Tehllama Floss2.1 6S Hybrid 2019 Race Season

By tehllama on Mar 01, 2019

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This is the template for my 2019 racing setup. I was able to cobble this together on black friday from ProgressiveRC, Pyrodrone, and some older GetFPV sales. That said, this is the first RotorBuilds upload I've made where cost isn't in the top three for considerations. For me, this setup still stayed under $300, but cloning it without the benefit of black friday sales it would go a ways past that.

The frame is a hybrid (5" front, 6" rear) Floss 2.1 - this is my third such frame after I happend into testing out this setup when I broke an arm at a race and only had a 6" boomerang to throw on the back. After one heat on that setup, that's been my go-to frame layout for the last six months. If this setup is good enough for Evan Turner to dominate at MGP Nationals, it's more than adequate for me. Curiously, this comes in at the same weight (within 2g) as Evan's, and these motors are right around 1850KV, making this a really close clone - which I didn't realize until two weeks after I took this out for a maiden.

Aesthetics were priority #2, so this is rocking a cherry red RIT dyed PHX-3D Canopy, Red CLRacing LEDs, a TinysLED Rainbow panel backlighting the canopy, an extra CJMCU 8-LED panel on the back, and it mostly rides on resplendently red DAL T5046C props (although I also really like how it flies on Gemfan 5149's and 5055's). The pictures here don't do it justice for how good it looks.

The PyroF4/Furling combo is really good for this - I've added the big honking 35V 1000uF capacitor on there, and customized the BLHeli_32 settings (mostly just lowered the ramp-up, set timing to 22deg, and changed the startup tone to the 'Hurry Up Mario' polyphonic one. Really solid so far, but I've only put a dozen packs through this thing.
The VTX Pit Pin I/O works really well on the V2.1 Pyro board as well, I was actually quite surprised at that. I wouldn't bother with this ability on cheaper VTX options, but with a Unify it works really well (cheaper ones will just spray the entire band a full power sometimes) - but the HV Race is a really good value, and I don't see a reason to fly anything else since this isn't a penny-pinching build.

The F60-ProII's are great motors - no surprise. Remarkably smooth and spin really well despite being 8mm OD bearings - they're really 2207.5 stator motors, and clock in closer to 1850KV, but that works exceptionally well on this setup overall. This thing makes for a surprisingly good proximity rig on 4S with 1300mAh batteries and no other changes. Obviously it really shines with a Pulse 6S 1050 or a CNHL 6S 1000/1250mAh pack on there, and it absolutely screams.

This build is getting me results.

I've already posted my best racing result to date, making the A Main at local (BMPR) race first outing this season. The control feel I'm getting are genuinely excellent.

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Part List

Frame

Hyperlite 3mm Bottom Plate For Floss 2.1 (3 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$17.99

Frame

Replacement 6 inch 5mm Arm For Floss 2.1 (3 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$12.99

Frame

Replacement 5" 5mm Arm For Floss 2.1
Pyrodrone.com
$10.99

Frame

TrueRC / Lumenier u.fl AXII "MayDay FPV" Floss V2 Canopy | phoenix3dsolutions (3 builds)
Phx-3d.com
See Site

Flight Controller

Pyrodrone F4OSD-Furling Stack Combo
Pyrodrone.com
$54.99

Motors

T-motor F60 PRO II 1750KV 6S Brushless Motor for RC Multirotor FPV Racing Drone (8 builds)
Taco-rc.com
$26.99

Propellers

DAL T5046C "Cyclone" 3 blade (Set of 4) (391 builds)
Catalystmachineworks.com
$1.99

FPV Camera

Foxeer Predator Micro V4 1000TVL 16:9/4:3 NTSC/PAL CMOS FPV Camera w/ OSD PLUG VERSION - Choose Your Color & Lens (149 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$23.09

FPV Transmitter

TBS UNIFY PRO 5G8 HV - RACE (SMA) (44 builds)
Oashobby.com
$22.24

Antenna

Lumenier AXII U.FL 5.8GHz Antenna (RHCP) (148 builds)
Getfpv.com
$14.99

Receiver

FRSKY R-XSR - S-BUS MICRO RECEIVER (9 builds)
Oashobby.com
$17.39

Batteries

RDQ Series 22.2V 6S 1050mAh 90C LiPo Battery - XT60 (18 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$25.49

Radio

FrSky Taranis QX7 ACCESS 2.4GHz RC Transmitter - Choose Your Color (263 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$129.99

Goggles

Flysight FPV Goggles 5.8Ghz Diverity Video Goggles SPX02 40CH Wireless RC Drone Racing Goggles with HDMI in and PIP Function DJI
Amazon.com
$398.00

Misc Parts

CLRacing Race LED/PCB Wire 4 Pack - Choose Your Color and Size (59 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$4.99

Misc Parts

Ummagrip Universal Sticky Battery Pad (174 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

Video Receiver

ClearView 5.8 Ghz Pro Receiver - ClearView Factory Direct
Clearview-direct.com
$549.95

Radio Module

iRangeX IRX4 Plus 2.4G CC2500 NRF24L01 A7105 CYRF6936 4 IN 1 Multiprotocol STM32 TX Module With Case (5 builds)
Banggood.com
$36.99

Battery Charger

ISDT SC-608 150W 8A MINI Smart LCD Battery Balance Charger AU Warehouse (14 builds)
Banggood.com
$54.27

Soldering Iron

TS100 Portable Programmable Smart Soldering Iron (265 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$58.99

Backpack

RAID Pack II
Atstacticalgear.com
$219.99
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