Hildabeast 570mm 14" Prototype #1

By Charles Hidalgo on Aug 18, 2018

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One more vision that slowly in collaboration with Stefan van der Ende is becoming a flying reality. Meet the Hildabeast! A 570mm quad swinging 14" props that does 100mph+ on a 6s lipo.

I've been flying one thing or another since the late 80's but until your holding this, see it in person, or hear it do a 100+ mph overhead flyby it's very hard to describe it. The Hildabeast is definitely a different creature. I'm hoping to get more testing done ASAP but for now here's a few photos including a 5" size comparison.

More to come but I consider this a successful maiden on unbalanced props and a first basic tune. Cruising half throttle st 60 mph pulling around 40 amps and topped out at 108 mph pulling 186 amps. Another nice collaboration with Stefan van der Ende and Stand-In Quad Designs.

Price is to be determined at a later date.

HILDABEAST after a bit of tuning. It's coming along.

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Part List

Frame

Stand-in quad design (2 builds)
Facebook.com
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Flight Controller

Matek F405-CTR 30x30 Flight Controller (34 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$39.99

ESCs

4 x Lumenier 51A BLHeli_32 32bit 2-6S w/ Telemetry (4 builds)
Getfpv.com
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Motors

4 x BrotherHobby Tornado 4215 T7 680KV Long Shaft 6-8S Brushless Motor (2 builds)
Directvoltage.com
$359.96

Propellers

4 x E-PROP Propeller 14 X 8 Bore 8mm
Graupnerusa.com
$35.96

FPV Camera

Foxeer Predator V2 Mini Camera 1000TVL Super WDR FPV OSD 1.8mm NTSC (106 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$29.99

FPV Transmitter

TBS UNIFY PRO 5G8 HV(SMA) (596 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$49.95

Antenna

TrueRC AXII SMA 5.8 Long (3 builds)
Multicopterbuilders.com
$19.99

Receiver

TBS Crossfire Micro Receiver V2 (287 builds)
Getfpv.com
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Batteries

3300mAh 6S 22.2V Elite 55C LiPo Battery
Chiefaircraft.com
$107.99

Radio

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

YI Action Camera 1080P Lime Green White Black 16MP Full HD 155 degree Ultra-wide Angle Sports Mini Camera (Green/China/Camera On (3 builds)
Amazon.com
$95.00

HD Camera

Gopro HERO 3+ Camera Black Edition Camera Camcorder CHDHX-302 (3 builds)
$9.00

HD Camera

Gopro HERO 3+ Camera Black Edition Camera Camcorder CHDHX-302 (3 builds)
Ebay.com
$84.99

HD Camera

Adorama
Adorama.com
$70.00

HD Camera

OlympusM.Zuiko Digital ED 12mm f/2 Lens (Black) (2 builds)
Bhphotovideo.com
$649.00

HD Camera

GoPro HERO4 Black Edition 4K Action Camera Camcorder 32GB Bundle 10 - Newegg.com (5 builds)
Newegg.com
$277.99

HD Camera

GoPro HERO5 Session (303 builds)
Getfpv.com
$199.99
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Charles Hidalgo   Feb 17, 2019  

With the announcment of the new Beast Class racing (10-13" prop based frames) I would like to remind everyone that the Hildagard 395mm 10", Hildabeast 570mm 14" , and the just announced Hildahex 528mm 10" (price soon to be announced) can be found for purchase as always at https://shop.almondracing.com/ and http://charleshidalgo.com/contact/

Chinese New Year has slowed things down a bit but things are starting up again and will be back in stock and back to normal very soon. Orders can be placed at anytime though and are DHL Worldwide Express 5 day shipping to your door with all hardware included.

You can contact Stefan van der Ende or myself also for any questions or head on over to https://www.facebook.com/groups/standinquaddesign/ or https://www.facebook.com/groups/380148546148387/ for more information and discussion.

Thank you for all the support. 2018 was quit a ride with some groundbreaking results and with the 2019 announcement of Beast Class racing the Hildagard, Hildabeast, Hildahex, Nasty 405 and others might be just what you are looking for. Many customers are flying and have been flying these frames since as early as February of 2018 in several countries and continents all around the globe.

Thank you

Charles Hidalgo

jpsayer@gmail.com   Nov 06, 2018  

What kind of flight times are you getting with that set-up? I absolutely love that frame, It must look pretty wild flying over due to its size and at speeds it can run!

Charles Hidalgo   Nov 06, 2018 

it depends of course. if i just hammer on it freestyke etc I get about 4 min max with a 3300mah 6s pack.. The same pack cruising long range can get around 7 minutes. disl packs on the bottom can get quite a bit more.

mrcasey69   Aug 29, 2018  

I see in some photos of this build you have the 14" Graupners, and it others you have some (I believe) Master Airscrew 3 blades. What are the specs on the 3 blades? How do they compare to the 2 blade Graupners in terms of smoothness, amp draw, etc. I am piecieng together everything for this build and noticed everybody is out of stock of the Graupners right now. Looking for an alternative for now.

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Charles Hidalgo   Aug 29, 2018 

id call them.

mrcasey69   Aug 29, 2018 

Thanks for the help. Will do.

Charles Hidalgo   Aug 29, 2018 
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They are eal nice and helpful. You will also need 8mm to 6mm hub adapters.

Etolier   Aug 18, 2018  

This is awesome. Curious if you have tried using Plasmatree for tuning information on the larger setups - I'm definitely excited to tune a 10" soon.

Charles Hidalgo   Aug 29, 2018 
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Booda3000   Aug 18, 2018  

Another awesome build!

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