The joys of FPV are many, but nothing quite matches the first time you fly a whole pack without crashing.\u00a0 That sense of accomplishment the first time you finally nail a power loop.\u00a0 If life had an on screen display, you would have seen \u201c \u2013Achievement Unlocked\u2013 You got the Power\u201d flash across your heads up display at that moment.\u00a0 Want more achievements faster?\u00a0 You need to fly with your FPV community pilots.[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1693″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Once you have those down, how can you get better?\u00a0 An even more important philosophical question. \u201cIf you had found other FPV pilots farther along than you, would you have reached those milestones faster?\u201d\u00a0 The answer, is a resounding yes!<\/p>\n
Now I know what your thinking.\u00a0 \u201cI am not good enough yet\u201d.\u00a0 \u201c I just wanna burn packs on my own”.\u00a0 “I\u2019ve watched every Le Drib video out there. Even the Tiny Whoop<\/a> ones so it\u2019s only a matter of time until I\u2019m buttery smooth on the sticks \u201c. \u201cI’m going to wait until I am a master on my own. Then challenge Captain Vanover for the Drone Racing National Championship Title\u201d.<\/p>\n Now, if you are the chosen one, this may yet come to fruition.\u00a0 For the rest of us mere mortals this thought process is not based in reality.\u00a0 Would any champion of any kind have reached the pinnacle without help from others?\u00a0 Of course not.\u00a0 So lets cover the bases on why this is critical to becoming a better pilot in 5 easy steps leveraging your FPV community.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][dt_vc_list]<\/p>\n [\/dt_vc_list][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Simply put, in most situations you need a wingman.\u00a0 Did Maverick ever suit up to go hunting Mig\u2019s inverted without Goose?\u00a0 (Well no he didn\u2019t, at least for the first half of the movie).\u00a0 And yes, there may be some Ace in the field that ends up being your own personal Val Kilmer who thinks your flying is dangerous. That\u2019s okay, that is how we learn.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1837″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Many of us are visual learners.\u00a0 Our brains need to see examples of what should be occurring before we can convert stimulus to valid neural connections allowing our brains to know what to do. Afterall our brains need to coordinate in fractions of a second that we fly with to tell our hands the commands to execute.\u00a0 In those fractions of a moment we hurl our quads through gaps so small the slightest hesitation can be the difference between glory and certain destruction.<\/p>\n Not to mention the fact that you get lost in long grass, stuck in a tree, or on top of a building.\u00a0 You need an extra set of eyes, hands and feet to climb, spot, or help you retrieve your quad.\u00a0 Its unreal how even a full sized Armattan Chameleon can become completely invisible in even medium length grass.\u00a0 You need someone from your FPV community to be there with a rope to help get you unstuck.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The fact is, YouTube has some amazing footage. I watch it all the time.\u00a0 Heck, I even upload some of it.\u00a0 But there aren\u2019t many sources to see from a third\u00a0person perspective what a quad is doing in flight.\u00a0 How much tilt it has in flight.\u00a0 How a quad sounds when you take a turn at full throttle. What path from an external viewpoint a proper split S has.\u00a0 It\u2019s one thing to see it through the pilots eyes or a GoPro, but another all together to witness it.\u00a0 This is why you should be flying with other FPV pilots.<\/p>\n I know the first time I saw another pilot flying, I was astounded at the angle of the quad!\u00a0 I had been putting around at maybe 20 degrees camera tilt.\u00a0 This means at max speed flying level I was only going a fraction of the speed my equipment’s capabilities.\u00a0 You don\u2019t quite get that, until you see someone doing it in person.<\/p>\n Not to mention the technical support suggestions and ideas that can be exchanged in minutes.\u00a0 Issues that may have left you stuck for hours, days, or even an entire quad thrown into the trash can to figure out.<\/p>\n Especially starting out, seeing other FPV community pilots in flight can help you make leaps in understanding much faster.\u00a0 Remember, the faster you get to a baseline ability, the less parts you break due to \u201clack of skill\u201d crashes.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Once you have dented the family mini van, or frightened your neighbors flying\u00a0 your 5\u201d in your front yard, you need bigger and better places to fly that are more appropriate.\u00a0 This is a key of your FPV community, as people are always looking for new, better, and safer places to fly.\u00a0 Become a part of this network.\u00a0 Figure out where the races are and join up. For more in depth coverage on how to do this, check out, the article about finding attending your first race.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Ever get a build done and need one tiny piece to get in the air?\u00a0 Ever drop a standoff into the abyss off your bench and now that\u2019s preventing you from precious flight time?\u00a0 Your community will have your back when down to your last prop-nut, and just need a spare to get back in the air.<\/p>\n Banging your head on a wall trying to get the betaflight configurator to recognize your new flight controller and have just watched your 12th<\/sup> hour of Joshua Bardwell videos<\/a> trying to figure it out?\u00a0 Your FPV community can help you.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]This is especially critical if you are annoying your mom, girlfriend, boss or even your dog by constantly extolling the virtues of FPV.\u00a0 Trust me, if they haven’t told you they are sick of hearing it, they will soon.\u00a0 You need an outlet to talk about the new Gate Breaker props<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0 Whether they are what you have been looking for to get to the next level.<\/p>\n You need to be able to get off your chest the time when you were up till 3:00 AM finishing your build only to incorrectly wire your flight controller.\u00a0 A n00b mistake that resulted in a puff of dreaded magic smoke.\u00a0 And how you started out flying a cheap clone before you knew any better and discovered www.getfpv.com.\u00a0 As of yet, there is no 12-step-program for FPV, so your local FPV community can play this role for you.<\/p>\n Are you starting to see why you should be flying with other FPV pilots?[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1725″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][vc_column_text]Oh darling, those Gate Breaker props will make our relationship and my laptimes stronger…<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Now that we have covered why you need to seek out others, lets cover how to go about it.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1715″ img_size=”large” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Sign up for MultiGP<\/a> if you ever have any ideas of racing or attending racing events.\u00a0 Multigp is the world wide racing network where chapters coordinate racing events. Pilots sign up for events, and things like channels are assigned a head of time to keep events on track.<\/p>\n If the event has scoring available, the scores can be uploaded to MultiGP for you to view how you did for the day.\u00a0 You can also upload your quads info, and view the info of other pilots who have done the same to take note of what new set of motors that pilot you were going head to head against was using.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1716″ img_size=”large” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Drone Squad<\/a> is an app you can download on your phone and search your area for local chapters, meetups and other fun flying activities.\u00a0 Simply search your community to see what other groups people have started and join up.<\/p>\n In addition to it’s FPV social networking,the Drone Squad app can also interface with the TBS RaceTracker<\/a>.\u00a0 This awesome piece of functionality means that you can run the TBS RaceTracker on your own or at an event with any IOS or Android device.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1717″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]This is the method that is most used in my city (Houston). Search your city\u2019s name and FPV and join whatever groups are there.\u00a0 Once inside, introduce yourself, ask whatever questions you may have in a safe space.\u00a0 Ask what other groups you should join for whatever type of flying you do.\u00a0 If you want to be a racer, ask what the best group is for racing, and how they coordinate events.\u00a0 For my town its mostly done through Facebook.<\/p>\n If there isn\u2019t a Facebook group for your city, make one!\u00a0 Be the patient zero that infects your city with the gift of flight.\u00a0 Allow your community to take to the skies in a way they have only ever dreamed or seen in movies.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The joys of FPV are many, but nothing quite matches the first time you fly a whole pack without crashing.\u00a0 That sense of accomplishment the first time you finally nail a power loop.\u00a0 If life had an on screen display, you would have seen \u201c \u2013Achievement Unlocked\u2013 You got the Power\u201d flash across your heads … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[2072,2077,2082,2081,2073,2075,2074,2076],"class_list":["post-1692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fpv-essentials","tag-fly-fpv-with-friends","tag-fly-quadcopter-with-others","tag-flying-with-fpv-community","tag-fpv-community","tag-fpv-drones-with-friends","tag-fpv-wingman","tag-fpv-with-others","tag-quadcopter-with-pilots","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1692"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1846,"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions\/1846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Reasons you need to fly with other FPV Community pilots<\/h2>\n
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Why is it so important to fly with other people?<\/h2>\n
You Need a Wingman<\/h3>\n
Why YouTube doesn’t tell the whole story<\/h3>\n
Find the best places to fly in town<\/h3>\n
Community Support Join a local network<\/h3>\n
Other humans to talk about FPV with!<\/h3>\n
What are the Resources you need?<\/h2>\n
Multi-GP<\/h2>\n
Drone Squad<\/h2>\n
Facebook<\/h2>\n