Ended the Year With a (S)Bang - My 2023 FPV Rewind

2023 is coming to an end, time to look back at my freestyle FPV journey the past year. And a year it was! From flying a 5" drone for the first time, crashing and spending a lot of money to keep my drone up in the air to eventually meeting new friends and making awesome memories.

00:00 Intro
00:45 My first 5" flight
01:41 Crashing brand new drone in water
02:59 Focus on learning tricks
03:51 Upload with least views
04:04 Focus on improving vlogs
05:06 Adding sound to DJI O3 Air Unit
05:50 Meeting other pilots for the first time
06:54 Switch to Apex and finding my current local spot
08:10 1-year FPV anniversary, switching to Kiss Ultra
09:32 Worst period, back-to-back issues
10:32 The perfect flying Quad
11:42 Focus on progressing
12:40 Trying Juicy Sbang Sbang


5'' Drone:
ImpulseRC ApexDC
Kiss Ultra V2 - Firmware B54
SpeedyBee V3 BL32 50A
Emax Eco II - 2207 - 1900kv
Gemfan Sbang 4934
DJI O3 Air Unit @ 2.7k100fps
TBS Nano RX + Immortal Antenna
ViFly Finder Mini

On the Ground:
DJI Goggles 2
TBS Tango 2

Rates:
Pitch/Roll: 1.65 - 0.7 - 0 (Kiss) || 299 - 1100 - 0.5 (Actual)
YAW: 1.38 - 0.7 - 0 (Kiss) || 250 - 920 - 0.5 (Actual)

Recording:
Video: O3 D-Cinelike @ 2.7k100fps
Audio: SP-BX Voice recorder (sync in post)

Editing:
Final Cut Pro
O3 recording stretched to 16:9 (Elastic Aspect Plugin)
25fps timeline