Speedybee F405 V4 Flight Stack - $70 For All Of This!

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[Joeyzoom]

I've been flying the v3 all summer and have been enjoying it. I'm glad SpeedyBee continues to innovate and produce quality products for a very reasonable price. I know others have mentioned concerns about their ESCs catching fire, but I've never had an issue. Cheers 🍻

[MrBillUp]

I have the F405 v4 60 amp stack, and I got it from Flying Tech for £45 in the Black Friday sale. An absolute bargain for everything it comes with. Insane value, and brings FPV building into the quality budget would. Well done Speedybee. And an honourable mention for the Speedybee Mario 5 Pro frame for an insane £30 all in.

[Loki_Morningstar]

Speedy Bee has the F4 V3 on sale on their website to clearance them out so it would be a good time to pick one up cheap for a spare or a budget build

[AerialWaviator]

Great overview Ian. Regarding video title, I'd suggest using "F405" vs. "F4", as may storefronts use "F4" to refer to F411 flight controllers. F411's lack UARTs, working memory, etc compared to F405's.
 
While Speedybee doesn't list Ardupilot capability on it's website, the v3 is listed as compatible hardware on ArduPilot/ArduCopter docs/wiki. Having bario/compass support makes this F405 stack. It would be nice if Speedybee actually stated ArduPilot compatibility (forthcoming) for this F405 v4.
Perhaps this FC stack could be inspiration for your next arducopter build, as we also have a number of HD video options available going into 2024?

[MCsCreations]

Fantastic review, Ian! Thanks!!! 😃
SpeedyBee is just killing it lately! Really valuable hardware, even for wings!!!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[circlearoundtheworld]

using the f405 v3 as my first drone, so far so good!

[typxxilps]

I have gotten 5 of these since August each ordered separatedly, but the wing edition which was about 38€ incl. 19% VAT and shipping.
Great value, great packaging and full set of accessories which means even the presoldered cables.

I like them a lot and prefer those over the Matek fixed wing F405 - the old one and even the new one cause Matek asks now for the new edition (they had not delivered FC for over 2 years) over 58€

China is not under INFLATION, but 5% deflation so their costs are decreasing and that allowed SpeedyBee to go this way for new products. Matek is just taking what they think the people in the west under inflation pressure should be willing to pay after they had not delivered for over 2 years.

Great experience so far. At least for the fixed wing edition. But be aware they are expecting export sanctions for drones and even flight controllers where it is not clear if this will only hit the western countries cause I had asked about that topic. We usually need 20 each year for holiday camps and therefore had to fill up our stock so we avoided to order 5 at once to not be hit by sanctions and ordered every week one after the previous had been shipped. With 4 guys and 5 weeks we have gotten the 20 we need.
Shipping was about 5 days once you got the dhl number (EU), fastest shipping in the whole industry from a manufacturer or vendor in China that has no EU warehouse. Extraordinary fast and reliable.

[michaelwhouse]

Well that explains why they"ve been selling the f405 v3 for $10 off. I stocked up and bought 3 of those and 3 of the f4 mini. A guy can never have too many stacks. I've been using the v3 in 4 different quads for quite a while and love them. For the $$$ you can't beat them, and with Bluejay not only do you get bidirectional dshot, but cool start up tunes.

[Chillin-fpv]

I hope the f7 v4 isn't far behind. I love my speedybee stacks. Just so easy to work on. Everything is clearly labeled. Just so good!

[Halfrightfox]

I have no idea how they're making a profit on this. $70 is fantastic

[redreefbud]

Great video 😁 very informative. Keep them coming. I would love to test some stuff if you want to send it my way 😁 just got integra goggles and 03 unit. Speedybee master 5 v2 frame. Supernova 2207 1980kv motors, gemfan 51466v2 props (bumblebee yellow) 😁

[hofpv]

Wow this speedybee its really doing it amazing really there is no more to look around 😊

[flat-earther]

Speedybee wrote in the product page _The F405 V3 FC faced compatibility issues with certain microSD cards, with a few even occasionally affecting the stable OSD display._

But doesn't the v3 have the issue with any microSD card because the OSD and blackbox shares same SPI bus?
Do you think speedybee is dishonest here, not saying the truth, downplaying the issue and not admitting they made a design flaw in the v3 board?

[redreefbud]

I started with the speedybee f7v3. My first diy drone. Built a master 5 v2 with supernova motors. Hooked up the f7 stack and it would not recognize receiver. Tried 2 different brand new ones. Radiomaster rp3 to go with my new boxer radio. And then a happymodel diversity dual antenna. Anyways couldn't get it to work so ordered a f4 v4 today 😁 hoping i can get that to work. Do you think the 2 esc are interchangeable? I think something was off with the firmware of f7 and superbee app. Idk. I tried to flash firmware or changed msp and now no lights or anything. Something does beep when powered on but not like before. Think the flight controller is gone. Hence the f4 😉 hoping v4 will work better with app. Any tips or things i should do? 😁

[gabrielnunes]

Hello my friend! Thanks for your great video! One question: I have the F405 V3 and try to use blackbox with SDCard but no sucess. I tried to change the settings, use BF 4.4.X, 4.3.X, 4.2.X but nothing worked... I tried both SDHC 8GB and SDXC 64 GB... Format them to FAT32 with 4096, 8192, and all kb possible... I also did a partision with only 2GB on the cards but no sucess... Any ideia what may be happening, and how I can fix it and finally use the blackbox? Thank you so much in advance, BR.

[erikvf]

Hello Ian! I heard some people had some issues with the O3 shutting down during flights when powered directly from the onboard BEC of this FC. Do you know anything about it?

[cinemoriahFPV]

Unless they did something magical, the ICM42688P gyro has been historically garbage for use in flight controllers...
Im skeptical and waiting for BBL data...

[divingfalconfpv]

what barometer? mine isnt working well. think betaflight didnt find it right with auto

[ArshaansEdits]

Hi! I actually need a suggestion, should i go with the Speedybee F405 v4 or the Speedybee F7 v3 flight controller

[Picit]

will this work ok for a semi long range 10" running a 6S? I am just getting into FPV after years of box-drones, I am running a boxer radio and 10" frame but that is as far as I am so far.