I made this ghost for racing with 3s battery (it's a racing category in Belgium). It tried to find the perfect balance between weigh to power on 3s. For that i used 2205 2400kv rcx motor and 5040 props to keep a good acceleration although I might lose some top speed but I think 3s competition is not about the best top speed.
Then I have worked on the aerodynamic, at first I wanted to heatshrink the whole arm with the motor wire to have the sleekest profile but I decided to go for electrical tape for the ease of repair.
Because I use flysky and only one big receiver is really reliable I end up too short of room inside to put the sma connector so I used a simple wip antenna.
The weight is 245g without battery and 390g with the 3s I'll use to compete. I need led light for the race so I designed a little 3d printed led holder.
In the end it works very well I have crazy long flight time out of my battery and very decent performance, clearly my fastest quad on 3s. It is also impressively quite. The hglrc stack is amazing, without any tune it is my best flying, smoothest quad.
Frame |
Ghost FPV Drone Frame | Quadcopter Racing Frame - Mode 2
(23 builds)
Mode-2.com
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$49.99 |
Flight Controller |
HGLRC XJB F440 V2 Stack - F4 Flight Controller - 40A Blheli32 ESC
(34 builds)
Getfpv.com
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See Site |
Motors |
4 x RCX SE2205 (V3) 2400KV FPV Racing Motor (Japan EZO Bearing / N52H Arc Magnet)
(3 builds)
Myrcmart.com
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$55.96 |
Propellers |
GEPRC 5040 V2 5 Inch 3 Blade Propeller Triblade Props Colver Prop Blue Yellow Pink For FPV Racer
(19 builds)
Banggood.com
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$7.54 |
FPV Camera |
Caddx Turbo Micro F1 1/3" CMOS 2.1mm 1200TVL 16:9/4:3 NTSC/PAL Low Latency FPV Camera 4.5g
(77 builds)
Banggood.com
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$19.99 |
FPV Transmitter |
ImmersionRC Tramp HV 6-18V 5.8GHz 1mW to>600mW Video Transmitter internationale Version V2
(20 builds)
Banggood.com
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$35.99 |
Receiver |
Turnigy iA6C PPM/SBUS 8CH 2.4G AFHDS 2A Telemetry Receiver
Hobbyking.com
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$9.89 |
Batteries |
2 PCS ZOP Power 11.1V 1800mAh 65C 3S Lipo Battery XT60 Plug
(2 builds)
Banggood.com
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$26.99 |
Nice build! TIL there is a 3S competition in Belgium :)
I'm building something simular with the HGLRC F440 stack and still not sure which direction to mount the stack. I've considered the way you've mount it but the USB connection seems hard to reach. How's it working for you so far?
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what would you reccomend for a 4s?