5 FPV Drone Mistakes That F*ck Beginners

I think you make some good points about not building your own drone, but as a new person who built his first drone i think it was worth it. It taught me how the drone actually worked and what the components did, which was really helpful. However, i do like to build and fiddle with stuff so it might just be me.

I’ve been flying FPV for 6+ years and what I love the most is to be on my own without anyone else … me time 😎

I feel like trap #3 is the most important. A whise person once said. "The moment you start to compare yourself to others is the moment when fun starts to degrade because you cant match your own expectations." Most important thing is to HAVE FUN with like minded people and yourself. The rest happens when time passes by :) Fly safe legends!!!! And have fun 🎉❤

As someone who built his first ever drone himself I can say that it is worth it. Sure you can repair BNF drones but you can't really modify it. Also it is cheaper to build it and you can put stuff on it no other drone will ever have. For example I made an AirTag holder for it and now my drone is evern safer. There are thousands of videos out there that just show how they built their new drone and those were my tutorials. Most of the other tutorials went into Goggle and Radio stuff which you have to do with both options. Just imagine what feeling it must be to finally have your first ever quad finished and it all works perfectly. And that is not too rare. I personally had not to do anything later on the drone itself. Build it. Flash it. Configure it. Bind it and voila. Who sais this won't be the same case for you? And even if it is not, there is our god JB who will have a video just for you.

Few months ago, I was flying in the local park when I came home from work, wanted to relax, this nice couple came up we're quite nice.

It took me a few weeks to get the tiny soldering down; I’m an auto mechanic by trade; therefore, I know how to use a soldering iron and read schematics. Once I solder tiny connections, building drones was a breeze. I don't let anyone mess with my drone builds or my vehicles. Being able to solder tiny connections and read schematics is the key to making a drone quickly.

emax tinyhawk 3 freestyle was my first drone-arrived broken :(

Can you share the link for the Evoque F5 V2 GPS mount?

this is the newest video about fpv drones that ive seen

I built my 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th drones and have frames / components for two more 5" freestlye copters being delivered this week. I did my 1st build after watching a Bardwell how to and discovered I enjoy building them as much as flying them. Honestly if not for building it myself I would have felt lost instead of having a much better working knowledge of how each component works & relates to the others. Also, because I chose to build, I had the confidence, plus every tool and most spare parts to make any repairs necessary. Needless to say, I am a huge advocate of building at least ones own first drone. If you stay in the hobby any amount of time, you will aquire most of the tools needed to build anyway just by necessity, its also a little less expensive to get into a quality machine if you build it and a full build can easily be completed in a weekend or less. These days even if youre unable or just refuse to learn to solder, there are plug & play options for every FC / ESC, VTX and RX that you could want, so besides having to buy a few common tools, its hard to imagine a good reason not to want to experience the satisfaction of building your own copter and flying your own creation is always more fun than any store bought drone. Cheers.

the not building your first drone i totally feel i suggest that to beginners aswell buy a crux and a radiomaster pocket and a skyzone box goggle for your first experience its cheap easy and you will get into building while upgradeing imo you dont need to start with digital right of the bad i find it beneficial to see how the video behaves and that its important how you position yourself with digital you dont see your video getting worse that well if you dont have your eyes on your bit rate so beginners tend to not care about how to stand with analog you see really fast if your signal is good or not and that it makes a huge difference how you postion yourself oh and its way cheaper to start out with analog crux + pocket + cobra sd + decent charger and some lipos is around 400 bucks so way more affordable than going full dji for 1400 ^^

Great stuff. I'm brand spanking new to the hobby ( 20 hours on sim and 3 hrs on cetus pro). and really appreciate this kind of content. The reason I am learning is because of the therepuetic benefit it gives me. I have an aquired brain injury and the feeling it gives me when I'm cruising around is just so amazing. So for me it is a very personal thing. Later perhaps I will find like minded people. For now I'm gonna keep banging away with this little cetus. Subscribed. 😊

I like your cheerful little video. My own progression went—sim only— (because I couldn’t afford a quad yet) then one cheap little quad —- tiny whoops. —-learning to build my own bigger one. It’s been good, and I too think it was good to fly first before building. But the bridge has to be crossed, because unless you’re rich enough to pay for repairs, you gotta do it. Thankfully, it’s a relaxing part of the hobby, mostly. The most irritating part to me, is software.

Mt. Stupid is a good lesson to learn young. Stay humble till you have 10,000 hours... and then stay humble.

Even the prebuilt drones i bought were eventually completely torn apart and rebuilt/ modified. If you follow a guide with the exact parts they use, building a drone for the first time is pretty easy. Only thing you should wire up is the reciever and the vtx. No need to mess with a gps or LEDs unless you want to. Itll just make the build more complicated and confusing.

Hi Brodie! I have been binging a lot of your videos as I am trying to get into this hobby! I have decided to go with the radiomaster pocket transmitter, but I’m trying to find a good drone and goggles to go with it. Do you have any recommendations? I would like to keep the whole kit under 500$ please let me know if you have any recommendations!

I never had any bad encounters with people I meet while flying

Nothing wrong with starting with a prebuilt. But you will have to learn how to fix it at some point. My advice is start with a 75mm Whoop to learn the basics. Great for learning how to fly without the risk. Everything is on connectors, so easy to swap parts and repair while you learn and get a feel for how it all works. Solder on a BT2.0 connector for your first project. After you understand a Whoop it all applies to the bigger quads when you want to step it up.

I’m not trying to learn how to fly. I just want to make a unique TV drone for so-called sizes so should I just make a very good drone in my first trial? Should I spend some thousands of dollar on smaller less innovative drones that can be easily made?

Any suggestions on places to network that doesent include social media? I am happy to say I am 42 and have never had a social media account.