Not A Remix

By BmoreDroneService on Jul 29, 2018

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Easily my new favorite frame, GEPRC's KX-5. Well balanced, extremely durable, plenty of room for any type of build, an overall excellent frame that I feel has been overlooked. Also its about 50 bucks cheaper than the Remix.
built in house at
www.baltimoredroneservice.com

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Part List

Frame	GEPRC GEP-KX5 Elegant 243mm FPV Racing RC Drone X Frame Kit 4mm Arm w/ PDB 5V & 12V (3 builds) Banggood.com	$59.90
Flight Controller	DYS F4 Pro V2 Flight Controller (11 builds) Fpvheadquarters.com	$38.20
ESCs	4 x Spedix ES30 HV 3-6S 30A ESCDefault Title (154 builds) Racedayquads.com	$47.80
Motors	4 x DYS Samguk Series Wu 2206 2400KV 2700KV 3-4S Brushless Motor CW for RC Drone FPV Racing (29 builds) Banggood.com	$39.96
Propellers	Gemfan Windancer 5042 5x4.2 Inch PC 3-Blade Propeller 5mm Mounting Hole 2 CW & 2 CCW for RC Drone (6 builds) Banggood.com	$3.30
FPV Camera	RunCam Swift 2 (2.5mm lens) - Orange (411 builds) Getfpv.com	$34.99
FPV Transmitter	Wolfwhoop WT5828S 5.8G 600MW FPV Audio Video Transmitter for Quadcopter (4 builds) Amazon.com	$9.99
Receiver	FrSky XM+ SBUS Mini Receiver (1149 builds) Getfpv.com	See Site

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Discussion

1st8 Jul 30, 2018

Hey,
nice build!
I am looking to build something very similar, although with the KHX Frame (replaceable arms).
Or is the KX5 a better idea?
What do you think about the motors in combination with this frame?
Would you change anything about your build in retrospect?
Cheers!

BmoreDroneService Aug 02, 2018

honestly the non-replacable arms on the kx5 doesnt bother me at all. the truth is the carbon fiber is very strong and its very thick, i believe 5mm, i could be wrong, ill measure it later but unless you failsafe from a hundred feet and land on a motor, i dont think youre gonna break much. i had a few nice wrecks durning tuning and testing and it ate every hit like nothing. i broke a prop and a vtx and still the frame looks like its in perfect condition. onlyt thing i would change is my internal setup and make another one a long range quad. this frame has been great to me so far and i will absolutely build another one soon. next time its gonna be a long range set up and maybe ill try to run the side plates on the next build... looks a little cleaner but they wont fit with my cap installed the way i have it.

Putyah Jul 30, 2018

Cool build. Did you hang the flightcontroller upside down?

BmoreDroneService Aug 02, 2018

no i actually mounted it right side up. it caused some difficulty when soldering it all together but it wasnt too bad.

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