First FPV build, first quad, second drone (the first one was an RCExplorer Tricopter V2).
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I'm looking at a very similar build to this but as a complete noob I have doubts about using those 24A ESC's with the motors and props you have chosen. Everywhere I look I see that the combination you have (and I also want) will be drawing over 30AMP's at 100% but the KISS ESC's cap at 30amps. Should I be concerned at this? Obviously i won't go to 100% at all times but when I do, I want my ESC's to handle it if I have the hardware capable to do so?
EDIT: I see you are using 3S batteries which may make this comment redundant. Do you intend to use 4S at any point and if so would you upgrade the ESC's?
Thanks for the help!
Hello Mogs,
I'm a bit of a newbie myself so I probably didn't make the best choices on this first real build...
I'm sorry I can't be of more help, please do tell me if you end up finding I should upgrade the ESCs when I do switch to 4S.
Right now, I'm still learning to fly so I don't often punch the throttle, so no trouble so far... Fingers crossed.
Cheers
Thanks for the reply. Fair enough. I think I might be wrong anyhow. I think I found that the tools used to measure the pull and amperage of these motors actually use ~30% less amps in a real world scenario. I could be totally wrong of course :)
What kind of flight time do you get out of this build? My biggest concern now is that all my calculations tell me that I won't get much more than 3minutes! I'd ideally at least want to gun for 7!
Thanks again!
how is the gui set up? nice build!
Hello Fulldawwg,
Thanks :) I'm happy how it turned out :)
Concerning the Evolution/Kiss situation, I selected S-BUS in the evolution, and "Futaba S-BUS" in the GUI :
https://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/5/3/3/9/8/6/a9783685-251-kiss.jpg
I just had to fiddle around with the subtrim and endpoints in the evolution to get everything going from 1000 to 2000 and have the neutral at 1500.
Tell me if this helps.
Cheers
Just finished this up? Might want to update your description. How does it perform?
Hello,
Be carefull, your motors will be drawing to much amps from this poor tiny lipo.
I highly recomand you to get lipo with a bigger capactity, at least 1300mAh.the 850mAh won't be able to provide the current needed and there a risk for them to die in a few cycles.
Unless you've got a compelling reason to go with KISS you might as well opt for a cheaper Betaflight solution. I like the Omnibus F3 and will be using it on my current build. And if you're going with red bottoms you might as well get the upgraded RS2205S version.
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any video of this flying ?
sure.
the video is absolute gold, i think you should try gopro7 hypersmooth for sure
Thanks a lot, I don't fly very well but it's still nice to get some nice shots :) I've switched to a Runcam split now to save weight, but I can't manage to get a clean FPV feed :(