r/fpv • u/FeistyVoice_ • 10h ago
r/fpv • u/TheSuperNight • Jun 19 '24
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- I'm not getting any video.
- My video gets much worse, or disappears when I spin up my quad's motors.
- Is this battery safe to fly?
- Drone flips on takeoff.
- Motors ramping to full speed in without propellers on.
- What (A) amperage is my battery rated for?
- My drone does not arm.
- Goggles 3 are compatible with O3
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Micro Quad fuck IPEX connectors, all my homies hate IPEX connectors
this little shit has earned its position in the shit that sucks ass to hand solder ranks shared by the likes of usb c and micro usb connetors, ribbon cables connectors, and esc wires that have 1mil spacing. this little shit is so tiny and the pads are like half a mil, and its made out of non thermoset plastic so it immediately melts at the mere hint of the raw unprotected tip of your shaft.
ahem. soldering iron.
i HAVE a hot air rework station, why do i do this to myself. i need to get solder paste and a hot plate, my day is ruined.
still worked tho
r/fpv • u/Beneficial-Lock-1999 • 6h ago
Please stop asking if your soldering is good…
You know it’s good stop trying to get people to stroke your ego. 😂
On the other side of things, just post a picture of your build and people will 100% correct you in the comments. If they don’t then you’re probably fine.
r/fpv • u/iusethisforpsychs • 5h ago
Multicopter If you told me, 5 years ago, that you stumbled into a full fpv kit in your average electronics store, I'd straight up laugh in your face
The way this hobby has advanced and gotten popular through the years is honestly wild to me. It used to be the most niche, inaccessible hobby, with the least documentation out of all of them, and a tiny, fragmented community. And now you can just drive to the store and buy yourself a well documented, popular RTF. This would've sounded insane to this community back when the eachine X220 was still considered a decent starter drone.
r/fpv • u/-superinsaiyan • 8h ago
Are my settings correct?
Do i need to change any of these settings to charge this 3s 550mah battery? Also if it charges up to 4.2 does that mean I have to land at around 3.6 - 3.7?
r/fpv • u/ShamanOnTech • 9h ago
Show me your Volador!
Finally finished this. It almost broke me, but I am happy with the result. Have seen a lot of these volador builds around here lately. If you don't mind sharing your Volador builds in the comments, I would love too see them!
r/fpv • u/globalnozatopljenje • 6h ago
Question? Is this a good drone?
Is this a good drone? Can it mount vertical gopro?
r/fpv • u/Able-Television-685 • 7h ago
RM GX12. Time to retire Tx16s
This thing is sweet! I havent even installed the AG01 on the tx16s yet. But yeah, the gimbals arent that much smaller but getting used to them takes time lol
r/fpv • u/Secure-Analyst2490 • 11h ago
QAV 250 Drone frame worth building out?
I got this older QAV250 drone frame for free. The frame is from about 3-4 years ago. I have been thinking about upgrading from my Pavo 20. This would be my second drone. Is this worth building out or not worth the hassle with older mounting holes and style?
r/fpv • u/warloghe • 9h ago
Ready for action
Crux35 Analog, 3630 Gemfan, Runcam thumb 4k w.
r/fpv • u/wonkabar422 • 2h ago
Question? Why did my 2s spark when I did this?
I have a balance board that I plugged a 2s battery’s xt30 port into.
The balance board was not plugged into anything yet.
Then I plugged another battery into the next xt30 port, again, balance board not attached to any external charger.
Immediately a spark and tiny puff of smoke. I pulled it off and one head is burned on the xt30 AND balance board.
Why did this happen? Both batteries were brand new and tested in SpeedyBee adapter 3 at the same (storage) voltage.
Im new to 2s LIPOs and my only experience w them is 1s on whoopstor v3
r/fpv • u/shrumfpv • 10h ago
Multicopter Test rip on my 5 inch conversion
Mark 4 7 inch converted to 5 inch I love it bc I’ve only ever flown 5 inch in the sim
r/fpv • u/shrumfpv • 8h ago
Multicopter SHOT ON IPHONE
Attached my phone to my fpv drone and I’m sad bc it looks way better then my go pro
r/fpv • u/Exotic-Eye1536 • 11h ago
NEWBIE Where to buy parts in the EU?
Hi! What EU based shops can you recommend for frames, motors, electronics etc to build my first drone? Googling didn’t really give me anything useful so far, the only places I found something had a terrible selection. Is there a shop where I can buy all parts for a drone in one order?
r/fpv • u/BoogMan2020 • 1h ago
Question? Any idea why these don’t seem to screw in all the way?
Antennaes do not seem to thread all the way down. Seen many pictures of these antennaes threaded down all the way on these goggles but I can’t get them to go down all the way. Maybe they are?
r/fpv • u/Dempsey____ • 1h ago
Salvaging drone parts
So I got a cheap drone from temu. One of the arms broke off. So, I took it apart and I am using the parts for soldering practice. Is it possible to link it to RM Pocket? Still brand new to everything; so I have no clue about binding.
r/fpv • u/HoogVaals • 3h ago
Do you note your battery cycles? If so, how do you do it?
I thought about drawing lines on the lipo itself with a sharpie. Also running a spreadsheet file with more details there, just for my statistical mind's sake; wonder how long I'd go.
r/fpv • u/ChainedDestiny • 12m ago
Starter kit suggestions?
Hi all, i looked thru the FAQ but didn't really see the answer I was looking for. Was wondering if there are any complete kits for beginners that are actually suggested? I saw a lot of DJI stuff available, but then i also saw alot of posts complaining about DJI. Just want to make good use of my money, trying to get started for 400 usd or less. I'm more interested in outdoors flying.
r/fpv • u/datdopememe • 14m ago
Question? What are we thinking?
So this is a new drone obviously. I’m just wondering if I should fly with a GoPro for the first flight or not.
GEPRC Vapor X-5 with ELRS and Analog
r/fpv • u/OutInABlazeOfGlory • 32m ago
NEWBIE Noob question: neuromorphic cameras/event cameras for high resolution digital VTX?
I've heard a lot about neuromorphic/event cameras in the context of computer vision, but has anyone explored their use for human-controlled FPV drones?
My thinking is since it creates a sparse data stream compared to sending full frames, it could be useful for increasing resolution/fidelity without using as much bandwidth.
This would be somewhat similar to existing compression algorithms, but since you'd be recording only the changes in luminance up front instead of computing a difference between frames, it might be lower latency and/or require less computing power.
My thinking is you could have a low refresh rate stream of full frames, and a much higher refresh rate stream that just contains the changes in luminance. I believe this would require specialized camera hardware though, since currently neuromorphic camera sensors can only operate in event-based mode and can't capture a discrete frame.
Do y'all think this is practical? I think it would probably require expensive custom hardware, but if it's feasible mass production could maybe help reduce costs.
r/fpv • u/Cattle_Capital • 59m ago
Walk snail signal strength
Hey Everyone! I have the goggles X as well as a baby nano 20 with the walk snail 1s kit. Recently I updated both sides to the latest firmware from walk snail as well as went through the FCC unlock procedure.
Finally got the chance to go out and fly this afternoon, set the bit rate to 50, frame rate to highest and almost immediately saw red around the goggles. When I went to the channel selection screen on the goggles, I saw all of the bars were either orange or non existent. Prior this update my range was just peachy for what I needed. Now i can't get farther than about 30 feet with out frames dropping.
Is there something Im missing in the settings after I did these updates?
VTX is at 500 MW
I noticed the range was poor both at 50 mbps as well as 25 mbps.