Right there with ya! Had the OneWheel XR and my FPVs at the NJ Beaches this weekend. All my toys! 🧐🧐 Looks like more nice weather this weekend as well!
Building your first FPV quad makes sense and here's why: as soon as you crash, if you didn't build it, you have no idea what to do. If you built it, you should know what each component is and that makes it easier to fix. You learn more crashing than you do not crashing. You also appreciate it more when you build it yourself.
@@BeatsWithKev Send it to me, Ill charge a flat 200.00USD to replace a motor and send it back. See, lazy people = money in my pocket. But the OP is 100% correct imo. Its nice to see someone admit they are a simple consumer for a change.
If you do any sort of motor racing, (on amateur level) you essentially build it yourself because you need to do constant repairs etc to your vehicle. FPV drones are no different from this.
I disagree. Building your first quad is good for learning however it makes the learning curve a nightmare. I'd rather just simply learn part by part as they break. Learning how to solder one arm is way easier than soldering the entire quad.
@@marionvanier6809 You disagree on a topic you have zero base knowledge about....ROTFL. The end statement you make about a one arm solder being easier....the arms aren't attached with solder ROTFL, the motor wires are though, in two places, at the motor and at the flight controller (Maybe 3 if DJI is using a sort of race wire LED strip)....so its easy to do one huh...which spot do you de-solder ? Oh and don't forget to tin your wires before you solder....LOL....clueless authorities on topics they know nothing about like you make me laugh, thanks.
You don't need to learn how to build and repair drones if you have deep pockets. You say it's stupid to build or repair but it's just good economic sense for a lot us us.
Biggest tip I got for flying FPV cinematic is using an 360 camera, that way you can get away with all jerk and stuff! Great content as always Matti and Teppo! 👍🏻
I believe that I live in an rc aviators dream house. (For the rc planes) I have a half mile, dead end, road that goes to my house, so no one drives on it and is a perfect and clear runway. Also completely surrounding my house are fields, mostly wheat, tomato, and other smaller/Grassy plants, so if you crash an rc plane, it won't really break. (For the fpv drones) a couple hundred feet from my house is a huge abandoned dairy farm. It has hollow silos, plenty of sick features to fly through, and not closed off so if I was to crash, I could walk over and retrieve it. All of this, including a dry river bed for rc cars and full sized rigs, I couldn't be happier to live there.
I started messing with FPV about a year ago. I still consider myself a novice and fly like a drunk driver on ice with bald tires. The DJI FPV in normal and sport s so much fun to fly I'm not sure if I'll ever switch to manual. OK, thats probably a lie, I will sooner or later. I do fly a Rotor Riot Ciniwhoop and spend lots of time trying to find it in the bushes, so it will remain as my trainer for now.
If you're looking into getting into flying FPV, but want something pre-built, look into the Beta95x. It's small enough to fly indoors, big enough to fly outdoors, it's light and durable incase of a crash, and also you can get great footage when paired with the SMO 4k. You can get it in digital if you want the DJI goggles and controller. Otherwise you can get it in analog if you prefer it or wanna save some cash. Only downside for a beginner is you'll need to buy lipos for it and learn how to charge and maintain them.
The simulator is the answer to all of your concerns ! And the fact to know your drone and distance you can fly. But it comes with experience and crashes.
Get a good RTF kit and just use the remote on a flight sim at first. That's what helped me alot. Also you can check if parts are available for your RTF drone before you buy.
@@jorgeluquas Thanks for the tip! I've put in about 60hrs into liftoff😂 just never got it before due to how time consuming it is to tune and build the drone. At least I'm glad the DJI FPV has some safety features in case if I ever get nervous!
@@AnishRajah but from the info I have, it does not really fly very well, a lot of propwash, and this thing is huge ! I still préfère flying my 5 inch drones or my umma95x
Good looking video and cool shots with the drone. Wow it can move fast and turn sharp. Thanks for the tips and ideas, always good to share. We enjoyed watching your video, thank you for sharing.
exactly. repair, tune, customize replace parts on the field if you crash. his argument is complete bonkers and ....for rich people with ton of resources
Man, I love Your videos. You are very experienced filmmaker, and that’s why I always wonder - why music on your videos is always so much LOUDER than the talking parts? 🤷♂️ Every time I have to adjust volume ;( But anyway, That doesn’t change that You are amazing filmmaker, I love Your videos and vlogs, and once again -Congratulations for passing that One Million subs!!! ;) keep it up, but please, make the music parts a little more quiet ;)
I appreciate all the attention that Matti and others are bringing to the FPV hobby. But.. that DJI drone is going to bankrupt the average person with repairs bills. Also, yes, building sucks but learn to solder and doing some YT research, you can probably fix your self-built fpv drone (or one you bought pre-built from a place such as Rotor Riot) for less than $50. Or buy a new one every other week? C’mon now!
I notice some funky blue coloring in the top right @ 12:30ish. That happens to me too sometimes but now that I see it on yours... I can only guess I'm NOT doing something wrong... or we're BOTH doing something wrong.
"Don't build your own drone" Not only does that take half the fun out of the equation but it also isn't really an option for those without deep pockets. Though I do appreciate you being one of the few non-fpv channels to bring up the durability concerns of the DJI drone.
* thumbs up so matti can see* Sad about your drone going in the water. In the future ziptie a closed empty water bottle to your drone for flights about water. The air inside the bottle keeps it buoyant in case of an accidental dip.
Yea I should done that before.. but I was only 300meters with 1w r9 and cinematic flight.. never expected failsafe.. antenna was broken.. I totally forgot couldn't turn that direction
I am a beginner and while taking shots I figured out that the blades comes in my shots Can you please help me to figure out how to remove those blades..
Interesting topic and discusssion here in the comments! I do like your approach of "focusing on what you're good at" - that makes total sense. However, there's also good arguments to building the drone yourself, as well - like being able to do repairs and, last but certainly not least, the cost factor. 🤔
Appreciate the perspective. I don't want an FPV drone to do flips and spins and tricks. I want to fly fast near things, dive cliffs, stuff that looks good in videos. Thinking the DJI might be a good option for that. Sidebar question about music volume.... Do you like the music tracks so loud? I feel like they are mixed for max volume and when they come in hot it blows your head off and I reach for the volume knob, only to turn it back up when you are talking. Do you like it that way, or would cutting the music volume back be ok? It's only an issue for me when a video cuts back and forth between music and vo. Curious what others think.
Nice product video man.! I’m a new coming videographer/content creator. Love to create that story and these FPV drones are great tools for expanding the story for sure! Tho I believe people do need to know how to build their own FPVs even if you buy a pre built one for your 1st FPV due to expenses. Learning how to repair and ESC or motor is a lot cheaper then buying a whole new pre built quad over and over. most of us don’t have ppl to fix our quads for us so will need to learn the quad and software. If you buy the DJI FPV well I think you have no choice but to buy the insurance lol Anyways love your product reviews man keep them up.!
Haha I love that I’m not an engineer either right lol and I can’t find anyone to do what I need still but I got 2 Dji Fpv but I want a carbon fiber quad that will connect to v2 goggles and I need a remote
This is dope ! And really dangerous ! Before flying do at least 30h of simulator in order to learn how to control your drone. It’s not an easy task in fpv
ok, I'm a total beginner, the flying footage convinced me I'd like to get into FPV, but right off the bat the phrase "FPV drones are so much different from your typical DJI drones" made me feel even more stupid than I probably am. would you mind explaining, since this is a beginners video, what you mean by "your typical DJI drone"? especially since a few minutes later you actually show a "DJI" drone. maybe I'm the only one confused? or maybe everyone else is not really a beginner? thanks! :-)
The main reason most people would probably be building a fpv by themselves would be price. You can build your own 5 inch for 200 vs the more expensive amount of a pre built
I gotta disagree on building the drone... Even if you have never soldered or built anything in your life, you can easily put together a custom drone in less than 3 hours following a guide on RU-vid. You will better understand how your drone works, how it's put together, and be able to repair it easily... Which gives you way more peace of mind while flying, thus making you a better pilot.
I recently got a BetaFPV Starter Kit, but I was pretty much only able to fly it indoors which is super difficult when you're just learning. By the way, is it just me or was the music WAY too loud compared to their voices?
Matti, I’m a total newbie to FPV racing drones. Can I use the DJI FPV Goggles V2 with a racing drone that has a digital FPV camera, but still use my FrSky controller and not have to buy the digital DJI controller? Not talking about flying the DJI FPV drone, but traditional racing drones.
Great Video. You must be flying pretty hard to only be getting 3 minutes with your 5" quad. But if your running high Kv motors that won't help. I Know Just cruising I've been able to get almost 6 minutes.
Learning to build drones is another hobby in itself. I enjoy it but i understand why someone doesnt want to. However, if you dont learn gow to solder you will be spending alooooot more money on repairs. The initial cost of a prebuilt drone is the same as building it yourself, repairs is where it pays to learn soldering. I knew nothing about soldering but i picked it up in a matter of about 1 week. If you dont want to learn building you can still very much enjoy fpv, but it will cost aloooot more money. Example, if you chop a 6s lipo battery wire you can fix it yourself for less than a dollar, if ya cant solder you are throwing away a perfectly good 30$ power cell that could be fixed for literaly pennies worth of wire and a small connector.
Yes yess.. because you have to be serius.. and by all means not ever show signs of fun or spreding good wibes.. isn't it that how you want all humans to be?? Come on bro!
@@hansidar I subscribed to his channel ever since his TravelFeel days, and his videos were fun and dope af from day one. But recently he's forcing laugh every 3 secs in his videos, maybe he wants to project more "energy" into his videos for his viewers? Anyway, I don't buy it. That's not the Matti I know.
