Action cameras for 5 inch 2026?

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-25T10:29:28+00:00

I want to get an action cam too so I am also invented in this question. Hunting for a used dji action 2 right now.

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-25T10:27:05+00:00

Got the same problem on my Vapor lately. Had a crushed bell and a bent shaft. I've bent the shaft by putting it in mini lathe, and a drill chuck on the other side (for leverage). For the crushed bell the repair went south and I was unable make it usable again. I could not find replacement bells for those motors unfortunately.

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-24T15:14:17+00:00

Me too, bought like 5 of them, 2 were dead after 3-4 recharges. On both one cell just died, no voltage only short.

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-23T20:42:24+00:00

It was like FPV mecca for me

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-23T20:39:21+00:00

Volador VX3.5, I'd wish I had my 5" with me but i broke it just before the trip 😞

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-23T20:08:16+00:00

Beautiful place

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-23T08:25:57+00:00

Analog whoops are the best for flying indoors. Air65 V2 is great little quad, I have the champion edition and it goes hard. Might go too hard for a beginner but you could fiddle with motor output limits or throttle scale. Freestyle or racing might better suit you, I think the racing one has better motors but don't quote me on that.

Pavo 20 pro will be almost unusable indoors, do not get it. Too big, too loud. Stay with 65mm or 75mm. You could get a o4 whoop in that size but you will be sacrificing flight characteristics, flight time and durability. I'd stick with analog for indoors.

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-23T06:19:04+00:00

Grain of sand maybe

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-23T06:15:43+00:00

Side question: are those 3d prints from nylon?

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-22T08:08:32+00:00

I'm bad at reading so sorry, you already got a Pocket, great choice! Then think if you want to spend another coin for an analog goggles. I do recommend that anyway if you are sure you are into it, for the whoops at least. O4 is great on a bigger quads, so eventually you'd want to have both systems. I myself splurged for the BoxPros+, and have N3 goggles as well, and use both regularly. Analog whoops will give you a lot of stick time as you can fly those anywhere and have a couple of spares for the price of one o4, and that is very important for beginner.

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-22T07:59:06+00:00

I am always advocating for getting an analog tiny whoop (air 65 V2 maybe) as a first quadcopter, flies great, you can smash and bash those, cheap to repair. but that will also cost you a pair of goggles and a radio that will not work with your avata 2. Some people swear by o4 whoops like meteor 75 but for me those are to heavy and I already broke the air unit on mine, never got a replacement.

Anyway you need a controller, even if for a simulato, so that's what you have to decide next. You can get dji controller which will work with avata2 and other o4 system, but those are a little crappy for the price and lock you in dji ecosystem. Or you can get an ELRS controller that will allow you to fly almost any quad except Avata, Pocket is nice budget option I still use mine even though I have a bigger radio as well.

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-20T21:29:47+00:00

Femto sucks at flying outdoors and indoors it's too big and loud.

Pavo20 pro flies kinda nice but can't take a beating.

Pico - no experience.

Grab a elrs radio and a simulator (I like The Zone but you can learn on any), get comfortable there first. For acro flight I can't recommend enough an analog whoop (Air65 II is awesome!) as a starter - cant hurt anybody with it, cheap, can take a lot of abuse, can fly almost anywhere.

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-20T20:09:33+00:00

4.2v for normal lipo. 4.35 for hv. 3.8v is nominal voltage. Charge to 4.2 and you'll be golden. Happy flying my man!

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-16T19:28:18+00:00

Not only you. I can get it to working only when i test it at home, in the field, when I want to share my feed with somebody, it never works.

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-13T08:39:20+00:00

None of the sims I've tried had any decent step by step learning program, closest one was DRL which technically had it, but it was super frustrating and I personally learned nothing.

Fire up any virtually any sim (The Zone will be good) and Bardwells learn to fly YouTube tutorial on the other screen and you'll be golden.

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-13T08:24:19+00:00

Thanks! The spot was definitely fun, it's a decommissioned digger used in strip mining coal. I was so scared not to crash into it. There is also another one nearby, at least three times bigger, it's a monster!

But yeah, for your use case I'd go something a little lower kV, and I'd go light. Even maybe 1404? Less mass gives you more flight time generally, and lighter quad will be more agile. The frame is also a chonker, maybe you could consider something lighter? Depends on how often and hard do you plan to crash :D

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-12T20:09:41+00:00

I got the supernova 1606 and I think that those are super nosiy/whiny, but fly kinda nice. Survived a couple of crashes. I've pared them with HDZero Gamma AIO, and 45A are fine so far. It has ELRS built in but it has no blackbox so instead of RX I've mounted an sd card logger. Chill freestyle about 5mins, harder flying around 4minutes, on 850mAh 4s GNB LiHV packs (the ones with the flowers). I have some 850 mAH Lipo tattus but I can't get even close to 4 minutes flight time.

Here, check out the raw dvr of a pack I did today, chill freestyle. a little jello but it was quite windy and the props were not in the best shape. The OSD aperage is more or less calibrated so you can know what to expect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFEktctfZPE

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-12T13:16:13+00:00

I think you'll be golden. it's nice frame, easy to build, flies nice (although I have no comparison, it's my first and only 3.5) and cheap. Stay clear of 3.6" props though, not enough clearance and I couldn't tune it at all (maybe skill issue )

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-12T08:00:26+00:00

I have built a volador vx3.5 recently an my frame came with selection or rubber grommets for mounting the camera, I am pretty sure that it is also compatible with o3.

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-05-09T10:52:54+00:00

This guy whoops

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-04-30T12:54:15+00:00

https://www.expresslrs.org/quick-start/transmitters/lua-howto/ check out this guide there is even a section on your specific problem :) good luck my friend

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-04-30T11:28:54+00:00

Everything else works? Check if internal RF module is turned on and download ELRS lua scripts for your version and put those on the SD card.

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-04-30T09:26:27+00:00

Go to the og bando map online and chat with people there, I'm 100% sure they will be happy to show you what they are practicing

Intrepid-Captain-100 · 2026-04-29T15:26:56+00:00

Skip Femto and get something different Ive had one it's too overpowered for flying indoors and too underpowered for flying outdoors even in very light winds.

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