Category: FPV Basics

Don’t try to get airborne with a real quad until you’ve got a few hours logged in the simulator. Once you’re comfortable in the sim,

The majority of FPV pilots I have flown with, do not have a formal “preflight” checklist that they work through – but when you’re very

Basics: Frames Note: Bigger quads (generally 2.5″ and above) are referred to by the size of their propellers. So when we say a “five inch

Flight Controllers The flight controller (FC) is responsible for stabilising your aircraft in flight, for taking inputs from your receiver and telling the motor controller

Video Antennas  Most new pilots will at some point look to upgrade the antennas that come with their goggles and video transmitter and quickly fall

As with everything FPV, batteries are more complicated than they first appear – and also they can be dangerous if mishandled. If you take nothing

Acro Basics: Orbits The “Orbit” is likely the first freestyle trick that you’ll learn, and it’s likely your introduction to looking in a direction other

ACRO Basics: Turns Getting good coordinated turns takes a little practise. Often people will start trying to turn using only the right stick, applying only

Learn More ACRO Basics: Hovering When you first think about hovering it seems trivial, but when you first give it a go it can seem

Flight control is all based around throttle, pitch, roll, yaw, and inertia. It won’t feel natural at first, but all you need to do is build that muscle memory.

Even if you’re not planning on building your own quad, and instead plan to run nothing but “bind and fly” quads – at some point you’re going to have to repair it, and so knowing all of the components and their purpose is critical.

Flying an FPV Quad is hard. It takes some work to build up the skills to be able to even get off the ground, but in this guide we’ll get you started.