iflight IX3 Lite

3inch frame / props on 4s, this thing screams!
I have built a few 5inch rigs but wanted something smaller to rip around. I live across the road from a school & the 5inch builds are a little too loud there, I haven’t had a noise compliant yet but I’m sure one is coming. So I have downsized to a 3inch.

Frame: So far I’m impressed with this frame from iflight. It’s tight to build with but has stood up to some hard crashes (concrete included). I have mounted the antenna & capacitor with an iflight 3d printed TPU part, which gives a little more room inside.

Motors: These Emax RS1106 / 4500kv motors are great, running them on China Hobby Line / MiniStar 4s / 650mAh batteries, getting around 3.30min flight times with aggressive flying 😊
I have smashed 2x motors when crashing hard onto concrete (but to be expected, frame is fine). I’m using Gemfan 3035 props & they seem to have plenty of thrust with good efficiency.

Flight Controller / ESC: All my 5inch rigs have Matek Flight Controllers & haven’t let me down (I have had a few cheap flight controllers that have failed). So I went for the Matek F411 mini & works great. The ESC is the HAKRC, 15a, 4 in 1, Blheli_S / Dshot600 & seems to handle the 4s at full throttle fine.

VTX / Camera: This Speedybee VTX is fine, the picture signal is good around the school buildings. The Camera is a Foxeer Arrow Micro Pro, cheap but good picture image.

Overall I’m very happy (& so are my neighbours?), this quad flies great & has plenty of power. If I had a compliant, maybe a little more motor protection on the frame, but it’s a lite frame so designed for weight saving.

I have just ordered the Acrobrat frame & looking forward to some HD footage, over & out for now…