Are ROTOR RIOT FPV Drones any good? I check out the HD1-XR 7 

Hi Gage. This is Steve (AKA Captain Drone). Thanks for jumping in with the info. Right after I posted the video I took the tape off what I thought to be ESCs and saw the race wire (Duh!) and posted the correction in the video description. I was not aware the QR Code provided the info for beginners but now that I read the "super tiny faded" print, I see that it says "Please read the quick start guide by scanning the QR Code below"... how did I miss that :-) I understand the F4 & F7 issue and a suggestion might be that if you don't change the info on the website, then perhaps include the explanation in the box with the drone. Mine was built by "MM" and tested by what looks to be the letter "R". Overall I'm very happy with the performance of the drone & will use it in my summer RC Plane chase vids. Thanks Gage!

you should have Steve over the rotor riot factory, hes such a sweet guy it would be a great collab!

@@Krusty- I like the idea! I'll bring it up at our next meeting :)

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Yep, that paper idea for the FC swap is a great idea! I'll definitely pass that along to the team. And we'll make that font a little bigger for the QR code message. If you didn't see it and you're being particular about talking about the build, I wonder if others had the same problem. Enjoy the drone and happy flying!

Hey I’m very new to all this stuff. If I call will someone walk me through on what I need to get me started?

Yep I think you're right

Crap! I think you may be correct! Duh!

need a spotter spotter ;)

😂

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you kindly

I just bought my 1st. They are well worth it. Some very minor complaints though.

He's a good guy. Check out his video on the ATOMRC SEAGULL drone. I have it it's good to start out with.

Hey dude! I'm the customer support guy at RR. Thanks for the feedback about the motor wire tape. We recently switched over to a similar tube setup for our builds, so any future builds shouldn't have that issue.

@@FlyingPenguinDrones Must have been very recent. I got my skylines less than a month ago...still has the electrical tape holding motor wires down. Didn't think anything of it since I use that on my builds.

@@fpvsmurf Honestly IDK anymore. They fired me back in February, so they might've cheaped out on parts and gone back to tape again. Honestly I don't recommend them anymore. iFlight makes better buy-and-flies now.

@@FlyingPenguinDrones Sorry to hear but thanks for the info...

Well said!

Thank you. Since my flying is on RU-vid, I avoid the erratic style of flying that gives people headaches.

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 that would be cool to see 😂 Happy New Year and all the best for 2022.🎉🥂

Happy New Year

Thank you! This Rotor Riot drone is the smallest size & most nimble 7" drone I own, and I have plenty. It is certainly one I use often.

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Yes, nimble. Like you, I also have the Chimera7 (albeit I think 2x7" drones is sufficient, so I would not use the modifier "plenty" to describe my 7" size drones. smile).

Happy new year

Thanks for watching!

Their drones are pretty good.

Dollhairs 🤣🤣🤣 is that the new currency 🤣🤣🤣

@@theviewchaser6718 Yup, when we were 8 years old! Lol 🤪🙄

Happy New Year

Very Interesting... So that explains the change in my Flight Controller as well. Hmmm..... One would think they would update their website with the correct info when making such changes.

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Kinda bait and switch, don't you think?! How much effort could it be to change that little bit of text. I could do that on my website in less than 5 minutes. 😳🙄

@@KOrnhOliO1 Hey Sco0t, we have a lotttt of listings to update, and occasionally one of them slips by us without getting updated. We're always updating our builds to make sure they are the best they can be, but we're human and sometimes make mistakes. We always try to make it up to the customers though!

Happy new year!!

Probably not

The VR Wave lenses I use are around $100 when not on sale. You just input your prescription on their website and the price is shown.

@CAPTAIN DRONE Think I might take the plung in the near future. Love FPVing my 5" Quadcopters but love the range and flight time of my Air2s. Wish DJI would link up the Goggles.

Must be a ROTOR RIOT thing. You see in the USA, the customs folk don't like LIPO batteries coming into the country that exceed two batteries, so perhaps the ROTOR RIOT folk think Canada is the same way. Just do like the rest of Canadians and buy your batteries off of AMAZON Canada.

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Thanks

Thank you!

Yup, I was totally wrong.

Happy New Year

In the old days I used to, but I have not done that in 4 years and have had zero problems. Snow is cold and in a solid format, so the trick is to pick up your drone after it lands in the snow and unplug the battery (the VTX is the hottest part). Blow out the snow and you're ready to fly again.

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Thanks for the quick reply. It just seems to be a pain in the butt to do this. I was about to tear my drone down too. I was thinking exactly what you said. Its like 10 degrees where I live today. Snow isn't melting anytime soon.

If you want a digital system you should go for the hd1. You can bind the goggles and transmitter to it or any thing with a dji air unit.

@@cooperwoodruff5654 thanks. Is is difficult to bind?

@@SkyPathProductions not really you just need to hold the bind buttons. If you bundle the transmitter and goggles with the hd1 they should come pre bound

SKYPATH DRONES. If you buy everything from ROTOR RIOT, then everything should be setup and bound together. If you buy everything separate on your own, then in your V2 goggles you have to go to the ABOUT screen and change the transmission so that it works with FPV drones, then shut down goggles and power back on and you'll be able to connect to the digital FPV Drone hobby. As for binding everything, it is super simple. You can watch my vid entitled FPV FOR BEGINNERS EPISODE 10 for pointers on binding and BETAFLIGHT switch setup.

@@SkyPathProductions piece of cake 🍰 ! Plus, no way you have to buy a Rotor Riot drone. If I were you, I'd buy a very small drone or a whoop. There's a big learning curve for flying FPV. It takes quite a bit of practice. I've been flying FPV for over 6 years now, and I receive no gain depending on what you buy. So, if I were to start again, I'd go DJI digital and get the V2 goggles. I own them myself. Get the DJI upgraded foam, because they don't fit your face worth a damn! Upgraded foam does though! $15 - order it with your V2 Goggles, because the foam they come with is worthless! Seriously. I'd get a good FPV simulator (watch RU-vid videos to choose one) and practice flying on the computer before flying a real FPV drone. It takes time to get the hang of it. Practice in Acro mode - that's fully manual mode. We all fly in that mode so we have complete control of the drone. Flying in any other mode and the automatic features try to help you out, but battle you for control. Plus, you can get bad habits from using those modes. After you get good in the simulator, flying in Acro mode, get yourself a whoop! Palm of the hand sized whoops are super fun to fly, and because they are so lightweight, they have very little inertia to damage themselves when you crash. Big bonus! Lol Just understand, you will crash constantly at first... So, having a drone that will not get damaged as easily is essential to not getting totally bummed out when you crash and break a larger drone... Making it not fly anymore, and you having to figure out how to fix it, when you are new to the hobby. And you will do that... We all have! You want your first experiences to be positive, right? 👍 So, less chance of breakage equals a more positive experience! And, whoops are probably the easiest to fly. Best to learn on. With the ducts, you can bump into a tree branch or a wall, and keep on going. Without ducts, you'll immediately crash. Notice I said wall?... That's because you can practice inside your house / apt. during the winter or when it's too darn hot in the heat of summer, or rainy. When you crash, and you will a lot, you'll hit the carpet, or crash from only a few feet up, leaving your almost always intact and ready to go again! Good experiences, right?! Lol 😉😎🤘 Next, I don't suggest you buy the DJI transmitter (remote). It's $300, most will report it to be only an ok transmitter, and it's very limiting. Not many features, and if you want to fly something besides a DJI based drone, you can't! If I were to start again, I'd probably buy the Radiomaster TX16S transmitter. So versatile, super popular and loved, reasonably priced at under $200, available on sale, and the DJI is always $300, and never on sale. Then, I'd get ELRS as my protocol (link) you fly with. Yes, it's the newest and greatest! Haven't got it myself yet, but looking hard at it. Heavily invested in Crossfire now. The best ELRS module, which pops into the back of that TX16S, is from Happymodel and it's about $38, is all! Cheap, but reliable, so many have said. Receivers are super inexpensive too! About $13 ! 👍 I got the lightest BNF digital whoop on the market - the BetaFPV 75X HD. It's very fun! It has a Naked Caddx Vista in it and the Nebula Nano V2 camera. Not the best camera, but don't fret, it's not the terrible V1 version, and the V2 improves image quality by 90%. It's 99% better than analog, so it's fine. I have a few of them and they work great...V2 only, not V1. That BetaFPV 75X HD only comes with the V2, and most all the V1 drones are sold out now. Great for flying inside and around your yard, or at your closest park. Super quiet and no one will complain = good experiences, right?! Lol 😉 I wouldn't buy a Rotor Riot drone. Too damn expensive and too big and too easy to get damaged when you crash, and we all crash a ton, especially when you are learning. Less weight equals less inertia, so less damage! It's all about learning on something durable, easy, and much less expensive. And that you can fly pretty much anywhere! That whoop might just end up being your favorite to fly even after you get 5 more drones! Whoops are a blast! My best buddy to fly with, and I, like the whoops and micro drones the best. We don't fly 4 inch and above because they are hard to find good places to fly because they need a ton of space, make a ton of noise, attracting complainers, and we don't think they are as fun to fly either. You can fly small drones almost anywhere! Easy fun! More durable. Best of luck! Happy New Year! 😎🤘 Feel free to reply if you have other questions...

Not so far. It is cold here so I only took it out the one day.

You can certain fly line of sight, but if you have no hand/eye coordination, it is not going to end up pretty.

Two very different items. The Rotor Riot quad is small in size compared to the iFlight Chimera.

They come with whatever you order

Hey Michael! I'm sorry to hear about that buzzer issue. Did we build your drone with the buzzer installed? We typically don't offer buzzer installs, which is why I ask.

@@FlyingPenguinDrones yes. Rotor riot did

@@michaelripple8371 Gotcha. I'm the customer support lead at RR and I try to make sure everyone's builds are working as expected. Sorry to hear about that issue! If it happens again please let me know and we can try to work out a fix for you.

Yikes? That would be impossible. You see the DJI FPV drone is not a true FPV drone, it is a hybrid between a camera drone & FPV drone. This is why it is fragile and has batteries that are crazy expensive. In the real FPV hobby, drones are made out of carbon fiber and you can use any battery you wish and any controller you wish and do things that are not possible with the DJI FPV drone, and the reverse is true for the DJI FPV drone…. With that drone you can do things that are not possible on a normal FPV hobby drone.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. Stay Safe

Dji fpv drone is absolutely shit for learning fpv freestyle.

@@MrHotjag It has its place… in learning basic flight controls I think. Also learning line of sight nose in, having the panic button can save from tons of crashes.

It felt heavier in flight. Still speed and power, just a bit heavier.

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 good to know.

That was a DJI FPV Drone flown by someone about half a KM away who was checking out what I was doing.