Also noteworthy the on board ELRS receiver does not have a target to flash in the ExpressLRS configuration application at this time.

This was a hefty one! I really love the spirit of NBD, I just want to love their products more. Everything is so heavy 😞. Great review, Nick. Always enjoyable!

So...they made it heavier AND less powerful but also with the worst possible battery connector AND it's almost twice as expensive as other whoops?? Shut up and take my money! 😆 Thanks for the honest review, as always.

ah the purple nurple ;) great flights Nick! good review man, always legend!

Just bought the 25000KV motors for my BLV4. Makes them more snappy. I have to say this is my favorite indoor flyer.

Thanks Nick! This really is a nice whoop with tons of support if you have issues and that's represented in the price. Cheers

Thank you so much for the review! :)

I'm still repping the Mosquito XL 2s and I absolutely love it! Even in light winds you can't go wrong with a 2s Newbeedrone. Great company. Thanks Nick!

Awsome video, I got the mobula 7 for Christmas so much fun! Starting to see why you love small woops!

Fantastic flying and review, Nick! 😃 But yeah, it's weird how heavy this model is! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Nice little drone. Just a heads up the GEP-CK Frame is on clearance right now I’m going to pick one up as this has always been my optimal 2 inch frame and I’ve never built one yet. It’s one I think you would like.

Great review, but I love watching your rips. You da Man. Thanks and peace be with you🙂

I really like that's is purple and the vtx overheat protection is really nice! But I would need more power :)

I love the almost Nintendo Atomic Purple color of the frame, other than that it looks lack luster though.

Seems like NBD is like the Apple of drone manufacturers. They have proprietary or atypical connectors so you have to go to their stuff for replacements/upgrades or else go through a bit of a hassle to use something else. I love this BLV4, though. ExpressLRS, VTx power, the COLOR! "What kind of whoop do you want?" "I want a purple one!!" 😄

So i bought the VLB4 board only, I used some new 802 25,000 KV and added a BT2 connector, huge difference. No issues with OSD yet, used Gemfan tri blades. Flys pretty good, using weBleed 300 BT2s. Awesome Range close to about 1/2 mile. averaging high 2 minute flight times. Great Review, BTW

Let’s goooo I love NEWBEEDRONE as well aso and there 30x30 stacks always love your videos nick Mandalooooo to the moon all love my brotha and I might missed it but why your osd was flickering like that brotha

I’m really curious, how did you capture such clear footage? I feel like I always have more breakup even outdoors

Change the canopy and it rips. You can drop 3 grams with a 3d print camera mount. Also, it sells with 2200kv motors now.

I love Newbeedrone whoops. They should of added the newbeedrone Dvr in it. I still like that one as well 👍🙏👍👍great review Nick

Your analogue looks amazing, even with that Bee Eye camera! What’s your secret?

There's something up with the NBD VTXes. Your picture looks very soft and there's a pattern of horizontal bands which come and go. I had a BLV3 AIO which did the same thing, and in fact the horizontal banding got so bad on mine that I had to retire it. One good thing about the NBD AIOs though - they engineer their VTXes to not overheat on the bench. The VTX has a heatsink, and it doesn't power up from USB.

There's a lot to love in theory about NBD but it doesn't seem to manifest into the real world. A lot of proprietary stuff, they seem to be behind on flight performance, things like putting a rolled pin connector is just a bit confusing. For a product that costs double what a mob6 does in my area you'd have to be crazy to get one. Hope NBD can make a whoop that matches or outperforms both happymodel and betaFPV, but for now they are a long way behind. Side note the batteries are amazing haha, but also tattu I think is exactly the same a NBD just a lot cheaper. Cheers mate.

nice review It seems like the upgraded quiet a bunch of things, which is nice to see The ELRS diversity serial receiver, the higher powered Vtx and the higher amp rated ESCs are great to see :) I think, it should have been bundled as a toothpick style quad, because the Mobula6 HD is the same-ish weight, but obviously with a HD VTx. It would be nice, if NewBeeDrone would NOT push their own plugs... And still the rolled pin PH2 connector?! Why?! NBD seems like a more premium whoop brand, so I would assume they focus on more premium experience... (Or as a business they probably still have so many connectors left and want to sell it instead of 'throwing' it in the trash)

What’s up with that OSD flickering? That would drive me nuts! Aaaaah new firmware fix…

Have you heard anything about the mosquito xl bnf glad they kept you in the loop

Honestly was thinking they were on Chinese New Year since I haven't heard anything back from support for the past 5 days. Purchased and LOVE the Acrobee75 but apparently one of my motors is bad.. Nothing from Support. Hope to figure it out soon.

They must have old stocks of ph 2.0 connectors, i can't think of another reason to be using those. 19000kv is a pretty good middle ground, most racers where I'm at run at that. Skid pads on the bottom are an interesting idea, i wonder if it'll snag on carpet less? And yeah, i love their canopies. I wish the runcam micro fit in it!

Can I use an analog adapter with my dji goggles I have the tx16 elrs radio

What camera is this? Do the dji goggles v2 work with it? Is it caddx Vista?

My first whoop was a NBD brushed, which flew great, but had a pretty poor quality cam. Got a Tinyhawk 2 next and it’s cam was so incredibly good, never flew the NBD again. Gave them another shot and got the BLv2 with diversity Rx and it was just terrible all the way around. Poor range, muddy image and it causes batteries to get super hot. Will pop a HM ELRS AIO and a better cam at some point.

NBD absolutely refuses to use BT2.0. Their excuse is that "BT2.0 can be plugged in backwards." I think it's a complete BS excuse. Yeah, I'm sure you can, but it's not easy to do. And all the dumb sized plugs....And the proprietary OSD....I haven't purchased an NBD product in 2 years. They may be a US-based company, but still manufactured in China and has the same amount of quality issues as Happymodel or BetaFpv but at double the price in some cases. I was all on the NBD hype train in 2020 but, after several Hummingbirds and BBBL's with various issues, I gave up.

the moment when im the first watching lol :D nice video! im searching for a whoop for my girlfriend so we can fly together inside and outside :D i think it will be the mobula7 with elrs. just need some batteries for this batterytray because i got just small 380mah and 720mah do you prefer 2 or 3 bladed props? and why?

You could crimp that connector to any motor by the looks of it, just JST micro

When I heard smart max i thought for a second it had dynamic power. Does anyone do this? Like dynamic power on my elrs where it turns up the power as needed.

avoiding NBD for now. the non-standard motor plugs are no in my game plan, otherwise, given a little better motor, I might if a flash sale came along

What replacement props are there ?

This may sound like a newbie question but why does the OSD keeps going in and out on the display?

Those might be rolled pin, but they are gold plated. Which means they *shouldnt* deteriorate like regular ph2.0 plugs. So what you lose in efficiency, you gain in reliability... I guess that's why they do that

These are struggling with OSD, yours kept disappearing. Ciotti had the same issue. I believe the OSD is software (not hardware) based.

Same weight as a HDzero whoop?

hi nick . I have a prop question. Mobula7 with 1.5 mm shaft having a very difficult time both removing and installing props.any suggestions? thank you

Why does your osd drop out? Elrs backpack?

Hello! Mobula 6 or AcroBee65 BLV4?

I have the V3. Flew the crap out of it, its not too fast so it helped me get better at flying indoors. Along the way, I've had to replace PH2.0 connector twice (I'd say its more of a "50+ packs" rather than "120+" packs before replacement), a motor that seized, had to solder a motor to the board due to stupid tiny connector failing, had to hotglue camera to canopy after breaking mounting brackets, installed ELRS receiver after shredding both useless little "proprietary" antennas that come with it ... but yea, the frame IS indestructible ! Don't see any improvements in V4 that I care about (ELRS diversity for a whoop? give me a break..) while they haven't addressed two of my biggest complaints (heavy, stupid connectors) but at least it looks like ELRS is via UART and not SPI which is nice!

I just can't do NBD anymore. My last one was the Hummingbird F4 v2 and it too has OSD reliability issues, also their special OSD handling washes out the video quality ever so slightly. Also I feel like a stooge because it didn't come with the addressable LEDs that the standalone v2 board comes with. If you compare the BNF's FC to the standalone FC images on the product page, you will see glaring differences.

PH2.0 connector? I can't agree with this

it's noticeably louder?

what comes inside the box of the NewBeeDrone AcroBee65 BLV4? Does it come with a controller, battery, and FPV goggles? or just the drone.

They're slow to integrate tested tech is one of the main reasons I don't buy NBD anymore, plus once you fly a sub 20g whoop everything else feels like rubbish

Is this a reliable fc on 2s? 0:)

Wow thats crazy they went with the rolled PH2. Practically everyone went away with those because they are garbage

I used to love NBD, but... their uFL soldering jobs are terrible. I have a board with the uFL popped off. It's not like I change antennas often... But. Yeah. There's no in you-know-where I can solder those back on so I have 2 dead boards.

The osd was questionable same as ciotti

Watched Infinity Loops reviewing and modding this one. It seems Everything Happymodel stuffed into a Metor65 or Fractal65 frame is hard to beat performance wise. As a gamer, a slightly heaver and even down a little on power (19,000kv vs 26,000kv for example) unit like this might be easier to control, like the car that's average on everything was my go to. Non spi ELRS onboard and the ability to go beyond 1s for the FC is nice. Upgrads when bored with it? Looks like you can still rip with it, just no plaid. Thanks for the vid, cheers!

Name is bigger than the actual whoop! NewbeeDrone is local to San Diego (where I am) and they are my go to shop. They are very responsive to support issues and also give little extras in their orders that nice (stickers + candy!).

Proprietary connectors for motors and camera? With rolled PH 2.0 connector? I thought Newbeedrone was smarter than that! I guess not because they also want a small fortune💰💲💵 for this tiny whoop! 20g Mobula6 or variation of that for right around $100 OR this BLV4 for $160 ?? That's an easy call! $160 for this is simply a RIP OFF! Why are NBD products always such a high priced, mediocre option? HARD PASS! 😭😒

FIRST!

it flies awful, tbh

Great to see you back in my feed, Nick! Unpopular opinion, incoming... I love NBD as a company and I love their accessories, but after many years of disappointing results with their electronics and many second chances that left me asking myself why I thought it would be different this time, I’m done with anything that uses their PCBs. I know they’re considered premium (and they weigh a lot to give that premium feel), but I’ve just had nothing but bad luck with them. Also, I really disprove of the way they interact with the open source community. This recent ELRS situation is the most recent example, but they have a similar history with Betaflight and Silverware (as far as I know their NFE-based source code used on the original brushed Hummingbird was never made public). I get that they don't want to release the code for their proprietary components (e.g. BeeSign OSD), but if they don't want anyone to see it, I feel like they shouldn't be using open source base code. I'm not read up on the details and maybe they have found loopholes or something, and I'm far from being a GPL expert, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn about violations in some of NBDs implementations of (modified) open-source projects. To their credit, I’ve never met anyone who had anything but good things to say about AcroWeebu - he’s a dramatic improvement in their customer service department and has gone way above and beyond on several occasions for me. Super solid dude determined to make customers whole. I love the company’s presence and activism within the community. I love that they’re lowering barriers to entry for beginners, for whom their products are probably more than adequate (I still frequently recommend them when people ask). And I really did try to like their electronics - way more with them than any other company - but ultimately I just had to stop spending premium money on products that, even when not technically defective, invariably had worse performance and more compatibility issues than their cheaper competitors. Regardless, thanks for all you do!