hello

i actually had an account at this site a while back, but I have completely forgotten all the necessary info, so...

I got started with quads about 2 years ago; though, at the time, I was only interested in the whole photo/video via drone thing. Around the time that began to get really boring (I guess a little more than a year in), I happened to meet a few guys who were really into building and flying their own tiny and FAST quads. 

I wasn't a great pilot with DJI phantoms boasting GPS, etc., so I'm not really surprised that making really, REALLY slow progress flying FPV. While I've mostly transitioned from LOS to FPV for most things, I am having trouble flying out of horizon and into air mode in FPV. At the same time, I've spent a lot of time trying to build a working quad, but first I've had to wrestle with the basics of tools, home-based construction (no such thing as too many fire extinguishers), the ABCs of electricity, and a crapload of other stuff I could have used far more in high school than three years of Latin. So far I've finshed two, but family stuff has interrupted the build of a smoke stopper (without which, I'm not plugging in either).

that's about it. nice to meet everybody.

Welcome Lucifurr! Glad to have you. Lots of smart folks here...you'll enjoy your time here!!

Hey Lucifer the lurker gone registered... welcome to the site.

You know if you don't have time to build a smoke stopper, hobby king sells one now... It's got a built in fuse so it'll only detect a fault once and either need a new fuse or need to be replaced and I already have built my own smoke stopper so I don't know if this one is any good or anything but here is the link in case you're interested

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/boom-stopper...tore=en_us

The way I see it... 4 bucks + shipping to go from grounded to flying is well worth it!

Welcome to the forum. Only one way to get rid of those nasty horizon mode induced habits, lotsa stick time

Hello Lucy

i think it is common issue across the forum, folks are doing a lot of stuff especially in *free time


*typically between 2-4 am when you should be a sleep.

Welcome lucifurr!
Not sure if you are already flying in a Simulator yet, but give it a try if you haven't already. (and practice acro mode with it)