Mongoose light

By Crispo on Apr 18, 2018

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Went for light, could be lighter.

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Part List

Frame	Mongoose (10 builds) Armattanquads.com	$38.00
Flight Controller	OMNIBUS F4 Nano v5 with LC filter (3 builds) Store.myairbot.com	$29.99
ESCs	Ori32 4in1 ESC 4x25A 2020 (83 builds) Store.myairbot.com	$44.99
Motors	4 x BrotherHobby Avenger 1507 2800KV 3600KV 4100KV 3-4S Brushless Motor for RC FPV Racing Drone (12 builds) Banggood.com	$72.32
Propellers	DALProp CYCLONE Series 5050C Bi-Blade (15 builds) Pirofliprc.com	$2.79
FPV Camera	Caddx Micro Turbo S1 2.1/2.3mm 600TVL 4:3 1/3 CCD NTSC/PAL IR Block Low Latency FPV Camera (26 builds) Banggood.com	$24.99
FPV Transmitter	TBS Unify Pro Nano 5G8 (97 builds) Team-blacksheep.com	$19.95
Receiver	TBS Crossfire Micro RX V2 (287 builds) Team-blacksheep.com	$34.95

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Discussion

Ivokal Apr 30, 2019

Very nice build! What flight time do you get and what battery did you use?
I'm planning to build a sub250g AUW 5" build with these motors by using a 750mah 4s lipo.

Crispo May 01, 2019

As is customary, I wrecked the quad shortly after building it. I remember flight times being good on 1300, better than a lot of my freestyle quads.

Sorry that I can't be of much help.

Ivokal May 01, 2019

Tanks anyway.
I hope I didn't wreck my build instantly, if I finally order and recive all my parts and get it in the air ;)

daich May 06, 2018

how does it fly? what kv motors did you get?

Crispo May 06, 2018

Check what I wrote to Burning North down below. Since I fly 5 inch, I got the 2800 kv.

boof Apr 24, 2018

camera is quite vulnerable out there but i also have a mongoose with micro sparrow set with front verticals pointing backwards however i get alot of motor and props in my fpv image. does setting it out front eliminate most of that issue?

Crispo Apr 27, 2018

Not that much really, if at all. I ended up flipping it back again.

Burning North Apr 18, 2018

Nice! I'm about to put the same motors on a Mode 2 Ghost; would love to hear how this flies!

Crispo Apr 21, 2018

It's really quick, and benefits from lighter packs. It turns very sharp, less drift than I get on my regular freestyle rigs. It's also very floaty, so you need to practice proper throttle control, or else you lose the benefit of the lighter motors.

moxfpv Apr 19, 2018

Very interesting motor prop combo. A zip tie and heatshrink will keep your vtx antenna out of the props.

Crispo Apr 21, 2018

Yeah, I'll make sure to tie it down properly when everything is dialed in properly! Thanks for the feedback :)

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