Soldering and assembling my own quad rotor drones for freestyle flight has changed the course of my life. I’ve been a paramedic for 10 years and I’m in the progress of getting an engineering degree and changing my career. I wish I could have found something like this when I was younger and I’m concerned
Flying, repairing and configuring FPV quadcopters is a productive form of recreation and entertainment for me. It is also a way that I foster my own creativity that I use in my profession. This is a challenging and rewarding hobby because it involves so many STEM disciplines. There’s a lot to learn and master. But,
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All my quads are scratch built. This will end the hobby and my part 107 work. I follow all regulations, but there will be no way to fly my “amateur built” drones, because there is no option to bolt on RemoteID or just use a connected cell phone. I never fly AMA fields, over an
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Fpv saved my life!!!! I was in a bad place in my life and was down and out till I found this amazing hobby. The friendships that are built I dont think they ever could happen in any other setting and not to mention the help everyone gives out from help with questions to people
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As I have grown older , got married, had kids and coming from a Motorcross background. Flying multirotors through FPV has once again brought back a fantastic feeling of being able to express myself through flight. I live in the country and I am lucky to have my own large property and my family with
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RC devices have been shaping my career. At 10, I got my 1st RC car. That eventually led me to become a mechanical engineer. I believe many similar stories happened with RC planes, and now with quadcopter. It is a fabulous hobby, a wonderful support for education for everyone, and the fun factor is huge
Flight matters a lot to my mental health. Flying makes my day better. It gives me needed distractions. There is a great social component. I meet lots of people flying and going to drone races.
Flying matters to me because of the incredible amount of education, exercise, research and fun that comes with this hobby. Before this hobby, I only had a base level knowledge of electronics, design, manufacturing, radio frequency performance, antenna design, robotics, battery technology, remote sensing, soldering, photography, topography, mapping, audio/video editing, the principals of PID tuning,
Rigoberto Gonzalez (emai*@*ail.com) Read More »
This hobby has been fun for decades but in the past 5 or so years, with the help of the internet, youtube, etc., has allowed non-professionals to learn enough about electronics, materials, programming, power, batteries, motors, etc. to exponentially tip the scales of fun. There aren’t a lot of things an almost 18 year old
Jeff Tapia (jeff*@*ive.com) Read More »
Flying Fpv and racing Fpv with my local group has given me years of experience and enjoyment and has allowed me to make countless new friends and even led me into a new career.
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Flying fpv brings so much joy to my life. I really don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t fly or if it was cost prohibitive to fly. Flying helps with my depression and I have learned so much from this hobby as well as have met a lot of good people. It would
Luis Hurtado (l.a.*@*ail.com) Read More »
Building and flying fpv quads got me into electronics. It got me into the career I’m in. I’ve learned a lot since I started and I believe it’s a great way to teach kids about electronics and get them interested in stem. Most of us who fly fpv quads stay well below 200 feet. All
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