What kinda jobs do you need it for? And which action camera do you want to put on top?
#I need help choosing an analogue cinewhoop fpv drone.
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thorn prawn
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prefer ELRS
If we could, we'd make it so that using FrSky, FlySky, and DSMX is punishable as a war crime
Radiomaster:
Pocket
TX12
Zorro
Boxer
TX16
Those are all great at their prices. You decide what form factor/portability you need. The Boxer and TX12 have larger gimbals, which might be valuable in cinematography, where precision is usually priority. This can, however, somewhat be substituted with lower rates/expo (to mimic the sensitivity). I use a bit of both rates and gimbals lol
and as Brutus is showing, the rest really depends on use case
thorn prawn
Any reason you specifically want a cinewhoop then? They're very focused on scenarios that you'll find in professional settings like flying through or near objects (to create advertising or previewing material)
The majority of cinematic FPV is done with a "normal" 5" + gopro, if that's what you're after. They will have far better performance than a cinewhoop
thorn prawn
ah a cinewhoop is no fun indoors. It'd be like giving a young child a butterfly knife when learning to use utencils lol
it works for advertising, but that's its function as a tool
As far as practice, you should consider a simulator. they're not very expensive and some are free
cough Minecraft FPV cough
Due to the contrast between ability to handle outdoor elements and not being dangerous flying inside a house, there's a decent gap between indoor and outdoor quads
The Mobula6 and 7 are great for indoors, and they can fly outdoors, but they won't handle well in wind. a 5" is great for outdoors given enough space, and you kinda just learn to not fly into trees, but flying a 5" indoors is stupid dangerous if not impossible
I'm not sure if you could fit both a Mobula and a 5" setup within 500. Could definitley do one or the other. or a 5" plus a simulator
thorn prawn
Ah the Mobula6 I mentioned is within the "tinywhoop" category, and it uses an AIO (all in one) flight controller - this includes a VTX. No space realistically to mount a full size VTX. although the control link range is already shorter than the stock video range, often
I don't know of any quad that comes missing the VTX only. Either it's fully built and missing the receiver, or you build the whole thing. VTX is an odd part to install yourself.
As for the indoor vs. wind resistance thing, I think you missed a part of my answer, so you might want to check that info
It depends on where you get it. Should be simple enough to google
KV is a property of the motors. Basically tells you how much speed per amount of power you feed to the motor. You should do some quick research on KV ratings and understand it so that you don't get screwed over when you buy something
side note; from what I've heard, the 19000kv mob6 is more efficient. the 25000 isn't really fast(er) enough to justify the power-sapping motors
Oscar Liang and VitroidFPV are some good articles to research from
round geyser
first what vtx did you order?
istg if its one of those ali express 10W vtx that are just a 500mw vtx with 9.5w of noise
round geyser
Ah so only 1.3w of noise
And 300mw of video
Let me guess
Amazon?
Or Banggood?
Some good sites sell akk
Ah straight from akk
Yea so just a heads up akk isn’t good nor quality
That’s going to perform worse then a 800mw good vtx
Can you return it?
Yea
We’ll heat is normal
Use a fan aimed at it to not damage it
And always have the antenna connected while powered on
And that’s not fitting on anything smaller then like a 4 inch lr quad