Apr 17, 2024
BetaFPV has released a new line of LiPos with BT2.0 connectors - the Lava line up. The name is hilarious and my first thought was: Holy shit, those being BetaFPV batteries, I hope the name does no say it all. Don’t get me wrong: I am a big fanboy of everything BetaFPV, really like their RTFs - generally most of their products have been decent. If not, they usually try to do the right thing. But their batteries have always been atrocious.
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Apr 12, 2024
The ISDT K2 AIR is a two channel (LiPo) battery charger with a lot of very useful (and not so useful) features, let’s have a look, why you might want to consider it as your next battery charger. The pros, the cons and everything else you might want to know.
If you are looking for a 1S charger, have a look at WhoopStor 3 - IMHO this is the best charger for 1S batteries that you can get right now.
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Sep 1, 2023
MEPS, a relatively new player in the FPV market (although, according to themselves they have been in the business for a couple of years), and it already started out with quite a bit of drama - I will get into it a little bit later.
MEPS were nice enough to send me a set of their 0802 and 1103 motors to have a look at, so a big shout out to them.
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Mar 22, 2022
I was super stoked for the Runcam Thumb once I heard about it and saw that there is a 1.0.0 release candidate for Gyroflow. Potentially a super low budget, low weight - 10g - solution for stabilized footage.
Unfortunately the initial reviews were not so great, gyro logging was not working properly and stabilization with Gyroflow was not really possible - this all changed with the latest firmware version 2.1.0 - I highly recommend you follow my tutorial on how to update the firmware on your Runcam Thumb.
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Mar 18, 2022
The first Runcam Thumbs are reaching the users and it is super important that you upgrade the firmware - especially if you want to use Gyroflow - which, you most likely want.
Luckily upgrading the firmware is super simple and everything you need is in the box - apart from the SD card. The Runcam Thumb can handle micro SD cards up to 128GB, make sure to use a fast one. Basically any name brand 128GB micro SD card will be fast enough (Class 10, UHS 3).
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Jan 5, 2022
It has only been 3 months and BetaFPV has a new radio in the pipelines - the Lite Radio 3. It comes in two options: Integrated ELRS or integrated FrSky D8/D16 RF module. One thing is for sure, with a price point of $59.99 it is one of the cheapest, if not the cheapest option for an integrated ExpressLRS radio, but did they fix any issues that were raised with the BetaFPV Lite Radio 2 SE? Lets have a look.
This radio is available with internal ExpressLRS or FrskyD8/16 module. I got the ExpressLRS version which will be subject of this review.
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Dec 5, 2021
The TuneRC EZ 1-2S AIO board is the first - and hopefully not last - flight-controller manufactured by TuneRC. This one does some things different from all the other ones. From what I understand it was manufactured to the specifications of Bob Roogi (KababFPV) - he is even selling it in his own store.
This usually is a good indicator that the product is of good quality, otherwise Bob would not vouch for it with his name.
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Nov 6, 2021
This is the second part of BetaFPVs ELRS lineup. As mentioned in my previous post, BetaFPV released two additional AIO flight controllers with ELRS receivers on board. Those boards are obviously a great fit for the BetaFPV ELRS Lite Radio. But can be used with any 2.4GHz ELRS transmitter.
The two flight controllers have a very similar feature set, but slightly different implementation and form factor. I will first look at the differences and why you might chose one over the other and then look into similarities of those flight controllers.
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Oct 26, 2021
The Darwin 69 - also called “Baby Ape” - is DarwinFPV’s next super cheap release - as the name suggests, it only costs $69. That is very little money for a basically complete 3” micro quadcopter. But at this price point, is it even worth getting it? Usually such super low price quads only have one up-side: the price.
I have had a couple of DarwinFPV products and I generally am really surprised at what they can put together for such a low price. When buying at this price point, one thing has to be clear: You will not get the newest, brand named components. DarwinFPV probably buys older parts in bulk and then throws something together that will match a certain price point.
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Oct 12, 2021
It was only a matter of time until the first ELRS only radio hit the market - and actually it came as I was expecting it: BetaFPV adapted their Lite Radio 2 - to be more precise - the Lite Radio 2 SE for ELRS.
This radio looks and feels exactly like the BetaFPV Lite Radio 2 which I have reviewed before. The main difference from the Lite Radio 2 to the SE (second edition) is the integrated battery: it comes with a 1000mAh 1S battery which can be charged via USB C. Further, the wiring has been updated and the connections to the gimbals look much more rigid.
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