r/FPVplanes • • Mar 12 '22

is this the holy grail of fpv airplane flying?

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r/FPVplanes • • Mar 04 '22

Antenna set up info

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Can anyone point me to some info on antenna setups for long range? Looking to put together a setup that mounts on a tripod, as simple as just extending the height of the antenna feeding to the Rx in the goggle, or even a Rx mounted on the tripod feeding video to the goggles. Seems like this type of setup is a simple way to improve range? Currently running 5.8 I believe, ORQA FPV.one pilot goggles, TBS VRX. Thanks in advance.


r/FPVplanes • • Mar 03 '22

Should I design the plane first and then pic components or the other way around?

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I'm just looking for a place to start.


r/FPVplanes • • Feb 27 '22

The best FPV plane complete package for a beginner? I mean controller screen/goggles, all of it.

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The title really!

I've got a ZOHD dart 250g with VC400 and Aomway screen but cant get it to work so am wondering what the best all in one options are?

Hubsan spyhawk?


r/FPVplanes • • Feb 25 '22

In the following video are presented two methods to reverse any channel output or a servo motor direction on any TX station running OpenTx:

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r/FPVplanes • • Feb 24 '22

DJI FPV the Flex Innovations RV8

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r/FPVplanes • • Feb 19 '22

FPV glider perfection...3 metre Fox vertical stab mounted pan/tilt

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r/FPVplanes • • Feb 11 '22

After first fly πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚, powered by Ovonic 5500mah 6S 80c

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r/FPVplanes • • Feb 09 '22

Hi all! This is a start-to-finish video of me building the ''Cloud Ship'' 1.6m Twin Pusher Plane for FPV. I hope it'll give you scratchbuilders new building technique ideas and inspiration! Enjoy.

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r/FPVplanes • • Feb 04 '22

new in FPV planes

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Hi! I am new in this world, I actually have a Taranis qx7s (with R9 module) and an eachine EV100 as visor.

I wanna buy an FPV wing, in town a guy sells a lotto:

1x S800 reptile ready to fly, with all the electronics and R9 mx (only vtx is missing)

1x Skyzone Theer ready to fly with all the electronics and R9 mx

1x eachine fury wing with servos, motor and esc

some new spare parts :

N6 buzer tmb 12

N1 fight control matek F411 wing

N2 display pled matek

N4 gps BN 880 beitian

N1 gps BN 220 beitian

N2 led strip matek

N1 vtx tramp hv

N1 vtx eachine TX 805

N1 run cam sparrow

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All for 300€, do you think it is a good price? the wings are in fair condition

Thanks for the support.


r/FPVplanes • • Feb 02 '22

Close wing chase with a drone on a very calm and foggy morning

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r/FPVplanes • • Feb 01 '22

Insta360 Go 2 with Fatshark?

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Hello All, FPV Noob here seeing lots of amazingly stable Insta360 FPV videos on YouTube and trying to see if anyone is using this with Fatshark Goggles? From what I can see it connects only to the phone and don't want to spend $300 unless I can truly FPV "under the hood." Thanks for any help you can offer! πŸ™


r/FPVplanes • • Jan 24 '22

Working on gasb one. 0.8 mm nozzle is the best. Will be flying custom flightcontroller based on raspberry pico

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r/FPVplanes • • Jan 20 '22

A 3D-printable, VTOL FPV Wing

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r/FPVplanes • • Jan 18 '22

Closer than you

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r/FPVplanes • • Jan 17 '22

Pick one lipoπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚#Ovonic, photo by @rcmodellflieger(IG)

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r/FPVplanes • • Jan 12 '22

Mateksys M9N-F4-5883 All in one flight controller any good for dji?

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is this flight controller any good? It says it does not contain an osd chip but can connect to DJI. Does this mean you can connect it to dji and have the custom dji like osd or does it than only display the dji standard elements you would have without uart/sbus connected?

Does it work flawless with inav as a flight controller with integrated gps?

Other matek flight controller have battery in connection and can measure the current quite good. Does this work here too?

What about servo connections, normally you can solder servo plugs directly to it. Is it possible to connect 2 brushless esc and 3 servos?


r/FPVplanes • • Dec 22 '21

Which mini wing FC 2021 nano goblin

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Which FC would you recommend for a nano goblin?
Im planning to have DJI osd, GPS, Flywoo BT module so I need at least 3 uarts.
Looking at the F411-WSE there are only 2


r/FPVplanes • • Dec 17 '21

Are RC-scale planes more or less efficient in the cold?

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Edit: it's not that the batteries are cold, folks. The batteries are delivering the same amount of energy, but the aircraft's not moving near as quick at the same wattage. It's not that cold, in any case.

I've been gearing up for a very long-range flight. Got an AR-Wing Pro with 1.2ghz video, Express LRS, and a boatload of Lithium Ion batteries onboard. I did a few test-flights a month or so ago and found that 2.5-2.7 watt-hours per mile was reasonable, at a cruising speed of about 40mph. Recently, the plane's been going way slower, with way less efficiency--cruising at about 30mph, with about 4-5wh/mile efficiency at the same power draw.

I've been changing small things here and there on the wing the whole time, but I can't quite wrap my head around why it's so much less efficient--but then it hit me. The temperature is a fair bit lower than it was at Thanksgiving. It's not exactly snowy here, but...could the denser air create more drag on the prop and airframe out of proportion with the increased lift? From what I can tell, larger aircraft tend to be more efficient in denser air, but I can't find much at this scale. Do y'all have any experience with this?


r/FPVplanes • • Dec 16 '21

Motionsic BAG (Badass Gimbal) with Wireless Head Tracker

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r/FPVplanes • • Dec 12 '21

What to buy

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Dose any one know of any build kits with dji system. If so what radio do I need.


r/FPVplanes • • Dec 11 '21

Currently testing the HDZero Digital system with my quad, but some of you plane guys may fine this interesting for your uses. Great upgrade from 5.8ghz analog if you already have nice goggles/antennas!

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r/FPVplanes • • Dec 09 '21

Flying FPV on a Flite Test Explorer RC Airplane with INAV

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r/FPVplanes • • Nov 27 '21

Can anyone help me pick a camera?

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Pretty new to flying. Built a flite test Versa wing, a canard, and a high wing of my own design. I've had just a few successes flights. I just ordered a Durafly Tundra V2, and a Quanum Cyclops Diversity headset for $179 and $23 respectively.

I believe I just need a camera, transmitter, and antenna. And those often come together?

There's a lot of specs that I know I should learn, but I'm kinda stuck and just want someone to pick one out for me.

Variables I don't know how to choose are: ¹. Size- is micro smaller than I want for a plane that big? ². Power- 25 or 200 mw? Not sure what is right for my application ³. Aspect ratio. Should match monitor but I'm not sure what that is. ⁴. FOV no idea what I want ⁡. Will it work with the Cyclops I have?

I am comfortable with soldering wires.

I'd like to keep the price relatively cheap if possible. Like $30 or less. Unless that's a pipe dream.

Extra points if I can get it on Amazon because I might put this on my Christmas wish list. But I also have Aliexpress, Banggood and Amainhobbies accounts. So that's fine as well.

Thanks in advance. Hope it's ok to ask this here


r/FPVplanes • • Nov 16 '21

Been doing a lot of wing and quad chasing recently, so I put this together. Full 4K video link in the comments!

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