Newbie: Looking to get first drone.. please advise thanks

molitar

molitar

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First of all I been looking into drones since just before Christmas and almost was about to bite the bullet on a Hubsan H501S but I thought to myself what do I really want in a drone? After some thought it was not to take videos or pictures I really want to learn to fly a drone.. a fun fast drone but now I am in a quandary.

I need some advice I have decided on for now picking up a decent inexpensive remote with LCD for FPV. I would like to pick up a decent inexpensive micro or mini for indoor flying and later after tax time I will pick up the Eachine 250 FPV racer.

What would be a good drone and controller for me knowing that this controller will have to be able to control the 250 FPV. What would a good inexpensive drone for zipping around inside with while using fpv?

Someone in another forum for indoor drone flying with FPV recommended an Eachine E010 with a TX-01 camera. Would this be my best option?
 
Thats a decent price too for a combo. But know that those racing drones are pretty damn fast. I learned on an arris 280 myself. Kind of like learning how to drive in a corvette. Just saying you might wanna start off with something slower and cheaper cuz crashing is a huge part of learning. And fpv is entire learning curve in itself. Those youtube videos of them guys doing insane stuff in fpv are truly talented and have many hundreds of hours practicing. Not that you cant achieve that level, but it wont happen overnight. I was getting pretty good with my 280 and when I went fpv it was like starting all over again. But im no spring chicken so maybe youll have better luck. Anyway, cant believe you read this whole thing;) good luck with it!!!!
 
Wildwelder said:
Thats a decent price too for a combo. But know that those racing drones are pretty damn fast. I learned on an arris 280 myself. Kind of like learning how to drive in a corvette. Just saying you might wanna start off with something slower and cheaper cuz crashing is a huge part of learning. And fpv is entire learning curve in itself. Those youtube videos of them guys doing insane stuff in fpv are truly talented and have many hundreds of hours practicing. Not that you cant achieve that level, but it wont happen overnight. I was getting pretty good with my 280 and when I went fpv it was like starting all over again. But im no spring chicken so maybe youll have better luck. Anyway, cant believe you read this whole thing;) good luck with it!!!!
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What would you recommend it's not like I am planning to race it. I just want something fun that I can learn to do some neat tricks and such with FPV. Also any suggestions for a good inexpensive fun toy for around the house with which will also give me good practice for learning to fly fpv and if damaged can be easily and cheaply repaired.

Flying these drones that most beginners get I just found quite boring quite quickly as there was no challenge at all in it. I flew around a couple of different toy drones non FPV but with altitude level.

I'd rather have longer flight time than speed anyways too.
 
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Well Ill tell you what.if you want to do some agressive flying and learn fpv then maybe the 250 Jackson showed you would be the choice. You can always slow the thing down with less agressive props or trimming the throttle. Who knows maybe youre a natural! As far as inside the house, I use a nano to practice without fpv but heres something:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BBV1KXC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_SEgCybDWX5N83
Never had one of these but just showing you whats out there.
 
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