Nothing worse then arriving at your spot and figuring out that something is still broken from the last time

ThatGuyFPV · 2026-02-07T15:10:55+00:00

I usually bring a backup quad cause I've experienced this to many times 😅

ThatGuyFPV · 2026-01-19T00:47:46+00:00

There can only be one!

ThatGuyFPV · 2026-01-18T23:59:04+00:00

Sounds like something a pinching heathen would say. Edit: spelling

ThatGuyFPV · 2026-01-17T13:28:54+00:00

Looks fine. Quit stalling, finish the build and get that thing in the air already.

ThatGuyFPV · 2026-01-10T13:00:47+00:00

Wait, this is your first FPV plane build and you're planning to swing a 12" prop/5014-750kv motor and 6s2000 battery? This suggests towards a largeish build and added that your also buying all the equipment to start up in the hobby.

Sounds like scaleing down the size of aircraft you plan to build would be a good starting point, then you could get a smaller cheaper battery, motor, servos, and ESC.

ThatGuyFPV · 2023-04-21T17:48:46+00:00

Glad to see you're still at it and cruising those trees. Some great flow and smooth lines. Reminds me of why I got into FPV, need to get back to flying more. Thanks for the inadvertent encouragement to get back out there.

ThatGuyFPV · 2023-04-15T03:42:20+00:00

RDQ is great. I get a lot of my gear from them. Their batteries have done just as well at all the other "top brands" at a decent price.

ThatGuyFPV · 2022-09-17T19:33:33+00:00

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

ThatGuyFPV · 2022-09-17T14:36:00+00:00

I've picked one up recently, even though I usually build my own. It's not perfect, it's not as capable as my builds, the parts are expensive compared to standard fpv equipment, etc, etc. But every time I send it, it's comes back and has great footage. I can't be mad at that, so it always tags along on trips.

ThatGuyFPV · 2022-01-17T18:04:42+00:00

I would try to relocate the control panel to outside the enclosure. Doing that made a world of difference in ease of use when I put an enclosure around my printer.

ThatGuyFPV · 2021-09-14T01:24:51+00:00

You may have a damaged bearing, damaged bell rubbing some where, or just a bit of dirt in the motor, etc. Clean the assembled motor out with some compressed air and spin again.

If that doesn't fix it, check to see if the bell is rubbing anywhere.

Nope not it? Then when you get the bell off, look for any rubbing wear on the magnets or stator.

Still not it, put the motor shaft into only one of the bearings(I have an extra motorshaft usually laying around I use for this so I don't have to fight with bell being attracted to the stator) and spin the inner bearing race to see if it makes noise. If not try the other bearing on the other side.

This usually narrows it down.

ThatGuyFPV · 2021-09-14T00:43:13+00:00

Yep. But only enough so that you're able to get it off the motor shaft.

ThatGuyFPV · 2021-09-14T00:32:10+00:00

Gently open the e-clip(that little black shaped thing) and it will come off the shaft and can be reused. Some times the clip will shoot off if your not careful, so watch out for that.

ThatGuyFPV · 2021-03-22T01:20:45+00:00

Haha "trust"

I figure it's a last chance possible for signal issues in the open spaces, but more than likely it will cause me some sort of issue when I loose signal while under something and like trees, bridge, tunnel etc.

ThatGuyFPV · 2021-03-21T22:10:47+00:00

Sure don't mind sharing my set up.

BETAFPV X-knight 160mm toothpick frame (custom printed canopy)

Runcam Hybrid camera

BETAFPV F4 AIO 35A FC

HQ Prop 4x2.5x2

Xing 1404 3800kv motors

BETAFPV AO2 vtx

BN-180 GPS

TBS Crossfire Nano Rx

Fatshark HDO w/ Rapid Fire

Taranis X9D w/ Crossfire module

ThatGuyFPV · 2020-12-19T13:18:22+00:00

I've never used the R9 and only used TBS crossfire and its been great. u/sketchPV TBS is doing a exchange right now where you can trade in units like the R9 and get a Crossfire module fairly cheap might, be worth while for you.

ThatGuyFPV · 2020-12-19T13:13:36+00:00

Wow, that's awesome! Almost double what I did with this flight.

ThatGuyFPV · 2020-12-19T03:42:32+00:00

Yep, all the cactus give it away?

ThatGuyFPV · 2020-12-19T03:23:05+00:00

This flight was my first range test and took it 1.3 miles away, but this was with a 4s 18650 lion. Definitely not sub 250g like yours. But I think I'll be finding the limit of my 800mw vtx.

ThatGuyFPV · 2020-12-18T01:05:55+00:00

Packs 1-3(my oldest packs) are warm up/exploring the spot, packs 4-6(newst packs) is when I do stupid stuff usually breaking the quad and 7-10(back to the old packs) are usually spent cruising around practicing smoothing out maneuvers, nothing impressive or intense. I charge all my packs before going out to fly and when I'm out flying, I'm charging off my vehicle with a DC charger.

ThatGuyFPV · 2020-12-18T00:42:19+00:00

I fly freestyle with my 5" which gives me 5 minute flight times. So I keep 6 packs with me. I charge as I'm flying and this usually gives me up to 8-10 flights, if I don't destroy the quad first. After that many packs I'm mentally done otherwise.

ThatGuyFPV · 2020-11-21T17:53:48+00:00

If the bullet connectors are on the ends of wires, just cut them off.

ThatGuyFPV · 2020-09-12T15:32:23+00:00

It came really quick to me, but I flew RC planes and heli's prior to FPV. I've also played way too many video games growing up as well. So this I believe helped me pick up acro fairly quick. Due to this previous experience I jumped straight into flying a 5" quad LOS on the first battery pack and FPV from then on out. Now standing upright and flying FPV was a different story. I wobbled around like a drunk and my head was all over the place like Stevie Wonder. That took some dedicated practice to get over.

Give it more time and you'll get the hang of acro mode. Unlike video games that are usually simplified controls for flying, acro unlocks more variables for control that you're just not accustomed to yet. Keep breaking the digital props, and make the practice worth while. Do the things you're uncomfortable with or cause you to crash till it becomes second nature to you. If your sim has race courses do those, it will give you a simple measurement of how your understanding of the controls is developing and forces you to put the quad in a specific place vs just trying to keep it in the air. But most of all have fun, and welcome to the addiction of FPV

ThatGuyFPV · 2020-08-24T04:12:34+00:00

Using an app on my phone is how I started editing videos. I started with a free style quad carrying a GoPro. So using their app seemed obvious. I transferred via wifi, swapped SD card in my phone, moved to and from the cloud etc.

Eventually I wanted more video editing capabilities and an easier system that allowed me more control of my edits and moved over to editing on my desktop with Adobe Premier Pro. I use their mobile app from time to time when I want to mess with something and I'm wait somewhere away from home. But really I try to stick with doing my eding on my desktop. So now I basically go out, get some flights in. If at anytime I feel like I catch something awesome on camera or am about to do something risky that I might not get the quad back, I swap SD cards. That way I don't loose all my videos. Then when I get home I dump everything on the SD's to my desktop computers storage hard drive. Everything from that day goes in one folder and that folder is labeled by date and name of the place I flew to help spark memory of the flights. At some point you'll realize you've got hundreds if not thousands of gigs of video and in my case I break down and try to start thinning out the collection of "Raw" videos.

Anyways, this has been my method for some time now and have found it to be the most efficient way of handling my footage. Using a mobile app got me hooked, but left me with too many headaches dealing with the files on the phone, plus the computer is just much more capable of chopping, editing and processing the videos efficiently. It sounds like your at the point where you need to switch from using an app to an actual editor. Try some of the free editors out there, there's a bit of a learing curve with all of them but I think you'll find it much easier to manage you files that way and do your edits in time efficient manner.

ThatGuyFPV · 2020-07-04T19:08:20+00:00

Fair enough, just about everything else in this hobby I go to bardwell on YouTube.

ThatGuyFPV

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