Moongoat- TOO THE MOON!
By CloslaRoche on May 30, 2021
Diamond hands baby, taking GoatCoin TO THE MOON!
This was my first build ever, this is about the final iteration as I experimented with motors, stacks, RC links and tuning. The frame is fantastic, really takes a beating and has very little vibrations present in the blackbox logs. The S4 props are for 4s use, P3s are for 6s. The 1900kv motors allow me to do both reasonably well, and I have a 80% throttle cut on my radio for 6S use. Braiding 5" motor wires is hard, but man it looks so classy. Also makes cutting a wire less likely as theres no wires outside of the frame that can get caught on something during a crash.
I made my own arm pads, gopro mounts and antenna mounts for it as well.
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Great build! Just curious do you prefer this frame or your Glide? I wanted this frame but waited several months for it to come off backorder. Finally gave up and ordered another Glide instead. I see that they are back in stock and was wondering if they are worth it?
Good question. Hard to say since they fly so differently. They're about the same AUW with a Session 5, but the Glide's motors are slightly heavier and have a ton more power. The Glide is a true-X versus the Moongoat is a squished-X. The Glide is definitely smoother but it flies a little more relaxed? You have to plan out your line a bit more with it. The Moongoat is very agile and feels like a much smaller quad than it is. Its pretty responsive in pitch due to the squished X layout. When I go for gaps and dives I feel like I have more room for error with the Moongoat. The Moongoat is also a physically smaller quad in all dimensions.
You can see here the Glide is just naturally smooth. I'm flying the Glide from 0:00 to 3:13. I'm flying the Moongoat from 3:13 onward and you can see its a little more agile.
Cool video. That looks like an amazing spot to fly. Interesting that your Glide flys loose. Are you running Betaflight? Default PIDs? Both of my Glides are very tight and locked fliers. That is what I like so much about them compared to my other 5" rigs. Thanks for the comparison between the two. The
Yea I'm only on defaults thus far. Its not "loose", its very much locked in but it just feels like it has more momentum and you have to take advantage of that in your flying.
Gotcha. Mine are both pretty light builds so they dont carry alot of momentum. I have a big heavy Rooster build for that.