If you have been flying the DJI Mavic 4 Pro and think you already know everything it can do, think again. After flying the Mavic 4 Pro for over a year, I have discovered 15 hidden features and settings that most pilots have no idea exist. Some of these will…
Everything you are seeing throughout this image was captured directly on the Insta360 Luna Ultra in 8K at 25 frames per second, and the results are immediately jaw-dropping. Comparing the footage to my Panasonic G9, which is my main camera system, the Luna Ultra genuinely holds up in a studio…
This is the Lito X1 from DJI, a brand new mini drone coming in at under 250 grams, weighing exactly 249 grams. It features a really competent camera system and great flight performance, but who exactly is this for and why would you get one? This is an interesting release…
An FPV drone (First Person View drone) is an unmanned aircraft that streams live video from an onboard camera directly to the pilot’s goggles or monitor, letting the pilot fly as if they were sitting inside the aircraft’s cockpit. Unlike GPS-stabilized camera drones, most FPV drones fly in manual “acro”…
Section Four: Nice to Haves None of these items are needed straight away, but they make FPV life considerably easier as your collection starts to grow. Hardware Pack Hardware packs from GEPRC and Flywoo are excellent resources once you are building regularly. Flywoo offers two variants covering M2 and M3…
GepRC took one of my favourite CineWhoops and made it bigger, more powerful, and 4S. This is the new GEPRC DarkStar25. But going bigger also means more weight, and after flying it, I am not convinced bigger automatically means better. So does the DarkStar25 actually improve on its smaller brother?…
Water landing floats for the DJI Mini 2 have been showing up on Amazon, promising drone pilots the ability to safely land their aircraft on water instead of sinking it. The obvious question is: do they actually work, or is this a recipe for an expensive swim? To find out,…
You can’t plug an analog FPV camera straight into a phone because phones don’t understand raw analog video signals. You need a UVC OTG FPV receiver (like the Eachine ROTG02 or a Skydroid UVC receiver) between the camera’s transmitter and your phone. The receiver picks up the 5.8GHz analog signal,…
Section Three: The Repair Kit At some point in your FPV journey, it stops being purely about flying and starts being about maintaining and repairing your drones. This section covers FPV Gear everything you need when that time comes. Soldering Iron The Fnirsi HS02 is a great choice here because…
