Big Black Droner meets Crossfire'd Xlite

By terranmetal on Jul 08, 2018

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My newest build with massive droner. This frame is awesome because it is so easy to build and incredibly strong. I'm amazed how well thought out it is and even has enough space for a 4 stack build like mine! The front and rear braces have been through dozens of hard crashes and the frame has held up great.

This FC and ESC combo will need some mods on the 8pin connector because its not a direct fit, if given the choice I would try Ori32 esc since I heard that combination is a direct fit.

The FC is amazing, video is very clean with lots of UARTS (4), I've got Smartaudio and Runcam split controls working well together.

As for the crossfire micro xlite, you can buy some pin connectors and jumpers like I did, print out the holder, https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2975434 and then just pair the jumper cables into the crossfire as shown. http://racefpv.eu/blog/2018-05-30-crossfire-on-the-frsky-x-lite/. You also will have to bind the crossfire micro first (You would need to use Frsky x9d to do that).

Overall, this is a very efficient build with 6 minute flight times, and motors run pretty quiet. It's a perfect park and long distance flier.

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Part List

Frame	MORE Massive Droner 3 inch (28 builds) Catalystmachineworks.com	$46.99
Flight Controller	Airbot OMNIBUS F4 Nano V6 with LC Filter 20x20 Flight Controller (5 builds) Airbladeuav.com	$30.99
ESCs	Spedix GS25 25A 4-in-1 2-4s BLHeli_32 DShot ESC (7 builds) Airbladeuav.com	$44.99
Motors	4 x AirBlade Superman AB 1404 Toothpick 3/4 inch Brushless Motors (58 builds) Airbladeuav.com	$63.96
Propellers	RotorX Triblade RX 3044TX Props (3CW, 3CCW) (32 builds) Airbladeuav.com	$2.49
FPV Camera	RunCam Split Mini FPV Camera / HD 1080P 60 FPS Recorder (57 builds) Getfpv.com	$79.99
FPV Transmitter	TBS Unify Pro 5G8 V3 (SMA) (197 builds) Getfpv.com	See Site
Antenna	Lumenier AXII U.FL 5.8GHz Antenna (RHCP) (148 builds) Getfpv.com	$14.99
Receiver	TBS CROSSFIRE NANO RX (SE) - FPV LONG RANGE DRONE RECEIVER (412 builds) Team-blacksheep.com	$29.95
Batteries	AirBlade Premium 700mAh 4S 14.8V 75C XT30 by Bonka (5 builds) Airbladeuav.com	$17.99
Misc Parts	HGLRC Super Mini 1.38g WS2812 Colorful LED w/ 5V Active Alarm Buzzer Support Cleanflight Betaflight (19 builds) Banggood.com	$3.24
Misc Parts	Stikit Skin Full Wrap - (Massive Droner 3") - DROP SHIPPED ITEM Catalystmachineworks.com	$14.99

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Discussion

ghostface Aug 20, 2018

Nice one! Flight videos please :) ?

gottjas Jul 09, 2018

Nice build! I'm considering the same frame/motor combo. I like the long flight times, but do the motors have enough pep for acro flying? Do you know the thrust to weight ratio? Thanks.

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