Tootheless (XL7)

By kisselcj@gmail.com on Mar 02, 2020

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Toothless is my first 7" build. Wanted to accomplish a Mid-Long Range Build with GPS, Rescue Mode, LEDs and a long flight time.
Was going to be my first crossfire quad but went with trying the Frsky Rx6R instead.

LED Switch -


Second Flight -

First Flight Log:

  1. The motors would only start to spin until given about 10% or more on the throttle stick.
  2. Drone would spaz out when going trying to do flips or rolls.
  3. The RX would cut out at about 20-30 feet away in an open field.
  4. No hot motors.
  5. Really good video feed.

Corrections:
Swapped the antennas out on the original RX4R, did little to nothing. Then did a swap on the RX4R to an RX6R (same receiver basically the 6R just has more PINS). That fixed the constant failsafes.
Changed the ESC protocol from Oneshot to Multishot. Dont know if this made any difference.
Moved the weight of the throttle down from 100% to about 92% to adjust the starting throttle. Then I went into Betaflight and moved the minimum ARM value from the default 1050 to 1100.
Now when I armed the quad the motors would spin right away but so slow that I am able to stop it without much force. This would keep the motors spinning while doing flips and also fixed the flip and roll spaz it was doing before.

Second Flight:

  1. Much better control the entire time.
  2. RSSI stayed at about 92-96 % the entire time in the park.
  3. Got a little over 5 minutes on both a 5S 1300mah and 5S 1800mah.
  4. No hot motors.

Currently working on Improvements:

  1. Get Rescue Mode to work.
  2. Test longer range
  3. Upgrade now to 4.1.1 or later.
  4. Then start to Tune for improved flight times.

Photos

Part List

Frame

iFlight XL7 V4 Long Range 7" Frame (11 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$45.99

Flight Controller

Matek System F722-SE F7 Dual Gryo Flight Controller w/ OSD BEC Current Sensor Black Box for RC Drone (78 builds)
Banggood.com
$49.16

ESCs

4 x EMAX BLHELI_S Bullet Series 35A 3-6S ESC 6.3g Support Onshot42 Multishot (2 builds)
Emaxmodel.com
$47.96

Motors

4 x DYS SunFun 2207 1750KV 4-5S Brushless Motor
Newbeedrone.com
$31.96

Propellers

HQ Prop Durable 7x4x3 Tri-Blade 7" Prop 4 Pack - Grey (21 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$3.99

FPV Camera

Mini FPV Drone Cameras for - RaceDayQuads (33 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$44.90

FPV Transmitter

AKK FX2 30x30 25-800mW 5.8GHz VTX - MMCX (30 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$21.99

Antenna

15cm FOXEER PAGODA PRO ANTENNA FOR LONG RANGE FPV- RHCP SMA (1 Pc.) (16 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$9.99

Receiver

TBS Crossfire Diversity Nano RX (15 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

Batteries

RDQ Series 18.5V 5S 1300mAh 100C LiPo Battery - XT60 (13 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$28.49

Radio

LATEST Jumper 2020 T16 PRO Type-C Charge and Folding Handle OPENTX Radio Transmitter PRIORITY US SHIPPING INCLUDED (23 builds)
Heli-nation.com
$169.99

3D Printed

Custom 3D Printing (3 builds)
Racedayquads.com
See Site

HD Camera

Insta360 GO Stabilized Camera FlowState Stabilization Mount Anywhere Hands Free Auto Edit Water Resistant Slow-mo Sport Action V (2 builds)
Amazon.com
$289.00

HD Camera

GoPro Session (62 builds)
Getfpv.com
$149.99

Hardware

Tools for FPV (57 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$6.95

Hardware

2204 2205 2206 Motor Protect Landing Gear Protection Seat for 220 250 280 Frame Kit for RC Drone FPV Racing
Usa.banggood.com
$2.65

Misc Parts

2 PCS Reptile 5V RGB5050 3 Bit LED Strip Light Red & Green Keep Bright for RC Drone FPV Racing
Usa.banggood.com
$3.48

Misc Parts

RDQ Micro M8N GLONASS GPS Module (72 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$15.99

Misc Parts

JHE42B 110DBI Finder Buzzer Built-in Battery with LED Light for RC Drone F3 F4 F7 Flight Controller (6 builds)
Banggood.com
$11.99

Video Receiver

Furious True-D Diversity Receiver Module 5.8GHz System V3 Firmware 3.9 (30 builds)
Getfpv.com
$62.99
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