Hello there, fellow pilots!

I'm Volker Göschl-Covrljan a happily married father of two kids and I love FPV drones. Seriously: I love every aspect of the hobby: building drones, tuning drones, flying drones and even fixing drones when the occational unplanned landing happened.

How I got into this?

I got my feet wet with collective pitch (AKA 3D) helis in 2012 - I had a E-flight Blade 400 (still in my garage) and it scared the shit out of me because was so damn hard to fly and could easily chop a finger of. So I did what every real man would do: I got an even bigger Heli (Align T-Rex 600ESP) which could chop off an arm but flew way better, because you know: inertia! After a couple of weeks I managed to hover in all orientations fly circles, figure 8s and basic acrobatic maneuvers but I was still scared as hell everytime i hit that idle-up switch.

Fast forward to 2018: I flew less than 10 Packs on the Helis in 2017 but I I still felt the itch to fly. So I got my self the good old Wizzard X220S and I made one big mistake: I started flying in ANGLE mode. Don't get me wrong: there is nothing bad about ANGLE mode: I still use it to fly LOS (to tune or if my cam is damaged) but it relies on a working accelerometer and the one on the Wizzard was drifting like crazy: I could barely hold it level after a minute into a pack and this was scary because if I  released the sticks at that point it would tilt 30°-40° and fly in that direction. Being a bit wiser than 5 years ago I got myself something smaller: the Happymodel Mantis 85. This little fellow finally allowed me to fly on my property. With the aid of some simulator practice (I started with Liftoff and still use it on a regulare base although I currently own most of the available sims) I managed to fly in acro mode within two weeks.

With the new confidence in my flying skills I decided to step up my FPV-game and bought into the DJI-FPV ecosystem. It changed my approach to the hobby in two ways: Lets start with the obvious: You fly better because you see better. It's not only the resolution that allows you to navigate through scraggle. It's the consistency of the video link especially in tricky RF environments that makes you less anxious on the sticks. The other point is money: Once you put that much cash into the video-system you are much more willing to buy high quality gear around that system. Don't get me wrong: I still buy most of my stuff directly from China but I realized that paying 30% more for a part from a reputable manufacturer often gives you 70% more value.

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Why I'm good at this?

Because I f***ing love it! (and maybe because I studied robotics engineering for 5 years and computer sience for another 10 years)