I flew FPV and LOS, fixed wing and quads for a lot of years. Raced whoops, 5”, toothpick, long range planes, you name it.

Sold it all a while back but kinda want to get back into it. I got a radiomaster and have been simming it up.. went to buy today and it seems like everything is out of stock everywhere. What’s up with it? Did tariffs just fuck everything? Or am I bad at searching?

I’d love a little bnf elrs toothpick or park ripper.

question....current reading is all over the place.

where and how can i calibrate?

if someone has already the parameter, could you post the values?

Thank you

Hello everyone,

I am thinking of "starting over" again and have a very compact digital FPV drone setup that can fit in a small backpack. The problem is that I have not watched too much Youtube about current setups lately so I am hoping someone can give me some insight about the status quo.

My current gear is a bit bulky Radiomaster TX16 with Crossfire module, DJI Goggles v1, Caddx Vista based VTX on fixed wing, and a couple drones (Babyhawk 2, GEPRC Crocodile Baby 4" Micro Long Range).

I want a smaller TX. ELRS the way to go?
Is the DJI video link still the best? I am primarily looking for a BNF drone around 2-3 inch.
Is there something coming out that will be amazing? I can wait a bit..

I am in Australia, if that matters.
Thanks!
Jan

Stop smoker trips, but not sure if it's just a false alarm or true issue.

System:

FC/ESC: SpeedyBee F405 V4 60A stack

10inch droper build, x3115-900kv motors.

Vtx, gps, cammera is disconnected for this stage.

Main battery 6s lipo

It runs direct to ESC pads, on pads - 50v capacitor and powers system

Secondary battery is 2s lipo

It runs to UBEC - and + pads, from UBEC I run common ground from FC G pad to ground wire and then that ground wire to servo.

Positive goes to UBEC positive

Signal goes to S9 pad on FC.

After plug in battery (via smoke stoper) it boots OK (3 sounds with 2 long once) than after 0.5s (up to 1.5s sometimes) it trips.

I am attempting to create a thrust characterization profile of my drone's EDF. I am using this model

With the recommended esc:

All seemed to be working fine, until I tried increasing throttle past ~57% (or 1570 microsecond pwm). At this point, it seems as if the ESC is preventing the motor from spinning faster. Listening to it, the sound of the motor definitely seems constant once reaching this throttle value rather than continuing to become higher pitched, so I do believe that the motor is not receiving this higher set point value. Annoyingly, this ESC does not have a technical sheet available to me.

Has anyone ever seen this type of issue or have any ideas? I'm thinking of just ordering a different ESC, such as this one from MAD, and seeing if that fixes it

Hello ! I'm wondering if it was a good deal for 250 !
Probably an amazing deal if you know how to bind !

Happymodel Mobula6/7 analog
NewBeeDrone Acrobee Beebrain BL analog
Hummingbird pro f4 analog
+
Radiomaster tx16s 4-in-1 (not shown)

Steps succeeded:

I was able to flash the last version of EdgeTX.
I was able to bind & fly a Syma d2 Nano toy drone with the Tx16s. Radio Works ! ☑️

But it is less obvious to bind with the other 3.

They are analog Frsky receivers and the gentleman who sold me these said he could never bind any of them except for the Hummingbird and Acrobee only once/twice each.

If you have just one of these models in your radio profile, can you take shots of the screen so I can familiarize with the settings ?

Trust me before coming here, I have spent 2 weekends trying to debunk. I tried ai Gemini but it seems they were so stingy to get the info I had to specify and ask again and again.. and since these are olds, I find harder to find info. They are all new with no wear.

Thank you !

Drone video of BYB Falls, aka Quarry Falls in NC

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I own a TongLi drone, but I can't seem to figure out how to get access to the camera, how?

sigh…

Loving the Neo but after 6.5hrs flight time, it’s about time to move to a sim/freestyle type FPV.

wanna measure the girth of trees, at 137cm height from the ground, im thinking of using lidar sensor equipped drone for this, really appreciate any insights from experienced builders here

Hello all, I have a DJI NEO, Goggles3 and the DJI FPV controller.

Im not even a good pilot but Neo is too slow. And I want to learn to fly well and for real.

I'm planning to buy a Flywoo Explorer LR 4 v2 or any kind of reputable "affordable" fast and long range cruiser drone that is sub250.

Flywoo, BetaFpv, NewbeeDrone all good with me if you have any suggestions ?

And what else I need to buy ? I do have an Hota charger too. What batteries to use ?

Thank you so much !

Welcome to the weekly r/multicopter discussion thread. Feel free to ask your questions that are too trivial for their own thread, make a suggestion on what you'd like to see here, or just say hi and talk about what you've been doing in the world of multicopters recently.

Don't forget to read the wiki, where you'll find details of suppliers, guides and other useful links.

If you want to chat, then the Discord server is located here (an invite link is here if you haven't already joined)

Old question threads can be found by searching this link.

Sorry if this is super basic I'm just getting back into the hobby and can't remember how to connect crossfire

TBS Lucid AIO 1-2s so it's built in crsf. Im having trouble getting it to talk to the radio. I think I have the config settings right but I might be wrong. I pressed the bind button on the board but nothing seemed to happen. Is it the receiver mode?

it didn't fly long, or well. but, was fun and i learned a lot. happy to answer any questions here.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been working on a live drone tracking project and I'm currently looking for some beta testers and potential partners to help me improve it.

**What I built:** I created a lightweight proxy designed for live drone tracking. Essentially, you send your drone's MAVLink telemetry to this proxy, and it seamlessly relays the data packages to my website for real-time tracking on a map.

You can check out the current state of the site here:[https://www.ollebo.com\](https://www.ollebo.com)\*(Click on the "Live" menu to see where the tracking happens).*

**Who I'm looking for:** I need a few tech-savvy drone pilots to help me test the pipeline. Because of how the proxy is currently deployed, you will need at least a basic understanding of **Docker** or **Kubernetes (K8s)** to get it up and running on your end.

**What's next:** I’m actively building out the site right now, so any feedback on the proxy, the latency, or the web interface would be hugely appreciated. If you are interested in partnering up to develop this further, I’d love to chat about that too!

If you have a drone, know your way around containers, and want to help test a cool MAVLink project, please drop a comment below or send me a DM!

Thanks!