Background Story:
I took me almost a year before starting this build. All the parts were sitting and waiting to be built but not enough time. So here it is, the FlexRC 3" Ascent long range with TBS Crossfire, Runcam Split Micro, and up to 800mw of VTX power using the TBS Unify v3. I waited so long that the frame and hardware has been outdated. They do not even make this frame anymore because they update the design to HD or Lite version. Even the Runcam released a Micro 2 and a new player named Caddx joined the fun with the Turtle (the Turtle v2 is out already too). And finially RotorX came out with a version 2 of the 1404 motors.
The main reason why I was not motivated to build this quad is because of the problems I hear and saw with the Runcam Split. When I first bought this frame, it was designed for the original Split (because the Split 2 and micro was not even out yet). I lost confidence with the Split when it froze midflight and it lost all FPV video. It also did the same (many times) for a friend. How can I trust something that does that on a long-range quad?
Recently I finished building an Airblade Eclair 3” Lite and I forgot how fun it was to fly a smaller quad. I also saw a few videos of people mounted HD cameras on a Tiny Whoop and I built one of those too. Now I wanted a small HD quad that can get long flight times. That is why the FlexRC Ascent project jump to the front of the building queue.

The Build:
I stated with the motors first. I was debating if I wanted to use the wire mesh covers like I did on the Eclair Lite build. I really liked how it turned out, so I did it again for this build, but this time I picked orange (I did not have a choice, orange is the only color I had). This frame supports bought 30.5 and 20mm stack but I want to keep this thing as light as possible, so I used whatever I have and that happens to be the HGLRC 428 stack.
I had a slight issue with the HGLRC 428 and RunCam Split mini stacking on each other because the 2 USB ports would touch, so I increased the space between the 2 boards by adding an extra nut. Because the 2 boards are further apart, I was able to stuff the TBS Nano RX in there. At the top of the stack is the TBS Unify VTX. I just double side taped the VTX to a 20x20 Carbon Fiber plate (I took it for my Armattan Bumper frame).
The TX antenna is standard one it came with and I ran it along some zip tie and heat shrunk it. I like using this method because it will be lighter than using and Immortal T. Plus, I would need some special mount if I wanted to use the Immortal T properly. Do not be fooled by the cheap price tag on the Realacc UXII Stubby antenna because it is awesome, and it only weighs 1.78g.
I was being weight conscious on this build, so I did not want to add any unnecessary weight. Unless I really needed it, I did not use any TPU motors dampeners, backpack, or arm guards.

Test Flight:
With no tuning and just stock Butterflight PIDs/Rates it flew great (but still needs some tuning to get rid of the prop wash). I tried using 3 different lipos and I am sad to admit that my favorite choice is the Tattu 650mah 75c 4s (69g). The other 2 lipos I tried are Tattu 850mah 75c 4s (103g) and RDQ 650mah 80c (80g).

Update: Jun 23, 2019 - Caddx Tarsier:
Swapped out the Runcam Split v1 for a Caddx Tarsier. I thought the Camera was defective because I was not able to get anything to work. The first problem is that is was not recording. Then I tired to use the phone app to check out the setting on the camera. I am able to connect to its WIFI but the app will not communicate with it. So, I end up using an iPad and that worked. When I was using the app, I notice that the SD was not working. I tried 6 different cards and formatted it differently.... none of them worked. According to Caddx’s website I need to format the card to FAT32 (64K) and it must have a U3 speed rating. Long story short, I used the Tarsier camera to format the card and it worked.