Hey everyone,
I've been flying freestyle for about 2 years now and PID tuning has always been my least favorite part of the hobby. I usually just stick with defaults or copy tunes from YouTube, but they never feel quite right on my specific builds.
Recently I came across a tool called FPVtune that takes your blackbox logs and uses neural networks to generate optimized PID values, filter settings, and feedforward gains. You just upload your .bbl file and it spits out CLI commands you can paste directly into Betaflight.
I tried it on my 5" freestyle build (SpeedyBee F405 V4 + T-Motor F60 Pro IV) and honestly the results were surprisingly good. The quad felt noticeably smoother, especially on quick direction changes where I used to get some prop wash oscillation. Motors are also running cooler because it optimized my D-term filters.
The whole process takes about 30 seconds — compared to the hours I used to spend doing test flights and tweaking values in Betaflight Configurator.
Has anyone else tried automated PID tuning tools like this? I'm curious if others have had similar results or if there are better approaches I should know about.
My setup:
- Frame: TBS Source One V5
- FC: SpeedyBee F405 V4
- ESC: SpeedyBee 55A 4-in-1
- Motors: T-Motor F60 Pro IV 1750KV
- Props: Gemfan 51466 V2
- Firmware: Betaflight 4.5
Would love to hear your experiences with PID tuning — manual or automated.
I've been flying freestyle for about 2 years now and PID tuning has always been my least favorite part of the hobby. I usually just stick with defaults or copy tunes from YouTube, but they never feel quite right on my specific builds.
Recently I came across a tool called FPVtune that takes your blackbox logs and uses neural networks to generate optimized PID values, filter settings, and feedforward gains. You just upload your .bbl file and it spits out CLI commands you can paste directly into Betaflight.
I tried it on my 5" freestyle build (SpeedyBee F405 V4 + T-Motor F60 Pro IV) and honestly the results were surprisingly good. The quad felt noticeably smoother, especially on quick direction changes where I used to get some prop wash oscillation. Motors are also running cooler because it optimized my D-term filters.
The whole process takes about 30 seconds — compared to the hours I used to spend doing test flights and tweaking values in Betaflight Configurator.
Has anyone else tried automated PID tuning tools like this? I'm curious if others have had similar results or if there are better approaches I should know about.
My setup:
- Frame: TBS Source One V5
- FC: SpeedyBee F405 V4
- ESC: SpeedyBee 55A 4-in-1
- Motors: T-Motor F60 Pro IV 1750KV
- Props: Gemfan 51466 V2
- Firmware: Betaflight 4.5
Would love to hear your experiences with PID tuning — manual or automated.
