QAV-R 6" Mid Range

By dubhouze on Jul 26, 2019

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The frame is the QAV-R with 6" arms. The QAV-R (1) is NOT slammed as listed.

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morsha   Oct 02, 2019  

how long do you fly? using 2200 5s right?

dubhouze   Oct 02, 2019 

I fly fast so typically I'll get 5 minute flight times. Max range is about 2 miles.

Jodie Froster   Jul 26, 2019  

It looks like your vtx is grounded to your frame at the SMA connector

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Jodie Froster   Jul 27, 2019 

I have seen a lot of builds, with that connection grounded, experience a lot of video noise. The fix ended up being: insulating the SMA connector there where it mounts to the frame. Have you ever experienced any of that?

dubhouze   Jul 27, 2019 

No noise problems at all with this build. It's probably the RDQ Mach VTX's. They are well built.

Jodie Froster   Jul 28, 2019 

Interesting. I'll check that out.

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