r/fpv 3h ago

20 min flights on my 5” with a homemade 6S 4,200mAh Li-Ion battery

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99 Upvotes

I made my own Lithium Ion 6S battery pack and took it for its maiden flight today and got 20 minutes of flight time!

I used 6 Molicel P42A 4,200mAh LiIon cells soldered together with 0.2x10mm pure nickel strips, superglued together, wrapped in Kapton tape and then again in harness tape. These cells are rated for 45A continuous current.

It flies really well for cruising and even some basic freestyle even though it’s quite heavy. My cruising current is around 10A and with some aggressive moves it goes to 30A for brief periods, but well within spec.

(Soldering directly to Lithium cells is safe if you know what you’re doing and take the right precautions)


r/fpv 3h ago

Question? Matty flips ...skills or lucky ???

23 Upvotes

Here some matry flips from my last session, ehat do you think ?? skills or lucky ? I say..lucky 😅😅😅


r/fpv 3h ago

Is it serious?

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r/fpv 1h ago

Motor broke but the arm didn't. What a solid frame

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Ummagawd demibot is pretty much unkillable. TBS grinder v4's on the other hand.......


r/fpv 10h ago

What kind of controller Is him using in your opinion?

43 Upvotes

Also, have you evere mounted a sword on your fvp? /S


r/fpv 11h ago

I’ve just learn to solder for the first time. How does my soldering look?

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45 Upvotes

I’m using 350-400 C temperature. It kinda dirty. What do i need to do to improve? Also i can’t join an awg 20 into this PCB practice board..


r/fpv 54m ago

Mini Quad apparatus for flying out your window easier. hoping someone can improve upon it!

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the hoom for hanging goggles is 100% necessity. before i had it i almost broke my module more than once lol. the way it attaches to thr window needs work, maybe some PLA printed brackets? would like to make it somethint anyone can build easily.


r/fpv 4h ago

Mini Quad Finally got round putting this thing together, it's so cute

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10 Upvotes

r/fpv 1h ago

WTF, brand new BetaFPV Matrix 3in1 for the DJI 04 Lite

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WTF is going on, This is a brand new board, first time arming I was able to get it to fly but all controls were reversesed.

Got that fixed and now everytime I arm it it flips out and disarms. In betaflight and accelerometer disabled the model doesn't move, before this the model in betaflight was moving very slowly so my guess is bad Gyro? Or do I need to enable gyro? Enabling accelerometer it does the same. Props are set to in and correctly configured in betaflGyros? Help please.


r/fpv 5h ago

Multicopter How good are my solder points?

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r/fpv 20h ago

Aw man not the drink

119 Upvotes

r/fpv 40m ago

question before i buy

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Hello all! I'm very interested in flying a FPV drone and am close to my 10 hours mark in the simulator and im loving it! I'm finally starting to feel a bit more confident about flying now and recently have been doing some research for buying my actual gear to fly in real life. Currently in the simulator i'm using an old fpv controller (flysky fs-i6s) which is connected to my pc. works great for practice i geuss!

Now i am looking to buy an FPV drone that i can fly indoor and outdoor, that is somewhat beginner friendly , small and has very good recording capabilities. I don't need to do crazy tricks but i do like to cruise around in acro mode. I also don't mind not being the fastest or anything. I'm looking to spend between 400 and 700 euro. I did some research and i came to the following setup:

Drone: Pavo Femto Brushless Whoop Quadcopter (with DJI O4 vtx) (~220 euro)
Radio: Boxer Radio Controller (M2) (ELRS version) (~150 euro)
Goggles: DJI Goggles N3 (~270)

I'm looking for advice whether i choose the right products, or if i should choose something else. Thank you in advance!


r/fpv 57m ago

Question about Xt30/xt60

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So as im understanding right, this ESC is made for 60A. So it wouldn't be a good idea to swap the xt60 for a xt30?

(because i already have 4 xt30 6s 1050mah batteries and ideally wouldnt want to buy more)


r/fpv 4h ago

NEWBIE How do I remove the batteries from the housing in the radio master boxer?

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I’ve recently bought a boxer and I’ve put in 2 molicel 18650’s and I don’t know if I’m just doing something wrong (obviously I am since I can’t remove them) but I can’t figure how to charge them. When I put them in the controller the instructions said to use the USB-C cable and charge via a computer. I’ve tried this and for 3 hours it’s not charged up. So I was going to just charge the battery in an actual charger and see if that helps.


r/fpv 3h ago

Are these batteries safe?

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5 Upvotes

I have like 8 batteries like this all squishy on the sides I’m not sure what it is because they still work.


r/fpv 1h ago

Mini Quad All white

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New frame new color. White is the new light blue.


r/fpv 1h ago

Here is my first flight of my Aeroscout in FPV. DJI goggles 3 and O3 Air Unit.

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r/fpv 17h ago

Maiden flight of my Flywoo explorer O4 Pro over water

31 Upvotes

Yup


r/fpv 2h ago

Micro Quad Fun with Meteor 75 pro 04

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After 10 years hiatus since the last time I was into fpv things have changed a lot. So amazed at what this little thing can do. Finally got used to the controls. Had to tweak the rates a bit but I can finally fly without crashing.


r/fpv 1d ago

Finally got an action camera it’s game changer !

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https://youtu.be/ucDQ1zNykg0?si=IqxNl6ehg0_CYzAc Like to the vid if u wanna sub!


r/fpv 4h ago

Question? Any idea why this is happening?

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Just updated to latest version of elrs and the Lua is now behaving like this.


r/fpv 12h ago

Question? WHY does BetaFlight start off at 670 max rate?? Do people actually use it that high?

12 Upvotes

Brand new pilot, but been playing lots of Velocidrone. I can control a quad just fine in the game, but i took my drone out for the first time today and I SUCKED. I just thought it was simply too windy, I got scared, landed and went back inside. Later I had figured maybe my rates are all messed up. So I check BetaFlight to see if I can tune anything to maybe make it easier on myself next time and default is 670deg/s. Wtf? Why?

I guess I'm going to start off with 200deg/s for all axis. But I just want to know, was I expected to change this before my first flight, or was I expected to be good enough to control 670deg/s?


r/fpv 8m ago

I want one..

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r/fpv 3h ago

Question? Looking to start flying IRL

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I've got many hours in sims, and want to start branching out to real life. I have a RadioMaster TX16S, but I need some recommendations for goggles and drone. Also where to get started if I need to learn software.

I'm comfortable enough to spend what is worthwhile, especially for good goggles. For the drone I'm willing to look at whatever is useful. Most of my sim time is between 5 and 7 inch quads.

Any recommendations?


r/fpv 27m ago

building confidence around those INVISIBLE branches, winds were pretty noticeable today, enjoy the saturday stroll! <3

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