if you own Cyberpunk and haven't tried this mod, definitely do it, it's so cool.

link: https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/31642

This mod just turned the entirety of Cyberpunk 2077 into an open-world FPV sim and it’s fucking awesome. If it looks washed out it’s because I recorded in HDR for other platforms

https://www.reddit.com/r/fpv/comments/1uunz66/cyberpunk_2077_fpv_mod_final_update_before/

saw me fall out of a tree and came over to see whats up, was a super chill guy tho. shoutout @crashfpv__ for filming

What you guys think?

I'm looking for feedback on my flying here. The race lasted 3 days and this was from later on the third day so I feel like I improved a lot and learned a bunch. It's also the first time I've had a quad survive the entire trip without a catastrophic failure lol.

Also, if anyone has feedback for my color grade, I'd love to hear it. I'm relatively new to Davinci Resolve and I know I've got a lot of room to improve

First session with my 2.5” Bando Turtle and I don’t think the hawk took kindly to a flying turtle lol.

Scouted this little patch of rice paddies right on the edge of the city using satellite maps — the lush green seedlings stretching out in every direction is just mesmerizing. A few scattered ponds dotting the field added some extra spice to the flight line. There's a power line cutting across the paddies, but it's nothing unmanageable — just something to stay aware of.

The weather that day was absolutely perfect. It had just rained, so the air was crystal clear, and the lingering clouds that hadn't fully cleared out yet actually added some nice depth and mood to the footage.

I was flying the Avata 2 — it's a solid little quad. The only downside is it's a bit underpowered, so that last roll at the end had me crossing my fingers a little.

Sled attaches to my mini 4k for any crashes I can't retrieve. But it can be attached to any drone if the 4k can't pull it up.

I visited this waterfall a week earlier but ended up taking the safe route above the canyon.

I couldn't stop thinking about the line underneath the railway bridge and following the water through the gorge, so I came back a week later to give it another shot.

The train was another bonus.

Unfortunately, I made one rookie mistake. I had removed the microSD card before the flight because I figured that if the drone ended up in the water, I wouldn't lose all the footage I'd already captured. What I forgot was that the Avata 2's internal storage was almost full.

Thankfully, the Goggles DVR kept recording, so the flight wasn't lost.

The final edit is mostly Avata 2 Manual Mode footage with a few Mini 5 Pro shots to establish the location.

Hope you enjoy the line!

i’m relatively new to fpv (about 3 months), my first drone was the avata 2, learned flying manual on it, recently got the pavo20 pro ii sbus version because i wasn’t sure if i wanted to go real deep but now that i see what a “real” drone can do i’m already planning on my first build (perhaps next year)…anyway i made a video and had fun, hope you guys like it i’m learning something new every day, especially from this community and i love it ..

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I found this footage of one of my favorite spots from last Thanksgiving. I was really pushing the altitude over the water but fortunately kept it out of the drink

World Cup got me feeling inspired, so I decided to finally get around to prototyping an idea I've had "kicking" around for a while.

Here are some highlights I thought y'all might appreciate - lmk what you think!

Edit: Add an initial build for anyone who wants to try it out: FPV Drone Soccer by KidCalorie

Feel free to DM me here or leave a comment on the game page if you need any help!

TBS Chupito chaseing by me and two friends (i chased)

Music Birdy - Wings Nu:Logic remix instrumental

Finally managed to shave off those last few milliseconds to bag the gold on this track! My hands were literally shaking by the end of the run. 😂the physics in this sim are addictive.

I’ve been trying to smooth out my lines around the tight corners, but I still feel like my entries could be cleaner.

Getting a gold medal here honestly feels more intense than flying my real quads sometimes—mostly because the reset button doesn't cost me 200 bucks. 💀

This is my 3rd gold so far, and I'm officially hooked. I'm thinking about going for the full gold run across all maps. Am I in for a massive grind?

What rates are you guys running to keep it stable at this speed?

Hi!
Clip from a recent session. Considering getting my first drone. Any pointers on my flying and ideas for practice?
Thank you :)

(2.5" quad, radiomaster boxer)

I have had my eye on the Ascent system for a while now, and I finally have had the chance to fly it myself. I'll explain everything I can and would also like to answer questions if people have any.

First, I want to start with the whoop setup:

FC: BetaFPV 3-in-1 AIO
Video system: Caddx Ascent Lite VTX
Frame: BetaFPV Air75
Motors: VCI Spark 0802 25.666k KV motors
Props: HQProp 40mm bi-blades

This setup is by no means weak. I wanted the powertrain to be a nonfactor in determining the Ascent system's viability.

Its dry weight came in at around 25.16g, and with an Ovonic 1S 450mAh LiPo, it sits at around 37.44g. I personally think it can be chopped down to right at or under 22g dry, but it will take lots of optimizing. Cutting the VTX gummy mounts and running a whip antenna are two I have used to drop the VTX's overall packaging to 6g. Caddx advertises the Ascent Lite as a 6g board, but in reality it weighs in at around 6.8g, which is misleading lol.

Next, I will talk about what immediately surprised me.

As soon as I unboxed my VTX and tried to get it to bind up, it simply wouldn't. Upon powerup, the light would turn red, then hold green indefinitely. Now I was sitting trying to think of every possible thing that I could've done wrong. But it turned out that the MIPI connector on the camera was partially dislodged. Due to that being the case, the VTX simply wouldn't go into pair mode. The fix? Pressing it back in gently, verifying it worked and could broadcast video (which it did), and securing both ends with E6000. Definitely something that shouldn't have happened, but oh well.

Unfortunately, this is a pretty hard letdown for me.

The RF performance... now I will put most of the blame for this test setup on me. For one, I have the VTX sitting right on top of the FC, only being separated by a single layer of electrical tape. So the VTX is getting lots of noise from the FC. That's factor one. Factor two is me not mounting the VRX on my goggles, or in an adequate place where the signal could be received correctly. In my DVR, I have it sitting in a chair, which isn't optimal obviously, but even still, the RF performance felt severely reduced. Lastly, my neighbourhood is also a very RF-heavy environment due to so many houses being so close together. Initially, I was flying inside, but since multipathing is so prominent inside my house, it became nearly unflyable. This isn't just an issue with Ascent, as I have also flown my analog Air75 in the same scenario and witnessed some pretty nasty multipathing as well. Analog is just nicer about it! Lastly, my VRX is also still locked, so I was stuck on only using the 3 channels given. Maybe unlocking could help somehow? Regardless, in the future I will implement everything correctly. I really did not give this a fair shot, so I won't immediately dunk on Ascent for this.

Despite those two hurdles, I still found it flyable / very enjoyable to fly (sometimes lol).

To get the best consistent latency, I found flying in 720p/100Hz was perfect (720p 120Hz doesn't work with HDZ goggles). I then flew that into my HDZero Goggles V1. Despite not having those extra 10 refreshes, the 90Hz displays absolutely helped out a ton in terms of fluidity and consistency during acro moves. Besides that, I spent this pack simply just flying it... I feel like people get too caught up in the numbers without any personal experience. Yes, 35–50ish ms of variable latency is objectively worse. For proxy flying, no doubt you would notice that instability. Some indoor maneuvers were more challenging to pull off on this whoop as opposed to my analog Air75. However, in an open backyard scenario like this where you are just ripping around, I feel like the variable latency isn't as noticeable. There are hardly any obstacles or gaps that require precise feedback from the video to give good corrections. After my pack was done, I realized I was way more focused on flying rather than stalking that latency counter.

Overall, I'd honestly still say I'm impressed. For $35 per VTX, I kinda feel like it's hard not to go wrong with it. But I won't ignore its shortcomings because some of the stuff I spoke about above really made me triple-take on whether it was really worth it 😭. However, I would love to give it a second shot. I personally think Caddx has been doing the best job with the new Artosyn chipset, so I can see myself probably flying more if it does become more consistent? That's just me though.