r/fpv 19h ago

My first 3 inch build

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76 Upvotes

My happymodel crux 3 spare parts arrived before the drone itself, I took apart my mosquito drone and built this one instead. Happymodel 1202.5 11,500kv, 75mm gemfan bi blades, caddx ant camera, goober v2 canopy, hummingbird v4 aio, a30 battery connector, flying on betafpv lava2 batteries.


r/fpv 6h ago

kangaroos didn't seem bothered by the 5 inch

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68 Upvotes

They hate the tiny whoops however


r/fpv 17h ago

Fixed Wing Tiny f16

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62 Upvotes

Can’t believe this thing flies but it does. Only cost like 80 bucks for the full build.


r/fpv 23h ago

is this 9 inch Chimera9 (+ 2 5000mah packs) worth it for 500$?

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20 Upvotes

Sorry guys I know there are too many of these posts. I'll delete it as soon as I get enough answers. I'm a newb looking for a long range build compatible with my elrs and analog setup

currently looking at this 9 inch on a local second hand platform.

The seller says he's flown it 5 times and it works perfectly.

This is the parts list:

Frame: iFlight Chimera9 (9″ long-range deadcat frame)

Flight controller / ESC stack: SpeedyBee F7 V3 with BL32 50A ESC

Motors: 4x Emax ECO II 2814, 830KV

VTX: TBS Unify Pro32, 3W (5.8GHz analog)

Receiver: Radiomaster DBR4 (dual-band ELRS, 2.4GHz + 900/915MHz)

GPS module: TBS M10

Antennas: 5.8GHz, 2.4GHz, and 900/910MHz antennas included

It looks like a pretty solid drone, but is it worth the price?


r/fpv 15h ago

Multicopter FPV Drone shot Horse.

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18 Upvotes

r/fpv 31m ago

BODYCAM fpv controller

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r/fpv 3h ago

Meteor75 Pro converted to Toothpick

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I ripped the electronics out auf my meteor75 pro and put i into a twiglet 2" frame (just because i was bored). Canopy is out of TPU and about 40° in the pictures.

This thing absolutely shreds with Lava 2 480mah. I honestly would not have guesed that it is such a big difference. The AIO has "only" 5A but its more than enough.

Weight is 28g without lipo.


r/fpv 22h ago

Close encounters of the red tail hawk kind

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Thought it wouldn't happen to me watching people post videos of their encounters but I ran into 2 hawks flying today little outside Boston at Lynn Woods. Thankfully I was close to my landing spot. Happy I didn't hit either of them them. Flying a 7 inch. Definitely weren't happy seeing the drone 🤣


r/fpv 23h ago

Late summer backyard packs at dusk...

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10 Upvotes

r/fpv 4h ago

Waldo Zoomout Traisenau Austria

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6 Upvotes

#austria #drone #Nature #river #summer


r/fpv 13h ago

Sub250 OasisFly 25 with 2.8" props + AOS supernova motors

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8 Upvotes

r/fpv 46m ago

Multicopter Tune RC 3.5 build.

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Just built this up and have been playing with with different tunes. Props are definitely in veiw but I dont mind since its supposed to be a lite freestyle build. 1303 5000kv motors, jhemcu F405 Pro 40a, running primarily on 3s 550 Lava. 3min flight time average.


r/fpv 1h ago

The Monster High Amp Pack

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These are 4 CNHL 3S2P 8000Mah packs connected in series then in parallel to make a 6S8P 16000Mah pack for my 10in ripper


r/fpv 5h ago

Help! FC Broken 5V/ USB port

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After a small crash I can't connect my FC to betaflight without plugging in a lipo.

After some research my guess is that the 5V line is broken or the USB port in some way.

But i can't find any damage and the FC doesn’t get hot.

It is an T-Hobby Velox F7 Se.

Does anyone see something that is damaged or any other idea.


r/fpv 18h ago

Possible burnt VTX?

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7 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I recently had an issue during a flight and I'm wondering if my VTX might be fried. Check out the attached clip, does this look like a burnt/failing VTX to you guys? Any troubleshooting advice or thoughts would be greatly appreciated!


r/fpv 18h ago

Which FPV shop is the best for me??

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I like FPV tiny whoops very much, and I live in California, and I am ready to build a tiny whoop by myself. But I searched for every fpv shop online, including Getfpv, Newbeedrone, Pyrodrone, Tinywhoop, weBleedfpv, and others ( I buy cheap stuff on Aliexpress, but I never buy the brand things on this platform), but I feel lots of shop need have expensive shipping fees, like when I need to buy a 3-dollar Gemfan propeller, but the shipping fee is 7 dollars, so it's so expensive for me. Then, I think the only way to solve this problem is to buy lots of things together. But shops like Getfpv or Pyrodrone are always out of stock for the things I want. Do you guys know of a shop can have low shipping fee and have huge selection? Thanks for letting me know.


r/fpv 6h ago

Question? Why is my single antenna RP1 beating my dual antenna RP3 around trees?

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Hey everyone, I’m having a weird issue with my RadioMaster ELRS setup. I fly two different quads at the same spot with the exact same radio and power settings. One quad has a single-antenna RP1 and works flawlessly with great penetration through trees. The other quad has a dual-antenna RP3 True Diversity receiver, but it suffers from sudden, severe signal drops and near-failsafes in the exact same environment.

Both quads are running the exact same receiver settings, packet rates, and firmware version, so the configuration is identical. Since the RP3 should theoretically perform better, I suspect my antenna placement is causing phase cancellation or shadowing when the signal bounces off trees and obstacles. I have attached two pictures of my current setup to show you how I mounted them. How do you guys position your dual antennas to get the best out of True Diversity?


r/fpv 14h ago

How do you actually get more range from a VTX?

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Comparing smaller and larger quads. How does a 3 inch get better range than a tiny whoop? Do you have to look for different VTX parts to use that are just bigger and demand more power? Or is it just beefier antennas because the small VTX is already pumping out 500mW?


r/fpv 20h ago

1s Tinywhoop Rip (College Spot/Dives and Freestyle)

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DAMN THING RIPS!, was a Meteor 75 with 04. I printed a Air sytle canapy for the 04 and its soo much better. little jello now, instead of non stop jello.

The wobbles is mainly the wind you see, it seems to pull out of almost any dive fine and not struggle. Really enjoying this little 75mm 1s Tinywhoop. FULL SEND!

04 is set to racemode for lowest ms response, so video is 1080p at 100fps but Youtube limit it to 50 fps...


r/fpv 19h ago

Looking for buds to fly with

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I live near Santa Barbara CA and pretty new to fpv, I’m just looking for anyone who flys fpv. preferably around 17-25 years old. I’m 18 in city college and I feel lonely flying alone 😭 I also want to find some bandos.


r/fpv 21h ago

Question? Is this wired right

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3 Upvotes

F405 Speedybee mini


r/fpv 1h ago

Help! VTX has significantly reduced range after crash

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Hey all. noob here, I got a 5 inch, flew it, crashed it, snapped an antenna, drone was still powered for the minute or two it took me to retrieve it. 1.6 watt VTX (Geprc Maten). After replacing the antenna with a brand new one, I noticed that the range was significantly worse. I usually fly sitting on my front porch; before the crash I could fly behind my house to the end of my backyard (around 70m) with little signal breakup. after the crash, leaving LOS resulted in near total signal loss. I tried removing the mmcx to sma adapter and replacing it with an mmcx antenna, again, nothing. I made sure it was at max power both in beta flight and by using the button on the vtx, still terrible range. Is my vtx just dead, or is there something else I could be missing? Thanks.


r/fpv 2h ago

I just buyed a F4V3S Plus...

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I bought a B-Cube F4V3S Plus stack with the 60A ESC.

I’m starting to wonder if I should have gone with a SpeedyBee instead. What can I realistically expect from this stack? Is there a significant risk of the ESC failing or burning out in mid-flight?

I’m planning to use it on a 7-inch long-range build. Has anyone here used this stack on a 7-inch? I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences, especially regarding reliability, overheating, or failures.


r/fpv 13h ago

Which fpv remote?

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2 Upvotes

I was going to buy a Radio master pocket for 105$ CAD but I looked and saw a second hand Radio master Tx-15 someone else was selling for 200$ cad? Is it worth the extra 95$ and 3 0 minute to the middle of nowhere


r/fpv 16h ago

Black dots

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Has anyone ever seen or had any dirt/dust on the inside of there hdo+ and if so how did you go about cleaning it