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Throughout the past year, I have been flying quads with AUWs (w/o battery) of 370 grams and above for races. With quads that heavy, I was easily beaten by other local pilots in recent race meets. As Asia Drone Championship 2018 (ADC'18) is coming up soon, this was the perfect time to jump into a lightweight, powerful quad, allowing me to become just a little more competent for ADC'18.
The build is based on FlightClub's PROton (5" Race, Skeleton Type), a frame that has certain innovative features such as the Nucleus Plate, made of 6061 Aluminium that has independent screw holes for electronics stack (butter mounts support) and arms (threaded) which allows for quick swapping of arms, and removes the need for press nuts which I feel affects the durability of most frames utilizing them. The frame also comes with 3D printed accessories for mounting both RX and TX antennas, and also a micro-sized FPV camera, which help clean out the build very nicely.
This build features some of the latest components currently available. For instance, the new MMCX version of the TBS Unify Pro HV Race from Team Black Sheep, Racewires paired with Racelite LEDs from WhitenoiseFPV and Tiny's LEDs, An updated version of the Micro Predator (V2) from Foxeer, and lastly, the brand new Tachyon Race Spec 2306 2650kV motors from iFlightRC.
The build process was smooth, and was one of the fastest builds I've ever attempted, thanks to the simplicity of setting up the Sunrise Siskin 30A 4-In-1 ESC w/ F4 Flight Controller used in this build. This has also got to be one of the cleanest builds I've ever done, due to the minimal amount of wires and soldering points, perhaps?
I will be taking it out for its maiden flight soon, the DVR recording of which will be uploaded. In the mean time, here are some build photos for your viewing pleasure.
Happy flying!
W.Y. FPV
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Love FPV FlightClub.... can't wait to do my 5" and 6" build. Nice build and thanks for sharing!
I have a question about the Racewire and the arms. First, are these the race arms or the practice arms? I want to run Racewire too but I want to make sure there is no overhang of the Racewire on the race arms (meaning if the Racewire is wider than the arms), otherwise, I'll order the practice arms.
The arms' width are just slightly wider than that of the Racewires, so side impacts wouldn't hit them directly. Not to worry there.
I had originally wanted to get the Neutron rather than the PROton, but it hasn't been released at the time. Hopefully you'd do a build post of your Neutron?
I only have the luxury of building a new quad every few months, and it's almost time for another. All the parts have just come in only the other day, stay tuned!
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