loud delta
If you read the tittle you know what to do
Personally, I was shopping for a DJI mini 3, then I saw the DJI avata, and was intrigued, then I watched reviews of it, and then I stumbled into fpv freestyle, then a video of the french guy racing in a forest, then I bought a drone,
Wich is quite ironical because today I despise almost everything dji, but it is thanks to them that I found the hobby
pine anchor
If you read the tittle you know what to do
Personally, I was shopping for a DJI...
This video
Then I went to see some local race, and started figuring stuff out myself
digital cosmos
While not fpv, these lil guys got me into drones. Almost indestructible untill you break all the props and cant buy new ones
nova glade
went to a local store (that sells all sorts of electronics and also does photos for ID and passport stuff) to shoot some ID photos and remembered that I had a gift card from them.
decided to buy a drone for less than 100 euros.
and ended up buying a € 60 Ryze Tello clone and was utterly disappointed.
tried to find a solution to use it with a physical remote and found videos about FPV in the process.
then my direction completely changed and cam drones became completely boring to me. 
edit: this was all in 2022. 
nova glade
While not fpv, these lil guys got me into drones. Almost indestructible untill y...
cute. :3
the radio is the biggest junk though. 
livid mauve
I found Steele on YouTube in late 2016. He was diving buildings. I said to myself that "this is what I want to do with my life". So I stopped working and went into fpv 80hrs a week.
livid mauve
There is more to it than quiting work to fly.. bit, it's ended up that way. I found a toy drone at target. Figured. "There must be better stuff than this.
livid mauve
While not fpv, these lil guys got me into drones. Almost indestructible untill y...
This is what I started with. We call the TX the "peanut". This little thing was pretty neat.
nova glade
my first FPV quad was a Jumper X68T whoop.
I even have pics and vids about it on this server. :D
livid mauve
That thing looks fun.
nova glade
That thing looks fun.
I bought it used and broke the frame and the motors in the first two weeks or so. 
livid mauve
My very first whoop video. I made the whoop by slicing into a the power and put a cheap fpv cam on it. It's even brushed!
Wow, may 2017 
nova glade
ah, yes. the old days of no OSD. 🤣
livid mauve
ah, yes. the old days of no OSD. 🤣
I was flying this..
But, yes. When I bought my wizard back in early 2017, it didn't have a osd chip.
nova glade
yep. that's how Tiny Whoop FPV started AFAIK.
there's even a video about the story of JesseP and Tiny Whoop somewhere online.
livid mauve
I think that was about the time we heard that he got it copy writed.
Maybe a bit after. Guess I'm not sure when he did that.
loud delta
I found Steele on YouTube in late 2016. He was diving buildings. I said to myse...
Did you actually quit your job for fpv ?
livid mauve
Lol. I have not had a job that gave me a w2 since I found fpv.
If that's what you mean.
loud delta
Lol. I have not had a job that gave me a w2 since I found fpv.
Ok, (also sorry for the ping, being french I had no idea what a w2 is, and just assumed it was some kind of acronym like wydm or stuff like that)
livid mauve
You aren't in the states. It's the form your company has to give you in regards to yearly salary/ income.
Then you get to sit down and either do stupid math, or hire a CPA that does your taxes for you.
It's a very contentious thing here.
IRS sends it out.
Then gives you 4 months before penalties can occur. But the penalty is kinda uncommon for middle class.
loud delta
You aren't in the states. It's the form your company has to give you in regard...
Yeah, that's why I had no idea what w2 means
livid mauve
You were better off not knowing. Lol.
loud delta
Ok, well I am still in university, so I don't even know how they do it in france
livid mauve
Well, here you get one when you start working. I started getting them in Jr high.
I have NO clue how taxes work in the rest of the world. (For the most part)
fathom ingot
A dude let me watch through some goggles as he flew around the campus. It was the most amazing thing I had seen all month, and i was instantly hooked.
Mu partner had set this up, and after I babbled about how awesome it was for a whole week, he handed me a box with that drone, and all the parts I needed to fly.
I still have it. it's really jank by any standard, but it survived me learning to fly with it.
That didn't totaly get me in the hobby, though. I thought electronics were for nerds, and tools were just icky, greasy, and gross. But my partner really wanted me to get a hobby, so he gave me a little RC Toyota truck that needed assembling. I hated it. He also gave me a new and better FPV camera so I could use it with the drone's goggles. I hated it less. Then he showed me all the shiny anodized aluminum parts I could improve the truck with, and told me I had no budget limit for it. I still hated it, but I was wavering.
Then he told me I could paint it any color I wanted. and he set down a can of purple glitter spray paint and walked away.
I really am in this hobby over a can of purple glitter spray paint. 😁
(Sadly, no picks of the truck. it met a bad end. I miss it)
vivid rivet
Bless your partner lol
Set your up for success
Those tiny little things were fun! I had a similar first drone. Perfect for cruising around without making too much noise
My buddy was into FPV because he had juvenile arthritis so it was his way of being semi mobile and getting outside. He really wanted me to get into FPV as well but I feel like the hobby was more expensive back then combined with the fact that I was in high school without an income. I just bought the cheapest setup I could find. Then I wanted something a bit bigger so I got a 3s 3inch but it had an RX loss with my spectrum remote and snapped the two front arms. I still have it too
It came with quad blades which looked really cool and I was blown away by how quickly a quadcopter could shoot up in the air, coming from slow RC planes. It was a sensory overload
nova glade
isn't that like a Blade QX or so?
fathom ingot
isn't that like a Blade QX or so?
Yeppers! 😄
upbeat hull
The 99 dollar fpv drone vid from uavfutures got me in the hobby
tepid cipher