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Hey! How did the test flights go? What can be improved?
Nice rig. I have the same frame w/ 2206 1700KV. You weren't able to position the cap behind the camera up front?
Hi, is the 5A esc output enough to sustain the motor current draw? I want to build an ultralight like you too but im concerned about the esc bottlenecking the motors.
Currently on the market there is no true AIO FC that outputs over 5A except NewBeeDrone's BeeBrain BLV3 and BLV1 which is absurdly expensive, each costing $100 and $90 respectively.
Yes, it is definitely enough. My build peaks at 13A which is only 65% of the rates max continuous, plus the peak current rating is more like 6A (24A total) I believe.
I have flown and crashed this thing a lot and never broken anything. I turtle when I crash even though this build can really only turtle and take off on paved surfaces or VERY short grass.
Do you feel like there is extra thrust, compared to it's lil brother? You mentioned that you feel the extra weight, I assume that's in the way it turns. Do you feel any extra control, or smoothness from the extra prop/disc size?
To be honest, the 2.5" feels like it has more thrust with the Gemfan D63 5 blade props and higher KV 1404 motors. The only main advantage the 30 has over the 25 is the longer flight times ( about a minute) and the slightly better stability. If you can get the Cinelog 30 around 150g dry, I think you can totally see performance gain is every way. The reason I say that is because I still have the Turtle 149 3" quad with prop guards that weigh 149g and it is very smooth, lower noise, handle the wind better and can fly very close to the ground and not feel any prop wash. I am not sure if I did something wrong with this build but 170g is just too heavy.
Is there a way to rotate the camera? I mean make the rotation angle a certain angle for example!
Sudoku247
Hi, is the 5A esc output of that FC enough to sustain the motor current draw? I want to build an ultralight like you too but im concerned about the low esc output bottlenecking the motors.
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jfc, leave some for the rest of us...
Love your (rx, diversity) antenna solution, keeping it out of the rear facing cam. The vTx antenna mount is impressively smol and light, but still appears sturdy, how is it holding up?
The green tpu looks great!
I looked at ALL of the prints there with a critical eye, and so many of them are so good, and so well thought out, that I feel compelled to mention the sole uncut gem. The nicely radiused trapezoidal side plates, with their corresponding green tpu inserts, make me wish the gps mount had that same shape, instead of a square. The shape being repeated 12 times on the frame already, really makes me want it. You could even do layers of color in the tpu to ramp it up more.
I REALLY love the quad, the build is incredible, so I hope you take this as a compliment. I assume you have already thought of this, and are up against limitations in your software, or free time (or maybe you made it, and decided to go with a stripped down version to save weight?). On the off chance that it slipped by, I feel like it would really bring the theme together.
I can't stress enough, that I am saying all this because of the high level of design work throughout the entire project here. Real big-brain stuff.
Hi, is the 5A esc output of your FC enough to sustain the motor current draw? I want to build an ultralight like you too but im concerned about the esc bottlenecking the motors.
Let us know how it flies. Also what would you have done differently.
Unfortunately, I don't have the time for detailed tests and tuning at the moment.