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A 160 g five-inch quad, a controversial FPV flight at Kinzua Bridge, the US Army and the FCC: here is this week’s FPV news roundup. Quadmovr flies a 160-gram 5-inch quad with no camera or GPS Builder quadmovr has posted a video of a 5-inch quad weighing 160 g with battery (117 g dry), flown […]

Four recent stories from the FPV world, focused on what actually matters to hobby pilots: competition, new hardware, and digital video systems. MultiGP European Championship 2026: Minjae Kim takes the crown in Germany From September 11 to 13, the second MultiGP European Championship was held in Aichtal, Germany, with 108 pilots from 25 countries competing […]

Here’s a roundup of the most relevant FPV drone news from the last two weeks: ExpressLRS ships version 4 inside Betaflight, a stability patch lands for the firmware, BetaFPV launches an affordable pair of analog goggles, and the AI-powered autonomous drone racing series adds a new US venue. ExpressLRS V4 now integrated into Betaflight The […]

Walksnail has just expanded its budget-friendly Ascent ecosystem with the Ascent VRX ($99) and its bigger sibling, the VRX Pro ($149). The pitch is similar to what we recently covered with the BetaFPV P1 HD VRX Nano — an HD receiver you plug into what you already own via HDMI — but with a key […]

BetaFPV has just launched, in beta, the P1 HD VRX (Nano), a $74.99 digital video receiver aimed at a very specific problem: you already own analog Fat Shark or SKYZONE goggles, perfectly adjusted to your face, and you don’t want to spend $500-700 on new digital goggles just to get an HD image. The Nano’s […]

At Drone FPV Shop we usually talk about racing, freestyle and speed. But the same technical DNA that powers a racing drone — precise control, stable flight, cameras and sensors — is behind a much less flashy but equally impressive revolution: precision agriculture. More and more farms in Spain are swapping the tractor and the […]

Betaflight, the most widely used flight controller firmware in FPV, has just shipped its 2026.6.1 update. It’s the year’s first major release, laying the groundwork for a built-in autopilot, adding support for more processors, a fully rebuilt app, and a handful of changes you’ll notice whether you fly freestyle or race. Here’s what’s new and […]