Want to purchase a new fpv drone

[warm moth]

replacing a tinyhawk want everything new lol

[sharp arrow]

don’t wanna be mean but do you want us to just round up all possible drones or you’re gonna give us some details like budget, size, what radio you have, digital or analog, etc

[warm moth]

I need everything new with no budget just I don't need anything fancy

[warm moth]

tx16 elrs, dji goggles 2, o3 air unit

so far this is ehwt I'm thinking

or maybe a zoro

[late hare]

Well for cheap drones Ima give u a list

Petrel 120x, Crux 35, Baby ape pro, and Mobula 6

[warm moth]

I'm looking for 5" quads I'm not sure if any are those

more then likely want to use rdq to purchase these parts other then the dji goggles and 03

[sharp arrow]

man has budget for 03 air unit and dji goggles 😄

in order to fit your needs go ahead and get an iflight nazgul f5-f6 with dji 03 air unit. Goes around 700-800 euros right now, already set up bnf and ready to go. You seem to have figured out the radio and goggles on your own

geprc mark5 c hd 03 is also on sale from 800+ euros to 680. Also coming with dji o3

but don't mind me being doubtful about someone jumping from a tinyhawk directly into thousands of euro budget for the next drone

[late hare]

Then I would recommend GepRC Mark 5 or Nazgul Evoque

oh wait he already said that lol

[warm moth]

does rdq have them?

I'll have to check

https://www.racedayquads.com/products/iflight-bnf-nazgul-evoque-f5x-hd-squashed-x-5-quad-w-caddx-vista-and-dji-camera-6s-tbs?currency=USD&variant=39621855838321&gclid=CjwKCAiA2fmdBhBpEiwA4CcHzf-R30znIknR-MjWsqn6jGWPhiJE4S-v-hPhwJ9oNlxZqyDyU2-WXxoCGJ0QAvD_BwE

like this one?

[uncut plume]

@warm moth I do a thing where I build drones for beginner for free, I just enjoy building

so if you want I could build you a custom drone at no cost

[warm moth]

i would like to build it myself but I might need help doing it

[late hare]

I wanna build it but my soldering skills are garbage and its cheaper just to get a bnf

[warm moth]

is it actually?

[late hare]

Yea

if you add on tax, and especially shipping to buying the individual parts

also the people who make bnfs, buy in bulk

[warm moth]

true I might just buy the one I sent then

[late hare]

with this

theres no 6s

if you get a 5" it should be 6s

[warm moth]

no 5s?

6s?

[warm moth]

https://www.racedayquads.com/products/iflight-bnf-nazgul-evoque-f5d-hd-deadcat-5-quad-w-caddx-vista-and-nebula-pro-camera-choose-version?_pos=4&_sid=7a68d251a&_ss=r

wt abt this one?

there no dji o3 though

[late hare]

https://shop.iflight-rc.com/Evoque-F5-V2-6S-HD-Pro1883
https://geprc.com/product/geprc-mark5-dc-hd-o3-fpv/
https://geprc.com/product/geprc-mark5-hd-o3-freestyle-fpv-drone-green/

the freestyle version of the mark5 has props in view

but flies better

[warm moth]

I need to use rdq

[late hare]

olh

ok

https://www.racedayquads.com/products/geprc-bnf-mark5-hd-6s-5-quad-w-dji-o3-air-unit-elrs-2-4ghz?keyword=geprc mark 5

it comes with ELRS so I hope u use that

RDQ doesnt have the evoque with O3

[warm moth]

yea but is that better or no?

[late hare]

I would consider them equal

1 issue tho

[warm moth]

most of the parts I will buy from rdq other then the gogles

[late hare]

props are in view for that one

[warm moth]

isn't it cooler like that though?

[late hare]

well if ur tryna get good footage its in the way

Im assuming thats why u want the O3

[warm moth]

no I don't really need to record

but I would record some of my friends cars

also what batteries are good for 6s on rdq

[late hare]

Tattu R-line

They are expensive but good

for the Mark 5 I would say 1300mah

if you want something cheaper CNHL black is good

heavy tho

[warm moth]

ok whatever is better lol

[late hare]

so the R-line

[warm moth]

how many should I buy you think?

[late hare]

how long do you want to fly

[warm moth]

uhh like 30 mins to a hr right?

https://www.racedayquads.com/products/tattu-r-line-version-4-0-22-2v-6s-1300mah-130c-lipo-battery-xt60?keyword=tattu r-line

https://www.racedayquads.com/products/radiomaster-tx16s-mkii-edgetx-rc-transmitter-w-v4-0-hall-gimbals-choose-version?variant=39749410521201

I think that everything

other then goggles

[late hare]

oh then ur gonna want alot of those

like 6 or 7 for 30 mins if your doing normal flying

[warm moth]

6????

bro that's as bad as my tinyhawk 😭😭

[late hare]

that just how FPV droens are

if u cruise it can be alot better tho

but lets be real, cruising is no fun

[warm moth]

so I only get 5 mins of flight time basically

[late hare]

Thats the average yea

[warm moth]

dam that gonna cost alot

[late hare]

ye ik

[warm moth]

and I would need a charger for it

[late hare]

I use a Hota D6 Pro but theres cheaper ones

https://www.racedayquads.com/products/hota-d6-pro-dual-channel-325w-15a-ac-dc-battery-charger?keyword=D6 Pro

[warm moth]

omg so in total it gonna cost me around 1.5k?

[late hare]

yea...

but

you could save more by say

getting less batteries at first

cheaper charger

TX12 or zorro instead of TX16S

[warm moth]

ok well I want probs just 30 mins of flight then

is that still 6 batteries

[late hare]

ye..

you could get 6 or 7 mins per battery if you fly it conservatively

[warm moth]

damm

[late hare]

would be nice if they were like DJI batteries lol

Ik some of them can fly for almost an hour

[warm moth]

yes dji inssne

why is 6s better then 4s

[late hare]

more power and slightly better flight times

[warm moth]

ok so hopefully rdq sorts me out and I'll probably get this setup lol

maybe I'll see what controller I like better too

but def getting a dji fpv

Goggles

no way around that

[late hare]

yee

well I dont have much money so I fly analog, Its not as high quality but it is alot cheaper

[warm moth]

how much would I save you think

[late hare]

from what?

[warm moth]

if I went analog and bought a different bnf

[late hare]

the analog version of the mark 5 isnt on RDQ lemme find another drone

dang, no analog evoque either

[warm moth]

I think the mark 5 looks sick

how fast is it

[late hare]

im still waiting on mine :/

u can look at reviews on it maybe they will show it

[warm moth]

I'm watching a yt vid on it

[late hare]

aight

JB has a good one

but I dont htink it shows speed

[warm moth]

https://youtu.be/DJ5jtA03EMs

I'm watching this 1

[warm moth]

yk wt ima use to buy the goggles lol

[late hare]

jeez whered u get all those

[warm moth]

lol I had over 1k in gcs before

gifts

I gotta scratch all these ill be back in a while

[late hare]

aight

[warm moth]

I'll buy the goggles rn

I maxed it out 😭

so goggles out the way paid 180$ out of pocket

[late hare]

dam

[warm moth]

also for the battery set up would I be better just buying a powersupply and a parallel charger

[paper rover]

For the batteries maybe consider field charging

[warm moth]

field charger?

[paper rover]

Like buy 2-3 battery a ridiculously large one and charge from it

The Hota d6 can field charge

Can get lots of flight time depending on the big battery you get

[warm moth]

Uhh link?

[paper rover]

so

smthing like this https://www.brack.ch/fr/gens-ace-batterie-rc-lipo-15000-mah-11-1158938?utm_term=123&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=!cc-pssh!l-f!e-g!t-pla!k1-bh!z-baumarkt_hobby_channable&utm_term=123&adgroup_id=99420752767&ad_type=pla&prod_id=1158938&campaign_id=9422727506&gclid=Cj0KCQiA_P6dBhD1ARIsAAGI7HDu3JyEJKhsFrvNDYokI8Ye0Qj7U88E9ZE0411NpszhvFW0JC-7g_8aAj4WEALw_wcB&hc_fcv=Y8AvyRKlNMBj57zJ~Mw-jmSI32o3_QU28zzzzzzzz~Mw-jmRA32qE2y-5lzzzzzzzz

[warm moth]

holly

uhh

[paper rover]

or smaller dont worry

[warm moth]

lol idk how that would work exactly

what u think a better controller the tx16 or a zorro

[late hare]

TX16S is better, zorro is cheaper

[warm moth]

alr ill see which one feels better then

[late hare]

I would say'

if u use thumbs

the zorro

but if you pinch

then TX16S

[warm moth]

I use thumbs

[warm moth]

which zorro should I get

[late hare]

The one with elrs

[warm moth]

alr lol

is a 4 in 1 include elrs?

I'm dumb lol

for charging the batteries what is my best option

like how do I field charge a battery

[late hare]

no

and idk about field charging

oh rip

[warm moth]

it does include elrs

read description

[late hare]

what does?

[warm moth]

the 4 in 1

[late hare]

4 in 1 doesnt include ELRS

[warm moth]

it says it does on the website

[late hare]

show me

[warm moth]

oh wait I read to fast lol it says or

[late hare]

oh

[warm moth]

dam that sucks

I'm not sure wt to do then lol

[long ocean]

R u from europe or us?

[warm moth]

us

[grave edge]

Just buy it from somewhere else lol

[late hare]

they are just getting stuff off of RDQ

[long ocean]

Well the radiomaster Zorro is in stock almost everywhere

If its not an option then maybe the new radiomaster boxer could be something?

Its still in the preorder phase but its coming this month

https://www.racedayquads.com/products/pre-order-radiomaster-boxer-edgetx-rc-transmitter-choose-version?keyword=radi

[warm moth]

true whst places have a elrs

I can just buy the drone and other parts from rdq

and the controller elsewhere

[long ocean]

Yeah its another shipping cost but if ur fine with it then i guess no worries

[warm moth]

yea I mean or I could just get the tx12 elrs

or tx16

[long ocean]

https://www.radiomasterrc.com/collections/zorro-radio-control-series/products/zorro-radio-controller?variant=42171729674471

This is from radiomaster themselves

[warm moth]

how fast is shipping?

[long ocean]

Idk

[warm moth]

I coils check my local rc store

[long ocean]

You can check by adding it to cart and goin to payment

You dont have to buy it tho

[long ocean]

Yeah

Im in europe so I dont buy directly from radiomaster cus its in the us

So i dont really know about the shipping

[late hare]

If your in the US fastest shipping is usually from getfpv

[long ocean]

Check some youtube videos of the zorro, tx16s, or the boxer

Find what you think fits you

They are pretty similar but theres some key differences

[long ocean]

Joshua bardwell has reviews of all of them on his youtube channel i can recomend those

[warm moth]

alr ill check out some vids

[uncut plume]

gross learn to pinch

[warm moth]

no

[late hare]

I don’t thumb or pinch, using pinky is best fr

[warm moth]

ong 🤣

[uncut plume]

nah man back of the hand

[late hare]

Sweet

I’ve been waiting on my mark 5 for a week

[warm moth]

ye I'm excited

[warm moth]

I bought 6 batteries

[long ocean]

Nice bro

Its the o3 right?

[warm moth]

yrs

[long ocean]

Sweet

[warm moth]

I'll get it all setup sunday/monday

[long ocean]

Noice, good luck

[warm moth]

I'm having so much trouble getting it setup lol

[late hare]

need help?

[warm moth]

yea lol

binding the goggles with the air unit

[warm moth]

and binding reciever

[late hare]

idk anything about the goggles but

[late hare]

try plugging in and unplugging the battery 3 times, then on your radio use bind

if it doesnt work, update the reciever and radio

[warm moth]

I got it to work

[late hare]

nice

flown it yet?

[warm moth]

other then radio

I didn't realize it needed batteries lol

so Ima get batteries tmrw and then bind it

after that do I have to do anything with the controller

[late hare]

maybe update it

and if its like my TX12, then it should have a profile configured

Idk what radio u ended up getting but the arm switch is usually this

[warm moth]

that the exact one

[late hare]

btw

dont do the thing the person in #🌀off-topic did

[warm moth]

alr

I'll keep the antenna on lol

[warm moth]

ok I bought batteries

[warm moth]

idk if I got it binded

[late hare]

ok go to the ELRS tab where u bind it and stuff

and on the top left

if its binded it should say C

if not then -

[warm moth]

yea its not

[late hare]

ok, are both the reciever and radio updated?

[warm moth]

I'm having issues updating

[late hare]

is this how its setup?

[warm moth]

yep

[late hare]

Are you doing wifi, passthrough, or uart

if you did wifi or uart

try using passthrough

[warm moth]

pass through

[late hare]

hmm

maybe try wifi then?

[warm moth]

yea ill try that when I get back home

[warm moth]

do I have to use those on the drone as well

same device

[warm moth]

failed again btw

[late hare]

a

idk but u can get help on the ELRS discord
https://discord.gg/expresslrs

[grave edge]

sex

[late hare]

what

[warm moth]

what

[warm moth]

I got it all working yesterday

[late hare]

awesome

[warm moth]

idk how I got it to flash but I did

I just built it first and then built and flashed and it somehow worked

[late hare]

awesome

so it binds to the quad now?

[warm moth]

yep and arms so it's working

ima fly it later today 😀

[warm moth]

welp

ugghhhh

[late hare]

Didnt fly it?

[warm moth]

I did

I just didn't realize the batteries were at their holding voltage so I only flew a few minutes

my batteries fully charged now

[late hare]

not a good idea to do full throttle for the first time

if you have a prop wrong or smth then that wont end too well

[warm moth]

I didn't dw I made sure everything was good and flew it a little before doing that lil

[late hare]

oh aight

[warm moth]

I do have one question where do I find the faa remote ID on my drone

[late hare]

Doesnt have it

[warm moth]

so I just say homebuilt then?

[late hare]

Yes

thats what FPV drones are

[warm moth]

oh alr and serial number don't matter either right

[late hare]

I dont think so

idk

[warm moth]

ima judt put na

do u guys mark ur drones ?

[late hare]

wdym

[warm moth]

it says on the faa that all drones must be marked

with the faa #

[late hare]

I wouldnt really worry about it

[warm moth]

alr

so I'm good now that I registered it right