After starting with Micros...building my first 3"...and then getting into 5"...I realized I had to build a 7" too. That's how it works right? In all seriousness I sometimes get to fly in really huge open spaces, so i wanted to build something that could cover a little more ground. I didn't really realize I was diving into a deep new Long Range rabbit hole...but it helps that for now I've kept it pretty mellow and haven't gone past 2 miles out.
Issues with the build...I had a long week troubleshooting an arming issue which ended up being due to the Camera losing 5V upon arming because the LED/buzzer tailight was pulling too much voltage. I ended up just losing the tailight/buzzer and adding a ViFly free standing module. Other than that the tuning was a little tricky so still running 3.5.7, but everything went together great.
I started with a 3300mah 75C pyro pack. I flew that for maybe five cycles and then I picked up two new 5000mah 40c cnhl black packs, so now I have three packs total. I can really let loose with the 75C 3300mah Pyropack (love it, minus the price) but I found I had to stay pretty mellow on the throttle with the 5000's to avoid sagging (running 2408.5 1622kv). Either way glad to be able to fly a little longer!
Here's an edit from my first time out flying the 3 big packs. I love this thing! Definitely weird getting used to the 35 degree cam angle but it's so fast you need it. I also have a little cable to connect two batteries, so if I smash my 5" quad and still have 6S packs left over I just strap them to this thing and rip it!
FR7 V5
Hyperlite 2408.5 1622kv motors
Brain Radix FC
Hobbywing 60amp ESC
TBS Unify Pro32 VTX
Foxeer Falkor 2
Crossfire TX/ Diversity RX
True RC long Singularity Antenna
Matek SAM-M8Q GPS
HQ prop 7x4x3 prop
Gopro Hero 8 + ND
3300mah 6S 75C
5000mah 6S 40C
Taranis X9 Lite + Crossfire tx lite
HDO2 + Rapidfire
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Wow, I fly all the time in Tujunga. searching up 7 inch motors, been flying mid range with my 5 inch and want to stretch my legs a bit more. Nice build and flying.
Nice! Yeah it's fun finding spots up there off the 2. I could probably do most of this with the 5", but the 7" has a cruising speed of 50-70mph and that's just awesome. The 5" feels like a toothpick compared to this thing! Find me on instagram @daverips_ if you ever want to fly, I'm always looking for people to fly with!
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Hey I'm running the taranis x9 lite too!! How did you mount the full sized crossfire to it? Any pictures? I'm considering if i should do that or not
Nice, yeah I love that thing, pretty compact but not controller style. I don't have any pics from my build but I followed the info from this page: http://racefpv.eu/blog/2018-05-30-crossfire-on-the-frsky-x-lite/ (Xlite is pretty much the same as X9 lite internally) Then I just velcroed the tx to the back! So slim the antenna fits under the handle. No issues since I soldered it up a few months ago.
So you're running the tx straight off the 18650 internal bats?? how has battery life been if your running 1-2wats though?
I never run over 100mw off the internal batts, though i have used 500mw for shorter periods of time. If Im blasting 500mw, 1w or 2w I use a small 3S 850 lipo.