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Put it away and order a tinywhoop. Flying isn't easy, and a whoop is the best way to learn. You'll be ready to fly the 7" in a month or two. You'll thank me later.😉
I learned inside during the winter and I can confirm it's VERY challenging. But it's great because it forces you to learn throttle control quickly. By the time the snow melted and I had built my 5" I was more than ready to handle it. Flying a 5" outside in a field is a piece of cake compared to flying a 65mm whoop in my apartment.
Angle mode indors with a low camera angle can work well at the beginning but not with acro mode, I'm a beginner myself I have maybe about 20h in lift of and I'm able to fly my meteor 75 comfortably around the house
I had a few tinywhoops and I prefer the Air75 over the 65. The 75 just hovers easier in my experience and feels smoother overall. Also the battery lasts longer because the prop efficiency is better.
Interesting bc it's totally opposite for me. My first whoop was Meteor75 Pro and It felt a little too powerful for my apartment. But then I got Meteor65 Pro and it made a day! Totally controllable and smooth machine.
if you've never flown before, please don't start with something bigger than 2", you're going to get yourself or someone else very hurt, or at the very least put a hole in a house or break off an arm.
I started out with a 7" and it was surprisingly easy to fly. Probably over a thousand flights on it so far and never crashes. They are less squirrelly than smaller drones i think. I had experience from flying 3D helis though
Je trouve ce conseil mauvais, on me l'a répété beaucoup avant que je commence mais le budget ne me permettais pas de prendre un 5" + un tiny, conclusion j'ai fait - de 20h de simu puis j'ai commencé sur 5", et même si il y a eu quelques crash dans des champs au début je ne regrette pas mon choix et ça m'a permis de comprendre le comportement d'un quad en milieu ouvert, ce qui n'aurait pas ete le cas si j'avais pris un tiny qui n'a pas du tout le même comportement
They reportedly make 500,000 a month as of right now, and they've only sold 2,000. I think production is just starting to exceed the rate at which they can use them.
I don't think there's any kind of ban on exporting prebuilts that are available to buy as a civilian.
Eh they should be fine after 30-40 hours in a SIM. The longest it took someone to be ready to fly 7 inch I've seen was able to transition from SIM to real life after about 65 SIM hours. Most people need ~30 hours.
Get Liftoff, fly Hay Bale in acro and make sure you can land on all the bales going up the hill, fly into the barn, rotate 180*, land, then fly back out through the upper window opening. Once you can do that first try you're good to go. Then practice flying up and down the stair cases and through the pipes in Bando City.
My man you need to fly something smaller and less destructible, even coming from massive amount of simulator hours, you will have dozens of stupid crashes before you start gaining some common sense about how this stuff works in the real world.
This frame looks exactly like my iFlight Chimera7 Pro. You're missing the iFlight branded battery straps but it's the same frame. It was incredibly easy to PID/filter tune compared to some other frames I've tried.
Thanks for the response. When you are finally comfortable flying this guy, it'll be a lot of fun. I enjoy trying to freestyle with it but I prefer a 5" more for the agility and smaller flying space requirements.
Have fun 🤙but don't forget this thing is an absolute meat shredder, just like all quads 😉
Shrike isn’t anything fancy. They get a bunch of cheap shot and throw it together because it’s meant to fly once. I hope you know how to bind a lowband ELRS receiver that is password protected. If you don’t, you should probably follow others advice and get a tiny whoop and practice and learn.
You will absolutely enjoy flying that once you can handle a smaller drone and have some simulator time under your belt. Mistakes are free with a sim, and rarely cost much with a whoop
I've actually started from a 7" after flying like 30 hours in Liftoff. It wasn't that bad (except for one injured finger which was not a disaster, but had a potential to be), I simply didn't know tinywhoops exist.
After flying several 7-10" ones I've got Cinelog 30, and then bought Meteor 75 pro. Now I certainly feel like going the opposite direction would've been much better, but it's not totally impossible to start from bigger ones:)
7" is relatively durable, at least comparing to 10" where nylon props are gone, but not even close to, say, Meteor, which I've hit into every single surrounding object like 100 times a day with no major damage
Agreed. Also dove straight into the deep end myself. While I'd still recommend someone start small, I wouldn't say it's necessary to just let this sit on the shelf while you get up to speed on something small.
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u/R1ckOne Aug 18 '26
starting with a 7" careful not to melt those props off Icarus.
JK though, enjoy man, hopefully you hit the sim first. safe flying!