A little quick background: I was having trouble getting a social life after i moved from NYC to upstate new york. I really hate joining things, but I like being bossy, so instead I created a drone meetup group. My flying skills/knowledge were so poor that I was regularly crashing phantoms. I didn't really know what FPV is/was. My first meetup group meeting was a revelation; these amazing young male pilots showed up and literally blew my mind with their piloting skills and the fact that they had built their own quads. 

OK, long story and all that: i wanted (want) to do that. 

Here's where I am now: I can fly acro LOS. I can fly FPV in angle/horizon. But I CANNOT fly acro FPV.

I've tried simulators, flipping modes midair, etc. Nothing works.

Any advice?

thanks!

Honestly, keep on trying with the simulator. When I started, I would get elevation and just learn how to turn. First yaw turn then bank turn. As you improve, you can decrease your elevation. Joshua Bardwell has a bunch of tutorial videos, which was very helpful.

Forget ANGLE mode for good.\\think that this mode do not exist .
Get in big field and start there slowly with spotter.
when i started FPv i could not have googles on its was so frustrating.So i mounted my googles on radio so i was able tu put them on and off easy if i get lost.So i can get quad back it LOS mode.
But if you still think you need angle mode do so if you got Barometer that would help alot

I use to turn barometer on to keep altitude while getting use to FPV helped alot.But habit you get from angle mote takes so long to get rid off.
The problem is with angle mode that your brain thins you in angle mode and when you let sticks go you would expect quad to level it self.In acro you have to do it.this is hardest part going from angle to acro.

Keep ur self in acro mode in simulator and you slowly get there

Regards

I totally agree with Darozas, forget that angle and horizon modes even exist and just practice. I tried to get my head around manual modes while still using toy grade quads, started to push opposite stick to stop forward flight quickly, rather than allow the self level to to bring me to a halt.

There are quite a few tutorials on youtube, but really there is no way to get round it, acro just requires practice, patience and lots of props!

(24-Sep-2017, 01:50 PM)Tom BD Bad Wrote: I totally agree with Darozas, forget that angle and horizon modes even exist and just practice. I tried to get my head around manual modes while still using toy grade quads, started to push opposite stick to stop forward flight quickly, rather than allow the self level to to bring me to a halt.

There are quite a few tutorials on youtube, but  really there is no way to get round it, acro just requires practice, patience and lots of props!

Not that much props if u use DALprops

Practice, Practice and more Practice. And where you're sick of practicing, practice some more.

@aeroluxifer Where are you in upstate NY?  

I've been flying for about 5 weeks now.  Now, I'm mainly flying LOS in horizon and have a really good feel, but I had some revelations in todays session finally getting to fly FPV Acro.  I've mostly been dealing with the equipment learning curve....Antennas coming loose, VTX power output settings, exact VTX channel, wrapping my head around that dang camera warp, adjusting to the slight delay, ignoring the sound of props(because those deadly weapons aren't really that close), getting VTX and power output set-up, etc, etc.

Today, I finally had a chance to have everything right(except for that 10-15mph headwind).  I ripped two 1800 packs with flips, and multiple soft landings right near my chair(I did a bit of walking too!!).  
Unfortunately, I ripped off my GoPro strap during a LOS warm up which sucks because I wanted to document my first actual FPV flights today(I knew today was the day).  At least I have a 3d printer to make a new mount for next time around.  
Overall, it was a good day for this noob.  

It was my first time actually being able to have everything right for FPV before I got in the air. Once I was in the air I knew exactly what to do. This was from from the 2-3 hrs I've put into a simulator.  That was probably the key for me.  Get on a sim, fly it in ACRO ONLY till you get it...then go out and get an actual feel for your craft(and the other equipment).  This last step took a number of flights for me(I'd say about 10ish before getting equipment right).  

Now, if you're flying a sim in ACRO for a few hours and still have a hard time flying the sim then you probably just need someone to sit down to explain what the craft is doing for different scenarios.  It will probably take 5 mins of explanation and it would click for you (all been here with plenty of other things in life).  If you are flying the sim fine then having too hard of a time flying ACRO FPV then... you should probably fly your equipment a little bit more in ACRO FPV ONLY.

I've been careful to not program my brain to get used to flying angle or horizon LOS.  Once I started getting semi-used to angle LOS I switched to horizon LOS.  This helped me get used to my craft.  From there I went directly to ACRO FPV and am currently between the last two on my transition.

I'm just a noob too, but if you're near by then I'd be willing to take a ride to exchange ideas and maybe assist in getting you flying FPV ACRO.

Jos325

Just spend lots of time on the simulator. Don't try to race around the track just try to stay up. DRL is pretty good and so is Velocidrone. I would say if you can do 1 lap on any multigp UTT track without crashing, then you're ready to go out there and just take it easy.

I learned how to fly LOS and FPV totally just messed with my mind I couldn't get over the fact that I couldn't see my surroundings. I went to large fields and tried to fly. Sometimes going to a gigantic field actually makes it worse for learning!!!. When the grass all looks the same, it's very hard to tell how high you are off the ground, try to go to areas where there are structures or trees, really anything that will help you see the perspective of things through the FPV camera.

One last advice is to have some experienced pilot check out your quad is actually flying properly. When you're new you don't know what to look for, you might have some settings that's crippling your ability to fly properly.