I originally wanted to build a toy drone with an ESP32-Cam, but after discovering the world of FPV, I became fascinated with building my own high-performance freestyle drone, learning about the technology, simulators, and legal aspects along the way. Through this process, I gained hands-on experience assembling, configuring, and flying custom drones, which allowed me to improve my skills and enjoy the freedom and excitement of FPV flying.

My Betaflight-Config for the Sub250g-Copter https://github.com/MakerMeik/Sub250g-FPV-Copter

My 3D-Models https://www.printables.com/@MakerMeik/models

ESC-Configurator https://esc-configurator.com/

Betaflight https://betaflight.com/ https://github.com/betaflight/betaflight-configurator/releases/

EU Certificate of Competency for Remote Pilots (A1/A3) https://lba-openuav.de/pruefung/

UAS Registration https://uas-registration.lba-openuav.de/#/registration/uasOperator

General rules in the EU and Germany (bund.de) https://bmdv.bund.de/SharedDocs/DE/Anlage/LF/EN-drones-rules-in-the-eu.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

Droniq Maps https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.droniq.droniqmaps

Dipul https://maptool-dipul.dfs.de/

Recursion Labs https://www.youtube.com/@RecursionLabs

Mr Steele https://www.youtube.com/@MrSteeleFPV

Joshua Bardwell https://www.youtube.com/@JoshuaBardwell

Fpv Vegan https://www.youtube.com/@fpvvegan

Botgrinder https://www.youtube.com/@BOTGRINDER

Chris Rosser https://www.youtube.com/c/chrisrosser

Franks Vlogs https://www.youtube.com/@FRANKSVLOGS

The Drone Creative https://www.youtube.com/@TheDroneCreative

Jaroslav - FPV 1994 https://vimeo.com/3385568

Songs: Long Story by Sergey Cheremisinov (CC BY-NC) Poor Boy (Remastered) by Pedro Santiago (CC BY-NC-SA) Mallet Play by Maarten Schellekens (CC BY-NC) Salt Lake Swerve - Chillout Remix by Maarten Schellekens (CC BY-NC) Old River Boat by Lobo Loco (CC BY-NC-SA) Deep by Bio Unit (CC BY-NC-SA) D2 by Maarten Schellekens (CC BY-NC) Lofi Chill Background Music by Inplusmusic (Andrii Poradovskyi) (Pixabay-License) Hachimantai Snow by Maarten Schellekens (CC BY-NC) Just Wondering by Maarten Schellekens (CC BY-NC) 8-Bit-Noob by MakerMeik (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Stock Images: Bru-nO (Pixabay Content License)

0:00 Intro 1:30 Inspiration, History and Overview 3:22 Simulators 5:09 How to build a 3.5" Copter 10:29 Configuration in Betaflight 14:01 Maiden Flight 15:12 Rules and Regulations 16:38 Additional Equipment 17:47 Drone sizes and Tiny Whoops 18:42 Digital Video Systems 19:14 Crashing and Tinkering 20:11 My Own Frame Design 21:20 Outro