One Pack Wednesday #41 - First Race Lessons | CAVDRC Fun Race

It's #OnePackWednesday once again! Sort of. It's technically two LiPos, but it's one each. Anyway, it's quite a surprise to me how much you can learn in one day of flying the same track, as you can see in my first and last heats. By no means, was I able to keep up, the other racers were finishing in less than half my time! But still proud for joining the race and finishing as much heats as I could. And I hope this inspires noobs like me to learn from this and join a race yourself! Three (More) Things I Learned From My First Race 1. Preparation! You have to make sure your quad is all set, LiPos are charged, tools are in the bag, and you have other things you need like extension cords. In my case, I was drowsy with antihistamines the night before with my quad's Smart Audio not working, and the push button for manually changing frequency had yet to be soldered. I only had 3 good LiPos. And I thought my Fatshark still had a good charge, but that wasn't the case on race day! 2. Know What You're Racing For The first time you fly at a race is nerve-wracking. Heck even the more experienced pilots were all nerves on their first heat! So it's good to remember what you're there for. Most of the people were racing for the top. Some were just racing for their best personal time. I was there to get a feel of the race and to complete as much of my heats without DNFing. End of the day, you should be having FUN or you're doing it wrong. 3. Come With A Crew I don't mean a dedicated pit crew, but being there with the TWPH pilots who helped me fix my quad in the nick of time and saved me while my Fatshark battery was charging. I knew some of the other regular Brittany pilots too, but other pilots may be busy fixing their own stuff, so it's good to know you have friends in your corner to help you with field repairs. Plus it's just more fun! Thank you to the Tiny Whoop Philippines pilots who were there in my corner Lendl Layug, Raymond Rodriguez, and Mark D' Videoman, to Cavite Drone Racing Club for organizing their 2nd CAVDRC FPV RACE held at the Brittany RC Flying Field Molino Boulevard, Bacoor Cavite, and to our sponsor Crown Asia. Drone: DropSrc Music: Landscape lover by Vendredi https://soundcloud.com/vendrediduo Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ FOLLOW ME: www.facebook.com/ImaginationTech www.instagram.com/Imagination.Tech www.youtube.com/ImaginationTech WANT TO BUY ME COFFEE? https://ko-fi.com/imaginationtech https://www.patreon.com/ImaginationTech DRONES ========== DropSrc -TBS Source Two frame -Helio RC Spring AIO -Drone Drop Boxcutter Motors 2207 2450kv -TBS Unify Pro Nano -TBS Crossfire Nano Rx -TBS CCD FPV Camera -OlaFPV VTX Assassin -Dalprop Cyclone 5051C Cloud NewBeeDrone 65mm Cockroach Frame - shopee.ph/punong.bisyonaryo NewBeeDrone Gold Motors - shopee.ph/punong.bisyonaryo Makerfire A06 AIO FC - https://facebook.com/jaylagare Tinyhawk S - http://bit.ly/2lTzsFv Mavic Air - http://click.dji.com/ACAE1DDrr3AKsjG8BJjytw?pm=link Mich (Mini Tricopter) - https://youtu.be/l1P2N97Bio8 -Mini Tricopter Frame - http://www.rcexplorer.se -F3 Flight Control Board - http://www.rcexplorer.se -RS2205 2300kv motor - http://bit.ly/2zUdAMV -FVT LittleBee 30A ESC - http://bit.ly/2zTJjxK -Savox SH0263 Tail servo -6045 Props - http://bit.ly/2Ae2ci4 MY OTHER GEAR ========== Taranis Q X7 Transmitter - http://bit.ly/2CA5KvC Fatshark Dominator V3 goggles - http://bit.ly/2PJUHDQ VR006 (ride-along goggles) - http://bit.ly/2nasOYf Runcam 3 Action Cam (Discontinued; get the Foxeer Box 4K instead http://bit.ly/2sFkVjx) ========== We have a lot of projects coming up, so I really appreciate your support on Patreon and using the affiliate links above, because all of the support will help me get those projects off the ground, literally and figuratively! Even just a little adds up if enough people do it. It all helps make and grow the channel and to make more content for you guys. https://www.patreon.com/imaginationtech ==========