Liftoff: Micro Drones · published
Pilots,
Today we’re rolling out Milestone 1.1.0, a major update focused on refining how microdrones behave in flight. This update brings a broad set of improvements to core flight simulation, alongside a leaderboard reset, new content, and several usability fixes.
This release introduces a significant overhaul of the underlying flight model. The goal has been to tighten up realism and bring component behaviour closer to real-world micro drone performance.
We’ve improved how drag is calculated, refined propeller aerodynamics, and updated internal motor and battery statistics to better reflect their actual performance characteristics. These changes affect overall handling, responsiveness, and efficiency across all setups.
As always, we’re keen to hear how this feels once you’ve had time in the air with it.
With Physics 6.0 now active, we’ve performed a soft reset of all leaderboards.
Scores from Physics 5.0 have been archived and removed from the active rankings to ensure a fair baseline under the new physics model. Nothing is lost—your previous runs can still be viewed by enabling the archive filter in the leaderboard menu.
Time to rebuild the rankings under the new system.
A new configuration blueprint has been added featuring the Whoopdfarkndo frame.
It’s available as a ready-to-fly reference setup or as a starting point for your own builds and experimentation.
Several internal parameters for the BetaFPV LAVA battery series have been updated to better align with their real-world performance profiles.
We’ve made a set of improvements to the drone editor to streamline setup and reduce friction when configuring builds:
Default flight mode can now be selected directly in the Overview section.
Camera angle adjustment has been moved to the Frame section, and is now available where the selected frame supports it.
Fixed an issue where a popup could remain visible after sharing content to the Steam Workshop.
Removed the popup prompting to save drone configuration changes when exiting a flight session.
Thanks for all the feedback and testing that continues to shape these updates.
Improved drag system
Improved propeller aerodynamics
Updated internal statistics of motors and batteries to better reflect their actual performance
Leaderboard soft reset applied
Physics 5.0 scores archived
Archived scores accessible via leaderboard archive toggle
Added Whoopdfarkndo frame and drone configuration blueprint
Updated several internal stats of the BetaFPV LAVA batteries
Default flight mode can now be selected from Overview section
Camera angle can now be adjusted from Frame section (supported frames only)
Fixed lingering popup during Steam Workshop sharing
Removed save-changes popup when leaving a flight session
Rate profiles are now saved and applied correctly from the flight controller settings menu