Flying “manual mode” (more commonly known as acro mode) is extremely difficult for even the most experienced pilots when flying line of sight (without the goggles). Definitely recommend putting the goggles on if you’re going to try acro 🤙🏼
Haha love to see you getting into FPV man! Whatever works for you, go for it but most of us start in a simulator, then go outside, and after lots of experience, finally try to fly indoors. You’re learning in reverse 😂😂
Biggest advice: get a simulator. Velocidrone and Liftoff are the most popular, Uncrashed and Tryp and up and coming and look amazing, DRL Sim is the best for racing simulation. All in all, Uncrashed is probably the easiest and cheapest to just pick up and get learning. As much as people tell you to look into it right away, ignore rates, ignore feeling like you need to build your own, ignore messing around too much with betaflight. That’s 1-2 years after you start kinda stuff. Find a large open area to practice (once you’ve put MINIMUM 10 hours in the simulator) and start with circling objects, small loops, and rolls. Then from there, you go in DEEP, take a second mortgage on your home, buy a drone to lift a Blackmagic 6K, and change your whole career convincing yourself you’ll be flying in the next Michael Bay movie… you’ve got this!
I've heard about Liftoff from a friend! That would solve this battery issue too. These things are crazy fun, but man do they burn through batteries! Just applied for a second mortgage, so I'm ready to buy my big kit later this year🤣
100% exactly what they said. That's what I did from zero to at least not crashing an avata in a month or so. Drl is most fun but liftoff feels more realistic.its like $20, no Brainer.
If your intention was to make me belly laugh, mission accomplished!! So funny but appreciate you’re honesty in front of everyone instead of showing your skills after you perfected them :-)
A simulator is very worth using, at any level of experience. I got DRL for $7 on sale on Steam. I had to use a wired gaming controller, my wireless did not work for some reason. You can learn a ton using just a basic gaming controller. However using one long term isn't good for building good throttle control.
I’m just getting into it as well, had control problems in the beginning as well try the “pinch technique” with the joysticks, it really helps in making little movements
I just returned my Cetus X. I'm a beginner. got the Cetus Lite drone 8 weeks ago to see if I would get motion sickness. I didn't, and it was fun soooo. wanted an upgrade so last week I ordered and got the Cetus X. after watching lots of reviews and drone pilots. I thought I could handle this thing. after setting all the switches to the lowest settings (following the directions). I set it on the floor and armed it. gave it a little throttle and got it up to about 12" off the floor. it then, without me doing anything with the sticks, it dropped to the floor and just started bouncing like a ball (up about 12", down, up 12" down etc. etc. ) off my floor until I disarmed it. tried again, same thing. so hovering wasn't doable. So I thought well maybe I should just try to fly it across my room. armed it, gave it throttle, eased the right stick forward just a tad. and the drone started going nicely across the room, again about 12 to 18 inches off the floor. then halfway across the room, without me doing anything different to the sticks. the motors just screamed to full throttle and the drone rockets up and slams into my ceiling then proceeds to bounce around my house until I can get it disarmed. spent 2 days messing with it and it just kept repeating that performance. the drone was set at Angle mode. So I returned it today. on top of that, when it did fly, OMG was it touchy! So now I'm looking elsewhere for my drone. beginner to intermediate acro-ing. Nice video, wish I could create them as you do.
Good luck in your fpv journey. A great drone TH-camr is Captain Drone. He’s from Canada so he follows Canadian rules, which I believe are stricter than US rules but not sure. However, he does was drones is pretty much how you do camera videos.
I got it for like $7 on sale for PC. Played about 10 hours with an Xbox Controller. I have my first RTF kit arriving today, and also use the included ELRS remote to get off the XB1 controller when simming.
Bought that one base on a video like yours. That thing SUCKS! if you can't afford a higher end one then just save your $. Or go out for a nice dinner, you will be glad you did, ;)
Hey, you should use your pointer finger and your thumbs on each control stick, it will be much easier to control them with just the thumbs like on a mavic
also when you said that we fly them crash them and have to pay a bunch to rebuild them i wouldn't say that is totally true. We do crash but unless it is insanely bad we can just put a new pair of props on and do a few minor repairs and we are good
Hi great video and I own the Cetus Pro kit and I find the same I'm always charging battery's and getting maybe 2 mins pre battery because my area gets high winds and the drone has to fiight the wind more so it drains the battery faster I also own a Meteor 75 Pro a little bigger drone then the Cetus Pro but still same problem you fight the wind to much and fly less big dissapointment I was hopeing to fly outside more but I can't due to the winds and I need to get a bigger drone like a 3 to 5 inch prob drone so way more $$$.
Best low entry way to get into the hobby is buy a transmitter and start in a sim. Crash all you want and then when you have the confidence work your way into buying a BNF or building one.
@@bighaydenhead I would look into these transmitters with ELRS as that is the best protocol aside from Crossfire: Radiomaster- Boxer, Zorro, TX12, Pocket. JUMPER- T14, T20, T15
I actually low key love the crap video quality coming from that drone. Like you could use it to make some kinda VHS effect like it’s a filter. 😂 The crash/bloopers of you learning this stuff is gonna be gold. 😂
This thing is haaaaard! Although even with the new Avata 2, I realize I'll need to get a normal controller at some point and really learn FPV. Gonna suck when I crash that thing!
Agree with others about getting a controller then hitting up some realistic simulators like Liftoff. However, for real “screw your instruction manual/i’ll find my own directions” manly men….you should still use a sim haha. But seriously, I am just as impatient when I tried FPV the first time too….except I went ahead and bought the whole kaboodle…..Walksnail Goggles X with a BetaFPV Pico 20 (to be fair, I’ve flown RC Hell’s before….this is still harder). There is actually a model below your Cetus drone that costs a little over $200…..but I could not stand analog 1980’s VHS mode, hence my expensive learning choice. I’m not sure if you can PID Tune your Cetus as I’ve never used Ready to Fly beginner kits, but a really really good way to start if you are going to go Rambo in FPV, is to dial down your Thrust strength for Angle and/or Horizon mode and then add a little bit of easing so you don’t get the jerky spastic liftoff…..then slowly keep raising the power as you get more comfy. This will prevent you from taking off like a rocket and will allow you to find your hover zone much quicker also. Good luck though, I’m still zipping around my house with my Pavo20 and havent gotten into tricking yet (attempted a roll, and went full throttle sideways into the wall). Which brings me to another point…..PAD YOUR CAMERA lol. Either use a little bit of Blue Tack putty around the cam, or get an ND Filter that will at least protect your camera lens. Good luck bud, and Godspeed. You’re in for a long journey!
give him a break - he is a very entertaining you-tuber, and he was featuring the price point of the drone. Besides, there are a lot of seasoned FPVers out there who agree with his assessment.
@@willworthoberg6818 the video is fine but the title is bait. Trying to lure people who know nothing about drones to watch his video. Saying a drone is best means it's better than the others which he doesn't know. Many people might agree it's a great drone but I've read many complaints of the drones breaking quickly, not ideal for a beginner.
I was going to be mean about it but changed my mind. All I’ll say is this whole kit was originally priced at 130$ like 4 years ago when it came out. So…..I could recommend it then but now. Not really
@@DavidManningvlogAbsolutely nothing wrong with the Avata. One of the best consumer drones ever made outside of the “Hardcore Hobby” drones we build. ❤
@@kevinrodgers7761 I would recommend buying all the parts to build one. But 1st, try out a simulator and buy a decent Controller so you can learn to fly 1st.
Hey David, thanks for showing your frustration and crashes...gives the rest of us hope that maybe...just MAYBE we have a chance of getting better!!! Also, what program or app are you using to show your photos on your TV? Noticed it cycling in the background. Thanks!
Thanks man. I have wanted to get into fpv but I wasn't willing to spend the money to try it out. Nice option for a reasonable price. Always start out flying at a local field.
Flying “manual mode” (more commonly known as acro mode) is extremely difficult for even the most experienced pilots when flying line of sight (without the goggles). Definitely recommend putting the goggles on if you’re going to try acro 🤙🏼
I feel like in general the whole thing is easier when flying from the googles! I'm still terrible at it, but I do a whole lot better in the googles!
Haha love to see you getting into FPV man! Whatever works for you, go for it but most of us start in a simulator, then go outside, and after lots of experience, finally try to fly indoors. You’re learning in reverse 😂😂
Biggest advice: get a simulator. Velocidrone and Liftoff are the most popular, Uncrashed and Tryp and up and coming and look amazing, DRL Sim is the best for racing simulation. All in all, Uncrashed is probably the easiest and cheapest to just pick up and get learning.
As much as people tell you to look into it right away, ignore rates, ignore feeling like you need to build your own, ignore messing around too much with betaflight. That’s 1-2 years after you start kinda stuff.
Find a large open area to practice (once you’ve put MINIMUM 10 hours in the simulator) and start with circling objects, small loops, and rolls.
Then from there, you go in DEEP, take a second mortgage on your home, buy a drone to lift a Blackmagic 6K, and change your whole career convincing yourself you’ll be flying in the next Michael Bay movie… you’ve got this!
I've heard about Liftoff from a friend! That would solve this battery issue too. These things are crazy fun, but man do they burn through batteries!
Just applied for a second mortgage, so I'm ready to buy my big kit later this year🤣
You’re well on your way hahaha
100% exactly what they said. That's what I did from zero to at least not crashing an avata in a month or so. Drl is most fun but liftoff feels more realistic.its like $20, no Brainer.
If your intention was to make me belly laugh, mission accomplished!! So funny but appreciate you’re honesty in front of everyone instead of showing your skills after you perfected them :-)
A simulator is very worth using, at any level of experience. I got DRL for $7 on sale on Steam. I had to use a wired gaming controller, my wireless did not work for some reason.
You can learn a ton using just a basic gaming controller. However using one long term isn't good for building good throttle control.
Totally making this way harder trying to learn inside. Give yourself LOTS of room!
I’m just getting into it as well, had control problems in the beginning as well try the “pinch technique” with the joysticks, it really helps in making little movements
I just returned my Cetus X. I'm a beginner. got the Cetus Lite drone 8 weeks ago to see if I would get motion sickness. I didn't, and it was fun soooo. wanted an upgrade so last week I ordered and got the Cetus X. after watching lots of reviews and drone pilots. I thought I could handle this thing. after setting all the switches to the lowest settings (following the directions). I set it on the floor and armed it. gave it a little throttle and got it up to about 12" off the floor. it then, without me doing anything with the sticks, it dropped to the floor and just started bouncing like a ball (up about 12", down, up 12" down etc. etc. ) off my floor until I disarmed it. tried again, same thing. so hovering wasn't doable. So I thought well maybe I should just try to fly it across my room. armed it, gave it throttle, eased the right stick forward just a tad. and the drone started going nicely across the room, again about 12 to 18 inches off the floor. then halfway across the room, without me doing anything different to the sticks. the motors just screamed to full throttle and the drone rockets up and slams into my ceiling then proceeds to bounce around my house until I can get it disarmed. spent 2 days messing with it and it just kept repeating that performance. the drone was set at Angle mode. So I returned it today. on top of that, when it did fly, OMG was it touchy! So now I'm looking elsewhere for my drone. beginner to intermediate acro-ing. Nice video, wish I could create them as you do.
Good luck in your fpv journey. A great drone TH-camr is Captain Drone. He’s from Canada so he follows Canadian rules, which I believe are stricter than US rules but not sure. However, he does was drones is pretty much how you do camera videos.
Love my betafpv meteor 85 2s!
Lots of batteries is key! They're cheap. The addiction is real...
DRL simulator is a big help
I just saw a Insta360 ad with you in it when I went to watch a TH-cam video. Pretty cool 😎
Which camera was the ad for? I haven't seen it!
@@DavidManningvlog sorry man , don't remember the model . Ad didn't run long . I just was like ....hey that's David . Have you made more than one ?
You should try a fpv drone simulator I recommend DRL
I got it for like $7 on sale for PC. Played about 10 hours with an Xbox Controller.
I have my first RTF kit arriving today, and also use the included ELRS remote to get off the XB1 controller when simming.
@@brandon9689 How is it going, u still into fpv? what kit did u buy? im trying to get into Fpv too
That’s the best way to learn, line of site no goggles. Will make flying with goggles easier 😊
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Bought that one base on a video like yours. That thing SUCKS! if you can't afford a higher end one then just save your $. Or go out for a nice dinner, you will be glad you did, ;)
Hey, you should use your pointer finger and your thumbs on each control stick, it will be much easier to control them with just the thumbs like on a mavic
Did itcome with the battery charger? And how is the controller powered?
That first take off had my spit my drink out hahahahahaha
Me thinks I have a lot to learn!
Thanks fella, I appreciate your perspective and I’m excited to try it too!
I can't wait to get into FPV!
Doesn't that drone have turtle mode which will flip it upright when it's upside down?
also when you said that we fly them crash them and have to pay a bunch to rebuild them i wouldn't say that is totally true. We do crash but unless it is insanely bad we can just put a new pair of props on and do a few minor repairs and we are good
The mic hit 😂😂😂😂 4:55
I build and fly 5inch fpv drones and they are just a blast. Great vid but i recommend trying a sim
Lol 😂😂 Totally worth it! The pov of thw google is siiiiick! Just when I was thinking on getting the auto one from dji...I see this one 🤟
Hi great video and I own the Cetus Pro kit and I find the same I'm always charging battery's and getting maybe 2 mins pre battery because my area gets high winds and the drone has to fiight the wind more so it drains the battery faster I also own a Meteor 75 Pro a little bigger drone then the Cetus Pro but still same problem you fight the wind to much and fly less big dissapointment I was hopeing to fly outside more but I can't due to the winds and I need to get a bigger drone like a 3 to 5 inch prob drone so way more $$$.
Great video! recommend flight sim for manual mode fun / learning
Best low entry way to get into the hobby is buy a transmitter and start in a sim. Crash all you want and then when you have the confidence work your way into buying a BNF or building one.
I wanna get into it what transmitter do you recommend?
@@bighaydenhead I would look into these transmitters with ELRS as that is the best protocol aside from Crossfire:
Radiomaster- Boxer, Zorro, TX12, Pocket.
JUMPER- T14, T20, T15
Cool little drone 😎🤝
prepping for the avata 2 hmm?
The whosie whatsey?
Forgot a few keywords like simulator, analog but nice beginner overview.
10 hours in simulator and you´ll be good to go, easier way to. start in FPV manual mode
This feels like the right move. I've been beating the crap out of this thing in manual mode!
@@DavidManningvlog yeah I've been there. Trust me, 10 hours of simulator will give you the muscle memory needed to fly in acro
I can't find the color option for the Good Human hoodie you're wearing. Can you point me to it on your site?
Thought about getting the hd version with the new sharks. A bit more expensive but seems worth it. Great vid🤙
Hi Dave 🙋🏻♂️
Abhijeet!!!
How is the DGI Avata 2 Dr Manning?
The what now?
first video I'll watch is yours @@DavidManningvlog
A tip would be try flying sims
What's its range ?
I actually low key love the crap video quality coming from that drone. Like you could use it to make some kinda VHS effect like it’s a filter. 😂 The crash/bloopers of you learning this stuff is gonna be gold. 😂
This thing is haaaaard! Although even with the new Avata 2, I realize I'll need to get a normal controller at some point and really learn FPV. Gonna suck when I crash that thing!
Agree with others about getting a controller then hitting up some realistic simulators like Liftoff. However, for real “screw your instruction manual/i’ll find my own directions” manly men….you should still use a sim haha. But seriously, I am just as impatient when I tried FPV the first time too….except I went ahead and bought the whole kaboodle…..Walksnail Goggles X with a BetaFPV Pico 20 (to be fair, I’ve flown RC Hell’s before….this is still harder). There is actually a model below your Cetus drone that costs a little over $200…..but I could not stand analog 1980’s VHS mode, hence my expensive learning choice.
I’m not sure if you can PID Tune your Cetus as I’ve never used Ready to Fly beginner kits, but a really really good way to start if you are going to go Rambo in FPV, is to dial down your Thrust strength for Angle and/or Horizon mode and then add a little bit of easing so you don’t get the jerky spastic liftoff…..then slowly keep raising the power as you get more comfy. This will prevent you from taking off like a rocket and will allow you to find your hover zone much quicker also.
Good luck though, I’m still zipping around my house with my Pavo20 and havent gotten into tricking yet (attempted a roll, and went full throttle sideways into the wall). Which brings me to another point…..PAD YOUR CAMERA lol. Either use a little bit of Blue Tack putty around the cam, or get an ND Filter that will at least protect your camera lens. Good luck bud, and Godspeed. You’re in for a long journey!
Hover is not what FPV Manuel is really for hover acro Flippy flop dive shoot gates...
In my opinion…. It’s ok, I’ve had better experience with a heavier quad like a 3 inch.
Is that fake grass? 🤔
Or I'm just amazing at keeping a lawn🤷♂️
Pls bro I am from India i want one fpv drone pls bro
Funny how a guy who is a beginner himself, flying 1 drone and then making a video claiming he found the best beginner kit.
give him a break - he is a very entertaining you-tuber, and he was featuring the price point of the drone. Besides, there are a lot of seasoned FPVers out there who agree with his assessment.
@@willworthoberg6818 the video is fine but the title is bait. Trying to lure people who know nothing about drones to watch his video. Saying a drone is best means it's better than the others which he doesn't know.
Many people might agree it's a great drone but I've read many complaints of the drones breaking quickly, not ideal for a beginner.
@@nielagi5029
OK, then
Betafpv one of rubbish fpv company imho
I was going to be mean about it but changed my mind. All I’ll say is this whole kit was originally priced at 130$ like 4 years ago when it came out. So…..I could recommend it then but now. Not really
What do you recommend then?
please dont buy an avata and buy a real fpv drone
...I bought the Avata🤷♂️
Avata 2 is a beast 20 mins battery
@@DavidManningvlogAbsolutely nothing wrong with the Avata. One of the best consumer drones ever made outside of the “Hardcore Hobby” drones we build. ❤
I'm about to buy my first fov drone what do I get if money isn't an issue?
@@kevinrodgers7761 I would recommend buying all the parts to build one. But 1st, try out a simulator and buy a decent Controller so you can learn to fly 1st.
Hey David, thanks for showing your frustration and crashes...gives the rest of us hope that maybe...just MAYBE we have a chance of getting better!!! Also, what program or app are you using to show your photos on your TV? Noticed it cycling in the background. Thanks!
Thanks man. I have wanted to get into fpv but I wasn't willing to spend the money to try it out. Nice option for a reasonable price. Always start out flying at a local field.