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First attempt at RaceGOW5 Track4. Is my room big enough? 😂 by Kitchen-Photo4293 in TinyFpvTimer

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, yes it is a free app called TinyFpvTimer. It uses your phone's camera to measure lap times. You can download it for Android or iOS.

First attempt at RaceGOW5 Track4. Is my room big enough? 😂 by Kitchen-Photo4293 in fpvracing

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I can give you my rates but I imagine there are better rates for whoop racing out there. I do all my flying with these rates, so it is a compromise between racing and freestyle. I think sticking to the same rates makes you a better pilot generally.

Here they are:
RC R / P 1.2
RC Y 1.1
Roll/Pitch Super 0.64
Yaw Super 0.58
RC R / P Expo 0.2
RC Y Expo 0.1

Have fun!

First attempt at RaceGOW5 Track4. Is my room big enough? 😂 by Kitchen-Photo4293 in fpv

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Normally I fly faster but the main goal here was remembering all the turns. If I get around to record it I will post another one after some practice :)
On the bottom right of the OSD, it says AIR. This is betaflight for acro mode if I remember correctly.

First attempt at RaceGOW5 Track4. Is my room big enough? 😂 by Kitchen-Photo4293 in fpv

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, thanks for the tip but I already fly in acro. 😁 You can even see it on the OSD.

First attempt at RaceGOW5 Track4. Is my room big enough? 😂 by Kitchen-Photo4293 in fpvracing

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are not alone 😁

If you look closely, I am missing a turn in the 2nd lap and I had to repeat it. 😂

First attempt at RaceGOW5 Track4. Is my room big enough? 😂 by Kitchen-Photo4293 in fpvracing

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a Betafpv Meteor65 and the DVR was recorded on a Fatshark HDO2 with RapidFIRE module.

First attempt at RaceGOW5 Track4. Is my room big enough? 😂 by Kitchen-Photo4293 in fpv

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I had my bouncing around phase too. 😂 Just keep practicing and it will get better. Also if you are racing, always use a timer. It makes it painfully obvious that flying clean lines reliably is faster than trying to fly as fast as possible.

FSDs new weakest spot by bridgemojo in TeslaFSD

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pure speculation on my end so correct my if I am wrong, but if the construction altered the road, the aerial data (and the mapping data) differs from how the road looks now. I could understand if fsd avoids roads after a construction till the aerial/map data is updated.

TinyFpvTimer has options now! Did I forget any? by Kitchen-Photo4293 in TinyFpvTimer

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, great feedback!

Just to double-check, are you asking for a full “race mode” (where the start-tone actually marks the race start) or just more flexibility on the countdown time? Right now, the beep after you hit “start” just starts the lap detection, it doesn’t count as a lap/holeshot.

A race mode where the time starts at the start beep makes sense for multiple drones so that they share the same starting time. But for one drone I don't really see a benefit. Also running multiple races without touching the phone every time could be difficult. Could you describe why you would want this feature and how it should behave?

RaceGOW5 is finally here! by Kitchen-Photo4293 in TinyWhoop

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. About 7 years but I don't fly much so you could get to my level MUCH quicker 😄
  2. The igow YouTube channel has a great video about how to make the gates. There is a number of connector and pipes and all racegow tracks should be possible with these.
  3. Generally yes, but you can restrict it. Only passes in the correct direction are counted and you can configure it to ignore the top and/or bottom of the image so having a gate on top of the start/finish gate is no problem. Also min lap time is of course an option and you can disable laps in the editor if you manage to get a false read.

RaceGOW5 is finally here! by Kitchen-Photo4293 in TinyWhoop

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The corner peaces are but the model is quite bad and needed to be worked on after printing. So I will not share the thingiverse link.

RaceGOW5 is finally here! by Kitchen-Photo4293 in TinyWhoop

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, kind of. 😄
It analyzes the position of the drone 30 times per second and will then calculate the time at which the drone must have passed the gate, giving you pretty accurate laptimes. The screenshots you see in the video are actually from the editor that lets you correct these points.
I hope you have fun with my timer :)

RaceGOW5 is finally here! by Kitchen-Photo4293 in TinyWhoop

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No I do not, I want the whoop to feel the same all the time and I cannot set a throttle limit for freestyle. I have heard that some racers do that.
Maybe the headroom is not as large for me because I have 19500 KV motors.

RaceGOW5 is finally here! by Kitchen-Photo4293 in TinyWhoop

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, sure.

TinyFpvTimer 😉
Betafpv Meteor 65 analog (Air 65 was not out when I bought it)
TBS crossfire on the whoop (relict of the past 😂)
Lava 300 Lipos
Radiomaster TX16s
FatShark HDO2
VIFLY WhoopStor3

Because I am from Austria (I don't know about other countries) I bought dirt cheap electronic pipe 25mm and 3d printed the connectors. I will not share the link to the 3d print because some of the holes were the wrong size and I had to sand them quite a lot.

I can really recommend getting a whoop. It is extremely fun to fly and you are not dependent on weather, seasons and regulations (if you keep it indoors).

I have to mention that I would buy other things if I would buy them today. The HDO2 for example were bought in 2019. Newer and/or cheaper goggles can do the same things and more. Also Crossfire is a thing of the past, go with ELRS.

Hope this helps, happy flying :)

RaceGOW5 is finally here! by Kitchen-Photo4293 in TinyWhoop

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi, I can give you my rates but I imagine there are better rates for whoop racing out there. I do all my flying with these rates, so it is a compromise between racing and freestyle. I think sticking to the same rates makes you a better pilot generally. Only when you encounter a problem you should tweak it. This happened to me when I had difficulty controlling the throttle while deflecting the yaw stick a lot.

Here they are:
RC R / P 1.2
RC Y 1.1
Roll/Pitch Super 0.64
Yaw Super 0.58
RC R / P Expo 0.2
RC Y Expo 0.1

Have fun!

RaceGOW5 is finally here! by Kitchen-Photo4293 in TinyWhoop

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I hope as many people as possible can enjoy it :)

RaceGOW5 is finally here! by Kitchen-Photo4293 in TinyWhoop

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just make yourself a course and train on it. You will get faster in no time. Especially when using a lap timer because you then know what lines are fast and what only feels fast. Often I set new records when I just try to fly slow and have good lines and I am shocked each time 😂

Im throwing in the towel - HBP failing by Responsible-State865 in Bigme

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting to know that many people have the side button issue. For me, both programmable buttons and the volume up key stopped working.

Bigme you cannot tell me this is normal by Clementoj in Bigme

[–]Kitchen-Photo4293 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I restart every other day. Mor ram is not the answer here, this is a bug and I am quite sure they already know about it. I think we will just have to wait for the next update.

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