The Brushless Bee

By _joshsommer on Apr 14, 2018

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Brushless micros are all the rage, here is my take on it.

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Lego R2-D2 for scale

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Haveing a throttle curve improves the overall flying experience exponetially.

Special Thanks to ErgoFPV and his Yet Another Brushless(Tiny) Whoop build for inspiration and throttle curve information.

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Christopher   Apr 15, 2018  

How long does it stay in the air? Looks very nice btw!

robomaniac   Apr 15, 2018 

he said on FB that he gets 3min on average

_joshsommer   Apr 15, 2018 

It really depends on how i fly, but I'd say 2:30 - 3 min is the average.

_joshsommer   Apr 16, 2018 

Another thing I've noticed is if I run MultiShot I get much better performance + better battery life. I lose turtle mode, but the difference is so dramatic to me it's worth losing turtle mode for. going to continue to try different settings to see if I can get the same performance with DShot.

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