My first quad and first FPV

Review by Saint T. on 20 May 2018

review stating My first quad and first FPV

I've had the Torrent 110 for about a week now and I love it. It's my first quad and my first FPV model. I'm using it with a DX6i which the instructions don't cover how to bind with this particular transmitter. I setup the servo travel adjust to the max which was still less than what the manual called for, then decreased my throttle sub trim by about 10 until the model would bind with it. I know with this setup I am not getting quite the full control deflection that I should but it's plenty fun for me as is, and I can customize that in the Betaflight software when I'm ready.



My experience has only been in the Acro mode. I wasn't sure how to use the self-leveling mode with my transmitter so I just jumped straight into the deep end of the pool, and I'm glad I did. I have a little bit of R/C helicopter experience with a Blade 120 SR. Learning to hover this model was quite a bit of a challenge compared to that heli but with patience and small control inputs, it wasn't too hard to figure out. I've been running it exclusively on 2s batteries and it has plenty of power for me at this stage.



The FPV is so much fun! I'm using this with Spektrum 4.3" DVR monitor with goggle adapter. This is a bit of a low resolution monitor I guess but it works pretty well for me as a beginner. And the DVR is very handy.



I highly recommend this quad, with the caveat of, for anyone who plans to fly in Acro mode. I've read some reports that say the self-level mode is not the best and the quad may lose it's sense of level and start to drift. It performs flawlessly in Acro though.