do you remember when drones first came on the market and people started using them
in their video productions and people's minds were blown well fpv drones are kind of in that
same place right now so if you're looking to learn to fly fpv drones in 2021 and i absolutely
think that you should i want to run down the different kinds of fpv drones that you can get
and what you should start with and also give you some reasons why you should learn to fly
fpv even if you don't want to do any sort of crazy freestyle tips flips tricks anything like
that because of what it will do for you if you fly any kind of drone at all and yeah we're also going
to talk about this red cinema camera carrying beast uh of an fpv drone and we're gonna fly it
now these are some very common different types of fpv drones this one's kind of a special case we'll
talk about it in a minute but starting over here this is the kind of fpv drone i recommend most
people start with is the beta fpv meteor 65 links in the description you can get a kit that comes
with a controller and goggles with this for about 200 and this will teach you all the skills you
need to learn to fly fpv they're also a lot of fun to race around indoors especially if you live in a
cold climate in the winter um yeah i won't say how many of these i've gone through now because purely
i have raced them around as much as possible in the winter with my son and some friends a lot of
fun inexpensive but will give you the experience and all the skills you need to learn to fly fpv
so i recommend starting with something like this from there we graduate to different types of fpv
drones because once you learn the skills to fly this you can fly any of these but first i
think we need to go outside so i can actually show you how each one of these things flies
and we can talk about what each one of these things is good this is the most common fpv drone
that most people think of it's a five inch quad flies great lots of acrobatics really fast
response really smooth if you have it tuned right and will do basically anything you want it to do
in the air when you're flying it so let's put this up in the air we'll give you a little example
i always got to make sure the gopro is actually recording because
the amount of times that this thing is not recorded when i thought it was is astounding
the five inch is great for lots of speed lots of acrobatics lots of really fast moves dives and
stuff like that but if you're gonna fly close to people or close to things that might take a little
damage if you're not exactly solid on your flying or you're gonna be cutting things really close
that's where something like this comes in this is the shendron squirt this is a slam
squirt so it has thinner ducks it works a little better outside but this is a lot safer obviously
because the ducts you can fly close to people and it's a lot slower too so we're going to
throw this up in the air and show you exactly what this can do not as many acrobatics but
some really good smooth cinematic flying this thing's great for doing indoor tours of houses
office spaces things like that uh and really nice uh really gentle really fairly easy to fly
but if you're wanting to get really close to things or fly in really tight spaces
a lot of indoor stuff this is more what i recommend this is a 95 millimeter there's
a lot of different versions out there um i'll link a couple in the description the description
one of my favorites is the micron 2 from hom fpv it flies really well but because this is
so small it won't carry a full-size gopro so you've got to strip one down and basically
do this a naked gopro which is just the circuit board and the sensor but the image quality is
the same as a gopro this is a gopro hero8 this drone is not for going fast it is for going
slowly and through very small spaces but it does give you some really nice interesting results
in tight spaces because it can fit through such small gaps also sometimes when i'm hiking i'll
take this with me because i can get the fpv shots i want with this but i don't have to
take up a lot of space because everything is a lot smaller including the batteries
and then we come to this this is the shendron sicario with the red komodo on it um this
is a much bigger fpv drone and it is purpose built for box cameras like this and basically
filming for bigger productions because there are times when a gopro just won't cut it especially
when you get into low light gopros fall apart they're small sensor when you can
put a larger sensor camera on an fpv drone and do the same kind of shots that you can do with
any of the other drones a five inch you can do flips and rolls and everything else with this
but the footage that comes out of it is much higher quality now i don't recommend anybody
start with this drone you need to work with some other drones to really build your skills up before
you jump to something like this but i do think that you're going to start to see a lot more of
this kind of drone with cinema capture ability cinema cameras on it if you've seen one of the
recent porsche ads that was all shot with fpv drones something similar to this size
same camera you're gonna start seeing a lot more of fpv type shots using rigs like this
and i gotta admit it's just a lot of fun to fly even if it is a little scary to send ten
thousand dollars hurtling through the air at 50 60 70 80 miles an hour but we'll fly it
so
that's the different types of fpv drones from the smallest to some of the largest that are out there
right now and kind of what they're capable of and what each one is useful for because not all
of them fit the bill for every different kind of use but i told you that i was going to give
you some reasons why i think you should learn to fly fpv whether or not you want to go out and do
loops or tricks or if you know do stuff that i did which is not the most amazing freestyle but
it is something and reason number one is that flying fpv teaches you a lot about aerodynamics
and a lot about drone flying in general so it makes you a better drone pilot even if you're
flying something like this flying fpv will give you much faster reaction time and just a much
better connection with what the controls will cause your drone to do which in turn makes you
a better drone pilot reason number two is that it will give you a lot more confidence to fly closer
to things and maybe even fly through things with a drone like this because it teaches you to be
a much better judge of distance and how big your drone is in comparison to how big the space is
around the drone and reason number three is it's just really a lot of fun even if you don't want
to do it professionally even if you don't want to film stuff with it flying around the little drones
in your house or in a big space inside or in your front yard backyard
is just a lot of fun and a great way to kind of experience the world in a different way
now if you want to learn more about how to take better photos and videos with drones like this
mostly i put together a playlist right here you can click or tap there uh i will see you in one of
those videos as always if you have questions ask me in the comments below or join my live streams
which happens most of the time wednesday nights at 4 pm alaska time 8 pm eastern hasn't happened the
last couple of weeks since i've been traveling but i will see you again soon in the next video cheers