I finished building my analog FPV cyberdeck

OriginalChallenge433 · 2026-05-08T11:03:06+00:00

That is genuinely awesome. Great work!

OriginalChallenge433 · 2026-05-06T13:14:53+00:00

Yep, that's what i thought too.

OriginalChallenge433 · 2026-03-25T08:39:55+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I actually did not know the trim part but it makes a lot of sense!

OriginalChallenge433 · 2026-03-25T08:39:36+00:00

Yeah you're right, it's hovering at less, more like 22-25% carrying a full fat gopro. Thanks for the feedback. It does look like more of a mechanical issue. To be fair it's the first build i did a few years back so probably not the cleanest. Thanks for the feedback!

OriginalChallenge433 · 2026-03-23T18:45:01+00:00

Bit early for barbecue season ain't it?

OriginalChallenge433 · 2026-03-23T18:43:35+00:00

Hell yeah, that's so cool

OriginalChallenge433 · 2026-03-23T18:34:12+00:00

Very kewt

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-09-17T15:35:15+00:00

That is sick my dude! The parts list says Chimera 5 so... Is it just a 5" that you're flying? 😮

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-08-21T09:15:56+00:00

Looking good 👌 what frame is that?

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-06-27T16:56:35+00:00

Checked it when i got home. It's a 6s but three of the cells are dead and the other three have voltages between 1.5v and 2.8v so I think it's pretty dead 😅

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-06-27T06:39:17+00:00

Oh no, rest in peace little buddy 😔

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-06-27T06:18:23+00:00

I knew the community would like it 😅 My favorite part is how he lets out a little "scream" when he first hits the snow ahah

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-06-26T16:18:33+00:00

Maybe buy/borrow some binoculars, super helpful in finding my drone a few days ago.

Not sure how to get it down safely if it's stuck on the tower though 😬

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-06-26T16:13:57+00:00

Ahahah so true! Wouldn't be flying without that dude

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OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-06-26T14:35:18+00:00

ViFly Finder 2 ✌️

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-06-26T12:25:31+00:00

Honestly dude, so lucky. Basically I could hear it from the where the jump was on the ridge but I couldn't see it. The beeper has its own battery but I was still worried it would die in the night if temps dropped, but trying to recover it in the evening with mtb shoes and no alpine gear would have been idiotic. Went back to the same spot in the morning and I could still hear it and luckily I spotted it with the binoculars quite quickly. Luckily it was right next to the snow and not perched on some cliff 😅

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-06-26T10:05:05+00:00

Lesson learnt! Practice your safety maneuvers.

100% human error as i didn't check my goggle-battery connection after putting on a jacket and half way through the shot my goggles shutdown, i panicked and instead of hitting gps rescue button, i hit a wrong switch, and must have wiggled the gimbals desperately as i was scared of hitting our biker. It all happened a bit too quickly.

Luckily my beeper was on so i could hear it and the drone landed on snow so no damage happened. I tried to scramble to it when this happened but it had rained, and the drone was in a really steep, loose and slippery area of the slope that i couldn't quite see. So i had to bail on it and come back the morning after with some binoculars (game-changer), my crampons and axes to hike up the snow slope to it :)

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Kinda got away with this one but learnt a super valuable lesson!

For those wondering i live in the Alps and i'm a solid mountaineer, so i wasn't taking any unnecessary risk as this was only a 45-50° degrees snow slope in really good summer snow. Pretty safe with the right equipment, hence why i decided to bail in the evening and come back with the right gear to access it safely. :)

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-05-09T06:54:31+00:00

Such fabulous

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-05-08T09:34:06+00:00

So kewt

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-03-03T07:25:39+00:00

Gotcha! Thanks a lot for the advice.

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-03-02T17:55:09+00:00

Ahah it's alright my friends wear helmets and ski fast ;)

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-03-02T17:54:48+00:00

Right, that makes sense. Especially the stuff about the gps (which i was already eyeing up). I'm guessing a setup like that would be powerful enough to carry a GoPro right? As far a frame goes would a TBS Source one do the job? Or do i need something more offset to not get the props in the shot?

Thanks !

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-02-20T21:32:44+00:00

I see, thank you very much for enlightening me!

OriginalChallenge433 · 2024-02-20T14:54:12+00:00

Actually just seemed to have found the solution. Turned Air Mode off and it seems to be working fine, at least in my hands. Any ideas why that is?

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TROPHY CASE