10 REGRETS RC Pilots Will Have

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[DrDepth]

FPV is so much more fun than LOS. Been flying FPV for 15 years … keeps getting more fun. You can be 2 miles away, on the top of a mountain, instead of flying circles around a neighborhood park. The main reason is, that FPV is so immersive. Just as we imagined when we were little, you are in the plane flying it. Aerial exploration with FPV is amazing, don’t give up so easily.

[trentwalker]

As far as FPV goes I got the DJI setup for my Aeroscout and after a few months I finally got another O3 Air Unit for my 70mm Viper. It completely redefines the experience for me

[FranklinCrane-vs]

7:38 is that guy ok?😳 full vid link pls

[MWall]

If it's within your budget, purchase a transmitter with more channels than you currently need. As you grow in the hobby, you might outgrow your transmitter and wish you had purchased a better one earlier.

[loganware]

4:40 wow do I feel called out lmao. Even discussed this a few times in the discord group when I got my umx b17 XD

[arosnett]

Join a club?! The entry fee for an organized club here in Norway is about 200 USD per year, 3/4 of which is for national buerocracy, and that is with no certainty of a useful local airfield that is open in weekends😢 Go bush pilots!

[gisall]

The absolute Number 1 Regrets that Anybody could ever start flying RC Airplanes. Sad is the Man who Never flew RC Airplanes. Great video buddy.

[LCAviator]

My biggest mistake I’ve made several times. Selling a plane I know I love in order to buy a plane I think is better or more fun.

My go-to Horizon plane has always been the Eflite Valiant 1.3. But there have been 2 or 3 occasions where I sold it wanting the money to buy a Timber, Air Tractor, RV7, etc. Only to find out afterwards it flys terrible, or just simply doesn’t fly the way I want it to. So I then sell that plane and buy another Valiant.

Nowadays, while I don’t fly Horizon planes as much since I’m a FliteTest fan, I’m never without a Valiant in my hangar. And I will never sell it to buy another plane, unless of course it’s another Valiant. Great video as always, guys!

Side note: I’m not sure if you guys have flown the Valiant, but it’d be cool if you guys did a review.

[tonym]

Twisted Hobbies are great but they are so lightweight that any wind makes them un-flyable. I wanted to like them and went back to an Eratix as I can fly them in more wind. The Eratix isn’t as forgiving. Lastly the Twisted Hobbies requires a lot of building and considering the high cost I’ll never buy another one.

[GigaBit-ij]

00:41 and he is completely wright about it.😊😊😊

[LowVoltage_FPV]

I am all ELRS at this point and all the receivers have built in telemetry. I set it up for the first time on my most resent plane. I only use battery voltage but having that information has been a game changer for me. Knowing the current level with a warning when voltage is low allows me to fly without worrying that I'm going to kill the battery and having a forced landing. I fly smaller batteries now. Saves money on batteries and weight in the plane.

[jaysonrees]

I started with multirotors, and have since branched into a little bit of planes and tanks. Thanks to the fact that much of this gear is so versatile, it's been cheap and easy to hop around. To this day, I've not lost a single vehicle. Came close a few times, but everything still operates! My poor Dolphin sure took a beating when I was learning plane stuff, but acrylic hot glue heals many wounds!

[salocinkatt]

I can relate to flying in wind being iffy, but a umx timber x in 15mph wind is so fun

[gpaje]

Horizon Hobby, their affordable birds with Spectrum Safe Select, & their sim pretty much was all I needed to flourish as a pilot these days. Easily starting the hobby and gaining confidence and abilities for cheaper than most other RC hobbies.

[jimharris]

A regret when I was flying balsas and nitro helis in the 80's and 90's that took several "incidents" to learn - forgetting to bring a garbage bag to the field to take the pieces home (or to the club dumpster). 😮

[motionsic]

Very thorough list of regrets! Kinda surprised FPV is #1. But I guess it does get boring after a while if flying solo - we don’t get to see the beautiful plane we are flying which is the biggest draw for flying RC. I recommend flying FPV in close formation with a buddy as a cure🙂

[RichardAFPV]

Once I went FPV I haven't looked back. Been flying since '89 and now I only bring my LOS planes along so they don't get lonely.

[hkkim]

telemetries... for some of my gliders. Really cool features, especially the altimeters, but next thing you know, you won't be using it as much. But I admit it's one of those steps you have to try.
I am concentrating drawing beautiful lines in the sky.

[thandyadriel]

get a fpv combat set and have some combats with your friends! you will redefine the meaning of Fun in fpv

[BeefD]

on the topic of hardware; when I bought a Horizon hobby carbonZ T-28, I wanted to put a scale triblade on it so bad, but I knew that the stock ESC would not last long if I actually went with a triblade,
and so when I got that beautiful scale triblade, I also slapped a Robbe 130A opto ESC with sepparate power supply for the receiver on it and never had power/heat issues again. it was costly, but a good investment and it immediately made the plane look twice as good