I would like to employ the services of an Avata 2 fpv mentor, preferably within 30 miles of Frodsham. You don’t need to be qualified, just experienced. Please comment below with your charges if you can help. I’m an experienced non-FPV pilot, I bought an Avata 2. It’s never been flown and I would appreciate some help. I have a motion controller and fpv controller 3. I can travel.
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Probably worth investing in a little time in a sim before flying fpv.
There’s a few to choose from out there. I have these two and will work with the DJI FPV controller.
Whilst I really appreciate the advice if possible I would still like a human to interact, unless there’s a simulator that answers questions in real time.
Even with a human to hand to answer questions, sim time will still save you a lot of crashing learning full manual FPV.
I’ve taken your advice on board, I will try a sim. Thanks.
The whole point of the motion controller is to enable a complete beginner to safely fly a drone.
You have nothing to worry about, find a reasonably sized field, maybe a football sized area and exercise the following. VLOS
Read and understand what each button on the controller does…repeat until it becomes second nature…
Practice take off and landing, when you take off the drone will hover in place, keep the controller level, do not pull the trigger yet. Land followed by a take off repeat until the cows come home. once the cows come home.
Take off and let the drone hover in place, do not trigger yet, now gently twist your wrist left and right, repeat until her indoors shouts dinner time.
Land and wipe the sweat off the drone as it would have been really nervous at you been in control.
After the above, let us know how you got on.
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You wouldn’t believe this, but I’ve actually watched the YouTube videos too. I’m just amazed that when someone asks for physical, hands-on help to avoid binning a grand’s worth of tech, the advice is basically ‘have you tried turning it on?’ I’m truly moved by the suggestion to ‘practice taking off’; I was originally planning to just throw it off a cliff and hope for the best. If you happen to know anyone who actually wants the job I’m advertising for, do let me know. As an experienced pilot, I’m fairly confident I can handle a hover without ‘wiping sweat off the drone.’ I’m looking for an FPV mentor to bridge the gap between GPS-stabilised flight and actual manual proximity work—not a lesson in what the power button does. I’ll be sure to let you know if I need help finding a field, but for now, I’m still just looking for the person I actually asked for.
Fair enough. I am all for members meeting up.
Presumably you’ve looked on the FPV UK mentor/examiner map?
You may not be in the mood to hear this; but I have to say that flying the Avata 2 is super-easy. I’ve put the goggles and motion controller on people who have never flown a drone before (at all. Ever!) and they have flown mine around instantly. With zero training. I would never have dared do that with any other FPV drone.
Avata 2 is a complete game-changer. I think it’s fantastic, mostly because it’s so accessible.
Here is my 1.5 minute ‘first thoughts’ video, which specifically focuses on the motion controller. https://youtu.be/G_pVH39UzEc?si=2HYjC-DX98DicTxj (There are my longer reviews of it on my YouTube channel too).
All that said, absolutely meet up with a mentor/member who has flown one if you want to though. I’m really keen to encourage that. It would be a fun session for sure. If you were nearby I’d be up for it.
Thanks Simon, yes I have looked on the FPV UK mentor/examiner map and sent a message through the map to a local mentor/examiner and received the following email.
We received your email request. We will get back to you as soon as we possibly can.
If you have an occurrence to report, do so now on https://occurrences.fpv.uk
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Sorry I misunderstood your experience and perhaps your reply to my reply would have been your first post in searching for an FPV mentor. Others on here have pointed you to trying out a Sim perhaps that’s the best.
Dji did something no one had thought about by creating a drone that if you are alone you can learn to fly manually.
Here’s how, take-off and gain altitude say 350 feet, engage manual mode and just hover to get the feel of it. If the drone feels too twitchy land and adjust the Expo rate etc.
Above all you can’t beat a Sim.
Ah yes, you messaged Andrew Townsend and we got a copy (which triggered that auto-reply). Hopefully Andrew will reply shortly.
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Sorry Njoro, for the misunderstanding! I probably should have been clearer about my background in my first post. You’re right—the consensus here seems to be that a Simulator is the way to go, and I’ll definitely be putting the hours in there first.
DJI really did change the game by making a manual-capable drone that’s accessible for solo learners. I like the idea of gaining some serious altitude (350ft+) to give myself a safety net before flipping the switch to get a feel for the hover. I’ll keep an eye on those Expo rates if it feels too twitchy. Thanks for the steer!
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I’m still looking for someone who can help me with my new avata 2. I must be thick, because for the life of me I can’t master the motion controller. Im better with the fpv controller but some guidance on both would be great. I’m near Chester and can travel if necessary.
Good luck!
I wish I was in a position to help but I haven’t used the motion controller. I didn’t see the point as it limits flying significantly. I started with sick time in the sim and went from there.
Happy to answer any question about the journey though.
I actually got the motion controller to work today. The flight was a bit lame, but perseverance paid off. Thanks for the encouragement, guys. I really appreciate it. I actually got some disorientation so I must have been doing something right, weird feeling though. I’m told you get used to it.
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You do. I still have to remind myself to stand feet shoulder width assist and bend the knees slightly when I fly.