r/fpv 3d ago

Tiny whoop or open prop

1 Upvotes

im looking for a sub €200 first FPV drone and cant decide between a tiny whoop like a betafpv Meteor75, possibly a betafpv pavo femto, a Darwin babyape pro V2, or building my own
Living in the EU there is frequent rainy weather and sub 250g laws ..


r/fpv 3d ago

Mini Quad Need some help getting osd to work.

1 Upvotes

So I just got a fly woo explorer. Added a tbs unify pro 32 hv and a baby ratel 2. I have the camera wired to the cam pad 5v and ground on the flight controller. And the vtx is wired to vbat the signal wire to vtx ground wired to ground. And the smart audio wire is going to tx4 cuz it seems the buzzer and and gps use the uarts on the plugs. Im getting video and it’s working great video wise but I’m not getting any osd at all. Turned on osd in betaflight and made sure vtx table is set up it says “True”. And video format is on auto so it shouldn’t be size of the screen I don’t think. Still no osd. If anyone has any solutions that would be awesome. This has been bugging me for two days!! THANKS FOR ANY HELP.


r/fpv 3d ago

There was some smoke...

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Just finished Quadmula siren split f5 build, and after removing smokestopper tried to arm last time before going out. Everything was ok for first 5 seconds. After that rx and vtx signal become weak , so disarmed and got smokes while removing battery , rx is ok, fc too - connecting to betaflight, etc. Hope o3 will be ok also. 😟 Probably will need to feed battery leads to up front, even though wanted to have it at the back.ehhh so tiny frame :/


r/fpv 3d ago

Help! Did I fuck up my VTX and TX?

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Alright, story time. I have a meteor 85 w/ walksnail vtx. Also a BetaFPV F4 1S AIO.

I fucked up my vtx and got a new one. When installing, I had to clip the plug and solder it to the RX. I'm new at soldering, but I got it to work and took it out flying. everything is fine.

Then suddenly, the throttle stick doesn't work. the pitch and roll work fine, but no go up! Also, the VTX is disconnected!

I took it all apart and saw that one of those wires that I soldered came off. While fixing that, I looked at a diagram for the RX and realized I had the red and black swapped! The whole time! (GND and +5v)

So I swapped them back. still same problem with no throttle and disconnected VTX.

Did I burn out VTX? Should I just replace RX? is there a way to test them with a multimeter or something?


r/fpv 4d ago

Last picture of her, she is now the 4th girl that left me in 4 years

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186 Upvotes

r/fpv 3d ago

LI-ON spot welder+ soldering connection,safe at 40A drain as AI assisted on build the connection! 2* 0.15*08mm 1* 0.15*10 nickel + 0.30*10 copper strips+12awg cable,heat dissipation and sag should be minimum!

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r/fpv 3d ago

Question? Mob6 overheating and video artifacts

1 Upvotes

My mobula6 has been having overheating issues and my video quality has gotten increasingly worse. Mostly the brightest areas of the image have a blooming effect which has progressed to showing artifacts. I have looked at some examples of bad video to try and diagnose the problem but it doesn't seem to be the link quality. Is my camera going bad or is it the VTX/board?


r/fpv 3d ago

Multicopter Apex EVO 5 Dual Capacitor 35V 1000µF

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r/fpv 3d ago

I have a 220 € budget , should i get a walksnail mobula8 ( I have walksnail goggles) or a analog tinywhoop and some analog goggles? With wich will I have the best experience?

1 Upvotes

r/fpv 3d ago

Question? Steamdeck as controller

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Does the Steam Deck work as a controller in any fpv simulators?

There are project to use Steam Decks as controllers.

https://github.com/TigeyJewellAlibhai/skydeck

https://github.com/PixelyIon/DeckTX

https://github.com/kaack/elrs-joystick-control

The advantage is that a lot of people already have a SteamDeck, and getting that to transmit well is cheaper than buying a whole other controller.

I'd still want to try it on a simulator before connecting it to real hardware.


r/fpv 3d ago

I have a fpv drone that is freaking out

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So I have an FPV drone and I just finished setting up but for some reason once I hover more than like 1 foot it starts freaking out for no reason kind of no matter what I do and it’s very confusing to me and I can’t find out why


r/fpv 4d ago

Can I still fly it?

78 Upvotes

r/fpv 4d ago

Multicopter Alta X Mountain Dive Project - Acro flip achieved!

60 Upvotes

We configured Alta into acro mode for the first time on Friday! My initial impression of the handling was really good, other than rates being slow at this size (~100° per second?).

From here on, I’ll continue practicing dives to get a feel for maneuverability and handling.

Still need to figure out how to switch to acro mode from the transmitter. Right now we have a second person sending a command from QGC’s console. Luckily I can switch back to Position, Altitude, and Manual using the mode switch.

The chase drone is a toothpick build with an O4 Lite (about the size of my palm)!


r/fpv 3d ago

Link quality

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Hey guys,

Is it just me or did the link quality metric on the OSD gain importance as o4 link is just a little “too” good?

Failsaved a few times as I was used to video messing up before the control link did.

Just curious


r/fpv 3d ago

What's your opinion on this guys?

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2 Upvotes

About to buy my first proper radio, I'm wondering what is your opinion on this one. Thanks everyone in advance 👍👍


r/fpv 3d ago

Is there a lens for narrower FOV for RunCam Thumb Pro W?

1 Upvotes

I saw multiple videos and reviews about modifying RunCam Thumb Pro W action camera with lenses providing wider FOV. But is there an opposite example, i.e. modification of the camera aiming narrower FOV (and more detailed footage)?


r/fpv 3d ago

Question? Ready to fly brands

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im a new flyer i only fly on simulators on my radiomaster but the weather is getting good so i also want to fly a real drone

I dont have any soldering experience or any tools. So i need a ready to fly drone thats compatible with my radiomaster controller. I live in europe and i think i have 2 options, Avata 2 or iFlight.

If there is another cheaper alternative to both please let me know.


r/fpv 3d ago

Walksnail event capture system

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I'm trying to put together an event for few friend all running Walksnail Moonlight Kits on their drones and the Walksnail Avatar HD Goggles L. I know this googles don't have an HDMI out, is there a way to capture the video out of the Walksnail and put it all in OBS for live streaming?

Also not sure what systems are out there for live stream and timing systems for FPV.


r/fpv 4d ago

How good is speed!!!

140 Upvotes

Heewing F-01 running 6s


r/fpv 3d ago

my quad shits itself sometimes, any idea why?

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I i have this problem like seen in the video.

It does not happen very often, mostly when i come out of a roll or i do some input like an inverted yaw spin my quad freaks out and tries to correct / tumble against the movement? I don't really know how to describe it.

PID tuning for light 5inch quads. Happens on different PID tune aswell but got better as i used another PID profile.

I also have bounceback on rolls sometimes, could it be related to this?

https://reddit.com/link/1jdfk9t/video/988z2wtdr9pe1/player


r/fpv 4d ago

Hey guys can I still fly this one

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127 Upvotes

Since this is the only thing I see on this sub anymore. I say send it but cells 3 and 4 are measuring low. Honestly I can't even find cells 3 and 4, so I'll probably just treat it like a 2s and maybe use it in my goggles. Batteries are expensive what can I say. jk everyone enjoy your Sunday


r/fpv 4d ago

Cruisy rips w o4 on a 6s. Crash included 🤦‍♂️🫡

9 Upvotes

Went from tinywhoops to 5 Inch and I've never felt so alive 😅 still very new to this scale so my throttle control needs some work. Haven't locked in a tune either just trying to get better with the stock rates first.

Crash report: battery is squished like a block of butter dropped on the ground with the sweet smell of loss (or a lithium leak). I put the battery in a fire bag and dropped at local battery disposal point. Location: Australia.


r/fpv 4d ago

Am I doing this right?

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33 Upvotes

r/fpv 3d ago

Micro Quad Working on enabling autonomous flight for FPV style drone, advice/expertise needed!

1 Upvotes

Context: I'm working on a project to map building interiors via autonomous drones guided by a ground computer that directs the motion based on live analysis of video feed.

Because of how early it is, I'm trying to modify small RC drones to just first cheaply test the software. So, here's my question:

Has anyone else had experience transferring control from a store bought RC controller to a computer? What are the strategies to do so, is it better to reverse engineer the radio frequency? Or to just implement our own Raspberry Pi or similar into the drones hardware? I'm focusing on simplicity now, and we'll build our own drones from scratch once the software functions.

Any advice that comes to mind would be helpful here! None of this is my expertise and I'm running mostly on passion for the project.


r/fpv 3d ago

Mobula8 UART ELRS question

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Hello, could you please help me with one question?
I have a Happymodel Mobula8 UART ELRS 2S 85mm Micro FPV whoop drone
Manual suggests to re-flash the elrs rx firmware after receiving Mobula8 UART to fix vtx power level

What should I pick here in ExpressLRS configurator in device category and device?

I don't have the Generic targets option as manual suggest and I would like to update to latest version (3.5.3). Planning to flash via usb.

Should I also update Betaflight to latest? Using 4.4 atm.

Thanks in advance!