4inch still alive

By jbman on Jun 22, 2019

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The frames from iflight have a really good quality and 4 inch was on sale. A lightweight 4 inch frame on 4S can be fun ☺. It is 210g AUW with flight time of 5-6 minutes.
The Caddx Freestyle cam did not fit in the iflight frame by default. I used other standoffs (and had to hone down a bit from the standoffs to make room for the cam.
The initial carbon 4028 props were ok for cruising, but I switched to light 3545 bullnose props which give more punch.

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TaterrsFPV   Jul 02, 2019  

Gotta love the Iflight frames!!!!

thumbtwiddler   Jun 22, 2019  

nice build! how'd the carbon props turn out, I don't see em used that much because they are so expensive

jbman   Jun 23, 2019 
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They look good, but the pitch was to low. The cheap bullnose gave more FPV fun.

IcarusIX   Jun 23, 2019  

ooooh I've been looking for a build with those 4 inch props, how are they? and even if its a really light and low pitch prop, that isnt the torque-iest of motors and with that kv and 4s, im not surprised the punch on them wasnt great

jbman   Jun 23, 2019 

The carbon props were quieter. Beside that they loog good/black but that's it 😉

fovea   Jun 22, 2019  
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beautyfull 4inch - 4inch is still the best propsize over all :-)

fovea   Jun 22, 2019  

beautyfull 4inch - 4inch is still the best propsize over all :-)

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