Cotton Candy Cinematic 7"

By Jeffmhopkins on Nov 11, 2018

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My first 7" build, flying 6" or 7" props depending on location.

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Part List

Frame	Cinematic 7 (10 builds) Multicopterbuilders.com	$80.00
Flight Controller	RDQ Bardwell F4 3-6S 30x30 Flight Controller V2 - JBF4 AIO FC w/OSD (148 builds) Racedayquads.com	$34.99
ESCs	4 x RDQ 3-6S 32Bit DShot1200 30A ESC (8 builds) Racedayquads.com	$49.96
Motors	4 x MB Primo 2208 2350kv (10 builds) Multicopterbuilders.com	$75.96
Propellers	Gemfan Flash 6042-3 Tri prop Pirofliprc.com	$3.99
Propellers	DAL T7056C Cyclone Pro Propellers - Crystal Clear (2 builds) Hobbyrc.co.uk	$3.14
FPV Camera	Foxeer Arrow Mini Pro 600TVL CCD FPV Camera w/ OSD (2.5mm or 1.8mm) - Choose Your Color & Lens (16 builds) Racedayquads.com	$21.90
FPV Transmitter	RDQ Mach 3 Video Transmitter 25-1000mW VTX 2-6S - U.FL or MMCX (107 builds) Racedayquads.com	$24.99
Antenna	AXII-SMA (Long) LHCP \| (34 builds) Truerc.ca	$11.99
Receiver	FrSky R9 Slim+ SBUS Long Range 900MHz Receiver (24 builds) Racedayquads.com	$26.99
Batteries	Turnigy Graphene 2200mAh 5S1P 45C Lipo Battery (8 builds) Hobbyking.com	$20.99
Radio	FrSky 2.4G ACCST Taranis Q X7 16 Channels Transmitter Remote Controller Black for RC Drone (193 builds) Amazon.com	$124.39
Goggles	FXT VIPER V2 5.8GHz Diversity FPV Goggles w/ DVR (11 builds) Getfpv.com	$169.99
HD Camera	Runcam 5 - 4K Action Camera (14 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$99.99
HD Camera	GoPro HERO5 Session (199 builds) Getfpv.com	$199.99
Radio Module	FrSky R9M Transmitter Module (58 builds) Racedayquads.com	$34.99
Battery Charger	ISDT Q6 Plus 300W 14A MINI Pocket Battery Balance Charger (54 builds) Banggood.com	$59.99
Soldering Iron	Weller WESD51 Digital Soldering Station (3 builds) Amazon.com	$305.38
Tools	RDQ 9 Piece Drone Racing Tool Kit (7 builds) Racedayquads.com	$19.99
Accessories	TrueRC X2-Air 5.8GHz SMA Receiver Antenna - RHCP or LHCP Racedayquads.com	$59.99
Accessories	MenaceRC 5.8GHz SMA VTX & Receiver Antenna Pack - RHCP Racedayquads.com	$35.99
Accessories	TrueRC True-Mox 915 RC Antenna for R9 or Crossfire - SMA or RP-SMA (2 builds) Racedayquads.com	$19.99

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Discussion

d'jazz.fpv Dec 31, 2019

Hi
I have too many wobbles with the DAL Cyclone 7056C tri-blade. On my last 7" quad (iFlight v3) i had the same issue.
Do you know if the HQPROP DURABLE 7X4.5 is a good propeller pour LongRange ?
When i've got problems, i use to fly with the Emax Avan 6".

Cheese_FPV Mar 21, 2019

Nice build man. Do you have any pics of how you placed the caps on the ESCs? Did you just shrink the wire or wrap the ESC so the wires dont touch it? Im about to do a build with these. thanks

Jeffmhopkins Mar 21, 2019

I recommend doing like I did on my newer build. Short leads to the ESCs, with clear heatshrink over cap and ESC, secured via 3M tape and a zip tie.

Jeffmhopkins Mar 21, 2019

another view

Cheese_FPV Mar 21, 2019

cool thank you... thats exactally what i was thinking. thanks man. Clean builds

MajorRippage Feb 14, 2019

hello i have a question about how you wired the escs. ive only wired non 32bit escs and there is usually just a black and white wire being signal and ground. these escs have pwm and tele pads. did you just not use a ground or did you run 2 ground wires from the esc?

Jeffmhopkins Feb 14, 2019

Even on regular (non 32-bit ESCs) the signal ground wire is usually not needed. It can help a little bit with the analog modes (multishot pwm etc) but dshot really doesn't need it being a digital signal.

So in this case the only ground is the primary ESC ground.

MajorRippage Feb 14, 2019

thank you so much for the information.

pete_oz Jan 11, 2019

how do you like that VTx ? do you get clean video and reasonable range ? how is the audio quality from the microphone ? any dvr footage ? too many questions, hey...

Jeffmhopkins Jan 11, 2019

I've always had great luck with the Mach2, Mach3 is basically the same as far as I can tell.

the Mic is over amplified, cover it with some hot glue :)

Here's some DVR from my goggles (not onboard) with my Mach2.

pete_oz Jan 13, 2019

thanks for that, the footage looks clean. I want to try Mach 3 on my next long range quad. I like the fact it already has a built in mic so no need to mess around with external mic installation, I'm hoping it would have a same range as Unify Pro HV.

Jodie Froster Nov 17, 2018

Sweet rig!

Charles Hidalgo Nov 13, 2018

Nice!

drumdude0 Nov 12, 2018

I see right through the tx..

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