I also haven't gotten into the tiny whoops or indoor fpv phenomenon, very excited & eager to know what are the best ready made options out there & how do they compare to the custom whoop.
My first indoor FPV flyer was the Nano qx. then the RS90 quadcopter. nano qx2 fpv and now I am looking forward or the inductrix FPV (will be here on Monday) "Best" depends on your skill. The rs90 is brushless and incredibly nimble, but considerably more difficult to fly than the brushless ones from Horizon. If you are new to this, I would go with the nano qx2 or the new inductrix. If you feel comfortable around brushless quads and tweakings, go with the rs90.
You need an Indy, an Indy Pro frame (stronger, lighter), some 17000kv red motors ("fast" from MMW, and don't consume all that much more power but give lots of punch carrying a TX01), a TX01 AIO camera (with a piece of double-sided foam sticky; mounts are too heavy!), and the most important part, batteries that have the right connector on them. Blade used a connector type that heats up and becomes resistive very fast. MicroLOSI is a good universal choice, but lots of people use the 2mm version of the stock connector.
Durability of the Whoop is just fine. In nearly a year I've only ever broken a single motor spar and I've beat the hell out of mine, especially trying to learn rates on it and do flips. The Inductrix Pro frame is a marked upgrade to the durability (and lighter) and should make it almost impossible to break motor spars. Also, don't hard-solder the camera to the board, give it a tiny connector (that usually comes on cameras) and in the event of a bad crash, your camera will separate at the connector instead of ripping pads off or breaking things. Used this feature a lot this past weekend flying in a hotel under renovation. My sticky foam kept not sticking very well!
Just a heads up, the tiny blade battery connector wears out. My tiny whoop was getting 1:20 flights and it was driving me nuts, everyone else is saying 3 to 4 minutes. Replacing the battery connector saved it from getting used as a flying target.
Yep, not a suitable connector for even a stock Indy. Go to the 2mm connectors or MicroLOSI. Upgrade a stock or 200mah 'extended' battery and wow what a difference in power and flight time.
Nice video. The mailman literally just delivered the Eachine knockoff while watching this. I'll be moving my micro vtx/cam from my Syma X11 to this fake Inductrix shortly. It doesn't have standard losi battery connectors and it probably won't have the 5 min flight time of my Syma, but it certainly looks cool.
The reason Tiny whoops are so fantastic is because you can fly them anywhere. Until you own a racing drone you don't know how freakin loud they are. Forget about how small Tiny Whoops are I like them because I can fly them outdoors without intimidating or bothering anyone and I can fly them indoors without intimidating anyone.
very well-made, video. I was looking for somthing like this. to point people towards when at work asking what a tiny whoop is. That being said went from Tiny whoop. to a home build, 90mm Whoop styled Brushless Quadcopter. wich have much more Power longer flight times and of cause flys faster. it's built with the Eachine Aurora frame F4 flight controller. and a PDB ESC combo. And in terms of flight characteristics, it's much more like my bigger Race Quads. if anyone Should be interested in a build log I have on as well.
Thanks for sharing, build sounds awesome! I think it's safe to say the Tiny Whoop has been surpassed by the competition at this point, but remains an excellent entry point to FPV in my opinion.
+fpvlife 23 They're called Eachine VR-007 and I ordered them off banggood.com. Normally I don't promote specific websites, but I believe Eachine is a Banggood brand only they carry.
+JC Lopez It depends on the capacity of the battery used, but if you get 30 seconds there is something wrong with the setup. 2½-3 minutes I'd say is a normal flight time.
JC Lopez I had thirty second flight times when just adding a camera to the e010 from eachine. You have to upgrade those motors. My tiny whoop is now the H8 mini. Literally can put the heaviest camera (6grams) on it and it will still fly.
Nope! Only true if you don't change out the battery connectors and aren't using decent batteries. They're the biggest detriment to flight time. I have the timer on my TX set for 3:30 and I rarely fall short. You need the larger 2mm connectors or MicroLOSI (what I run) to provide enough power to the motors, not waste it as heat in the connector. Even with 17000kv 'red' edition "faster" motors from MMW, which really give it back the original punch (feels like you aren't carrying a camera!), don't affect flight time but by a few seconds if you're hauling ass. They make 'riding the breeze' so fun!
Very well explained for an attempt. You do great things on TH-cam, keep it up!! Official? tiny whoop almost $200. Nock off tiny whoop just over $100....Copter- Eachine E010 (inductrix clone)$16 ; Camera- FX797T $40 ; Goggles- Vr007 $50.. total $106 W/O any upgrades. Still a big price to pay for a small amount of GREAT fun. The best part is, the camera and goggles can be used on other copters just the same for even more fun. Thanks again RCview for your entertaining information. I always love to watch your channel.
The only thing I dislike of this trend are those "a capella" songs. I must mute every tinywhoop video on youtube and open a better song on a new tab, hahaha.
Well done! thanks for the shout out! -Jesse
i'd love to help with any future videos if i can in anyway!
Wow, very cool to see a response from you here! Thank you very much, I will reply to your e-mail as soon as I have time.
I just heard about Tiny Whoops last night and fell in love, nice to know there are cheaper and ready made alternatives available now!
Lots of fun to go back and watch this now in mid 2019. Tiny Whoop!
This is exactly what I was looking for.. A simple explanation of 'Tiny Whoop'! Thank you so much!
I was one of those on the Tiny Whoop bandwagon without having had a proper introduction. Thank you RCview #twothumbsup
As always, Pleasure to watch your reviews. I ordered the new Blade Inductrix FPV. Looking forward getting it.
+lagavulin laphroaig Me too!
I also haven't gotten into the tiny whoops or indoor fpv phenomenon, very excited & eager to know what are the best ready made options out there & how do they compare to the custom whoop.
My first indoor FPV flyer was the Nano qx. then the RS90 quadcopter. nano qx2 fpv and now I am looking forward or the inductrix FPV (will be here on Monday)
"Best" depends on your skill. The rs90 is brushless and incredibly nimble, but considerably more difficult to fly than the brushless ones from Horizon.
If you are new to this, I would go with the nano qx2 or the new inductrix. If you feel comfortable around brushless quads and tweakings, go with the rs90.
How do you record the FPV footage? Thanks!
I use the Eachine LCD5800D monitor with built-in recording functionality. It's not perfect, but gets the job done!
You need an Indy, an Indy Pro frame (stronger, lighter), some 17000kv red motors ("fast" from MMW, and don't consume all that much more power but give lots of punch carrying a TX01), a TX01 AIO camera (with a piece of double-sided foam sticky; mounts are too heavy!), and the most important part, batteries that have the right connector on them. Blade used a connector type that heats up and becomes resistive very fast. MicroLOSI is a good universal choice, but lots of people use the 2mm version of the stock connector.
Durability of the Whoop is just fine. In nearly a year I've only ever broken a single motor spar and I've beat the hell out of mine, especially trying to learn rates on it and do flips. The Inductrix Pro frame is a marked upgrade to the durability (and lighter) and should make it almost impossible to break motor spars.
Also, don't hard-solder the camera to the board, give it a tiny connector (that usually comes on cameras) and in the event of a bad crash, your camera will separate at the connector instead of ripping pads off or breaking things. Used this feature a lot this past weekend flying in a hotel under renovation. My sticky foam kept not sticking very well!
Just a heads up, the tiny blade battery connector wears out. My tiny whoop was getting 1:20 flights and it was driving me nuts, everyone else is saying 3 to 4 minutes. Replacing the battery connector saved it from getting used as a flying target.
Good information! I believe there's a similar, general issue with the batteries included with the new Inductrix FPV.
yup, its the micro connectors they use. there is a video up on youtube with a guy re soldering his battery connectors.
Yep, not a suitable connector for even a stock Indy. Go to the 2mm connectors or MicroLOSI. Upgrade a stock or 200mah 'extended' battery and wow what a difference in power and flight time.
If your looking for a tiny whoop, but don’t want to pay £50+ then get the eachine e010. It’s like £15 & flys even better than the blade inductrix
This was a very exciting time of FPV.
The eachine e010s is also very good and costs just 50€!
Very pro-looking video. Great editing an copywriting.
cheers!
+CoseCinesi Thank you! :)
The Tiny Whoop is still king of the micro’s.. And ruler of the Indoor FPV kingdom!!
Your reviews are awesome! 👍
+Thomas Brinkman Thank you, I'm glad you like them! :)
Great review, hope you have the Eachine E010 coming soon, would like to hear how you feel in compares to the Inductrix
+Dennis S (Dennis from Orlando) Expect a review this week!
Nice video. The mailman literally just delivered the Eachine knockoff while watching this. I'll be moving my micro vtx/cam from my Syma X11 to this fake Inductrix shortly. It doesn't have standard losi battery connectors and it probably won't have the 5 min flight time of my Syma, but it certainly looks cool.
Can it go acro mode?
Outstanding video.
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The reason Tiny whoops are so fantastic is because you can fly them anywhere. Until you own a racing drone you don't know how freakin loud they are. Forget about how small Tiny Whoops are I like them because I can fly them outdoors without intimidating or bothering anyone and I can fly them indoors without intimidating anyone.
very well-made, video. I was looking for somthing like this. to point people towards when at work asking what a tiny whoop is.
That being said
went from Tiny whoop. to a home build, 90mm Whoop styled Brushless Quadcopter. wich have much more Power longer flight times and of cause flys faster. it's built with the Eachine Aurora frame F4 flight controller. and a PDB ESC combo. And in terms of flight characteristics, it's much more like my bigger Race Quads. if anyone Should be interested in a build log I have on as well.
Thanks for sharing, build sounds awesome! I think it's safe to say the Tiny Whoop has been surpassed by the competition at this point, but remains an excellent entry point to FPV in my opinion.
Thanks for that much clearer now....
where did you get those fpv goggles
+fpvlife 23 They're called Eachine VR-007 and I ordered them off banggood.com. Normally I don't promote specific websites, but I believe Eachine is a Banggood brand only they carry.
+RCview thanks
That was a great video!
Thats pretty expensive. Il wait for other options. Great video as always.
+Shad8x Yes! I happened to have some of the parts already (Inductrix, FPV goggles, TX). Not as sure I would've gone for it otherwise.
this is great but supposedly the this tiny whoop only last 30 to 90 seconds flight time is this true
+JC Lopez It depends on the capacity of the battery used, but if you get 30 seconds there is something wrong with the setup. 2½-3 minutes I'd say is a normal flight time.
JC Lopez I had thirty second flight times when just adding a camera to the e010 from eachine. You have to upgrade those motors. My tiny whoop is now the H8 mini. Literally can put the heaviest camera (6grams) on it and it will still fly.
Nope! Only true if you don't change out the battery connectors and aren't using decent batteries. They're the biggest detriment to flight time. I have the timer on my TX set for 3:30 and I rarely fall short. You need the larger 2mm connectors or MicroLOSI (what I run) to provide enough power to the motors, not waste it as heat in the connector. Even with 17000kv 'red' edition "faster" motors from MMW, which really give it back the original punch (feels like you aren't carrying a camera!), don't affect flight time but by a few seconds if you're hauling ass. They make 'riding the breeze' so fun!
Thanks!!
Very well explained for an attempt. You do great things on TH-cam, keep it up!! Official? tiny whoop almost $200. Nock off tiny whoop just over $100....Copter- Eachine E010 (inductrix clone)$16 ; Camera- FX797T $40 ; Goggles- Vr007 $50.. total $106 W/O any upgrades. Still a big price to pay for a small amount of GREAT fun. The best part is, the camera and goggles can be used on other copters just the same for even more fun. Thanks again RCview for your entertaining information. I always love to watch your channel.
I bet an arm and a leg that the narrator is Swedish!
The only thing I dislike of this trend are those "a capella" songs. I must mute every tinywhoop video on youtube and open a better song on a new tab, hahaha.
Your english tells me you are swedish. In that case: svara så jag vet, jag och sambon har slagit vad.
+Simon Stenlund Helt rätt! :)