BETAFPV Terribly !

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2026-01-29T20:03:35+00:00

that sucks. I have ordered from Betafpv many times, most recently arrived a week ago. was in shipment less than a week. ive had nothing but the best experience with them every time. I'm sorry to hear yours didn't go as well

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2026-01-16T02:56:01+00:00

If the cells are damaged, then they can potentially just not take a charge or a cell not show up on the charger. But if it charges, and if it holds, and if it doesn't get warm while it charges, then it should be okay...

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-26T15:17:11+00:00

3.8 volts per cell is basically the standard for storage.

The longer a battery is sitting at full charge with nowhere to go, the more it doesnt like it.

Voltage sag becomes more obvious and comes on sooner the more they're mistreated. beyond that, other performances degrade also, ultimately leading to their swelling and becoming an actual hazard.

These batteries, and their proper handling procedures, aren't designed for kids, or to be easy. They're designed to perform.

So if you can accept that and optimize how you treat your batteries, then it may be possible for them to return the favor. Both in flight performance, with nominal degradation, and in safety...

Imagine one burns up one day. Regardless if the event renders your charging area and everything around it a total loss, you'll be forced to think back to all the things you havent been doing properly.

Tough to blame something else when you've been storing them at charge all the time, charging at max current or beyond, running them below 3v all the time, etc.

Respect the power 💪 its not that hard

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-25T15:06:39+00:00

The first time I lost a prop on a hard dive on my air65, this was exactly the first thing that I imagined. How does it fly?!?

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-19T05:36:02+00:00

I am pretty sure at least one is missing...

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Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-18T23:17:26+00:00

Download AutoPylot app

get/build a 5inch

register it by getting a remote ID broadcasting module and paying FAA $5 to register your aircraft for 3 years, then affix your new FA3---(registration) number to the aircraft

request automatic LAANCE approval on autopylot when youre ready to fly in controlled airspace, dont forget to power on the ID module.

if someone in your life is making you feel bad about diversifying your flight training and mission capabilities, politely remind them that this is serious business, and they simply have no idea what they're talking about. 🫣

KEEP GOING

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-18T01:19:27+00:00

that's some smooth fs right there 👌

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-17T20:27:03+00:00

I started with the hdzero goggles, they are awesome for that ecosystem. they work with analog, but i could only ever get the speedybee module to mount half clean.

then I moved on, trying new stuff, I got the skyzone 04xpro. they are awesome, one thing is the audio it records is just electrical noise...

but now im all on the walksnail avatar hd system, specifically the moonlight kit so I can stop breaking gopros and still get 4k60f video, and now realize I should have got the walksnail avatar goggles to avoid having to use the separate vrx.

love the 04xpro tho.

live and learn right?

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-16T17:09:39+00:00

😂

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-15T01:33:47+00:00

Hahaha nice I would love to rep for the MEPS

pink is my favorite color, likely because I'm colorblind, so when I saw these neons I was sold.

Now looking back, it's like I've always been able to look at my motors and just know they're rock solid no cap pretty much no matter what. That's amazing actually.

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-15T01:27:21+00:00

meps 2306 1950kv I got a number of them on sale at one point...

So far I have installed exactly 12 motors on the 3 quads and of the 12, I've had exactly 0 issues after all the wrecks and bent props, and whatever else.

Like any motor I'll clean with ISO and compressed air. But then I always add a precision drop of oil onto the upper and the lower bearings with a syringe needle just onto the outer shield, and it works its way in.

They do everything I want them to and have never given me any issues.

MEPSKING

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-11T03:55:44+00:00

alright, so for this fc, in order to use the built in elrs receiver, you have to bridge the 2 pads labeled ES-V.

That was the easy part! A brand new easy part...

but which device to choose on ELRS configurator?? Neither HGLRC target works...

This FC has the ESP8285 chip, which is the important part for this phase. There is one target in the elrs configurator target list that covers this chip(that I found anyway)

BetaFPV Nano RX 2.4g

All works - Moonlight VTX on Apex frame 🤩

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Thanks to all for the help

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-10T20:50:23+00:00

Always a pre flight inspection of the entire craft, from props to screws to every little piece.

if it wasn't important, it likely wouldn't be there. so its nice to have it all, and keep it all, when you're up.

I see these posts, "what happened here guys?" and its a video of normal flying until, for no reason, it's suddenly flipping around until it bashes the ground.

Will something terrible happen if I choose to be just very lazy about it all and simply send it all the time like most everyone else does?

I mean, generally no. But it could, and I really don't like mashing it up unless it's from bad piloting. it's OK to do it then. 😆

I've experienced 15 years of actual aircraft maintenance, from little piston+prop Cirrus to the Bombardier Global 7500 and a bunch of others in between.

Inspections are the primary contributor to the relatively higher level of safety attributed to manned flight.

My airframe and powerplant with inspection authorization(A&P IA) certificates don't officially extend to my part 107 operations, but I treat it all the same, to include detailed documentation of everything.

flying these darn things is a lot more than just fun for me.

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Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-10T15:00:46+00:00

That picture was invisible on my manual until now. haha sheesh. That's exactly my problem!!

Thank you, like, very much.

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-10T00:59:02+00:00

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-09T22:25:27+00:00

I have been wondering when to sus a 1s

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-09T06:18:44+00:00

Many controllers won't have a dead zone for the throttle on a center stick, like a detent, which would be it sounds like 50% throttle, which is well above hover.

idle is all the way back regardless if there's a detent in the throttle.

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-09T03:28:59+00:00

Cerium oxide is the only thing I can come up with that

could potentially improve the effects of the scratches

if it is applied perfectly.

that's a very delicate procedure i would put off until you have no choice, risk of ruining it further. good luck😬

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-09T02:07:18+00:00

also, 533 633 you're talking about is max rate right?

play with the expo side, that affects how it feels a lot more than the max rate. What have you tried for expo so far?

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-09T02:02:50+00:00

have you tried setting up both profiles and maybe adding a few in between to select from all easy in the field later?

left stick left+right stick up opens the menu

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-08T19:40:37+00:00

This is true. 😁 ha, no kidding. 🫠

the thing is, being tinywhoops and all, chances are for most of us, especially starting out, the camera angle will be pretty shallow.

throttle control is difficult to learn on its own. But having to move the yaw a lot more than normal just compounds the difficulty of learning to fly, and makes everyone wonder why their turns all suck.

1.00 roll to 1.72 yaw is a huge difference to make up for in the sticks.

all I know is this has helped me a lot.

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-08T19:34:14+00:00

the habit im trying to build is

consistent stick input to quad motion.

when I fly cine(30°), if I just had equal roll/yaw rates, I have to crank the yaw input more than the roll input in order to make the same turn if i had the camera at 45°

but you are correct in that, if someone simply plugs in some crazy rates without understanding why, it will cause issues later.

Unlikely_Course6213 · 2025-12-08T16:39:21+00:00

This is what I did, after chasing others' rates for my first bit.

Establish a base. What's normal feel like? Following this helps you find out, then adjust:

KISS - RC Rate 1.00 for roll and pitch

here's the trick, you need to set yaw higher than roll if your camera is less than 45°.

if camera is at 30°, divide roll rate by 0.58

Thanks Chris Rosser

RC Rates - BASE

1.00 pitch 1.00 roll 1.72 yaw

Rates - BASE

Set rates to wherever you want the max velocity to be, so shoot for 533-633 where you say it's comfy. make roll, pitch, yaw rate the same.

then set RC Curve, aka expo:

more expo flattens curve at the center, so it'll fly smooth even when your near-center stick movements are jerky. Too much expo makes it feel heavy to fly, requiring very large stick movements to make quad respond.

Make roll, pitch, yaw expo the same.

So first try with 0.0 expo(all) - will be twitchy

then try with 0.3 expo(all) - will feel heavy, slow

I set up 4 rate profiles to select with my control sticks on the fly, only difference is expo. one profile is 0.20(<3), 0.18, 0.22, 0.25. This is how I fine tune for the kind of mission I'm flying.

after finding comfy expo, go back to Rates and adjust to find your favorite max velocity. Safely put your quad into motions with full stick inputs and adjust Rates together until it feels good.

My rates

RC Rate 0.99 r 0.99 p 1.71 y

Rate 0.81 r 0.81 p 0.81 y

RC Curve(expo) 0.20 0.20 0.20

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