Words and Photos By Mini Guinea Mini and micro FPV rigs are all the rage these days. Just a few short years ago, everyone was running 240-250mm size drones, sporting 5-inch props and beefcake batteries, however, 3-inch machines (or smaller) are what nearly everyone wants currently. Keeping with the current trend, RISE has just released …

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Indoor flying is fun, but making a course can be kind of boring if you’re limited to table legs and doorways. That’s where RISE’s HouseRacer FPV Race Gate Kit comes into play. This kit comes with everything you need to create a cool indoor flight course. In this video, we pull all the parts out …

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Zippy Indoor FPV Racer For some parts of the country, winter season is indoor season, especially for surface RC. The same can be said for aerial RC unless, of course, you don’t mind possibly getting your drone wet from landing in the snow. Thankfully, being in SoCal has it’s advantages, allowing outside fun almost year-round, …

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FPV Race Drone for the Beginner I won’t lie when I say that I’ve been eagerly eyeballing the fast-growing Drone market. I’ve raced some fast cars but taking my skills to the air, well, my biggest fear with jumping into drones is my shear lack of successful flights; I don’t want to spend time and …

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RISE has a new little FPV drone for use indoors – the Vusion House Racer! This little guys measures 120mm diagonally and comes ready to bind to your RISE J2000 or Tactic SLT radio system. It captures video 640x480p (in AVI format) through the onboard camera, transferring it to your RISE radio where it can …

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Are you an FPV racer that needs some fresh cells? Check out MaxAmps new FPV Race Edition LiHV+ 1600mAh 4S LiPo packs! These batteries load your racing drone with MaxAmps latest LiHV+ technology, providing a higher voltage under load, typically during hard corners or hard acceleration. Internally, these packs have 1mm thick ‘battery plates’ that …

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Tactic has a cool little item for you FPV’ers – a wrist mounted monitor that works on 5.8GHz! This monitor features a 2″ LCD screen and uses an incorporated 5.8GHz receiver to capture the signal from your FPV-equipped drone (or car). It has a built in 3.7v 300mAh LiPo battery and uses a USB-to-micro-USB adapter …

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RC videos are huge right now, and they’re only going to grow in popularity. Tactic RC has released a tiny 30x30mm camera that’s perfect for taking video on smaller vehicles – cars, drones, planes – you name it! The FPV-C2 has 600TVL video resolution and only requires a 5V input device, working with any 2S, …

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Up your FPV game with the RISE RXS255, a fully-equipped drone ready for full-throttle racing! The RISE RXS255’s 4S-capable ESCs come with BLHeli, OneShot and active braking and a 200mW video transmitter and cloverleaf antenna. The 1000TVL CMOS camera can swivel between 0 and 45°, allowing FPV in a wide-range of speed angles. A rear-mounted …

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The RISE Vusion is the first RTF drone that comes 100% complete with all the essential FPV equipment already installed. Included in the kit is an injection-molded, 250-size racing drone that features four 2280kV brushless motors and four high-frequency ESCs with OneShot 125 programming. A high quality FPV camera protrudes from the upper surface and …

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