FPV Drones

For sure, racing quadcopters are the most widespread FPV drones.  Why? Flying a super-fast FPV racing drone is an otherworldly experience!

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If you’re asking “What is an FPV drone?” or “What FPV drone you should buy?” this is the place for you. In this category, you can find the cheapest as well as the best FPV quadcopters on the market right now.

FPV racing is growing rapidly as a competitive sport, and it’s become commercialized through events like the World Drone Racing Championships. Best pilots around the globe compete to make it to the top of the international rankings and to win big money.

FPV drones. FPV racing quadcopters

FPV or First Person View is the most unique experience of interacting with your drone through the highest level of immersion. Piloting a drone through your FPV goggles makes the feel like you’re in the cockpit of the aircraft.

To be honest, flying FPV racing drones isn’t easy at all, till you become a master of this hobby you will crash thousand of times.

FPV drones can send the live video signal to your Remote Control screen, FPV monitor, smartphone device, tablet, or FPV goggles. Currently, there are two main approaches 5.8G analog (most widespread) and HD digital by DJI.

Find below the best FPV drone brands

FuriBee KingKong AuroraRC
Diatone Happymodel Emax
iFlight FlyWoo SkyStars
HGLRC GepRC BetaFPV
HolyBro Axisflying GeeLand

T-Motor Feather120 indoor FPV drone

T-Motor Feather120
T-Motor's new Feather120 fpv drone is intended to be used indoors. It is compact, lightweight and super quiet. IMHO for safety, they should provide a removable 360° protection guard. The T-Motor Feather120 has a size of just 160x160x26mm and weighs about 30 grams without a battery. Both, the carbon frame and plastic canopy adopt a hollow design to be super...

Realacc Real5 215MM FPV racing quadcopter

Realacc Real5 FPV 250mm Racing drone
The Real5 is a 215mm sized X shape FPV quadcopter focused on serious freestyle or professional racing, Realacc put the most high-end race spec components on the Real5 racing quadcopter. The versatile F4 flight controller can be configured with multiple flight modes. While Angle mode is suitable for newbies, Acro mode is recommended for expert pilots. Realacc Real5 quadcopter adopted robust...

Happymodel Mantis85: Micro FPV drone with F4 FC

Happymodel Mantis85 FPV drone
Happymodel, a relatively new drone brand just announced their Mantis85, a compact brush-less FPV drone. Built on a 85 mm sized carbon fiber frame, the Happymodel Mantis85 is suitable for outdoor as well as for indoor flights. Thanks to the versatile F4 flight controller, Mantis85 can be configured with 3 different flight modes. While Angle mode is suitable for newbies,...

Flywoo Venom H20: Small, Fast, and Powerful!

FlyWoo Venom H20
Flywoo's new Venom H20 drone claims to be the smallest Hexa-copter that can carry a GoPro Bones or similar action camera. Furthermore, featuring a top speed of 140km/h can win any race. The Flywoo Venom H20 adopts a unique design with high landing skids and inverted middle motors. This ingenious approach allows small form factor motors to minimize the overall...

FPVStyle UNICORN 220 racing quad

FPVSTYLE UNICORN 220quadcopter
UNICORN 220 - fast and durable racing quadcopter Lately, I reviewed many racing quadcopters and I found them more interesting over the "regular" cruising quad-copters. There are good ones and bad ones but anyhow,  I'm thinking to contact FPVStyle in order to test their praised Unicorn 220 too. The FPVStyle UNICORN 220 features a nice durable carbon fiber frame. Between the upper and...

TransTEC Mini 142mm FPV drone announced

TransTEC Mini 142mm FPV drone
Today we will check out a new micro FPV racing drone called TransTEC Mini 142mm. Like its name says, it is build on a 142mm sized 3K carbon fiber frame. While it is a newly launched racing drone, it features an older generation F3 fight controller. As far as the FPV system is concerned, the TransTEC Mini 142mm quadcopter comes with Caddx...

iFlight DC3 HD SucceX Mini-E w/ DJI Digital FPV System

iFlight DC3 HD SucceX Mini-E FPV drone powered by DJI AIr FPV system
Shorty after we published the article the about the new MegaBee HD Mini-E, we got an comment that the iFlight DC3 HD SucceX Mini-E also features DJI's FPV Air unit. Unfortunately, its price is spicy too. I don't know how many of you are interested to invest more than $US1000 into a complete digital FPV system. Practically, the DC3 HD...

Eachine QX65 micro racing quad for cold winter days

Eachine QX65 mini racing drone
Eachine, expands its Tiny Whoop fleet with another micro sized drone. Eachine QX65 is equipped with upgraded Beecore V2 flight controller, which allows 3 type of flight modes. According to your flight skills you can opt for Air, Horizon or Angle flight mode. Being powered by a 250mAh LiPO battery, I expect about 3~4 minutes of flight time from this 65mm sized...

Foxeer Foxwhoop 25: The unbreakable FPV drone

Foxeer Foxwhoop 25
While Foxeer is well known for their good quality FPV cameras, lately they started to provide RTF drones for the RC community. In addition to the 3 FPV options, the Foxwhoop 25 is also available as a bare frame kit for those who want to build their own CineWhoop. You can opt for an Analog, HDZero digital, or DJI...

BrotherHobby Hyperbola 5″ FPV drone under 250g

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The newly announced BrotherHobby Hyperbola is an ultra-lightweight (below 250 grams) 5-inch FPV drone. Its solid true-X carbon fiber frame is matched with an HGLRC Zeus35 AIO flight controller with an integrated 35A electronic speed controller. At the end of each arm, there is a Brother Hobby VY 2004-3150KV brushless motor with a 3-leaf propeller. BrotherHobby opted to equip the...

Happymodel Larva X HD: Toothpick & TinyWhoop

Photo of Happymodel Larva X
Currently, there are two major design approaches regarding small FPV racing drones, the Happymodel Larva X HD seems to fit for both of them. It can be conveniently converted from a Toothpick into a TinyWhoop. Each arm of the 125mm size carbon fiber frame is equipped with an EX1203 motor. The Larva X HD is compatible with 2.5 and 3″...