Ultimate Beginners Guide to Building A FPV Freestyle Drone

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Tutorial on the complete process of building a 5" Freestyle FPV Drone from choosing your parts, building your drone, programming BetaFlight, Tuning and then Flying!

This video is Sponsored by SpeedyBee, T-Motor and FlyFish-RC.

Parts List (* denotes sponsored item)
Frame: FlyFish-RC Volador DC5*
Motors: T-Motor Velox v2 2207 1750kv*
Flight Controller & ESC: SpeedyBee F405 V3 BLS 50A 30x30 FC&ESC Stack*
VTX: SpeedyBee TX800*
Camera: Runcam Phoenix 2 (Micro) *
Antenna: Rush Cherry Straight MMCX RHCP
Receiver: Radiomaster RP1 ExpressLRS
Propellers: Ethix P3.5 Radberry
Batteries: Tattu R-Line 6S 1050mah

TimeStamps!
0:00 Intro
0:13 Sponsorship
0:21 How to work out which parts to buy
0:35 Parts Needed to Build a FPV Drone
0:40 Work out what parts are best for an FPV Drone
0:54 The First Part to Choose in Building a Drone - Frame
1:16 How to Choose a Flight Controller & ESC
3:40 How to Choose a Video System for FPV
3:56 Which FPV Cameras are compatible
4:40 How to Choose an Analog VTX
5:32 Which Radio Receiver to Buy
5:38 Which Propellers to Buy for a 5" Freestyle Drone
5:49 Which Motors to Buy for a FPV Drone
6:10 Which Batteries to Buy for a FPV Drone
6:28 Different Motor Sizes for 5" Freestyle Drones
6:39 Which KV for 4S and 6S
7:05 Where to Buy FPV Drone Parts
7:19 What Tools Are Needed to Build an FPV Drone

7:33 Assemble FPV Drone Frame
   • Volador Frame Build Tutorial I Volado...  

7:51 Do THIS Before Soldering Anything
8:07 Problems I Found During Dry Fit and Solutions
8:47 How to Solder an ESC
9:59 Which Capacitor to use on an FPV Drone
10:18 Where to solder Capacitor on an FPV Drone
10:38 How to Install Motors on an FPV Drone
12:10 How to Solder Motors to an ESC
13:00 How to Install Battery Lead on a Drone
13:23 XT60 Connectors Explained
15:44 Solder Analog FPV Camera to Flight Controller
17:32 Solder Analog VTX to a Flight Controller
19:28 Mount the VTX to the Frame
20:08 Wire up ExpressLRS Receiver
22:20 Check with a Smoke Stopper before Plugging in
22:50 How to Flash Latest version of Betaflight
23:15 How to program your fpv drone on Betaflight
23:43 How to set Flight Controller Direction
23:54 How to setup the Betaflight Ports
24:02 You can use SpeedyBee App for SpeedyBee Flight Controllers
24:19 Setup Receiver in Betaflight Ports Tab
24:40 Setup Analog VTX in Betaflight Ports Tab
25:28 How to Setup the Betaflight Configuration Tab
26:18 How to Setup Board Alignment in Betaflight
27:23 How to Setup a Receiver in Betaflight
28:01 How to configure Channel Map in Betaflight
28:44 How to setup Modes / Switches in Betaflight
29:33 How to setup OSD in Betaflight

29:54 How to setup VTX Tables in Betaflight
https://github.com/betaflight/betafli...

31:00 Unlock SpeedyBee TX800 VTX
31:30 Configure a BLHeli_S (BLS) ESC
31:48 Flash BlueJay to a BLS ESC
32:35 How to PID Tune A Drone EASILY
33:41 How to Configure Motors in Betaflight
34:39 How to Reorder Motors in Betaflight
34:55 How to Set Motor Direction in Betaflight
35:53 My Motors wont stop speeding up
36:21 Put the Top Plate on
36:44 How to Install Propellers on a FPV Drone
37:26 FInal Thing Before Flying
37:53 Flight Test!

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🏠 Frames:
- FlyFishRC Volador VX5 - http://bit.ly/3ZeTlnF
- FlyFishRC Volador VD5 - http://bit.ly/41f00zY

🛞 Motors - 5" Freestyle (4S 2550kv & 6S 1750kv)
- Budget: T Motor Velox V2 - https://bit.ly/3xLLHFJ | https://amzn.to/3IQwHwr
- Premium: T Motor F60 Pro IV - https://bit.ly/3ExU0Zv | https://amzn.to/3EyJTUe

🤖 Electronics
Budget Stack: SpeedyBee F405 - https://amzn.to/3IkVaII
Mid-Tier Stack: SpeedyBee F7 - https://amzn.to/3IQDS84
Premium Stack: T Motor F7 https://amzn.to/3IPVCA9

🎮 Radio Controllers
- Gamepad Style: Radiomaster Zorro ELRS - https://bit.ly/3KAp66G | https://amzn.to/3Y32jDj
- Mid-Size: Radiomaster Boxer - https://bit.ly/3Zh1Tuh | https://amzn.to/3m4Lyu9
- Full Size: Radiomaster TX16S Mk 2 - https://bit.ly/3knCb8u | https://amzn.to/3Sq71Kg

📡 ExpressLRS Radio Transmitters
- Nano (for Gamepad Radio's): https://bit.ly/3INSBAA
- Micro (for Mid & Fullsize Radios): https://bit.ly/3xPggdr
- Radiomaster Ranger: https://bit.ly/3lYXcH8

📡 Radio Receivers
- ExpressLRS Ceramic Antenna: https://bit.ly/3lTkmyu | https://amzn.to/3m6JJNG
- ExpressLRS Mini T Anteanna: https://bit.ly/3lTkmyu | https://amzn.to/3KzZpTF


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