You could totally mount the motors upside down. The back motors only stick down an extra few millimeters. The problem is that the camera mount plates won't work anymore. It would be fine to mount the motors on the bottom without longer standoffs as long as you run your battery on the bottom as well. Personally, I like the motors on top though since it provides clean air to the back props
OK cool, thinking of designing my own with this concept in mind. Just been doing some research and i noticed that apparently its actually 5% more efficient to mount them upside down, and it reduces vibrations from the airflow hitting the arms...
The FC itself flies awesome. I got a good day of racing on it and fell in love. It was a dream to build. Unfortunately I had a bad battery solder lead that popped off and shorted. Killed the vtx on the FC, but the rest of the board is fine. I'm getting a new one next week. I'll be rocking it for the next few builds for sure. Only downsides are the thin antenna wire that can pop off, and the LED screen can break off easy. Both can be reinforced with hotglue pretty easy
That sounds great!! I'm sick of trying to jam everything into my tiny quad - even though I use an esc + FC combo board - this thing seems like a dream come true!! I'll probably using mine more for freestyle and acro, instead of racing, but atm its looking very tempting! Check out my planned build and tell us what you think... http://rotorbuilds.com/build/2368
Awesome!! You are an amazing pilot!!
Are the motors in the photo's TS2207's?? Just cause they don't look very much like Returners!! ;)
Which motors were you using in the vid?
Yup. I just updated the page. That video was with TS2207s, my newest video "1v1 me" is with Emax 2306s. Not as powerful, but they let me get through the race
Hi, nice looking quad!!!
Is there any way you can see of mounting the rear motors upside down? Possibly using longer standoffs?
You could totally mount the motors upside down. The back motors only stick down an extra few millimeters. The problem is that the camera mount plates won't work anymore. It would be fine to mount the motors on the bottom without longer standoffs as long as you run your battery on the bottom as well. Personally, I like the motors on top though since it provides clean air to the back props
OK cool, thinking of designing my own with this concept in mind. Just been doing some research and i noticed that apparently its actually 5% more efficient to mount them upside down, and it reduces vibrations from the airflow hitting the arms...
Sounds interesting. Let me know if you do. I'm really liking this style of frame
WD, whats the AIO stack like?
The FC itself flies awesome. I got a good day of racing on it and fell in love. It was a dream to build. Unfortunately I had a bad battery solder lead that popped off and shorted. Killed the vtx on the FC, but the rest of the board is fine. I'm getting a new one next week. I'll be rocking it for the next few builds for sure. Only downsides are the thin antenna wire that can pop off, and the LED screen can break off easy. Both can be reinforced with hotglue pretty easy
That sounds great!! I'm sick of trying to jam everything into my tiny quad - even though I use an esc + FC combo board - this thing seems like a dream come true!! I'll probably using mine more for freestyle and acro, instead of racing, but atm its looking very tempting! Check out my planned build and tell us what you think... http://rotorbuilds.com/build/2368
BTW any flight vids?
I know this comment was awhile ago, but here's some footy
https://youtu.be/2N4IJoiVMzI?t=2m6s
Awesome!! You are an amazing pilot!!
Are the motors in the photo's TS2207's?? Just cause they don't look very much like Returners!! ;)
Which motors were you using in the vid?
Yup. I just updated the page. That video was with TS2207s, my newest video "1v1 me" is with Emax 2306s. Not as powerful, but they let me get through the race