Acrobrat vista

By Waffles on Jan 25, 2020

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Updated acrobrat to caddx vista.. running gnb 850 4s and 6s xt60's.. crossfire nano with immortal V setup.

Update (02/27/2020), Too heavy with xt60 and 850mah 4s/6s, switched to xt30 650mah 4s (-47.8 grams/15%)

update.. 05/24/2020, swapped esc to aikon and flight controller to matek f722 mini.

update... 08/14/2020, Axii antenna swap, moved the cap to the batt connect. Was getting a weird vibration around mid throttle (sounded like vibrating change, idk) After dampening questionable wires.. it got a lot better but sometimes I can still hear some randomness. Could be tripping, flies fine on 4s. On 6s it completely freaks out, maybe it's the FC or ESC, my iflight stacks didn't have this issue.

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Part List

Frame

Acrobrat Duo 3 (12 builds)
Ummagawd.com
$45.00

Flight Controller

20x20 Mini Drone Stacks/Combos for - RaceDayQuads (25 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$89.99

Motors

4 x T-Motor F1507 V1 2700KV/3800KV Motor (14 builds)
Getfpv.com
$79.96

FPV Camera

Caddx Vista Camera and Transmitter for DJI HD FPV - RMRC (208 builds)
Readymaderc.com
$165.00

Receiver

TBS Crossfire Nano Rx - FPV LONG RANGE DRONE RECEIVER (1498 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$24.95

Batteries

Gaoneng GNB 14.8V 850mAh 4s 80/160C Lipo Battery for RC Drone (11 builds)
Banggood.com
$20.80

Radio Module

TBS Crossfire TX (15 builds)
Rc-innovations.es
$229.91
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snick8467   Sep 07, 2020  
1

thank you so much for posting your rates. I'm new to tuning, and this helped alot. i'm about to go fly a pack and see how it works out. ty again!

Waffles   Sep 08, 2020 

Hope it helps, let me know how it goes!

snick8467   Sep 11, 2020 

i'm still struggling. hoping to get you tomorrow for more flights. seems very jittery/erratic. lots of jello on my cam (runcam hybrid). not using dji, so half your build is different than mine. probably impacts much of the tune

Geo502   Jun 17, 2020  
1

i threw the vista in Tommy's orginal frame and all seems well. currently running 1408 motors, it feels sluggish and a bit heavy so its not very agile. Its good for cinematic and exploring but i want it to fly more like my 5inch. Do you think that the 1500 series motors would help this much? what props have you found best for your build?

Waffles   Jun 18, 2020 

I have tried HQ 2.9 x 2.9 x 4 and the gemfan 3052, I think the gemfans have more thrust but running 6s makes a big difference. Not sure if there are 1408 motors that run 6s but the 1507 flat rats or tmotors at 2700kv are legit with a 650mah 6s.

aero528   Mar 04, 2020  

Hows it fly? I just built a duo with the t motor 1507s, and am having trouble tuning it. Did you have to tune it much?

Waffles   Mar 04, 2020 

I like the way it flies now that it's lighter and slightly slower rates (started 1.9). Really wanted to get under 250 grams, but that's only happening if I use a 450mah 4s.. I attached my rates and tune in the pictures.

Edit: Thought I was getting short flight times, but my voltage scale was off...

aero528   Mar 04, 2020 

Thanks, thats super helpful! My build will get me to ~245g with an 850 4S, which seems the sweet spot. Having some voltage sag on the 1500 4s I ran, but I think it was just too heavy/old battery.

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