Hi All. First post here and very new to this. Looking at building a freestyle drone to mess around with.
I currently have a mavic pro that I fly occasionally, not as often a id like. Freestyle acro flying appeals more, Mavics are obviously cinematic and stable.
So currently in my shopping basket is:
Frame: Apex Evo 5”
Motors: Xing E 2306 1700kV
Transmitter: Radiomaster Boxer ELRS
Receiver: Happymodel EP1 dual TCXO ELRS receiver
Stack: Mamba F722 MK3 45A 128K
Now this brings me to the video. Ideally I like the DJI O3 AU but then read that it’s not straight forward using ELRS controllers with this. I think you have to not connect some wires and instead solder in your RX?
I did look at others cameras on offer and it’s not a hell of a lot cheaper only like 30 to 50 quid?
Another question, apparently a BEC is recommended with the O3 but my stack appears to have one? Is that right?
I’m happy for any suggestions please, this is still very much in the planning stages so I’m open to anything
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Thank you! What’s the consensus on O3 air units then? I thought they were a lot more expensive than the others but they’re not that much more than the Caddx one I was looking at
Consensus is that DJI O3 are more expensive, the fact is yes they are, but It’s about £100 on the Goggles and £30 - 50 on a VTX Unit if you’re looking at the system to buy.
If your buying a few VTX units, as in you want one for each of your drone, the extra cost can mount up to something noticeable quickly. The O3 are arguably the best quality image there is though.
Vista’s can be had for about 130-150 depending on the camera included, personally i like the better quality and I just move them between Drones if needed.
