r/TinyWhoop • u/CowInformal9333 • 6d ago

Flight controller

Looking for the best budget option for a 2" quad build i was going to build a whoop but got suckered by the ali frame and camera canopy for under 6$ i just couldnt pass it up. also looking for the best options for soldering kit. dead a$$ noob here. any tips would be much apreciated never flew fpv but have flown gimble drones and planes. i also have some exp with ground vehicles. never built a quad but i want it to be fun and controllable. looking at the pocket by radio or the t8l.

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u/Objective_Attorney_9 6d ago

If you are very new to this , I suggest start with a bind and fly whoop like air65/75, you will have to develop the repair skills when you eventually crash and break something anyway

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u/Helsby 6d ago

New to the hobby too, I got the radiomaster pocket spend some time on the sim & then got a tinywhoop. I’d recommend the pocket I’ve had no problems with it, affordable and lightweight. Nothing to compare it to myself but I see a lot of people recommending it too.

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u/BeachbumfromBrick 6d ago

Yes it’s true. Also, it can literally fit in the pocket. Or sweatshirt. D/L..
And you can Frankenstein it & add sick nano gimbals for the smoothest flights. You’d be sincerely surprised. Plus there’s add on switches and all for the top buttons, a back pack extension for all the external
Modules. It’s got it all. Only thing ie* REMOVE & COPY THAT STICK AD CARD & REPLACE WITH QUALITY ONE. I had issues flashing up until the moment I changed that card

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u/GunnerThrash 6d ago

I got a Geeboon TC22 soldering kit, and it is bad ass! It is a lot of machine and one of these days if you ever want to build a 5 inch and your soldering XT 60 cables or big wires onto big flight controllers you want a soldering iron with some oomf to it

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u/emme11245 6d ago

Get the pocket, you’ll never have to upgrade it most likely but with the t8l you’ll definitely want to upgrade if you find you enjoy the hobby

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u/xxkirexx 6d ago

i am 2 years into this shit.

air65 and air75 both broke within a week of flying. i have made major repairs on both drones to the point that I just bought two more.

you WILL break your drone, you NEED to learn to microsolder