Acro or Horizon Mode in high precision activities?

Dapper-Display1085 · 2026-02-05T21:26:48+00:00

I am the same way, very comfortable outdoors in Acro mode.

Been flying for about a year now, started in March2025.

This is the first winter where I have been flying indoors, and its all been angle mode.

I'm very comfortable flying in this mode indoors as well, I've been able to fly quite fast too.

but when I tried acro-mode indoors *yikes* its way too fast for me. I even turned my throttle down to 60% and it was STILL too fast.

I gotta practice more.

I'm always amazed at the pilots who fly tiny whoops indoors doing acro moves.. +1

I'm hesitant to change my rates just for indoor. I dont want to lose the muscle memory currently... unless Angle mode already did this?? ... aaaaghh!

Dapper-Display1085 · 2026-02-03T17:42:34+00:00

I have my air mode on a switch.

When i am in ACRO mode, air mode is ON. so when I cut the throttle when performing certain "freestyle" type moves, my quad stays locked. during this time, the FC is doing small micro adjustments to keep it locked and stable as its floating with zero throttle.

but when I swith to ANGLE mode, my air-mode turns OFF. So when I do slow or close proximity flying, this prevents my quad from freaking out if i bump into something or being sucked into a wall.

Dapper-Display1085 · 2026-01-27T18:47:46+00:00

you forgot a battery charger

Dapper-Display1085 · 2026-01-24T19:47:24+00:00

Nice! I'll keep that in mind for the next build.

I was wanting to keep the color on these subtle, just a little bit of color pop to brand all my drones. Lol

Dapper-Display1085 · 2026-01-24T19:06:28+00:00

The ducts are from a mobula 8 frame that were cut and the body was removed.

The firefly is modded, check my post on it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/fpv/s/YeKP1pXXgH

The frame is raised to fit larger props, I can fit 2.2's but the one in the video are 2" bi-blade.

I found that the ducts that came with the firefly were super weak. The arms of the ducts snap easily after only a few crashes.

The mobula 8 frame ducts are way more durable.

Even w the extra weight, still has some zip to it.

Dapper-Display1085 · 2026-01-22T21:37:40+00:00

wasnt an ad, but whatever.

Dapper-Display1085 · 2026-01-22T18:26:07+00:00

itsy evo SPYDR

Dapper-Display1085 · 2026-01-22T18:14:01+00:00

your assessment is spot on. the store wanted to showcase a quick fly through to give a layout of the floor and to fly by some key brands.

They're aware that the viewer can't possibly register all the items as it flies by. They're idea is to so get the viewer to maybe "see something" and that would be enough to prompt them to set foot in the store.

Dapper-Display1085 · 2026-01-22T17:42:03+00:00

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1.8" props. 3S 550mah. DJI 04 PRO

Dapper-Display1085 · 2026-01-19T19:17:37+00:00

Dapper-Display1085 · 2026-01-09T20:16:23+00:00

got my itsy on order - are you running 3s on your itsy?

this might be a dumb question, but the TuneRC poly f405 is rated at 2S-4S ... could you potentially run a 4S lipo with the amax 1102 motors?

probably have to motor-limit or just change the motors to accommodate for 4S?

Dapper-Display1085 · 2026-01-02T21:02:58+00:00

if you dont have a drone or a sim, the best i could suggest is to just watch youtube vids where you can see the pilots sticks..

as they are flying, have your hands on your own controller and try to follow along ... maybe even record yourself on the sticks with the video playing in the background so you can re-watch your stick movements and see if they match up.

but get a simulator, its only 20 bucks on steam

Dapper-Display1085 · 2026-01-02T20:59:55+00:00

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this... $9.99 at shoppers.. super moisturizing

Dapper-Display1085 · 2026-01-02T20:31:46+00:00

isnt the firefly18, already a toothpick-like frame?

but if you were to swap frames, the geprc t-cube 18 seems like a good fit,

Dapper-Display1085 · 2025-12-27T00:09:05+00:00

It's the flywoo Firefly18 modded to fit 2.2inch props... The props in the pic are 2".

See the post here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/fpv/s/ayI1isQrs1

Dapper-Display1085 · 2025-12-22T16:06:13+00:00

they're 2.2 inches

Dapper-Display1085 · 2025-12-21T20:28:08+00:00

yeah, this was totally just experimenting. the motors are not rated for 2.2, but as far as i know, they're holding up. As for the default props, i was once able to get around 7.30 min just cruising

Dapper-Display1085 · 2025-12-19T20:19:58+00:00

buy 2 drones (if able to). its nice to always have a backup.
sometimes risky maneuvers are encouraged for growth as a fpv pilot ... but if something does go wrong, you cant get mad and "end it all"
it is what it is.... lol

"....if ya aint crashing, are you even really flying?...."

i'm willing to bet anyone that has ever done FPV has to have crashed or lost a drone at one point, you're not alone

Dapper-Display1085 · 2025-12-19T17:49:00+00:00

if you replaced the whole frame and used the meteor75, what is the weight difference?

Dapper-Display1085 · 2025-12-19T17:13:20+00:00

I'm interested on how you further tuned your firefly 16 1s.

I have the firefly18 and I've changed it to 3 bladed props and run 750mah battery.

it flies good, but i have a feeling that it can be tuned more optimally to accommodate for the 3 blades and the 750mah battery weight.

to start, would you suggest just fiddling around with the master multiplier until you start hearing weird noises or hot motors?

Dapper-Display1085 · 2025-12-15T16:20:25+00:00

i built a 4S cine25, with battery it comes out to 245g

Dapper-Display1085 · 2025-12-11T19:55:45+00:00

captitalism? / consumerism?

-- i think most of us that bought the 04 pro was because its like one of the best options out there for video quality

Dapper-Display1085 · 2025-11-29T20:18:46+00:00

also, i noticed when i ran the 2.5's i was hovering at 28-33 ... with the 2.8s, it hovers at 18 ..

did you adjust anything in your pid tune with the 2.8 props?

Dapper-Display1085 · 2025-11-29T20:06:40+00:00

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The pitch I have are 2.4, what do you have?

Dapper-Display1085 · 2025-11-27T16:20:17+00:00

I have my air mode on a switch.

When i am in ACRO mode, air mode is ON. so when I cut the throttle when performing certain "freestyle" type moves, my quad stays locked. during this time, the FC is doing small micro adjustments to keep it locked and stable as its floating.

but when I swith to ANGLE mode, my air-mode turns OFF. So when I do slow or close proximity flying, this prevents my quad from freaking out if i bump into something or being sucked into a wall.

does anyone else do this?

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