In this article we will compare the best simulators for FPV Drone Racing. Quadcopter simulators have been around for decades, but only recently we’ve begun to see decent options designed specifically for drone racing and FPV freestyle flying, some of which are even free!What’s FPV Simulator?An FPV simulator helps you learn how to fly racing drones on a computer, any time, any where, regardless the weather, and without damages from crashes.It’s the best way to practice your flying skills. Whether you are new and still learning how not to crash, or getting the hang of a challenging acrobatic trick, simulators are highly helpful for beginners and advanced pilots alike.Only in simulators you are practice tricks that are too hard or impossible in real life:Dif you are new, here is an and how to get started. Featured image is from “Unreal FPV” simulator. Before Looking into Drone SimulatorsYou need a controller for the simulators.Although you can simply use a gaming console or keyboard for a flight simulator, I strongly recommend using a proper radio transmitter which you will be using to control a drone as well. ↓. EricFPV Freerider Recharged is the new version.

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You really should update that list.It’s my absolute go to sim in terms of realism. Tweaking the settings a bit and it feels nearly 100% like my quad.RotorRush is just too expensive. It feels and looks great but due to the price there are no players to race with. I mean the top 500 highscores are not even filled yet that few people play it.LiftOff has a bunch of cocks as programmers, so don’t expect any nice support. Otherwise it could be a nice sim one day.And of course I do feel the urge to mention the ripoff RealFlightX is where you not only need to buy the software, but also a stupid dongle, cause it doesn’t recognize any remote otherwise. Blatant rip off.

↓. RobinHi Oscar,you have a amazing site full of invaluable information for quad lovers! Thank you for putting this together.The only thing that I would improve related to the site is to have the article post date above (on top) of the article so that it is straight away visible how up to date a certain article is. You if anybody knows how fast this hobby is developing and I find myself always scrolling to the bottom of the article to find the date before scrolling back up and starting to read.Happy tinkering, testing, learning and flying!BR,Robin.

↓. Doug AbelAgreed, Liftoff has recently come a long way with its latest update to 0.10.0.They’ve added a PID system that’s almost straight out of Betaflight (sadly, it’s not the most recent 3.0+) BUT!!! Download software receiver tanaka hdr windows 10.

It is almost spot on now for flying in the real world.How do I know this?Because I tuned my Blade Conspiracy to the same identical settings that I had in game. One of the instructors at my RC airfield took it out for a spin, and said, “Wow! A TINY bit of oscillation when you punch it through a tight turn, but the rolls and flips? It’s fairly accurate and snappy!”I tried Velocidrone, and the free trial is ok, but I’m stuck doing just racing. ↓. OWLPICHi OscarWe have taught a lot of people how to fly and the simulator the best start for maybe 1/4 of them.

15 minutes is all most need to get use to the altitude and yaw controls.Many good experienced flyers have no use for them because of the experience and physics.I have them all including Realflight 7.5+.The trick is to learn on a cheap ($20) quad – that flies realistically –, CX 10 is my current choice,Amazon: amazon.com/gp/product/B00QDZ8D9G is one, it includes the blade guard, crazy not to have it. sipaAerosimRC can be made to work with tweaking config files manuallyC:ProgramDataAeroSIMRCConfig.txtHere’s example of my Elev and Ail channels for thrustmaster T,16000.TXCALCONTROLTYPE0 5.TXCALVALMIN0 0.TXCALVALMED0 8192.TXCALVALMAX0 16383.TXCALCONTROLTYPE1 5.TXCALVALMIN1 0.TXCALVALMED1 8192.TXCALVALMAX1 16383To figure out which channels is which I calibrated the channels with say Elev middle 142, Ail middle 176, and then looked them up in the config file, and edited the values to match what the joystick is actually doing. ↓.

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ChiggzReal Flight 7.5 is great. The quads in it feel good to fly, and it really helps with the muscle memory. You can even download the CY Stingray a collective pitch quadcopter. Owners of the real thing who have used the sim say its pretty much spot on to how it feels in real life. I’ve flown it in the sim (and I have one IRL, but haven’t flown it yet) and if it really does handle like it does in the sim, I’m going to have a lot of fun.:DUsing the sim helped me go from auto leveling mode to rate/acro modes when flying, just helped with how the quad handles and such and improved my reactions to certain situations.You’ll still need to compliment real flying with it to be truly good, but its handy having a good sim there to quickly fly for 10mins here and there in-between dinner or heading out. RayI think Sims are crap and total waste of time.1.- Buy a micro/nano quad I have the Nano QX FPV, it’s pricey SPECIALLY in my neck of the woods.

Oh and it only flew well for the first week, I replaced the props and motors ($$$) but it still flies wrong so I sent it for repair 3 weeks ago but they say there’s nothing wrong with it.2.- Build a strong basher quad. I have an Armattan 355 frame + Naze + Scorpion 2208 kv1050/8×4.5 props (old GAUI 330X) and this thing is virtually indestructible. I’ve had to yank it out of the ground and the props bent all the back straightened them out and it flew again best RC toy ever!

↓. UmmmmmUmmmmm. I don’t really see the point in your comment and couldn’t disagree more with the little you elaborate I think a simulator gives a lot of good times and helps you a lot to get into Acro mode WITHOUT spending tons of dollars into props.I do agree in buying a nano, and don’t understand your complains.

It sounds like you didn’t spend enough time setting up your controller properly, or trying to understand the quad.I made the mistake of going directly with a big quad. I enjoy smaller quads better and the sim takes a lot of time, when it’s late and I just want to fly. The sim lets you play with configurations on the quads much faster, so when you want to adjust a real quad it doesn’t take you as long either.