Hey everyone, been lurking here for a while but figured I'd share something that actually helped me out recently.
So I've been flying freestyle on a 5" quad for about a year and a half now. Running Betaflight 4.5 on a Speedybee F405 V4. My biggest headache has always been prop wash — you know that nasty wobble when you come down after a flip or do a sharp descent. I've tried tweaking D gains, messing with D term filtering, even tried different props thinking it was a hardware thing.
Spent a bunch of weekends doing blackbox logs, loading them into PIDtoolbox, staring at graphs trying to figure out what to change. Honestly half the time I'd make changes and things would get worse lol.
Anyway a buddy of mine told me about this tool called FPVtune (FPVTune - Neural Network-Powered FPV Drone Tuning Assistant) that analyzes your blackbox logs and gives you actual PID recommendations. I was kinda skeptical at first because I've seen "auto tune" stuff before that doesn't really work. But I figured why not, uploaded a log from a freestyle session and it gave me specific numbers to try.
Put the new PIDs in, went out and flew, and honestly the prop wash was noticeably better on the first flight. Not perfect obviously but way better than what I had been running. The quad felt tighter overall too, especially on quick direction changes.
It's not free — costs like $9.90 — but I actually have a beta test code if anyone wants to try it first: FPVTUNE-BETA-2026
Just upload a blackbox log on the site, and when you get to the payment page there's an "Activation Code" section you can expand and enter the code.
Curious if anyone else here has tried automated PID tuning tools? I know some people swear by manual tuning but tbh I don't have the patience for it anymore. Would rather spend my time flying than staring at graphs.
So I've been flying freestyle on a 5" quad for about a year and a half now. Running Betaflight 4.5 on a Speedybee F405 V4. My biggest headache has always been prop wash — you know that nasty wobble when you come down after a flip or do a sharp descent. I've tried tweaking D gains, messing with D term filtering, even tried different props thinking it was a hardware thing.
Spent a bunch of weekends doing blackbox logs, loading them into PIDtoolbox, staring at graphs trying to figure out what to change. Honestly half the time I'd make changes and things would get worse lol.
Anyway a buddy of mine told me about this tool called FPVtune (FPVTune - Neural Network-Powered FPV Drone Tuning Assistant) that analyzes your blackbox logs and gives you actual PID recommendations. I was kinda skeptical at first because I've seen "auto tune" stuff before that doesn't really work. But I figured why not, uploaded a log from a freestyle session and it gave me specific numbers to try.
Put the new PIDs in, went out and flew, and honestly the prop wash was noticeably better on the first flight. Not perfect obviously but way better than what I had been running. The quad felt tighter overall too, especially on quick direction changes.
It's not free — costs like $9.90 — but I actually have a beta test code if anyone wants to try it first: FPVTUNE-BETA-2026
Just upload a blackbox log on the site, and when you get to the payment page there's an "Activation Code" section you can expand and enter the code.
Curious if anyone else here has tried automated PID tuning tools? I know some people swear by manual tuning but tbh I don't have the patience for it anymore. Would rather spend my time flying than staring at graphs.
