7inch Lion build

By painfpv on May 23, 2018

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Update: I've mounted the front motors upside-down to get the props out of the gopro FOV
Update: I've replaced the diversity receiver with a micro v2 and made a TPU tail to hold the antennas in a better position

last relevant videos:



last test: 20min with Hero7 onboard on 6s1p 4000mAh (Samsung 40T 21600)
first test: 27min on a 6s1p Lion pack (Sony VTC6) -

car chasing with LiIon (read video description):

reelsteadygo test done on this frame:

big motor issue: contact surface with the propeler is flat and has no friction which combined with the fact that the nuts are low profile is the perfect formula for props coming off (untightening) mid flight. this is unacceptable for such a large motor which can spin 7inch props. V2 solved the issue.

frame issues you should know about:

  • 15mm standoffs are joke, had to replace them with 25mm ones.
  • captive nuts are not preinstalled as they should

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Part List

Frame

Team Edition XL7 V2 Long Range FPV Freestyle Frame (3 builds)
Iflight-rc.com
$39.99

Flight Controller

FORTINI F4 OSD 32Khz Flight Controller Rev.2SKU: FPV-FORTOSD (23 builds)
Furiousfpv.com
$39.95

ESCs

Holybro TekkoS 4 in 1 30A BLHeli_S ESC 3-6S Built-in Current Sensor For RC Drone FPV Racing (10 builds)
Banggood.com
$43.29

Motors

BrotherHobby Avenger V2 2507-1850KV 4-6S (13 builds)
Getfpv.com
$23.99

Propellers

HQProp DP 7X4X3 Propeller (Set of 4 - Light Grey) (55 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

FPV Camera

RunCam Micro Eagle 1/1.8" CMOS 800TVL Global WDR 16:9/4:3 Switchable FPV Camera for RC Drone (323 builds)
Banggood.com
$46.11

FPV Transmitter

TBS Unify Pro 5G8 V3 (RP-SMA) (103 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$39.95

Antenna

TBS Triumph 5.8GHz RHCP FPV Antenna Set (SMA Male) (191 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

Receiver

TBS Crossfire 8CH Diversity Rx (2 builds)
Phaserfpv.com.au
See Site

Radio

TBS Tango 2 Pro - FPV RC Radio Drone Controller (107 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$199.95

Radio

FrSky 2.4G 16CH Taranis X9D Plus Transmitter SPECIAL EDITION w/ M9 Gimbals (48 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

Goggles

Fat Shark Dominator HDO 2 FPV Goggles (71 builds)
Getfpv.com
$499.99

Goggles

Fat Shark Dominator V3 FPV Goggles (63 builds)
Getfpv.com
$299.99

HD Camera

GoPro HERO6 Black (9 builds)
Getfpv.com
$399.99

HD Camera

GoPro HERO8 Black Action Camera (9 builds)
Getfpv.com
$399.99

HD Camera

Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
Amazon.com
$1,239.95

Video Receiver

Furious True-D V3.5 Diversity Receiver System Firmware 3.8A (FatShark Attitude Version)SKU: FPV-RX-TRUD3.8A (27 builds)
Furiousfpv.com
$68.00

Video Receiver

TBS Fusion Receiver Module For Goggles (5 builds)
Phaserfpv.com.au
See Site

Radio Module

TBS Crossfire TX (15 builds)
Rc-innovations.es
$229.91
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Discussion

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lorenzo220580   Dec 28, 2019  

hi,
can you post the 3d tpu antenna mount?
thanks a lot

painfpv   Mar 06, 2020 

sry can't, someone else built it for me

saerdna02   Feb 17, 2020  

Hey. I would like to know how you tuned that thing. Would you mind sharing your pid´s?

painfpv   Mar 06, 2020 

I am using an old betaflight FW, I doubt my PIDs would be of any help. what I can tell you is that PIDs have very little significance in long range builds and unless it flights bad you shouldn't bother with them. the most important aspect in my case was to configure the ESCs because in my case they were desyncing and cause some weired yaw twitches.

saerdna02   Feb 17, 2020  

Hey. I would like to know how you tuned that thing. Would you mind sharing your pid´s?

d'jazz.fpv   Aug 12, 2019  

Great job on this build.
Could you share the STL of your tail for the 2 antennas (RX + VTX) ?

painfpv   Aug 29, 2019 

sry, I don't have it. a shop did it for me.

d'jazz.fpv   Aug 29, 2019 

Hi
Which shop ? The rear mount for antennas is very interesting

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