2.5" Eclair Lite

By chopsfpv on Jun 29, 2018

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My newest 2.5 inch build and definitely my cleanest. I've built a bunch of other micros but never found a frame I liked until I got the eclair. Hoping to maiden this weekend and glad to finally fly a micro with a decent camera.

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Part List

Frame	AirBlade Eclair V2 3-inch LITE and PRO 3K Carbon Fiber Frame Kit3 inch LITE (19 builds) Airbladeuav.com	$24.99
Flight Controller	EMAX Mini Magnum Tower System (F3 FC, 12A 4in1 ESC) 20x20 Stack/Combo (14 builds) Racedayquads.com	$45.99
Motors	4 x EMAX RS1106 II 6000Kv Micro Motor (35 builds) Racedayquads.com	$51.96
Propellers	10 Pairs KINGKONG/LDARC 2840 2.8X4 CW CCW 3-blade Propeller 1.5mm Mounting Hole for RC FPV Racing Drone (5 builds) Banggood.com	$5.05
FPV Camera	RunCam Micro Swift FPV Camera CCD (192 builds) Airbladeuav.com	$30.99
FPV Transmitter	AKK Nano 2 VTX with Smart Audio - 25/50/100/200mw (14 builds) Racedayquads.com	$14.99
Receiver	Frsky XM+ Micro D16 SBUS Full Range Mini Receiver Up to 16CH for RC FPV Racing Drone Banggood.com	$13.69
Batteries	Tattu 450mAh 7.4V 75C 2S1P Lipo Battery Pack with XT30 plug - Long Size (8 builds) Flexrc.com	$7.22

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UptiltFPV Mar 10, 2019

LOVE airblade products man. I run the Eclair V2 3 inch version with 3600kv motors and the hglrc F428 stack and it is my favourite freestyle quad in my fleet... I have 3 x 5" quads that all fly awesome but for some reason I never have as much fun as I do with the Eclair 3".... Long flight times, plenty of punch and just feels great in the air... Also Im not sure this is intentional but the carbon seems to be more flexible than others Ive seen... most people would look at this as a bad thing but with micros one of the biggest problems is "model resonance", or the frequncy at which the whole machine vibrates at. WIth the softer carbon it seems to absorb those high frequency oscillations and I got away without soft mounting anything and I have zero jello or prop-wash

Jodie Froster Jun 29, 2018

Very clean build! Hate to say it, but you handled all the fitment SO well that the yellow/orange/red not matching really jumps out :/ Still looks very symmetrical and tidy, I have to assume she flys like a dream :)

chopsfpv Jun 30, 2018

Haha thanks for the comment! I actually didn't have much choice over the color scheme. These were just the colors that I had at hand or that I received by shipment. I did a test hover and it all went smooth so hopefully i get to test it out soon!

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