DJI Lito X1 Review – Best Budget Friendly Mini Drone?
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…
What Is an FPV Drone? A Real Pilot’s Guide to How They Work
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”…
FPV Gear Every Beginner Needs to Know About | Part-4
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 DarkStar25 Review
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?…
How to Land Your Drone on Water: Do They Actually Work?
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,…
How to Connect an Analog FPV Camera to Your Phone
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,…
FPV Gear Every Beginner Needs to Know About | Part-3
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…
DJI FPV Remote Controller 3 Review: Is It Still Worth Buying?
If you’ve searched for the DJI FPV Remote Controller 3, you’re probably trying to answer one of two questions: should you add it to your Avata 2 kit instead of (or alongside) the RC Motion 3, or can you actually use it to fly a freestyle FPV quad on DJI’s…
GEPRC DarkStar22 vs BETAFPV Pavo20 Pro II: Which Should You Buy?
These are two of the best sub-250g cinewhoops you can buy right now. The GEPRC DarkStar22 and the BETAFPV Pavo20 Pro II offer identical performance, similar flight times, and they both use the DJI O4 Pro, which makes choosing between them surprisingly difficult. After owning, flying, and repairing both, if…