This seems to be the nicest FPV forum, and I've learned so much from Oscar's blog.
My FPV story is just getting started. Two years ago I got into RC monster trucks pretty much out of nowhere, buying a XinLeHong 9125 "toy" just to play around a bit. A few months later I had an opportunity to buy a DHK Zombie for a really good price and spent way too much buying replacement and upgrade parts for it. For my birthday I treated myself to a 2nd hand Arrma Kraton and I love that beast a lot, I'm a total Arrma fan now
My dad used to be into RC airplanes and helicopters back in the 80-90's but since I have a neck problem and should avoid looking up it's not really possible to continue that legacy, so I thought flying low on 4 wheels would a be the only option for me. But a while ago he was like "what about drones?" and I thought meh, boring expensive stuff like a DJI Phantom would not be my thing. But when I discovered FPV racing/freestyle I knew I'd love to "feel like flying" a lot
The total cost of FPV gear (goggles + transmitter + kwad) still made me hesitate though. But last summer me and my family just happened to stroll around a big garage sale in the neighborhood, and my eye fell on something that looked like FPV goggles. Though I had never heard of SkyZone it did look a lot like those FatShark things I had seen. When I asked the guy how much he wanted for it he said "5 euros?" so I figured it was probably some bad Chinese crap. I obviously bought it though; worst case I could probably use some of the electronics inside. Getting home I found out that a SkyZone SKY01 isn't exactly new but it's not crap at all either and still worth at least 200 euros! After connecting a 2S battery I was also very happy to see that the displays and the built-in camera worked, and after getting a cheap Eachine TX06 cam I was thrilled to see the VRX's were also working fine!
In order not to waste that 5 + 11 euro investment I just HAD to continue the journey. Ordered a FlySky i6s and a few weeks later I was practicing (read: crashing all the time) in the Liftoff simulator. About 20 flight hours later though I felt I mastered the sticks enough to get an actual kwad. I wanted something small and safe enough to fly in the house, but which could also rip around outside. The Eachine Trashcan seemed like the best choice so lately I've been zipping around this little one almost daily, mostly outside.
Being the tinkerer that I am it's now upgraded with an XT30 connector, Gemfan 1635 props, an AXII antenna and a beeper. I also upgraded BetaFlight to 4.1 and flashed the JEsc firmware so I can use the new rpm filter. The PID tuning is messed up now though so I'm trying to learn how to tweak it properly. I just got an OpenLog blackbox hooked up (temporarily, because the extra weight isn't ideal) and figuring out how to reduce the propwash...
I'm afraid I'm starting to expect too much from the whoop so I'm also looking around for something more like a toothpick or slightly bigger class. The GepRC Phantom and iFlight TurboBee 120RS are on top of my list now.
In any case I'm very happy having discovered this amazing hobby, excited to see what the future in FPV brings!
My FPV story is just getting started. Two years ago I got into RC monster trucks pretty much out of nowhere, buying a XinLeHong 9125 "toy" just to play around a bit. A few months later I had an opportunity to buy a DHK Zombie for a really good price and spent way too much buying replacement and upgrade parts for it. For my birthday I treated myself to a 2nd hand Arrma Kraton and I love that beast a lot, I'm a total Arrma fan now
My dad used to be into RC airplanes and helicopters back in the 80-90's but since I have a neck problem and should avoid looking up it's not really possible to continue that legacy, so I thought flying low on 4 wheels would a be the only option for me. But a while ago he was like "what about drones?" and I thought meh, boring expensive stuff like a DJI Phantom would not be my thing. But when I discovered FPV racing/freestyle I knew I'd love to "feel like flying" a lot
The total cost of FPV gear (goggles + transmitter + kwad) still made me hesitate though. But last summer me and my family just happened to stroll around a big garage sale in the neighborhood, and my eye fell on something that looked like FPV goggles. Though I had never heard of SkyZone it did look a lot like those FatShark things I had seen. When I asked the guy how much he wanted for it he said "5 euros?" so I figured it was probably some bad Chinese crap. I obviously bought it though; worst case I could probably use some of the electronics inside. Getting home I found out that a SkyZone SKY01 isn't exactly new but it's not crap at all either and still worth at least 200 euros! After connecting a 2S battery I was also very happy to see that the displays and the built-in camera worked, and after getting a cheap Eachine TX06 cam I was thrilled to see the VRX's were also working fine!
In order not to waste that 5 + 11 euro investment I just HAD to continue the journey. Ordered a FlySky i6s and a few weeks later I was practicing (read: crashing all the time) in the Liftoff simulator. About 20 flight hours later though I felt I mastered the sticks enough to get an actual kwad. I wanted something small and safe enough to fly in the house, but which could also rip around outside. The Eachine Trashcan seemed like the best choice so lately I've been zipping around this little one almost daily, mostly outside.
Being the tinkerer that I am it's now upgraded with an XT30 connector, Gemfan 1635 props, an AXII antenna and a beeper. I also upgraded BetaFlight to 4.1 and flashed the JEsc firmware so I can use the new rpm filter. The PID tuning is messed up now though so I'm trying to learn how to tweak it properly. I just got an OpenLog blackbox hooked up (temporarily, because the extra weight isn't ideal) and figuring out how to reduce the propwash...
I'm afraid I'm starting to expect too much from the whoop so I'm also looking around for something more like a toothpick or slightly bigger class. The GepRC Phantom and iFlight TurboBee 120RS are on top of my list now.
In any case I'm very happy having discovered this amazing hobby, excited to see what the future in FPV brings!
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