulator? I’m looking for something to see if I have the aptitude without sinking a fortune into it until I can learn the basics. Thank you for any advice.
Hi, of course. I have to introduce you to this hobby first, to make sure you will pick the right side of it, and the right drone based on that. There are two core categories where drones come into play: 1. The standard drones - as the ones we know to fly, photograph, smooth record, are safer to fly and require less skill to fly them. 2. The FPV Drones - they are more complex, and dynamic, require practising in simulators for many hours and learning an entire new skill to fly them - but they're adrenaline rush (racing, freestyle). ...Therefore, - In the first scenario, standard drones are what most people know of. They come at many prices from under $100 to thousands. A decent one can be found above $300, but now around black Friday, they are a bit cheaper. These have a great battery life, can be flown by almost anyone, and it's something perfect if you're looking to capture some photo memories on a trip, beach, mountain area, etc. - endless possibilities. But these drones, what 90% of people know of, are those that can hover, return to the takeoff point, with an adjustable camera, etc (I'm sure I can give a better explanation of this, as I'm extremely tired at the time I write this reply.). But anyway, search on RUclips, for instance, DJI Mini 3 Pro. That should give you an idea. (Not saying yet to buy this one.) - In the second scenario, we have the FPV drones (first-person view). The beauty of FPV is that you can see everything live with a headset on, VR-like experience, as you're there in the air. They're adrenaline rush, for sure. But they can get extremely complex to fly, they have no safety features - fully manual - and to simply fly, you need to learn the complexity of stick movements, to expect a monthly budget allocation to them (as you will as everyone, crash them often - to repair), yes, you may need to know to learn to fix, repair them (like change arms, motor, frame, ESC, flight controller, soldering parts, etc.) - but that's just the far end of FPV. With FPV, you can race at high speeds and reach extreme speeds in less than a second,, do freestyle tricks and cinematic flights. Of course, there's the part of FPV with cinewhoops for slow smooth flights and micro drones, but that's another story. And another area to mention is charging and maintaining pure Lipo batteries with no safety behind them, it is quite dangerous and is definitely not plug-and-charge. --- Now, there's newly, a 3rd part I didn't mention yet: The hybrid (between standard and FPV) And that would be for instance the DJI Avata 2. In this instance, you can switch from Normal mode (flying like a standard drone) to sport and Manual Mode (Flying like an FPV drone, manually). Yet, you can take advantage of the live view via the FPV GOggles although you can fly them in normal mode. They are versatile, safe (safer than just dealing with an FPV drone stress, especially with the batteries, but not as safe as some known DJI standard drones with obstacle avoidance sensors and so on...) and still can fly them from one end to another. There are some downsides as well, like - they're not meant for photography, so that's going to be a poor experience (FPV is not for photography overall), they still have the limitation imposed by DJI software, and the lowest low is that if you crash it in FPV mode, this you can't fix it (or at least very unlikely) so you have to send it back to DJI. But it's fun. I will definitely need to know more info, how much you want to invest and which area of the hobby you're interested. Every area has advantages and disadvantages, but what you've seen here in this video relates to pure FPV drone flights, and it's a way to learn and practice before flying outdoors. And I forgot to add a note - this simulator, as well as other ones, will only require an FPV remote controller to connect it to the PC and can be practised with no issues - no drone is needed for that. Please let me know so I can give you some recommendations based on what I know about drones (and don't worry, I'm not sharing any affiliate links or asking anything in return. I just love helping anyone around this hobby, as most of us, are united and passionate.)
@ Once I realized that flying the FPV drones used VR goggles, I became worried. I tried a VR game at a friend’s house and got a severe case of vertigo. I couldn’t rip the goggles off fast enough. I’m willing to try again. I hope it was the cartoonish nature of the images which disoriented me. That a real or real-looking world will be acceptable to my brain. But, I believe I want to start with the non-FPV kind. The kind I can take photos with. I live in Arizona, and we have interesting scenery I would like to capture. For the simulator, I was looking at maybe getting a Radiomaster Pocket ELRS controller. Would it be compatible?
@@keithneal1309 True. The only standalone versions are Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing and Liftoff: Micro Drones. These two are 2 different simulators. Everything else (afaik) are only addons for the Liftoff FPV Drone Racing. It can be so confusing...true!
I thought I did. I do apologise if I didn’t. It’s a desktop with i7 CPU 12th gen, 16gb RAM, Nvidia 3060 12gb video card and 512gb SSD. I will soon update the description with the precise specs
It’s a simulator found on ‘Steam’; you do need the Steam app and an account with them. It can be found and purchase there. Furthermore, you will also need an FPV remote controller to be able to practice. The worst case scenario, you can start with an xbox or playstation controller. Start from there; it’s not difficult to get to this point. And sorry if that wasn’t clear or mentioned all these details.
Do you have any tips or tricks for beginners? How to hold the controller, how to plan movements, etc etc
Absolutely. I was also thinking about creating an in-depth guide as a beginning into FPV with Simulators, and explaining everything, including how to fly, practice, hold the controller, pinch vs thumb, etc.
At this time, I am at work but ping me back later today or these days and I can write you a few tips.
Great video. I’m a beginner and this helped a lot. Please make more videos!
Hi. I’m a retired person who is curious whether having a drone for a hobby would be interesting.
Can you recommend any drones which can get a beginner started, and are compatible with this simulator?
I’m looking for something to see if I have the aptitude without sinking a fortune into it until I can learn the basics. Thank you for any advice.
Hi, of course. I have to introduce you to this hobby first, to make sure you will pick the right side of it, and the right drone based on that.
There are two core categories where drones come into play:
1. The standard drones - as the ones we know to fly, photograph, smooth record, are safer to fly and require less skill to fly them.
2. The FPV Drones - they are more complex, and dynamic, require practising in simulators for many hours and learning an entire new skill to fly them - but they're adrenaline rush (racing, freestyle).
...Therefore,
- In the first scenario, standard drones are what most people know of. They come at many prices from under $100 to thousands. A decent one can be found above $300, but now around black Friday, they are a bit cheaper. These have a great battery life, can be flown by almost anyone, and it's something perfect if you're looking to capture some photo memories on a trip, beach, mountain area, etc. - endless possibilities. But these drones, what 90% of people know of, are those that can hover, return to the takeoff point, with an adjustable camera, etc (I'm sure I can give a better explanation of this, as I'm extremely tired at the time I write this reply.). But anyway, search on RUclips, for instance, DJI Mini 3 Pro. That should give you an idea. (Not saying yet to buy this one.)
- In the second scenario, we have the FPV drones (first-person view). The beauty of FPV is that you can see everything live with a headset on, VR-like experience, as you're there in the air. They're adrenaline rush, for sure. But they can get extremely complex to fly, they have no safety features - fully manual - and to simply fly, you need to learn the complexity of stick movements, to expect a monthly budget allocation to them (as you will as everyone, crash them often - to repair), yes, you may need to know to learn to fix, repair them (like change arms, motor, frame, ESC, flight controller, soldering parts, etc.) - but that's just the far end of FPV. With FPV, you can race at high speeds and reach extreme speeds in less than a second,, do freestyle tricks and cinematic flights. Of course, there's the part of FPV with cinewhoops for slow smooth flights and micro drones, but that's another story. And another area to mention is charging and maintaining pure Lipo batteries with no safety behind them, it is quite dangerous and is definitely not plug-and-charge.
--- Now, there's newly, a 3rd part I didn't mention yet: The hybrid (between standard and FPV) And that would be for instance the DJI Avata 2. In this instance, you can switch from Normal mode (flying like a standard drone) to sport and Manual Mode (Flying like an FPV drone, manually). Yet, you can take advantage of the live view via the FPV GOggles although you can fly them in normal mode. They are versatile, safe (safer than just dealing with an FPV drone stress, especially with the batteries, but not as safe as some known DJI standard drones with obstacle avoidance sensors and so on...) and still can fly them from one end to another. There are some downsides as well, like - they're not meant for photography, so that's going to be a poor experience (FPV is not for photography overall), they still have the limitation imposed by DJI software, and the lowest low is that if you crash it in FPV mode, this you can't fix it (or at least very unlikely) so you have to send it back to DJI. But it's fun.
I will definitely need to know more info, how much you want to invest and which area of the hobby you're interested. Every area has advantages and disadvantages, but what you've seen here in this video relates to pure FPV drone flights, and it's a way to learn and practice before flying outdoors.
And I forgot to add a note - this simulator, as well as other ones, will only require an FPV remote controller to connect it to the PC and can be practised with no issues - no drone is needed for that.
Please let me know so I can give you some recommendations based on what I know about drones (and don't worry, I'm not sharing any affiliate links or asking anything in return. I just love helping anyone around this hobby, as most of us, are united and passionate.)
@ Once I realized that flying the FPV drones used VR goggles, I became worried. I tried a VR game at a friend’s house and got a severe case of vertigo. I couldn’t rip the goggles off fast enough.
I’m willing to try again. I hope it was the cartoonish nature of the images which disoriented me. That a real or real-looking world will be acceptable to my brain.
But, I believe I want to start with the non-FPV kind. The kind I can take photos with. I live in Arizona, and we have interesting scenery I would like to capture.
For the simulator, I was looking at maybe getting a Radiomaster Pocket ELRS controller. Would it be compatible?
does the dji RCN2 Controller work with it? what a controller do you use? best regards!
Hi, no, it won’t work (as expected). You need to have an FPV controller.
The one I used is the DJI FPV Remote Controller 2.
But which one is this? Cause none of these seem to be called 'Lift-off Simulator'. Is this 'Lift-off Drone racing''?
That's the one: Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing - They've used to call it just Liftoff. But yes, the Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing is the Liftoff Simulator
mannn i was looking for the same question they got like 4 different versions 😂
@@keithneal1309 True. The only standalone versions are Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing and Liftoff: Micro Drones. These two are 2 different simulators.
Everything else (afaik) are only addons for the Liftoff FPV Drone Racing.
It can be so confusing...true!
@@fpvsimulators thanks
could you mention your PC specs too.
I thought I did. I do apologise if I didn’t.
It’s a desktop with i7 CPU 12th gen, 16gb RAM, Nvidia 3060 12gb video card and 512gb SSD. I will soon update the description with the precise specs
But how the fcuk do you even start/connect with Liftoff?
It’s a simulator found on ‘Steam’; you do need the Steam app and an account with them. It can be found and purchase there.
Furthermore, you will also need an FPV remote controller to be able to practice. The worst case scenario, you can start with an xbox or playstation controller.
Start from there; it’s not difficult to get to this point.
And sorry if that wasn’t clear or mentioned all these details.
Is it available for windows?
Yes, it is
what simulator call
It’s the Liftoff Simulator, to practice and learn flying FPV drones. Can be found on Steam
Is this Mike Tyson talking?
Ahaha I wish. No; is the only video I’ve tried to synthesise my voice through AI so it would be easier maybe to understand (not sure it is though)
You definitely thought you were gonna get thousands of likes for this lol
Neh. I never had high expectations. This was more like pursuing a solution as some people struggle to understand my voice.