Best RTR FPV for beginner ?

lordrodders

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Hi all, I’ve owned a few quads over the years, from the dji tellos, parrots, dji sparks and mavic so pretty familiar with flying them, just wanting to go into the world of FPV flying through goggles. I am looking to find the best rtr FPV drone and which goggles will work best all on a budget of around £300ish
Thanks
 
Basically the cost is going to depend entirely on which goggles you go with you're going to need to do some research to see what's right for you. I would suggest anyone with the cash pony up for the DJI digital system because the quality is a leap ahead of any analog system but that immediately breaks your budget. For the price range if including quad+goggles you can only really afford eachine box goggles in that price territory but strongly suggest check out: fat shark (previously the dominant goggle makers before DJI), skyzone (cheaper 'clones' of fat shark still good), orca goggles (looking to be top shelf alternative to fat sharks best options).

For the short term deciding if you want to invest more suggest either A buy eachine cheapos don't worry that they aren't great or stylish they do the job, or go all in and buy what you will want to use for the next few years in terms of goggle and transmitter in which case budget blown :D
 
Basically the cost is going to depend entirely on which goggles you go with you're going to need to do some research to see what's right for you. I would suggest anyone with the cash pony up for the DJI digital system because the quality is a leap ahead of any analog system but that immediately breaks your budget. For the price range if including quad+goggles you can only really afford eachine box goggles in that price territory but strongly suggest check out: fat shark (previously the dominant goggle makers before DJI), skyzone (cheaper 'clones' of fat shark still good), orca goggles (looking to be top shelf alternative to fat sharks best options).

For the short term deciding if you want to invest more suggest either A buy eachine cheapos don't worry that they aren't great or stylish they do the job, or go all in and buy what you will want to use for the next few years in terms of goggle and transmitter in which case budget blown :D
Thanks for that! I’ve seen a few ready to fly rigs just I am brand new to all this FPV stuff lol.
I have however seen this for just £200 but know nothing about it
If I buy some fat sharks can they be used on all FPV drones or ?
 

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Yah see that doesn't include the actual transmitter/controller or goggles though says they are "optional" and optional like $1K I'm guessing, try adding that in and see. The quad itself is around $200 so that seems right, the transmitter is usually around $100-200 ballpark

I'm a big fan of my Jumper T16 but there are some good competitors out there with TX16S and T18 from different companies but have wide compatibility with FrSky or FlySky or Spektrum receivers, if going for longer range can swap out the actual radio/antenna part in the module bay of any of these transmitters but as is could pick one of those OpenTX based ones up and get any cheap frsky or flysky or spektrum receiver and get things bound together.

One transmitter can be used across many many models (planes quads etc.) the limitation here is can your transmitter connect to and send control signals to your given receiver, in many cases you can just replace the receiver if the one that comes on a device doesn't work but these OpenTX radios with 4 in 1 or 5 in 1 modules give you a large breadth of options.

Regarding compatibility of Video gear, there are effectively two options right now, analog which is everyone except DJI and digital which currently is just DJI (FatShark has some digital options in the works but still in development basically). For anything under a 5" you'll probably still be using analog video transmission etc. because the digital stuff is heavier and makes more heat/draws more power so wouldn't want it on something tiny. Basically if you plan to ever fly 2" or 3" quads (highly recommend) then analog is still the way to go. One pair of analog goggles can connect to any number of quads they are really a little radio receiver/decoder (called goggle RX modules) and a display of some sort that fits on your face. On digital it is a little bit more of a two way communication thing and so "tuning in" to someone elses digital feed isn't as easy as with analog.

With regard to some sort of all in one kits I would suggest taking a look at:

The goggles are from what I hear not terrible and fairly cheap kit, plus get a little quad that is a lot of fun by itself with it. The only bad I've heard is the controller/transmitter you get with the kit is kinda garbage, but for a beginner or anyone newish to this hobby dealing with binding and receiver protocols is the biggest pain point.

I had a lot of fun times with my crappy eachine box goggles that were like $50 but eventually you'll start getting out of range for the receiver/antenna setup on those cheaper goggles and want diversity (dual antenna which looks like box ones above have) and possibly better displays or just something nicer.
 
For reference too, I got those DJI goggles when on sale for Fathers Day with two air units and was like $800 (pretty sure regular price is cheaper than that now but still not cheap :D)

 
Which thing is $427 that you are referencing? the Emax kit here from that amazon link shows as $220 to me and should be somewhere in that ballpark from other vendors as well.

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If talking DJI gear then yes it is premium price and good stuff but holy cow it is premium price for sure.
 
You've misunderstood, I was comparing the exchange rate between dollars and pounds from the original budget amount of 300 pounds, not any particular piece of equipment.
 
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