FPV Freerider

I used this exact playlist along with your simulator to learn to fly FPV, and my first day out flying acro FPV "for real" felt very similar, so much so that I was able to get out and do all sorts of fun tricks on my very first day.

FPV FreeriderDeveloper8 years ago

Awesome, glad to hear that you find it useful!

e.vinden@chello.nl8 years ago

Im using it also and am very hopeful it will work for me the same way also.

I bought liftoff also but never use it. This one ans recharged are the best ones imo

thecric8 years ago

Hello,

I'm a newbie here on FPV Freerider and I use a USB game controller for now - I know a R/C controller would be better -

Anyway, everything would be ok ( very nice simulator anyway !!! ) even with an USB game controller if we could save the preset for the controller and come back later to modify the settings we have done to get better one. Because for now if we want to change some of the settings we have to recalibrate the whole controller and because there is no number on the sliders on the interface it's not precise enough when redoing the procedure.

I put this on this forum because this kind of update could be good for learners

FPV FreeriderDeveloper8 years ago

Thank you for your feedback. Yes, that is a good suggestion. Perhaps I could make it possible to skip directly to the trim-screen (without having to go through the calibration again).

spikey19738 years ago

great lessons!!!

NOTCHBAD5 years ago

Awesome tutorials! I can't find the playlist in Joshua Bardwell's YT channel. So I have created a YT playlist containing all these tutorials:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvfMJLsLe1ozN3tkgWvy2-jiScbaBALmz

tehjester785 years ago

Very cool sim! I have been flying the micros line-of-sight but dont really know how to fly. Didnt even know there was such a thing as a drone/quad fpv sim. I heard about sims in a youtube video. To my surprise, FPVFreerider even runs on Linux!!! I tried the demo and it just worked. If anyone uses linux then you know theres usually alot of fiddling to get stuff to work. Freerider literally found my USB nintendo switch controller and was ready to go. When my demo time ran out i promptly bought a copy. I'm running Ubuntu19.10 if any linux users are wondering if this may work for them.

Are there any more maps that can be added/modded in? Any chance of a "multiplayer" mode? like a LAN game fly together.

FPV FreeriderDeveloper5 years ago

Thanks, I'm glad you like it and that it works well on your setup!

There is also FPV Freerider Recharged that has some more maps, and also the full level editor included:

https://fpv-freerider.itch.io/fpv-freerider-recharged

Multiplayer is not planned at the moment.

argonothe4 years ago

Thanks for this set of tutorials, they are particularly well done and allow you to learn quickly how to fly a drone. Learning how to fly an fpv drone is really easier and simpler using the Freerider flight simulator and your tutorials.

Once again thank you, I will soon buy the complete software to be able to continue to train and progress without breaking any hardware and when the weather is bad.
Bravo !

FPV FreeriderDeveloper4 years ago

I'm glad to hear that you appreciate the link to the tutorials, Joshua Bardwell deserves the credits since he is the one who made that excellent tutorial series. Also glad to hear that you appreciate my simulator and that you find it useful!

Tote19714 years ago

Muy buenas no consigo configurar los joystik, no se por que, el ordenador me los detecta pero luego muevo los yoytik y no van bien

FPV FreeriderDeveloper4 years ago (1 edit)

Puede encontrar algunos consejos sobre cómo conectar su controlador en el manual del usuario.

También hay algunos consejos y enlaces a videos de YouTube aquí:

https://itch.io/t/19817/getting-your-controller-connected

A medida que avanza en el procedimiento Calibrate Controller en Freerider, observe los pequeños círculos sobre el botón Aceptar. Debería poder mover algunos de los círculos pequeños suavemente hacia arriba y hacia abajo. ¿Tienes algún movimiento en los círculos?

TCGliderguy3 years ago

I'm loving FPV Freerider (I've been a LOS R/C pilot for several decades.... taking my eyes off the aircraft in the sky is a HIGHLY UN-NATURAL thing for me to do!) and I'm loving Josh Bardwell's video series on learning to fly FPV. But where can I get the same "Desert" scenery that he is using... with the open spaces, and large wooden gates to fly through? The "Desert" that came with my upgraded FPV FreeRider has a bunch of gnarly spires and towers, and looks nothing like the one that Josh is using in his videos ?

FPV FreeriderDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you, I'm glad to hear you like it!

(Yes it can feel highly unnatural to take your eyes off the aircraft in the sky. When flying in real life, I think it is a lot easier if you're using goggles rather than looking at a screen. Then you don't have choice but to commit to the FPV view, less risk of getting confused/distracted).

There are two versions of the simulator - FPV Freerider (Classic) and FPV Freerider Recharged.

FPV Freerider classic has the desert scene that Bardwell is using in his tutorial series.

(There is a free demo version available that has the desert scene in it).

Classic:

http://fpv-freerider.itch.io/fpv-freerider

Recharged:

https://fpv-freerider.itch.io/fpv-freerider-recharged

Both version are also available for Android on the Google Play store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Freeride.Freerider

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Freeride.FreeriderRecharged

TCGliderguy3 years ago

Thanks for the quick reply.... I'll buy the FreeRider Classic version as well. Hey... it's a pittance compared to the $1300 that DJI wants for their simulator! :-)

FPV FreeriderDeveloper3 years ago

:-) Thank you for supporting FPV Freerider, and happy flying!

EldanR9 days ago

Thank you very much for this game, and for the addition to it! I don't have a drone, and frankly speaking, I don't plan to get one. But, I get great pleasure from controlling the toy on the screen ))) In our difficult stressful times - your game gives us the opportunity to relax. Once again - thank you, and Happy New Year! :)

FPV FreeriderDeveloper4 days ago(+1)

Thank you, I'm glad to hear that you like it! Yes, flying in the sim is fun and it has the benefit that you don't have to worry about crashing :) Happy New Year!

EldanR1 day ago

By the way... Can I ask you to make one small feature in the next update? ;) In the upper left corner there is a switch "low/high rates". It is very inconvenient to click the mouse there on the go (in flight)... It would be nice if there was at least some keyboard button for this command! :) Click quickly once - slowly, click again - quickly, beauty! )))

FPV FreeriderDeveloper21 hours ago (1 edit)

I don't think it's very common to toggle high/low rates often during flight, but I will take a note of your suggestion and consider it. (In fact, I have been thinking of removing the high/low rates option altogether since it's mostly just remained from the very earliest versions of the simulator).

EldanR18 hours ago

No, no, please don't remove this option! It makes the program much easier to use. You can switch between fast and slow with just one click. ;) But if you remove it, you'll have to interrupt your flight, go to the settings, twist and turn and move the sliders. A waste of time, you understand? So please, leave everything as is. :)