The Best FPV Drone Racing Equipment? Here it is!

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00:00:00 - The latest, best, FPV Racing equipment!
00:02:25 - 533 Bind-n-Fly Lightswitch and Ultra
00:05:20 - Why a racing drone with DJI in it?
00:07:51 - iFlight Mach-R5 mostly for non-US people
00:08:51 - Bleeding edge: MCK Hyper Kronos
00:11:12 - Oldie but a goodie: Switchback Pro
00:12:34 - Open source racing frame: OpenRacer
00:14:42 - The lowest-budget option
00:15:18 - The Best FPV Racing Motors
00:20:08 - Flight controllers and ESC's
00:23:39 - What control links and video systems do top racers use
00:27:42 - How can you get started in MultiGP Racing

[CapnBry]

For people who want to race, it is also important to note you can bring your freestyle quad and race with it, we're happy to have you. The ultra-tiny light frames used by the top 10 multigp pilots are incredibly compact which makes them only fit certain hardware and difficult to work in. Slinging around even 50-100g extra weight on a more durable and spacious setup isn't going to make much difference to even a mid-tier pilot. Any modern 6S 5" quad is insanely powerful and power isn't the reason I'm not winning every race! 😆

[loufpv]

I can personally vouch for the Five33 Open Racer BNF's, we ordered 3 for our team and they are locked in! Also, there were a few missing components for racing that weren't mentioned like the tmotor stack with the hdzero plug. Those escs are bulletproof.

[KillerWhale]

My light switch prebuilts just shipped out today. Glad I secured them before the Bardwell bump!

I've built probably 10-20 quads in the past year, not to toot my own horn, but I'm a decent builder. However all of my experience is in freestyle quads and whoops. I've built one race quad but wasn't really happy with the result. I really want to get into 5" racing this year and it's just so much easier to buy a BNF from 533. You're guaranteed a great rig, you don't have to worry about planning out the build, you don't have to worry about parts showing up DOA etc. I ordered 2 hdzero lightswitches, and I did the math when I ordered them. I think it was like $50 more per quad to have them build it than to order the parts yourself.

[RBRCbashem]

Bardwell got that nice and crispy new, straight out the wrapper t shirt on…creases and all 😂😂

[metaldirtnskin]

I hope you end up covering some of the spec racing classes more in the future. Street League I love in particular, but there's also freedom spec, tiny trainer, UWL for whoops, maybe others. I've been in this almost five years and one of the best decisions I've made was to give up MultiGP-style open class 5" racing, because spec racing is so much more fun. I really think it's the way to go for pilots who want to race primarily for fun - and some of them allow DJI and the other HD systems, in fact.

[nzfpv]

This past winter I started a racing league here in the oldest city in North America. We already have our first race planned for once the snow melts and have it built it in Velocidrone so can we practice. Once I see the attendance at each race, I will consider buying real gates and opening a real multi-go chapter. Never know, one of these days you may be able to race here on the rock while on vacation 😊

[chrisbee]

Geprc fpv racer rtf for outside the US.
Foxeer caesar v2 frame is great.
Mck has a new frame now after the kronos.

[willpowerfpv]

I'm a beginner racer, AND I fly mainly DJI on my big quads. The chapter in my city is brand new, so I will probably only get out to race a few times in the summer. For that reason, I chose the open racer, because in four screws and a couple plugs, I can swap out a DJI 03 pod that I will fly with for fun, to an analog pod for race day. Just thought I'd put that out there in case it's an option that might work for others...
If I get more serious, I'll build an hdzero or analog lightswitch v2 for racing.

[philablasta]

Loved this video! Great job advocating for racing!

[DeMoNSed]

The GEPRC BNF is good too, it comes with T Motor racing motors

[miquelmarti]

This hobby loves modular. It's nice to see most open source projects to take on the RC/drone pro scene. From OpenTX and ELRS to HDzero and OpenRacer frames.

[IvanEfimovLimon]

Sock Puppet FPV suspect is on JB's channel :)

[Finnphix]

At our club here in Christchurch NZ, I would say about 80% of people are still running the switchback. I think a lot of it is due to it still being available and durable. Everyone runs it so someone will have a part if you break it. Only a couple of us aren't running them, instead using lightswitch frames, custom or openracers.

[MCsCreations]

Thanks a bunch for all the info, guys! 😊
Stay safe there with your families! 🖖😊

[netRunner]

You should really do a FPV long range video drone build for the old guys like me :)

[Inertia]

I have those XIng-2207, 2050kv, that iFlight paired with their 'MachR5'. They've been on an AOS-5v5, since when ever the MachR5 was just making it's debut rounds, with our fpv news & reviews gang. This AOS screams with these motors. It wants to go fast, or make a quick turn, so it can go fast again. They fit well with 'Azure Power' Bi-Blade 50x5x something. They would fit better on a much lighter quad. I have fun flying freestyle with 2050s, but weighing about double what a racing drone weights, batteries do not stay for long.

[AtradiesInc]

Lol Shawn killed my avata at a HD class five33 event. It's fine now though. Wow he looks different on camera. Hardly noticed it was him. It's very entertaining to hear him and his daughter go back and forth at the races. Love the competitive talk and banter.

[Qwarzz]

Was just thinking I'll probably need to build a racing drone for the spring. JB delivers :)
What we've been testing, Walksnail seems to work well with our timing system. Walksnail also can use race bands. I would think it should be easy to have WS users in races with analog and HDzero pilots. The main issue I can think of is that monitors will probably be for analog and HDZero usually, not impossible to work around.

[leonf]

Crazy great! Thanks!! Just been on your website the last few days looking for new motors. Ended up buying the rcinpower wasps and aos supernova! :)

[jupiterboltt]

Another incredibly good value motor option is the T-motor Velox v3, Super good performance and power for $14.90