The Darkstar (Banggod 5")
By FPV_Alchemy on Oct 10, 2020
This is my first build attempt, took my time and did my research, the photos speak for the whole build. I have added a Gopro 8 Mount (blue) from Catalyst Machineworks (thanks guys, your products rock). The frame has some weight to it but it is really robust. I built this as a cinamatic long-range rig. The Luminer ZIP 2407 POPO motors are very punchy and smooth as butter, and very quiet. I soft mounted the motors and with the iflight dual gyros I had to turn the filtering down so low, running Betaflight 4.2 with RPM filtering in place. Still running stock PID's but the performance is excellent, I have now range tested out 2km running 500mW on Crossfire and 700mW on the Airunit (2 patch antennas on the DJI Goggles), I am sure I can easily double this range. Also added since was a bluetooth module from flywoo for easy tuning (yeah, I am lazy!!!).
- Catalyst Machineworks Banggod 5" Frame
- iFlight SucceX-D F7 TwinG - Dual Gyro flight controller
- iFlight SucceX 60A V2 4in1 32bit BlHeli32 ESC
- DJI Air Unit 1080p record 720p broadcast camera and VTX
- TBS Crossfire Diversity Nano 900 Mhz Long Range Receiver
- Lumenier ZIP 2407 1700kv POPO Pro Motor
- Gemfan Hurrican 51499 popo props
- TBS M8 GPS Glonass module
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are the prints
I think you may be asking where I got the prints from, they are available on Catalyst Machineworks website. They are printed by a third party company and ships separately from other orders