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Drones

FPV. Building, tuning, breaking, repairing, occasionally flying well.

This is the map. The series below is meant to be read in order — each note ends with a link to the next, and the whole thing is also drawn as a board: FPV build map.

The series

  1. FPV — Where to start — #fpv/start
  2. FPV — Simulators — #fpv/sim
  3. FPV — CAD and simulation — #fpv/cad
  4. FPV — What to buy — #fpv/gear
  5. FPV — The first build — #fpv/build
  6. FPV — Tuning and flying — #fpv/tune
  7. FPV — Claude Code in the loop — #fpv/tools

The one-paragraph version

Buy a radio, not a drone. Put twenty hours into a simulator before you spend anything else. Then a cheap whoop indoors, then a 5" — bought or built. Learn to solder before you learn to tune. Everything else is detail, and the detail is in the notes above.

Rules before rotors

Airspace rules are local, they change, and they are your responsibility. In India that means DGCA and the Digital Sky portal; elsewhere it is someone else. Check the current rules yourself — do not take a note written months ago, including this one, as authority.

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Linked mentions · 8

  • FPV — CAD and simulation · 2

    FPV — CAD and simulation #fpv/cad · Note 3 of 7 · part of Drones Two different things get called "simulation" in this hobby and it is worth separating them before choosing…

  • FPV — Claude Code in the loop · 2

    FPV — Claude Code in the loop #fpv/tools · Note 7 of 7 · part of Drones Where an agent actually earns its keep in this hobby, and where it does not. Where it genuinely…

  • FPV — Simulators · 2

    FPV — Simulators #fpv/sim · Note 2 of 7 · part of Drones The cheapest flight hours you will ever buy. Twenty hours here is worth more than any component you could…

  • FPV — The first build · 2

    FPV — The first build #fpv/build · Note 5 of 7 · part of Drones A 5" freestyle build, which is the standard first build for good reasons: parts are cheap, everything is…

  • FPV — Tuning and flying · 2

    FPV — Tuning and flying #fpv/tune · Note 6 of 7 · part of Drones First: do not tune Modern Betaflight defaults fly well on almost any sane 5" build. If the quad feels…

  • FPV — What to buy · 2

    FPV — What to buy #fpv/gear · Note 4 of 7 · part of Drones In order. Do not skip ahead — each stage is useful on its own, and each one tells you whether you want the…

  • FPV — Where to start · 2

    FPV — Where to start #fpv/start · Note 1 of 7 · part of Drones The single most common way to start badly is to buy a drone first. Almost everyone does it, crashes it in…

  • Notes

    …rewritten. Nothing is finished. Areas Engineering — systems, tools, and the things I keep re-deriving Drones — FPV builds, tuning, flying Guitar — songs, theory, practice Photography — shoots, settings,…