ooops, sorry for late reply. I have moved on from DAL 7056, the quality control is just rubbish, you never get 4 good props in a set, I don't understand why they always come bent on all directions. I'm now using only GemFan 7040 tri-blades, very happy with those.

I'm now flying only 4000mAh Li-Ion 6S batteries and on those I get 14 mins in difficult terrain (high altitude mountains with a lot of elevation changes), in a flat easy flight the flight time should be longer

yep that's an external mic in the clear heatshrink with foam. without the foam it's true just a bad noise and cannot hear the motors. on the old Unify Vtx I also installed the 100nF cap while on the new Unify there is separate line for the audio only, they both work to some extent - when I add the foam it removes much of the noise but also reduces the sound level of the motors and the end result is that I only just hear the motors but not the wind noise (or very little noise). yes then there is still static but that only happens when the signal goes bad, same when you have a video break-up. I also used VTXs with built-in mic and those work little bit better but still need to cover them with foam. what I found to work best are cameras with build-in mics. and btw. it also matters what headsets you use, for example for me Mr Steele bud did not work very well, it was way too sensitive and I was getting lot more wind noise, I'm now using custom made bud by some guy who was offering on FB group, I ordered from him and it works better for me.

thanks for all the info I appreciate it. that 100uf cap what voltage is it rated for? that I cannot figure out. and where to get one? would really help. thanks again for your time.

btw. it's 100nF (not 100uF), I'm in Australia and this is the only one that local shop had in stock (this one is rated to 50V) : https://www.jaycar.com.au/100nf-50vdc-ceramic-capacitors-pack-of-2/p/RC5360

hi thre, thanks for the link, I figure it was going to be a ceramic circle type, didnt expect it to be rated for 50Volts. sorry was just a typo on the 100nf, I appologize. appreicate your help and your time, I hope you have a good sleep. goodnight

those cyclone 7056 props are the best 7inch props, if you get a good sample that is. mine came all bent in all directions so from 5 sets of props I was lucky to pick up 4 props that are good enough to fly, but maybe it was just me unlucky with the package and shipping method. HQ 7035 are not good, very "flexi" and they flatten when you pin them up (high throttle). same goes for Gemfan bi-blades 7042. the only other reasonable prop is HQ bi-blade 7045 but only the carbon version.

mic questioned answered above. in regards to Epic frames - I normally prefer true X, all my other long range quads and all my 5 inch quads are all true-X, regardless I convinvinced myself to try the Epic and was pleasently surprised with the flight characteristics, I now own 3 Epics (5.5, 6 & 7"). my concern was pitch stability in view of the fact that this is wide-X frame, but in fact it's not that wide, the width is only marginally longer than the length, it's actually very stable on the pitch (and it goes without saying it's very stable on the roll as well). the guy who makes these frames will not make true-X nor stretched-X in my opinion. he is a good guy, very helpful and you know this is a small family business, he works from home and has another job. he has no resources to make and support various differrent versions of the frame.

I usually feed the antenna between the battery leads to prevent leads getting tangled in props, probably wouldn't happen anyway with short battery leads, but some batteries come with longer cables.

that looks pretty decent, thanks