Building my first 5" FPV drone

[Jo's squadron]

Here's what I got
Frame, motors, FC, ESC, and props
800mw VTX
and a smoke stopper.
I already have the camera (hopefully it fits).

Should arrive in about a week!
I might (most probably) will need your help @Houndpup Rc and @LitterBug (or anybody else).

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Here's what I got
Frame, motors, FC, ESC, and props
800mw VTX
and a smoke stopper.
I already have the camera (hopefully it fits).

Should arrive in about a week!
I might (most probably) will need your help @Houndpup Rc and @LitterBug (or anybody else).

Cool!👍

 

[Patriot Rc]

Here's what I got
Frame, motors, FC, ESC, and props
800mw VTX
and a smoke stopper.
I already have the camera (hopefully it fits).

Should arrive in about a week!
I might (most probably) will need your help @Houndpup Rc and @LitterBug (or anybody else).

Cool!👍

 

[Jo's squadron]

Any suggestion on good rates to start with?

 

[LitterBug]

Any suggestion on good rates to start with?

How mcuch FPV have you done in the past on planes and quads?

I would keep the rates tame to start to minimise overcorrecting at first. Been a while since I flew BetaFlight or INAV to know what the default rates are. Maybe @Merv can speak to that.

LB

 

[Bricks]

Am I correct in that by the literature it only supports Inav?

 

[LitterBug]

What type of flying makes a difference too. Flippy floppy crazy loops, vs Racing, vs smooth calm cinematic flying.

 

[LitterBug]

Am I correct in that by the literature it only supports Inav?

It has an F405 so in theory it can run just about anything including ArduPilot depending on the firmware availability. Most FCs are clones of something else not one off scratch builds.

FIRST thing to do out of the box is find out the exact firmware loaded on the board and back up ALL settings. That way if things go south you can always revert back to original.

 

[Merv]

Any suggestion on good rates to start with?

I used the default rates in Inav for my 4 inch quad, they worked fine.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Any suggestion on good rates to start with?

I just have the defaults from betaflight...Though they could probably be better!🤣

 

[Mr Man]

Here's what I got
Frame, motors, FC, ESC, and props
800mw VTX
and a smoke stopper.
I already have the camera (hopefully it fits).

Should arrive in about a week!
I might (most probably) will need your help @Houndpup Rc and @LitterBug (or anybody else).

Wow, that's a pretty good price for that combo!

 

[Mr Man]

Wow, that's a pretty good price for that combo!

(I think)

 

[Jo's squadron]

How mcuch FPV have you done in the past on planes and quads?

I would keep the rates tame to start to minimise overcorrecting at first. Been a while since I flew BetaFlight or INAV to know what the default rates are. Maybe @Merv can speak to that.

LB

I have a tiny whoop (an toy H36 that I added an FPV camera). And I’ve flown a couple of FPV planes.

 

[Jo's squadron]

What type of flying makes a difference too. Flippy floppy crazy loops, vs Racing, vs smooth calm cinematic flying.

Cinematic and just overall fun gaps and flips.

 

[Jo's squadron]

FIRST thing to do out of the box is find out the exact firmware loaded on the board and back up ALL settings. That way if things go south you can always revert back to original

I’m not sure I fully understand what you mean.

 

[Jo's squadron]

Wow, that's a pretty good price for that combo!

Yes it is!

 

[Jo's squadron]

I just have the defaults from betaflight...Though they could probably be better!🤣

How well does it work for you? And what type of flying do you do?

 

[Houndpup Rc]

I’m not sure I fully understand what you mean.

You will go to the CLI tab and enter in "Dump" and "Diff" and it will write out all those settings then there is a button to "save to file"..Not really a huge deal until you get the quad all set up (Motors spinning the right way ect)

 

[Houndpup Rc]

You will go to the CLI tab and enter in "Dump" and "Diff" and it will write out all those settings then there is a button to "save to file"..Not really a huge deal until you get the quad all set up (Motors spinning the right way ect)

Not sure but you might only need to do a "dump" command...I always just do both to be on the safe side👍

 

[Houndpup Rc]

How well does it work for you? And what type of flying do you do?

Just general purpose, what ever I feel like at the time whether its chasing planes to shooting gaps ect...It could probably be better but I just have never gotten around to doing it!😂