TLDR: Push the throttle stick up These are my consolidated tips for getting going with flying a drone FPV ( "First Person View", or using a live video feed ). After all the technical kinks are worked out and you're ready to lift off, the following is my advice for developing basic

Once I started flying FPV with my newly build 180 quad I really never went back to flying my tricopters. As a result, I've started to break them down and recycle the components into a new quad. It wanted a backup quad because it can be a bummer to break

I had been warned about sand, but probably should have been more careful. The problem was, everything in San Felipe is desert or beach.

This was my first legit build in several ways. Most notably, it was the first build where I used a pre-fab carbon fiber frame. The durability can't be beat, and that can be important when you're regularly nailing tree trunks. This is also the first quad ( 4 motor ) I've built.

I tried to do some nice cinematic flying today. I'm not great at this. Basically I'm trying to keep moving forward and make the turns nice and gradual.  I'm also trying to take advantage of the tricopter's natural flight characteristics. I'm also trying to make better use of range in

I recently picked up a CC3D because I figured that I had tortured myself enough dealing with Arduinos and MPU6050s.  At this point I feel no shame in buying an off-the-shelf flight controller.  I chose the CC3D because it still runs open source software ( OpenPilot, or alternatives like CleanFlight ), and

Yaw Control Recently I have been having a hard time holding a consistent heading after taking off. The first version of the frame was short lived Yaw is movement along the z-axis, or like turning to the left or the right.   If the craft were a camera, it would be