Learning to fly FPV with the DJI Avata 2. First half of the video features flying with the RC Motion 3, while the second half showcases flying with the FPV Remote Controller 3. Shot in 1080p at 60fps, with no color correction.

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Ghostlinkz

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Say hello to my little friend

Some awesome tricks in this one

https://youtu.be/hsmx6OQrc6M

finally getting some good flight time, gonna start uploading footage soon :3

Really enjoyed watching this doc!

"Flowstate: The state of mental flow in which an FPV pilot becomes one with the acrobatic drone, flying smooth lines seemingly effortlessly."

https://youtu.be/UoMWFrqOmQo

cooked my esc on my last flight, time for a swap ._.

I have a feeling that this is going to be my new favorite channel. Have been thinking about getting an FPV drone for a while but I don’t like that most only allow you to fly for 5-10 minutes at best.

Any suggestions for someone looking to get started?

https://youtu.be/HQ--bq2mq24

b4ufly is a great app for planning an fpv session

you need to be in unrestricted airspace with no NOTAMs to fly. special events like airshows may affect where you can fly

dji by default will not let you fly in restricted airspace but this is not always the case, better to be safu

playing with the simulator while the drone is under repair 🫠

https://youtube.com/shorts/v_8eL3dToZ4?si=MK0cqeaNQ6RVSENR

sigh

there are 2 ways to transmit video (vtx) in fpv, analog and digital

analog is lower latency and lower quality, best for racing

digital is high latency high quality, great for cinematic and freestyle

you can also do analog + mount a gopro for low latency but high quality recording

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the fpv remote is the first item to get when starting in the hobby

the second item to get is a simulator. i like the official drone racing league’s sim, but there are plenty of others. this will save you thousands in crashes

it took me about 2 months of fairly consistent sim time to get comfortable with flying

on fpv remotes, there's two major proprietary protocols (DJI, TBS) and one open source (ELRS)

DJI has good integrations with other DJI parts

TBS has an excellent controller (even onboard lua scripting!)

ELRS is oss, works with a bunch of remotes, and most remotes look mf cracked

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for flying fpv you're going to *need* a few parts:

- drone
- goggles
- remote
- hella lipo batteries
- lipo smart charger

***do NOT skimp on a smart charger, i did and the resulting lipo fire corroded through a patch of concrete :3

we'll deep dive each of these in later posts

first thing to note is fpv drones come in 3 categories

1. RTF (Ready To Fly)
2. BNF (Bind 'N Fly)
3. DIY (Fuck Around Find Out)

RTF is the shortest purchase-to-fly time

BNF is good for familiarizing yourself with some modularization and configurators

DIY is good if you enjoy pain (dont do this first)

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