At first I wasn't willing to go through the hassle of thermal paste and E6000 glue (thermal paste between the esc, fc and the aluminum mid plate doubled as heatsink, also between air unit and the aluminum mid plate; E6000 to seal the holes and the TPU skirt, hasn't sealed the skirt yet). But everyday I saw people would post "It's whoop season!" on the internet, I would go "hell no it's not", and my desire to fly through rains and snows is strong enough to push me over the edge. I knew conformal coating is a thing, but this fully closed frame just gives me that extra peace of mind.
Still conformal coated my eletronics though. 200g frame resulted in 800g auw with a hero 7 and a 6s 1100mah. Maidened on a wet morning (but not wet enough), it flies... like a quad.
I used to be a pluviophile until I started flying FPV, now I'm back at praying for a pouring rain and some snowstorms (you whoop season folks don't mind this anyways right?) to fully test out its potential.
11/26/2020 update:
Sealed everything with e6000, it was not as messy as I suspect. I found instead of taking off the whole skirt to put the glue on, it's easier to just loose the standoff screws, and use a precision tip to fill the gap between the skirt and the top/bottom plate. This will help you screw on the skirt as fast as possible, because e6000 do start getting dry just after a couple minutes.
Applied some RainX on camera lenses, flew in some decent rain this morning, no issue.
Frame |
Hydrophobe
(2 builds)
Shendrones.myshopify.com
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$97.00 |
Flight Controller |
20x20 Mini Drone Stacks/Combos for - RaceDayQuads
(25 builds)
Racedayquads.com
|
$89.99 |
Motors |
4 x iFLIGHT XING-E Pro 2207 2-6S Unibell FPV Motor
(28 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
|
$59.96 |
Propellers |
HQ Prop ETHIX S5 5x4x3 Tri-Blade 5" Prop 4 Pack - Light Grey
(80 builds)
Racedayquads.com
|
$3.49 |
FPV Transmitter |
DJI Digital FPV Air Unit - Ultra Low Latency 720p 120FPS Digital HD
Racedayquads.com
|
$179.00 |
Receiver |
TBS Crossfire Nano Rx FPV Long Range Drone Receiver
(1499 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
|
$24.95 |
Would a 30*30 stack fit?
didnt you had no problem? i built my second and still couldnt fly it "hard" to tune it correctly. it would shut down after hard manouvers :(
Wonder how well it flies if you add some float foam, as it's already pretty heavy.
yout base plate is upside down btw, groove bits are supposed to be facing outwards :D
Looks like you used the iFlight SucceX-D Mini F7. That's the one I picked up. I'm curious on how you mounted the ESC. Were the motor pads up? Or were the down? Just curious if it makes a difference as far as heat dissipation.
The motors can get wet without issues, right?
Great looking build! Have one coming next week for winter flying. Do you find the props out setup is effective at reducing water droplets on your camera lens?
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Hi, I've just built my 6 inch hydro there and have been wondering about the FC/ESC overheating. 2 mins into flight I'm getting 70deg+ Core Temp warnings. I have Skystars 55a 20x20 esc with thermal pads underneath it and the base plate. Did you have any issues with the FC overheating at all, or getting temp warnings inflight?