{"id":6284,"date":"2020-07-29T09:59:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T09:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/?p=6284"},"modified":"2020-07-29T09:59:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T09:59:01","slug":"how-to-crash-like-a-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/fpv-flight-academy\/how-to-crash-like-a-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Crash like a Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crashing is as big a part of FPV as flying and building, if not bigger. Each crash leads to improvement, and the bettering of your skills.\u00a0 As Mark Twain said, \u201cName the greatest of all inventors.\u00a0 Accident.\u201d\u00a0 To improve, you have to push your limit, try new tricks, and attempt to get even cooler and more risky shots.\u00a0 As you push your limits, you will inevitably crash.\u00a0 Although crashing and breaking gear can be a setback, there are good practices that can help you to avoid causing excessive damage and danger while crashing. <\/span><\/p>\n

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This article was submitted through the\u00a0GetFPV Community Program<\/a>\u00a0by Nicholas Jacobson.\u00a0 You can check out more of his content on Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, and YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: This article was written solely by a member of the FPV Community. Views and advice in this article are that of the author and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or views of GetFPV.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is a link to a great video by JRIP FPV<\/a> showing some of his crashes.<\/p>\n

When to Disarm<\/h2>\n

An important part of crashing safely is knowing when to disarm.\u00a0 Disarm too early and your quad could be falling from 20+ feet, which can be hazardous to people, property, and the quad itself.\u00a0 Disarm too late and you could burn out your motors, ESC’s, and cause other damage to your quad. This skill does not take too long to master, and will help you greatly in the long run.<\/p>\n

When over concrete, asphalt, or other hard, unforgiving surfaces, typically it’s better to disarm later rather than sooner.\u00a0 If you wait to disarm after say, hitting a tree, or a lamp post, you have a chance of saving your quad if you disarm later. If you are over grass however, it is typically safe to disarm sooner, as the grass will cushion your quad and reduce the chance of anything breaking.<\/p>\n

Near people, always disarm sooner rather than later.\u00a0 It is bad enough if you hit someone with a quad, but even worse when that quad has a propeller spinning at thousands of rotations per minute. But in most circumstances (there are some exceptions, such as a Cinewhoop) you should not be flying near people anyway.<\/p>\n

How to Avoid Crashes<\/h2>\n

Not all crashes have to happen. Sometimes, a crash is easily avoidable.\u00a0 One primary way to avoid crashes is to ensure that your gear is reliable. Inspect your solder joints, make sure all connectors are pushed in tight, clean your camera lens, tighten down your screws, etc.\u00a0 Test your gear at first with more mild flying.\u00a0 Make sure everything works.\u00a0 Better to replace a single faulty component now then have that faulty component cause more damage down the line.<\/p>\n

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Know your boundaries.\u00a0 It\u2019s not bad to push your limits, it\u2019s encouraged, but it\u2019s not good to try things way beyond them.\u00a0 Don\u2019t attempt an inverted yaw spin on day one.\u00a0 As in many other things, you have to build up your skills slowly, not all at once.\u00a0 Don’t move on to advanced tricks until you are comfortable doing simple ones. Take your time.<\/p>\n

Failsafes<\/h2>\n

A failsafe is when your quad performs an action as a result of a loss of transmission between the receiver on your quad and your transmitter. As you fly longer distances, your risk of failsafing goes up.\u00a0 Additionally, the gear that you use has an impact on the likelihood that you will have a failsafe.<\/p>\n

The main protocols used for radio control with FPV drones in the United States are 2.4GHz and 900MHz.\u00a0 The common companies providing 2.4GHz control links are FrSky, FlySky, Futaba, and Spektrum.\u00a0 900MHz almost always will get you farther range and better penetration than 2.4GHz.\u00a0 The primary companies providing 900mhz control links are TBS, with their Crossfire system, and FrSky with their R9 system.<\/p>\n

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To reduce your chance of a failsafe, it is best to use the TBS Crossfire or R9 systems.\u00a0 Crossfire is generally seen as a superior system to R9, although it is more expensive.\u00a0 There are three different Crossfire modules, the Micro, the Lite, and the Full size.\u00a0 The Lite and the Full size allow 2 Watts of output power, which gives you more range than the 250mW that the micro outputs.<\/p>\n

Antenna positioning is also important to reduce the chance of a failsafe.\u00a0 The best antenna positioning with crossfire for maximum coverage is to have your TBS Immortal-T mounted vertically in the front of your quad, and your transmitter antenna mounted in the same vertical orientation.\u00a0 You can improve your Crossfire range even further by using the TBS diversity RX, which allows you to use 2 antennas instead of one on your quad.<\/p>\n

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Crashing is as big a part of FPV as flying and building, if not bigger. Each crash leads to improvement, and the bettering of your skills.\u00a0 As Mark Twain said, \u201cName the greatest of all inventors.\u00a0 Accident.\u201d\u00a0 To improve, you have to push your limit, try new tricks, and attempt to get even cooler and more risky shots.\u00a0 As you push your limits, you will inevitably crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[8263,8261,1296,2068,418,420,2303,8262,742,8264,8265,4230,858,857,2389,6013],"class_list":["post-6284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fpv-flight-academy","tag-broken-fpv-drone","tag-crash","tag-drone-building","tag-drone-freestyle","tag-drone-racing","tag-fpv","tag-fpv-antenna","tag-fpv-drone-crash","tag-fpv-drone-racing","tag-fpv-drone-safety","tag-fpv-flight","tag-fpv-racing","tag-frsky","tag-taranis","tag-taranis-x9d","tag-tbs","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\/6284","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=6284"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6312,"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6284\/revisions\/6312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getfpv.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}