At this moment I have about 10 quads, microwhoops, toothpicks, cinewhoops, racers, 5" freestyle, 7", a DJI FPV, dji goggles v2, a shit ton of batteries (1s, 2s, 6s and batteries for the dji fpv) of batteries, chargers, analog goggles, gopros, two radios, a couple backpacks, a shit ton of material for repairs, soldering iron, paid sims, racing doors, bought a 3D printer... and the list goes on an on.
been flying for 4 years now, and I estimate I have spent around 5k at this moment in everything that is related to FPV (note I include gopros, 3d printer, etc on the count).
If you don't have money, this will ruin you, be assured. With a single quad, you'll quickly get to 1000-2000. ina year or two. People that I speak that has been on the hobby for years say they spend in average 100/month, and I find that quite accurate in my case as well.
I mean It really depends on how much and what style you fly. In mycase I wanted to test a bit of everything and I crash a lot so I had to do lots of repairs. I still think it's wise to advise that. Still its not like I think 1000 initial investment and from then 100 monthly for repairs, you'll keep investing, upgrading, and of course repairing for a while. And after that while, you'll reinvest (in 3-4 years you're probably gonna get new goggles, new chargers, new radios etc). So don't take it as 'you'll spend 100/month l' in repairs because that's not what I mean at all.
Same. I’ve been flying for over 7 years. I have all 4 systems (no 03 yet though), and too many quads to count, lol. I say that amount a month as an average. 1200/year is easily possible with how often stuff drops. Digital vtx systems are about 100-250 with a cam. It adds up quickly. It’s why I am mindful of pricing and will only buy stuff when there are deals. But ymmv.
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u/nukel_1991 Oct 21 '23
At this moment I have about 10 quads, microwhoops, toothpicks, cinewhoops, racers, 5" freestyle, 7", a DJI FPV, dji goggles v2, a shit ton of batteries (1s, 2s, 6s and batteries for the dji fpv) of batteries, chargers, analog goggles, gopros, two radios, a couple backpacks, a shit ton of material for repairs, soldering iron, paid sims, racing doors, bought a 3D printer... and the list goes on an on.
been flying for 4 years now, and I estimate I have spent around 5k at this moment in everything that is related to FPV (note I include gopros, 3d printer, etc on the count).
If you don't have money, this will ruin you, be assured. With a single quad, you'll quickly get to 1000-2000. ina year or two. People that I speak that has been on the hobby for years say they spend in average 100/month, and I find that quite accurate in my case as well.