True True in my case 
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Steve loves flying his quads into really tall trees 
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Poor @ziceman
Another long standing member now lost to the world of FPV 
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You should join us too Rich! 
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No need to hold your goggles on mate @PingSpike
They have a headstrap 
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The scum of the drone community
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It’s amazing all these years I would go from Drone discussion and skip Racing Quads, Self-builds & FPV onto Questions & Answers as it looked daunting and way over my head, only now stepping in and realised it’s actually starting to make a wee bit of sense and definitely having the right guidence has definitely made it much easier for a noobie like myself but just in the past couple of days learned alot more. I’m not stupid there’s alot on the technology and gizmo’s to learn to maybe build one.
Just tried on the magnivisor and fantastic job, glad I paid a wee bit more so nothing is fixed so adjusting led and magnifier is simple.
Join the party Rich 
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They’re an unruly mob that’s for sure.
But fear not, I shall be joining you all soon. I love building shit, electronics projects and such, probably have most of the tools already.
It’s only a matter of time before I get sucked in to their web!
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This time last year I purchased my first proper drone the OG Mavic Mini then found the limitations with the wind, so got myself a Mavic Air 2. Then I found this forum and from there I met @notveryprettyboy who put me in a set of goggles while he flew his self built quad. Before that I had absolutely zero intention of getting into FPV.
But after being in the goggles and watching YouTube videos on FPV I got hooked. And now one year on I’ve built my own quad lol before January 2020 I barely knew what a drone was. Lol
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Get on a sim! There’s a free demo at:
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Just remembered…
5S Pack at nominal cell of 3.7v equals 18.5v
Iron powered on from cold with display saying power at 100% the current draw is …
So quite happy with LiIon 18650 cells
BTW this 5S pack solders 10awg cable to XT90’s just fine 
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Setup transmitter and Liftoff SIM and 2 others.
Earlier tonight and if that is honestly what it’s going to be like then it be months if not years, im smashing it immediately and when I tried to be very sensitive I could let it go up and up but as soon as I level it bang it seems I’m getting the fpv drone view not the camera on gimble as I’m ever seeing sky or eating grass.
Not liking it plenty of tears 
On top of all this I have to build a summerhouse because after 100’s of calls all over the UK and northern Ireland nobody will deliver one.
So be some 
that’s for sure in next few weeks.
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No gimble in FPV, camera is fixed usually with between 20-35 degrees of up tilt so when you pitch forward to fly forward the camera becomes level.
It isn’t easy you need to be very light on the sticks the slightest movement is exaggerated on the drone itself. Stick at it you’ll pick it up start slow by just learning to hover (don’t touch the right stick) just slowly increase the left stick till you slowly begin to take off then feather the stick up and down to hold it in one place. Master that first then once you’ve got that learn to move forward. So bring it to a hover then just slightly move the right stick upwards a tiny tiny amount then let go again and it will continue to move forward until you pull back on the right stick slightly to slow it down or bring it back to a hover. Practice that to start with. 
It’s just practice, the more you do it the easier it will become.
You are going to crash that’s a given but FPV drones unlike camera drones are build pretty solid and will withstand the abuse to a certain degree. But that’s why you brought a soldering iron lol so if it does break in a crash you can fix it 
Does make you appreciate a good FPV pilot though
You’ve been spoilt by the camera drones that literally fly themselves FPV is all manual no self hover no RTH just full manual control. Learning throttle control to hover at the same height is probably one of the most important things to learn once you master that then the rest just slots in around it.
You’ll get the hang of it just don’t give up keep practicing and you’ll be flying around trees in no time
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You’ll be fine. It’s like learning to ride a bike without stabilisers.
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It’s like a lot of things, @ziceman / Mark, if it’s easy there’s no real reward.
The one big takeaway I had when I started with Freestyle/Race quads in Acro mode was realising how much babysitting my Phantom 1 was doing, even when flying it in manual mode to do flips and loops there was still a small degree of self levelling going on.
GPS camera drones give you the illusion you are flying but in reality you are only pushing the drone around, the drone’s flight controller is doing all the tricky stuff. Even Freestyle/Race quads in Acro mode are doing the hard work as without the gyros and accelerometers in the flight controller it would be much like trying to balance a 1m square paving slab on the end of a knitting needle while running the 200m hurdle race.
Less is more, meaning small stick movements are the key to control. If you watch someone flying a Freestyle/Race quad they are moving the sticks all the time but they are small movements, unless they are doing a complex manoeuvre but even then very rarely will you see them banging the endpoints.
Keep at it, Mark. You may not have noticed but even with your very first flight on the Sim your brain will have learnt a lot and new neural pathways will be starting to form to create that “muscle memory” that many talk about.
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That’s perfect analogy
Yes I’m doing that oops natural reaction 
it’s like I’m frantically simultaneously stirring 2 cups of tea 
Need earplugs as well as this wee Shropshire lads earing is getting sore listening to the wrath of her Irish tonguing saying the likes of your fuffing 54 and you just started playing games bla bla bla 
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Hahaha now the wife is something that we can’t help with unfortunately
It’s just practice practice practice mate. I’m still not great myself. But then we’re all our own worst critic. We’re always seeking to better our flying skills 
if we didn’t have that drive what’s the point in flying 
Break it down into axis and reflect that to the sticks. Left stick up and down is throttle up and throttle down.
Left stick left and right is yaw left and yaw right.
Right stick up and down is pitch forward and pitch backwards. (Think of this as your speed control, stick up is speed up and stick down is slow down)
Right stick left and right is roll right and roll left.
To start with just concentrate on the left stick up and down only. Try and keep the quad at the same height. This will give you throttle control and you will get used to knowing how much or how little you need to adjust to keep it at the same height.
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