FPV- WHAT I WISH SOMEONE TOLD ME FIRST
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- DO NOT START FPV DROENS IN 2024 without watching this first. The best drone advice you will hear for beginners and trying to get the best drone of 2024 including the best value drone.
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just wanted to say thanks for continuing your videos like you have.
Thanks so much mate. Really appreciate it. Hopefully it helps people fly safe and get more out of the hobby.
Money money money money that's what fpv is about lol
save your money. you dont need the best gear to fly
@@UAVfuturesfull ACK. I am flying since 2 month and I‘m flying with used gear. The whole quad (5“, 4S) was 60€.
I started with a 5 inch and quickly realised it was the wrong decision. Too much power too small a space to fly in ( well learn in), so I got a TinyHawk 2 and that taught me how to fly. Stu is correct.
Hi Stew, I came into quads, after 50 years of flying RC airplanes, and I still wish we had Sims when I started. It saves money, time, and headache. Thanks for the video and info
I had a great time learning how to fly using a Cetus X. I had flown a lot in a simulator before that and wanted something that wasn't just for indoor, something that could handle flying outside too and it has been great. It is still very light, very durable and flies well. I would highly recommend it, just make sure you get the betaflight version and definitely learn in a simulator first.
I still fly it for fun and just for practice, it is just so durable and easy enough to fly around a garden.
I totally agree about starting with something small though, so much less dangerous and it is so much easier to find somewhere to fly, especially somewhere fun. Scale is important with drones, for the Cetus X a decent garden is plenty space, for a cinewhoop you need something larger like a field or a park and for a larger quad or a camera drone like a mini 4 pro or similar you need even more space. Just being able to sit in the garden and fly the Cetus X was so good for learning, I didn't need to think of going anywhere and a smaller drone that is better suited for flying indoors would be even better and much easier to get more flight time in.
The voice of reason, highly appreciate it.
Incredibly well spoken. I nodded and agreed on all points. I’m brand new. A month in and I started on a Cetus x, moved onto the cineape25 paired with the same pocket RM and Eachine ev200d and I’m happy with my decisions. I’ve spent a lot of hours on the sim on less weather permitting days and I’m very impressed with the quality on my “budget products” lots of research and 3 days of figuring out how the hell to bind with ELRS. This video is very much needed for new comers like myself and I thank you! Keep on keeping on! New subscriber!
thanks mate and welcome to the hobby.
I started with the Cetus X too, it is a great drone to start with. It flies well, indoors and out and it is durable.
I started off by trying to build my own drone from scratch (as much as possible) during covid lockdowns, for a few years my controller was some spare part potentiometer based gimbals in a frame made of two sheets of wood which then got upgraded to a pretty badly 3D printed frame, this worked very well for over a hundred hours in simulators until the gimbals wore out, so thats when I decided to get a TX16S MK2, which is also when I got my first BNF. The AG01 gimbals would be nice but I could only justify them if I got to a point where the stock gimbals weren't good enough or I managed to wear out the stock gimbals.
Great tips! Had a scary flight with my 5 inch when I lost video and by the time I removed goggles and put my glasses on the drone was a long way off and heading towards houses, I did a big slow turn and was able to get orientation and head back.
lucky no one was hurt and your got it back.
Stu bless you mate - your kinda my mentor/guru and your sound advice is kindly welcomed by me - thank you!
Piloting the wizzard with a nirvana through ev 100s 😅that was me, squinting through a set of as you say fat shark killers😂
wow what a blast from the past, what year was this.
This could have not been presented any better....SO TRUE, FPV is amazing, Lots of great points made here. Anyone who has been in this hobby for a while, can totally relate! Cheers Stewy!
My whoop got caught up in the curtains😢
rip
I would liken the skill of flying a mini quad to learning to ride a bike, expect to fall and it might seem impossible at first but keep at it and it will feel quite easy, then you can start pushing yourself to do tricks.
The first thing I ordered when I started was a radio and used the old Freerider sim which gave me the muscle memory I needed while building my first miniquad. I built Stew’s first $99 build with the $6 racerstar motors and learned to fly with it.
If I was learning today I would start with a little 2.5 inch or whoop for sure. You won’t be able to get great footage with a GoPro until you’re more experienced IMO so it’s just another expensive thing to break or lose, you can record DVR to track your progress.
Here's my take on FPV. I started FPV without a SIM and I've still haven't flown on s SIM i started out with the baby hawk 2 HD and learned how to fly using Angle mode for the first 3 months until i got the hang of it. Then i went in an open field flew 200 feet up then switched it into acro mode then felt the difference and was like OMFG THIS IS AMAZING and realized i leveled up in the hobby and it felt amazing.
To every first time pilot get HD and start in angle mode and do exactly what i did then you'll feel the HIGH.
I'm on disability and the smaller the drones the cheaper the parts and never go cheap on anything cause word of thumb you get what you pay for then realize going cheap you'll lose quads in the process. I couldn't afford the $2000 laptop to fly Sims but you'll need a computer of some kind to do the configuration cause we didn't have speedybee app in 2019 and when the app did come out of didn't always work like you need it to. But betaflight has a debug version on github and that app is very good but it's not Bluetooth.
Excellent video and I find your enthusiasm for FPV uplifting. But it is important to temper people's excitement with your warnings in this video. I started flying 8 years ago with line of sight 'toy' brushed motor drones. They were very sad and fragile (and cheap) drones - but it was a great way to get "stick" time and build experience up to my FPV and camera drone current fleet! I subbed to DIYFPV a while ago - I hope it can go live soon.
not long now. check out the live stream on 9th of sept. got some cool DIYFPV things to show.
Great video Stewie!! ...I bought just a Jumper T-Lite radio many months ago and have been flying around in "Liftoff" and "Uncrashed" Simulators.
I've literally saved THOUSANDS wrecking Pixel Drones before I go physical 😁❤
This video is underrated, this should be the first video a new pilot watches before flying
I just jumped in, I researched and built my first drone (I flew "prebuilt walmart specials previously") I knew I was going to enjoy the hobby and dived right in..I treated my first drone like a baby learning had it for a year before the final crash and had to rebuild it
I spent 30 hours in the sim before flying. My first quad was a 5” and the hours in the sim helped sooo much. You are 💯 right in the respect thing. They are absolute weapons and need to be treated with care (not for the quad per se but for other people and surroundings)
I also agree its way harder then flying my potensic atom that's for sure the radio i got the tx16s mark2
Started with the tinyhawk2, it took me a while bouncing off the walls before I could buzz around my living room. And that's with years and years of gaming experience. Start humble!
It took me like 5 hours to beat the "fly straight forward" tutorial in liftoff. Shit is way harder than I would have ever imagined
Great tips Stew ,did you fly a whoop into ur face 😂😂😂😂 lip
Hey Stew, your videos recently started showing up again on my feed after years an inspired me to get the pocket controller. Now I i just need pick which SIM I should practice on before getting my first goggle and quad.
PZ63V-ZFKKG-IJM4B
60DBF-8GFTZ-86PH7
XBIDL-DQX3V-YVI9T
any sim is great. But here are some codes for one on steam if you need it.
Great video
Anything good Stew? Enjoy watching your videos.
100% Got an avata 2 killed it lol you need to respect these crazy machines.
I think you buy the thing you want .. I bought all the beginner gear then had to upgrade everything, That cost me more in the long run... I could see the Pocket being a solid keeper, a slow quad is just better to start with, you'll probably destroy it anyway, but for the radio and goggles just get what you want.. AG-01 gimbals are a luxury item though!!
I agree with what you’re saying but I also think the experience has to be first before having any true wants of any quality product. You can definitely want a certain something but I think it’s the vanity as opposed to functionality that catches the eyes. There’s nothing to gauge what’s good or bad you know? I switched from box goggles to diopters and now the question is do I have the lower/mid/high end diopters for the product year or did I buy something poopy? Idk lol but I love it
Ok…I’m a beginner. Great video and I appreciate your hard work and input. I started on Liftoff today with the Radiomaster Pocket 😅 very difficult! I wanted to use the Walksnail ecosystem but found a pair of New DJI V2 goggles for $200 and couldn’t pass it up, so now I’m stuck. I was looking at something like the Pavo 20 w/ DJI Air 03, or maybe a Mobula 8. I need to find out what options I have for a VTX besides the DJI 03, if any, for the V2’s and these or similar quads. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Man that was close,I though you made a video about my flying .
My biggest mistake was not learning in Acro and playing enough liftoff. I started in angle mode then went to acro and crashed so much it was like starting all over again. I though a DJI phantom was the same I was wrong the dji is very basic a freestyle or racing drone is the next level x10.
I remember when switching to acro for the first time. I was like, i'll never get good no chance 😂
Starting out with a tinywhoop makes complete sense. However, as I am researching getting into FPV I wouldn't cheap out on the goggles and controller because if it turns out it's not for you it's way easier to sell, and if it is for you, you won't end up with redundant cheap gear that shouldn't have been made in the first place. E.g., those cheap small controllers that come with RTF (ready to fly) packages are useless for any other equipment. Anything produced anywhere should always have durability and compatibility as priority.
this is why I love the radio master pocket for example. $65 and never any real need to upgrade its that good.
Amen to all the of this. Excellent.
You should show some pics of the facial Injuries caused by inexperienced flyers...def dangerous
maybe not safe for youtube....
You don't NEED to start small, but the respect and discipline for the craft is important regardless. my first quad was a 5" that I built but this was after countless hours of research and sim time
no need at all. BUT is safer IMO
Thanks Stew .. I’m learning from a DJI background.. Dipping my toes into FPV… I got the Lift Off sim.. A FRSKY Qx7 , Emax Tiny2 & Freestyle 2.. The only major expense was Domintor V3 Fat Sharks with Rapid Fire … Analogue is the way to go for a Budget .. I could have done ELRS … I recently got the Eachine Moneagle DVR … I think the most daunting part isn’t the flying it’s the repairs as seems you need an engineering degree to do builds & repairs… 😀👍
how much were the rapidfire + fatsharks?
@@UAVfutures ☘️From Ireland so In Euros 💶 Fat Sharks were €150 & Rapids Fire €80 .. Both boxed & in mint condition.. 😀
#1 Following Rules. #2 Being Patient.
Thank you so many people need to listen to this and some content creators should listen to this stop flying around people and chasing cars and flying in parks with people and animals running around we have a person that thinks it okay to fly a 3in drone and power looping a his child and thinks it a small drone with no prop guards it wont hurt anyone, sooooo wrong.
100% it's about the flying ❤
With the FAA now regulating DRONES toy in effect maybe it time for the FAA to require an FAA Drone liscense. Part 107 only requires KNOWEDGE test maybe it should should require DUAL instruction of 20 hours and SOLO Time and a totla logged time of 40 and an Instructors endorcement to take a Flight test as a Pilot of Multi Rotors. OH a check ride for PRIVATE PILOT is $500 back in the 70's when I did it it was $50.
This hobby is not for instant gratification people! It takes time to develop the muscle memory and experience to fly one of these!
And Stew, When I started flying we didn't have computers for 20 years later
I am flying a tinywhoop and since i touched the props armed, I got a lot of respect from whoops. You can hurt someone pretty bad with them.
now imagine a 5inch freestyle drone...
I always wanted to Astral Project so FPV is the closest I can get…. I go slow
Well said Stu 👍
Learning FPV using a 5" quad is like learning to ride on a sports bike :-)
After spending ~20h in sim is it good /enought time to buy first drone?
are you crashing still in the sim?
@@UAVfutures yes it still happens, but mostly when i rush to win race, when i focus and take track slowly its realy rare ;)
I just went dji but my fat sharks were the bomb! When I got them I was there!!! I had made it!!!😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Those cheap $30 drones is all I play with; Is what I get from this video.
Ah the days of the wizzard???
I'm doing that staring slow can u answer a stupid question I have the fat shark recon Hd goggles can I play a sim with them I bought lift off
my advice is dont. motion sickness is real when you do sim + goggles. Just use your pc for sims and goggles for flying.
It's giving wanting a Hayabusa as a first bike.... like ok Rip broski
Good advice.👍
I have seen kids beg their parents for FPV gear. Then trash the quad in one or two flights. They give up right away
BTW I started pre KKK controlers. Set the PIDs with 3 pots. I made the frames from 10mm carbon tube and sheet aluminium. Built try copters using the v1 Arduino controllers. The VTXs were from security cameras. We were watching trappy and copying some of his inventions. I trash my quads every session. You had to enjoy failure.😂
Thank you very much for this video. Very well spoken. This hobby is very expensive….You are going to wreck and crash, period. You are going to have to buy motors, props, esc’s and batteries. Your drone body will break and you have to have the tools and equipment to fix them. It will happen over and over and over again. This hobby requires respect, time, effort and discipline.
Good video but this should've been a short
feel free to use this one video and upload a short of it.
Are you talking about me???,
Totally disagree with sims.. I didn’t use any, yes I cost me maybe 1k in parts and different setups but when it clicks your off and flying… just jump in and fly..
And I totally disagree with you lol.
@@January_Cold 👏
That's also totally a path in, and from the sound of it, it was the path for you. I think Stew's audience here is more the average person though, who doesn't have cash to blow senselessly on avoidable crashes AND doesn't have lots of free available space to do so safely without putting others or their property at risk.
Nothing worse then a new pilot with 0 degrees of tilt, and Mr Steele rates! Lmao I tell people, turn your rates down in the SIM until it feels like a school bus, then turn them up a tiny bit. They usually end up around 350-400 degrees, and fly much better.
You really have no idea how much those intelligent drones are thinking for you. FPV experience transfers to flying regular drones, But it does not work the other way around.
I think it would have been irresponsible for me to start out on a 5-in. Especially with no simulator practice.
Burn the world! (Just kidding. Thanks for your content Stew/Stu)
STEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW ! ..... what's on your lip ? A prop accident lol
focus on the safety thats the first lesson these's people chasing animals chickens, dogs or any animals not cool a drone can desync or failsafe at any given time and really hurt that aminal you think is funny chasing or even if a dog is chasing your drone as a responsible piolet you should stop flying and move to a location with no people or animals around drones can just freak out at any given time even if you have a perfect build people need to smarten up on this.
Fly line of sight with cheap tiny whoops then learn fpv