5" Flowride Disc Unloading Special II

By cjdavies on Apr 14, 2018

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I bought two Flowride frames to make the international shipping from PiroFlip worth it, so after the compromise my first one turned into after the Asgard32 ended up being too big to fit properly I'm hoping to learn from it & make this one as tidy as I hoped the first one would be :)

The signal pads on the FC were a pain to work with (very small & pre-tinned by the factory with lead-free solder) & the Matek VTX-HV had to be connected backwards to the spare UART (eg I had to connect RX on the VTX to RX on the FC & TX on the VTX to TX on the FC, which is the exact opposite of normal UART convention). Smartport is connected to the LED strip pad with softserial (thanks to Oscar Liang for that idea).

The TattooF4S board needs a capacitor on the LiPo input, without it mine freaked out bad on any hard attitude change (flips, rolls, etc.). A 1000uF 25V cap & bumping the ESC PWM frequency from the stock 24KHz up to 48KHz completely fixed it.

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Part List

Frame

HyperLite FlowRide Freestyle 5 inch Frame (17 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$44.99

Flight Controller

Racerstar TattooF4S 30A BLHELI_32 4in1 ESC 5V BEC w/ F4 Flight Controller AIO OSD Current Sensor (15 builds)
Banggood.com
$69.99

Motors

4 x Brotherhobby Venom 2206 1900KV 2400KV 2600KV 4-5S Brushless Motor for RC Drone FPV Racing
Banggood.com
$91.96

Propellers

DALPROP T5046C Cyclone (2 CW 2 CCW) (391 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$2.99

FPV Camera

Foxeer Arrow Micro V2 2.1mm 600TVL 150 Degree 1/3 CCD IR Blocked FPV Camera w/ Upgraded OSD 5.5g (76 builds)
Banggood.com
$23.90

FPV Transmitter

Matek 5.8G 40CH 25/200/500mW switchable Video Transmitter VTX-HV with 5V/1A BEC Output (95 builds)
Banggood.com
$29.95

Antenna

Lumenier AXII MMCX 5.8GHz Antenna (RHCP) (70 builds)
Getfpv.com
$14.99

Receiver

FrSky R-XSR S.Bus/CPPM 8/16 Channel Micro Receiver (936 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$19.99

Radio

FrSky Taranis X-Lite Pro ACCESS 2.4GHz Radio Controller (Deep Sea Blue) (26 builds)
Getfpv.com
$199.99

Goggles

Eachine EV800DM Varifocal 5.8G 40CH Diversity FPV Goggles with HD DVR 3 Inch 900*600 Video Headset Build in 2000mAh Battery (2 builds)
Banggood.com
$79.90

HD Camera

GoPro HERO8 Black - Waterproof Action Camera with Touch Screen 4K Ultra HD Video 12MP Photos 1080p Live Streaming Stabilization (18 builds)
Amazon.com
$298.99

Radio Module

Frsky R9M Lite Pro 900MHz Transmitter Module Up to 1W RF Power Compatible FrSky ACCESS Protocol for Taranis X-Lite Pro S and X9 (12 builds)
Banggood.com
$65.99

Soldering Iron

Hakko FX888D-23BY, 599B-02 Soldering Station with 599B Tip Cleaner, Blue/Gold (25 builds)
Amazon.ca
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JC250   May 04, 2018  

Did u have to flash the vtx with any firmware when u got it or did smartaudio work out of the box? It was a while ago, but I thought I remember something about this

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JC250   May 04, 2018 

what website or video did u use to guide u through that process?

JC250   May 04, 2018 

what website or video did u use to guide u through that process?

cjdavies   May 04, 2018 

The instructions are on the Matek Website

http://www.mateksys.com/?portfolio=vtx-hv#tab-id-6

JC250   May 04, 2018  

Also, what made you choose this frame over the flosstyle? I'm on the fence about which one ill get

cjdavies   May 04, 2018 

The Flosstyle didn't exist when I bought my Flowrides.

RocketSquidFPV   Apr 18, 2018  
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how do those Venom motors preform?

cjdavies   Apr 19, 2018 
1

Like any other 2206, but without having to worry about mud!

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