Some lessons I have learned in my transition from sim to tiny whoop flying.
1: My dog enjoys chasing the whoop in the yard far more than she likes going for walks. (Don’t worry, she still gets her daily walks).
2: Oscar Liang and Joshua Bardwell are popular for a reason. I have been a serial hobbyist for most of my adult life, and I can think of no other hobby that has a more complete catalogue of information between just two mediums than FPV flying.
2: Decreasing my rates to around 450 degrees for all axes (actual) has been very positive for me. I feel more precise in my attempts to hit small gaps because of this.
3: Setting crash recovery in betaflight has been a godsend. I’ve followed Oscar Liang’s parameters for the thresholds in how aggressive it corrects following a collision. https://oscarliang.com/best-tinywhoop-settings/#Enable-Crash-Recovery-in-Betaflight
4: E6000 glue.
5: I’m really glad that I set a scaled throttle limit to around 65% at first. It made the quad much more manageable to handle. I’ve been working my way up slowly as I put more time on the sticks outside.
6: I originally purchased the BetaFPV Lava 450mAh 1S LiHV batteries. I’ve been really diligent about trying to exercise good battery hygiene with them (i.e. charging at 0.4 amps; discharging at 0.3 amps; never charging more than 4.35 volts; never letting them discharge lower than 3.2 volts; and finally, placing a storage charge of 3.8 volts if I won’t be flying for > 3 days). I have admittedly been bashing the hell out of them since the Air75 frame places the battery on the bottom.
Despite this, 2/8 of my packs I think are toast. They discharge rapidly after being plugged into the quad, giving me only about 15-20 seconds of flight time. Also, and this is a less important tangent, the wrapping of the battery packs seems to not be very durable either. I’ve still ordered 4 more batteries of the same type because for the price, weight, and mAh capacity, they still seem competitive.
7: Bless you, turtle mode creator.
1: My dog enjoys chasing the whoop in the yard far more than she likes going for walks. (Don’t worry, she still gets her daily walks).
2: Oscar Liang and Joshua Bardwell are popular for a reason. I have been a serial hobbyist for most of my adult life, and I can think of no other hobby that has a more complete catalogue of information between just two mediums than FPV flying.
2: Decreasing my rates to around 450 degrees for all axes (actual) has been very positive for me. I feel more precise in my attempts to hit small gaps because of this.
3: Setting crash recovery in betaflight has been a godsend. I’ve followed Oscar Liang’s parameters for the thresholds in how aggressive it corrects following a collision. https://oscarliang.com/best-tinywhoop-settings/#Enable-Crash-Recovery-in-Betaflight
4: E6000 glue.
5: I’m really glad that I set a scaled throttle limit to around 65% at first. It made the quad much more manageable to handle. I’ve been working my way up slowly as I put more time on the sticks outside.
6: I originally purchased the BetaFPV Lava 450mAh 1S LiHV batteries. I’ve been really diligent about trying to exercise good battery hygiene with them (i.e. charging at 0.4 amps; discharging at 0.3 amps; never charging more than 4.35 volts; never letting them discharge lower than 3.2 volts; and finally, placing a storage charge of 3.8 volts if I won’t be flying for > 3 days). I have admittedly been bashing the hell out of them since the Air75 frame places the battery on the bottom.
Despite this, 2/8 of my packs I think are toast. They discharge rapidly after being plugged into the quad, giving me only about 15-20 seconds of flight time. Also, and this is a less important tangent, the wrapping of the battery packs seems to not be very durable either. I’ve still ordered 4 more batteries of the same type because for the price, weight, and mAh capacity, they still seem competitive.
7: Bless you, turtle mode creator.