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Getting into FPV drones on a budget — welding my own packs cut the cost in half
Four 4S packs, under 60 apiece. Welding was the easiest step; getting the balance lead wiring order right was what really strained my eyes. My palms were soaked with sweat on the first flight. Crashed once and broke a prop, but the pack came through fine. To anyone wanting to get into it: learn spot welding first, and everything after that is just saving money.
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yaoZzI1an · 1 yr ago

Built my first 5-inch from your videos

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ℕενϵ 𝓜ṍℜϵ · 1 yr ago

Biggest problem: had the J5 for a month, test flight today and it can't find satellites

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TOP的遥控玩具FPVAuthor · 1 yr ago

Why though, try the Beitian bh182

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fpv小学生 · 1 yr ago

Why won't the Pavo20 Pro receiver enter bind mode? Whether I power-cycle three times or click bind in BF, the FC green LED stays solid and it won't bind

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TANK · 1 yr ago

Top, do a video on all the soldering pitfalls, especially power leads, they're hard to solder

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Chen丶 · 1 yr ago

Got into it back in the CC3D / QQ flight controller days, then quit when the F3 came out. Now I'm back at it, and a big part of that is your videos, the more I watch the more hooked I get and the more I want to fly, so here I am again.

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星辰-FPV 穿越机 · 1 yr ago

TOP's open-source pack is seriously cool

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卷王之王 · 1 yr ago

Solid content every day, can't keep up with the lessons

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谦谦君子(红色抖音) · 1 mo ago

Want to chase birds, chase dogs, that sort of thing, within line of sight.

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TOP的遥控玩具FPVAuthor · 1 mo ago

There are small ones in the tutorial collection

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摆渡人 · 1 yr ago

Do it

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翡械 · 1 yr ago

Too expensive, hand-building is still better value, two strips of 0.3 nickel-plated weld with ease

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