2.4GHz FPV setup for a micro drone?

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franck.friends

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Hi, total newbie here.

I live in Japan and here a license/exam is required in order to use 5.8Ghz FPV goggles.
Since I don't want to waste my time doing this, my best option seems to be the use of 2.4GHz setups.

So, what commercial micro-drone that would work with 2.4GHz goggles would you recommend?

Thanks in advance!
 
wafflejock

wafflejock

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I think you'll have a hard time finding anything that isn't just sold/made only in Japan that uses 2.4GHz out of the box but you can always replace the video transmitter on a quad assuming it isn't using a "all in one" or aio where the video transmitter is baked into the flight controller and esc main board:


For micros I am a fan of the tiny hawk 2 but I don't have a ton of experience with other ones either, having flown my own quite a bit though I'd definitely recommend tiny hawk 2 "race edition" is one I have and like a lot.
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To note though the tiny hawk is a "all in one" board so you may need to check if it has a "video out" pin that you would hook the the VTX video in line, the only other thing needed is getting power to the external VTX (and if there is a VTX in a AIO board seeing if you can disable it entirely).
 
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franck.friends

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wafflejock said:
I think you'll have a hard time finding anything that isn't just sold/made only in Japan that uses 2.4GHz out of the box but you can always replace the video transmitter on a quad assuming it isn't using a "all in one" or aio where the video transmitter is baked into the flight controller and esc main board:


For micros I am a fan of the tiny hawk 2 but I don't have a ton of experience with other ones either, having flown my own quite a bit though I'd definitely recommend tiny hawk 2 "race edition" is one I have and like a lot.
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To note though the tiny hawk is a "all in one" board so you may need to check if it has a "video out" pin that you would hook the the VTX video in line, the only other thing needed is getting power to the external VTX (and if there is a VTX in a AIO board seeing if you can disable it entirely).
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Thanks!
Yeah I'm willing to buy anything that matches even if it's outside of Japan.
Your last paragraph lost me tbh so I guess my best bet is to find micro-drones that allow easy swapping of the video transmitter ... but do these even exist? Just as easy as unplugging the old one and plugging the new one would be great.
 
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wafflejock

wafflejock

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Yah on a lot of the 3" ones I believe the vtx board is separate so should be somewhat easy to swap. Generally you do need to do a bit of soldering and unscrewing things to get to the boards and remove or replace them but usually isn't any configuration really needed to make them work you just scan for the channel or change it by pressing a button on the vtx typically (or through on screen menus). The kind of quads I typically fly and am thinking of are more for the DIY hobbyists though too and are for racing/acrobatic flying vs cinematic style flying some people want (GPS or other sensor controlled flight).

Looks like on this one for example:

The camera and VTX are baked in together so if can find a cam+2.4GHz vtx combo that has the same plug can just swap it out. Usually if not is just a matter of tying together the power (red to red black to black) and video signal (yellow to yellow) for hooking a cam to a vtx and then getting power to the VTX.

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Learning to use betaflight configurator the desktop software that's used to configure these quads can be somewhat difficult but there are a ton of videos on youtube on Betaflight from Joshua Bardwell and other FPV pilots so lots of ways to get up to speed. The physical connection of things is usually not all too hard to figure out so long as you have documenation/diagrams from the manufacturers, but software configuration is often a bit of guess and check or search on youtube for latest guides on how to configure things.
 
wafflejock

wafflejock

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One other thing to note is if getting into hobby grade quads then need to separately buy the transmitter typically. I suggest the Jumper TX16S (hall sensor gimbal one if have the cash to drop on it), is a good transmitter because runs OpenTX software and has module bay and come with 4 in 1 radio module that can connect to lots of receivers out of the box (or be swapped out for better long range control links like expressLRS)
 
wafflejock

wafflejock

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No I think it's still 5.8GHz video the 2.4 elrs or ExpressLRS is a control link for the transmitter and controlling it
 
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