I have many years experience flying r/c planes. I have a DX7 transmitter I would like to use. I stumbled across the link below and wondering A: is this a decent drone, B: What headset can I get for around $100 that is decent for just playing around the house and yard?
https://betafpv.com/collections/micro-brushless/products/beta75x-2s-whoop-quadcopter
Posted Sep 18, 2018, 12:19 AM UTC
Most everyone is going to recommend building over buying. But the price on prebuilts are quickly dropping.
Search for $100 builds on YouTube. Those are generally very good builds with hand picked parts from veteran flyers.
There are $200 build videos and so on.
You can also check out rotorbuilds.com for more builds.
You're gonna need a pair of goggles. If you have the money get fat sharks.
If you don't have that kind of cash, or don't want to spend $300+ then check out the Eachine goggles. There are tons of reviews of all of them on YouTube.
Also you'll need at least 6 channel micro receivers. I don't do spektrum, so I don't know what to recommend there. Most everyone else uses Frsky or Flysky.
u/the_flying_fish seems to be of the same opinion that I am. I don't have any first hand experience with the 75x, but from the reviews I've seen, it seems like a little bit more of a niche product than a standard quad. My thinking is that it would be an excellent 2nd - or 3rd - quad, but maybe not the best first quad.
The 3 inch BabyHawk R (or the new BabyHawk Pro at 2.5 inch) are great options in my opinion. If you're extremely confident in your abilities, and have a big back yard, the XJB-145 will be a ton of fun. If you don't have both of those it'll probably just be frustrating.
As for gear, I have the ev800d, and think they're a solid place to start. Also check out The ultimate FPV shopping list
Yeah think we agree, the 75X is just one of my micros I bought for the fleet, it prob wouldn't be my sole purchase. I think though, for the right person, the 75X isn't a bad first quad. The OP's description of 'playing around the house and yard' fits the 75x niche... that said, I'm not sure how big his house or yard is! I know some people just struggle a bit with a 'whoop' that costs over £100 when you could get a BHR or XJB for a similar price. By far I think the XJB is the best micro I have flown, but I wouldn't want it in the house lol.
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Can you even put a buzzer on a whoop? What happens when your flying FPV and you crash and loose it in the grass?
Ive lost my whoop outside and it does not have a beeper, so its annoying to search for.
The beta75x has dshot so you can keep with the motors. It's a quiet beep but better than nothing.
For cheap goggles, check out the Headplay SE V2 goggles on Banggood ($125 there vs $200-$300 everywhere else). They are HUGE but lightweight and comfortable and the screen and field of view are massive. Just a pain to store and transport but for me it's worth having the huge screen.
Bad idea to start with a Whoop.
Its better to buy a radio first you can use on Simulator and build a 5 inch or 3 inch.
Whoops are just a fun waste of money. But not as good as a real quad.
I have a DX7 radio, have flown large scale 3d planes for over a decade and fly simulators a lot. What exactly I want is a fun waste of money. I just want something to bash around in my yard not a $300 micro build.
Well a Whoop can hover around a house. But I would not say it can "bash around" my yard. It just lacks power and its not really fun outside because of it.
I have a whoop and its funny because my cat will chase it and you can mess with people. But its not as much fun as a real quad for flying.
Well a Whoop can hover around a house
The bate 75x he linked is a bit bigger that the traditional whoop. And it's 2S. This is one not suited for indoors (although Nick burns does a good job of it)
Footage on the 2s power whoop group of one of these clocked at 60mph
EMax Babyhawk
Cheap, safe flier on 2S, absolute bloody nutter on 3S.
Or a leader 120
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPsEu5T64qA
That said I'm only looking at 3" that can have prop guards, because you linked a ducted drone (tiny whoop) to start with.
If you want to REALLY haul ass, you go 5".
The Eachine Wizard 220S can do 5S right out of the box. But even on 4S it hauls serious ass.
I have bought this exact quad for exactly that. Has been getting good reviews. Mine should be here soon.
Full size will fly better, but you won't be flying it around your yard
The Beta75x is not your traditional whoop, it's brushless for a start, and 2s. So it hauls arse a lot more than any 65mm or 75mm brushed whoop does (speaking from experience). For large indoor areas and calm days outdoors it flies great and can do acro reasonably (which brushed whoops really struggle with). Plus it is very durable and the ducts also act as prop guards, so damaging stuff and people is harder. It's not the cheapest drone on the block, but it's no slouch and sounds like a good fit for what you are after. If this is your first step into fpv and house and yard is your target, I think you'll enjoy the experience.
If you go bigger to a 3 inch, like a babyhawk-r or xjb-145 (my fave micro), you will haul more arse and get much better acro performance etc, but you can't realistically fly those things indoors and only in a yard if it's big enough or you're Nick Burns...
As to headsets, at that budget you are looking at box goggles really, something like the ev800d are a popular first choice as they come with diversity and DVR.
good luck, have fun, welcome to the hobby! :D