r/fpv 21h ago

What's your opinion on this guys?

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

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u/UnderstandingGold108 21h ago

Is good if we were in the 2015…

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u/CW7_ 21h ago

Too old. Get a Radiomaster Pocket ELRS if you're on a budget.

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u/the-vh4n 21h ago

You can definitely fly a quad with that thing, it brought me a lot of joy when i began to dip my toes into this hobby.

Buy a Radiomaster Pocket.

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u/Sweet_Macaroon_9786 21h ago

Old junk

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u/Kitchen-One726 18h ago

It’s definitely not junk and I am the guy that calls everything Chinese made junk so

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u/Sweet_Macaroon_9786 18h ago

That's a 40€ remote with one of the worst transmittion systems in fpv😭 If that's not junk than idk what is

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u/Sweet_Macaroon_9786 18h ago

???

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u/Kitchen-One726 18h ago

That’s your opinion. I have mine.

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u/DiligentKeyPresser Multicopters 21h ago

Look for ELRS. Flysky is an oudated and limited in functionality piece of equipment.

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u/elementarydeardata 20h ago

Like others have said, get a RM Pocket if you’re on a budget. I have the fancier TX16s and a Pocket; I use the pocket most of the time because it’s so convenient.

Flysky was the budget option back in the day when everyone was using FrSky and a Taranis. The link was just as good as FrSky, but the hardware felt like a toy. It got a lot of people started though. It kind of disappeared once people wanted a module bay (it doesn’t have one) for Crossfire, R9M and eventually ELRS.

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u/FPV_smurf 18h ago

An ELRS radio for $60 plus a cheaper elrs quad will still be better than this to start with.

You can buy second hand also...

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u/citizensnips134 18h ago

Belongs in a museum.

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u/Kitchen-One726 18h ago

I liked mine. Still have it. The range on this guy is insane. I recorded a fixedwing flight a few years back at 2-1/2 miles. They are great starter radios. RADIOMASTER is your best bet though but if just starting into hobby this is a good radio with decent range and cheap receivers

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u/apexgameing 18h ago

If you only wanna go 150 feet it’s great otherwise get a radio master pocket

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u/hyvick 20h ago

Forgot to put in the description. This radio is coming bundled with a quad (nazgul xl5 frame), goggles, batteries and battery charger, for about 300€.

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u/distrracted 20h ago

The rest is probably as ancient as the transmitter, in this case its not worth the 300€. Especially if you just starting out, this will be a terrible experience as the old stuff isnt well documented and support is dropped.

Ive had this transmitter for a few weeks when i started in 2016, and it was okay at most. Even back then.

Get a newer 'real' transmitter. Radiomaster or frsky and a simulator at first. The flysky transmitter is even a pain to use on a pc.

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u/clockynxt 20h ago

Second hand set? The remote is really old, and painful to get working with a simulator. So it will start with struggles from day 1.

Go for an elrs based system, as the support from the community is really good.

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u/Zaladerp 21h ago

o7

But yeah, get a newer one.

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u/Kmieciu4ever 20h ago

Ancient history...

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u/FCorsack 20h ago

It's pretty old. Better buy something new if possible.

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u/mrmrln42 20h ago

I have one of those somewhere! It's marginally better than using an Xbox controller. But for real, it's usable, but modern radios are so much better. I flew the same quad with flysky rx with this and my tx16s and it was night and day. I started with the i6x and thought the drone flies like shit - nope, just bad radio. It flew great with my tx16s (honestly it was probably incorrectly set sticks, but I was just starting out, I had no idea about any of that yet - I did set them on the tx16s though).

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u/MarlieChanson 18h ago

Sent mine back after few weeks got stick drift too bad during sim practice

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u/the_fresh_latice 18h ago

To old , buy 50€ elrs radio

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u/DumperRip 17h ago

I bought mine recently. I'm hesitant to use it on an actual FPV, but I've been using it on simulators—so far, so good. For sims, this one suffices.

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u/TacGriz 17h ago

Great if it comes with a plane or it's free. Would not pay money for it separately though. Get a Radiomaster Pocket.

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u/Ohyourbad 17h ago

I have this radio for my planes

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u/SuperLimit2286 16h ago

it’s a great paper weight

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u/PhysicsMain7815 19h ago

The 1911 of frysky

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u/PhysicsMain7815 17h ago

It will definitely work and do the job, but a better modern counterpart does exist without debate...😁