First FPV drone build

Arrival of the Joshua Bardwell QAV S 2 kit.

First FPV drone build
Bardwell QAV-S 2 kit

So I find myself at his phase of this adventure into FPV drones. I went back and forth between just buying a Bind and Fly (bnf) or building one myself. But I know I'm gonna break it so I might as well learn how to build/fix it.

What could go wrong...

I, like many before me, eventually found Joshua Bardwell, and all his plethora of informational FPV content that is his YouTube channel. I eventually found a series of videos in a playlist of a previous kit he had put together and a build guide to go with it. I quickly realized he had just released an updated version of this kit, the QAV-S 2, and it just so happened to be compatible with my current Goggles 2.

I opted to go with the O3 build of this kit, as well as the upgraded Radiomaster Boxer "Max" with the AG01 gimbals. I am excited to give this radio a try, one of my main complaints with the DJI FPV Controller is due to how cramped the controller felt for my hybrid pinch/thumb style of flying.


Radiomaster Boxer Max

I will have some follow up posts to cover the build and my impressions coming from the DJI Avata to a 5" freestyle build.