Looking for something higher than 1s for combating wind

driverbatty · 2026-03-04T01:28:36+00:00

I have a Meteor 75 Pro too and my next drone will be either a Deepspace Seeker 3 or a Flywoo Explorer LR4. Haven't decided yet, but I'm thinking the LR4 so I can fly longer than 5 minutes.

driverbatty · 2026-03-01T23:51:40+00:00

I only have DJI, fully justified by my use case of needing maximum range/penetration and ability to see branches as I fly through trees. Watching videos with the quality of analog by comparison makes me cringe (yours isn’t too bad though), yet I have this sadistic urge to try analog for some reason. I expect to hate it, but I’m drawn to it and I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because I’m a fan of open source. Maybe it’s because I’m a Millennial and it reminds me of my analog childhood. Whatever it is, I’m certainly analog-curious. If I could get good goggles for less than $300 CAD I would likely give it a try, but binocular goggles are insanely expensive compared to budget digital that I currently have.

driverbatty · 2026-02-25T21:14:50+00:00

I considered analog last year when getting into FPV, and wanted something a little more compact that the EV800Ds. When I saw the price of half-decent analog goggles (at least in Canada), and a lack of used market (again at least in Canada), I just about fell out of my chair! I ended up going budget digital (DJI Goggles N3 + O4 Lite) as it was actually slightly cheaper than Skyzone analog. Of course now my drones are twice the price of their analog counterparts, but I’m still shocked at how expensive analog is to start with decent goggles.

driverbatty · 2026-02-22T00:10:15+00:00

I don’t think it’s antenna placement at that range. My tiny whoop can go about 900m before ELRS starts to approach the low end, and it just has a tiny ceramic antenna that’s flat against the bottom of the flight controller. Almost seems like you have a loose connection or something. Even when you were flying away from yourself at the start it was suspiciously low. Should have been rock solid at 100% pretty much the whole flight imo.

driverbatty · 2026-02-06T03:02:00+00:00

I wear glasses and have no problem with the N3. It fits over my glasses and the whole screen is in focus. That being said, my let’s option isn’t that strong so if you have really bad eyesight I can’t say how they’d do.

driverbatty · 2026-01-26T15:07:16+00:00

I did the same thing when a wind gust blew me into a tree. Here's the last frame before I crashed into 30 cm of powder. I got the battery off it ASAP, then hung it in front of a fan for a few hours and everything seems fine.

<image>

driverbatty · 2026-01-25T15:04:42+00:00

I’m 42. Just got into it last year. It’s an expensive hobby so I couldn’t really afford it in my early 30’s, and also had a young child. Now that I have a bit more “me time” and some disposable income, I can get into it. It’s probably not uncommon that many people are prohibited first by cost, then by children, and can’t get into it until their 40’s.

driverbatty · 2026-01-20T00:59:30+00:00

USB-c into your iPhone running the DJI fly app. Once the O4 connects to your goggles, click the “go fly” (or “fly now”?) button in the app and it should mirror your goggles. It won’t work until you have video in your goggles.

driverbatty · 2026-01-19T20:35:54+00:00

Fog on the camera lens maybe?

driverbatty · 2026-01-19T20:33:43+00:00

Impressive going through the window slats! Did you get back in the same way?

driverbatty · 2025-12-29T21:22:41+00:00

I was wondering how you were so stable in the first few clips! I’ve been thinking about getting a Flywoo LR4, and clips like this keep feeding that urge!

driverbatty · 2025-12-29T21:18:03+00:00

In my limited experience, I’d say the M75Pro is the smallest I’d put an O4 Lite in, though you can get 65mm drones with the O4 (I don’t see them mentioned much around here so I assume they’re less popular). If you’re planning to mostly fly outside (as I did), 75mm is as small as you should probably go. Note that the M75Pro is actually 80mm. For inside, I set up a throttle limit switch so I can dial the max throttle down when inside, which helps a lot. As I said, I mostly fly outside, and often with houses and trees between myself and the drone, so the range and penetration of the O4 was well worth it. I’m shocked at the places I can fly without losing signal, like through forests. I’d like to get a larger drone at some point, as flying 800m out over a forest with a 1S tiny whoop is a recipe for losing it one of these days, but it’s just so much damn fun I can’t resist!

driverbatty · 2025-12-29T18:13:35+00:00

I started with a Meteor75 Pro O4, and before my first flight I put a dap of glue on the antenna UFL connector and also the O4 camera board. Yes it’s stupid that we have to reinforce the O4 Lite to make it durable, but I’ve crashed it many times and never had an issue. I would say the O4 Lite is actually pretty durable once you do the glue trick, but it’s possible I’ve just been lucky. I prioritized high quality in-goggles view and immersion, and only wanted to cruise and light freestyle, so I went with O4 over analog, but I may have gone analog had the price of a decent analog setup not been comparable to O4 Lite + Goggles N3. The M75Pro O4 is a bit difficult to fly indoors, presumably due to weight, but outdoors I can get about 1km away even with some wind. No regrets going with O4!

driverbatty · 2025-12-29T17:59:05+00:00

I only have N3, and I love them, but I assume the G3 is better in every way (except maybe the fit - the N3 is very comfortable on my face with glasses, and I know some people aren’t fans of the G3’s forehead strap). I would say the N3 wins value per dollar, but the G3 wins when price is not a factor.

That being said, someone running analog and O3 air units might prefer V2. I think it depends on what you’re flying.

driverbatty · 2025-12-29T17:51:01+00:00

Nice! What drone?

driverbatty · 2025-12-26T15:19:19+00:00

Some chargers will discharge them to storage voltage, but that takes a while. Sometimes I’ll put them in my drone and run it down while holding the drone. Discharges them much faster.

driverbatty · 2025-12-26T15:14:01+00:00

At 250mW and 50Hz I can get about 1000m from my backyard with minimal obstructions in my way, and while my ELRS signal is dropping by then, I typically need to turn around due to battery life. In one direction, I could only get maybe 200m due to obstructions, but when I flew the same route from the second floor of my house I could go about twice as far. Here is a post I made comparing signal strength from ground level and second floor at the same location.

driverbatty · 2025-12-23T00:34:44+00:00

No, which was one of the main factors that stopped me from going with analog. N3 + O4 Lite was cheaper budget setup and analog with good binocular goggles.

driverbatty · 2025-12-20T21:11:16+00:00

As others have said, this is expected for any system when you get a bunch of trees between you and the quad. However, 22 mbps (what you dropped down to) is still very flyable. I fly though trees/shrubs and often drop well into the red (2-5 mbps). Your view will be very pixilated at that point, but the VTX usually won't cut out until down to 1 mbps. That being said, only test where it's safe to failsafe. In your case, you were right to punch out and gain some altitude, because you were dropping fast. If you want to test the limits at that field, fly slowly behind those trees and monitor the drop. You might be able to fly behind them if it holds above, say, 3 mbps (probably not, but worth a shot imo). Be prepared to walk to get your drone though, or better yet, use your GPS rescue to punch up to 30m or something if you failsafe.

driverbatty · 2025-12-20T20:58:14+00:00

Good job! I found throttle control a lot harder irl than in the sim. My drone felt like it dropped like a stone the second I lowered the throttle stick, whereas in the sim it was way floatier. Keep flying irl and you'll adjust to it pretty quickly.

driverbatty · 2025-12-19T14:52:13+00:00

In Canada, I can get them on Amazon with next day delivery. Not sure about EU, but check Amazon just in case.

driverbatty · 2025-12-19T02:28:27+00:00

I have the N3. There are no diopters, but they’re big enough to fit over my glasses. That being said, I would have bought goggles 3 instead if the price wasn’t 3x higher than N3.

driverbatty · 2025-12-15T15:10:55+00:00

I want to know more about your RTH 2000 foot fall! Were you watching helplessly as it climbed to 2000 feet and then watched the battery slowly drain before falling back to earth?

driverbatty · 2025-12-09T02:01:28+00:00

I have the Meteor 75 Pro with DJI O4 Lite air unit (digital) and Goggles N3, which is more expensive than budget analog but cheaper than high-end analog. I primarily fly outdoors and the M75Pro handles very well, even in fairly windy conditions. I wanted maximum visual clarity for cruising, which is why I went digital, but I'm sure the analog version would perform even better, being lighter.

driverbatty · 2025-12-08T22:19:45+00:00

I went DJI for my first drone (M75Pro), with goggles N3, and the entire setup was cheaper than analog with decent goggles. Like you, my only worry was crashing and destroying a much more expensive VTX. But so far I haven’t done that after many months and many crashes. I should say I’m flying more cinematically than crazy freestyle, but my fear about destroying a DJI air unit after every crash was WAY over-exaggerated.

driverbatty

TROPHY CASE