Fpvcycle Glide

By Brownie10000 on Oct 22, 2021

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Welcome

this is my glide build number 3 and the nicest of the lot.
1x is build from old parts and is the beater as such
1x is nearly identical to this build bar on eco2 motors
1x is setup on cineglide dead cat arms

overall the fpvcycle glide is my favourite frame, its a light and strong frame just dont weigh it down, as you can see im sub 600g mind you the batteries are 170g and the runcam 5 orange is a bit lighter than a session, but theres no unnessesary tpu and no extra parts, they fly very well and crash suprisingly well too.
I run all steel hardware but i onky run 3x bolts in each motor, the tape on the motor wires is electrical loom builders tape its got a fibre type construction and is super durable with prop strikes, also just some foam landing pads cut down ad ziptied to the arms with the wires take care of all that.
The antenna inspiration comes from ciottifpv its just a tpu antenna tube holder with some heatshrink and a ziptie inside the shrink wedged into the antenna tube holder. super super durable with crashing/ rolling, I heatshink the vtx well to keep the ufl on but have never ripped an antenna out yet.

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Part List

Frame

FPVCycle Glide - 5" Frame (61 builds)
Fpvcycle.com
$21.00

Flight Controller

Aikon F7 Mini V3 20x20 BMI270 Flight Controller (6 builds)
Phaserfpv.com.au
See Site

ESCs

Aikon AK32PRO 4in1 20x20 50A 6S ESC (With Heatsink)
Phaserfpv.com.au
See Site

Motors

4 x iFlight Xing 2 2306 FPV Motor 1755Kv/2555Kv (2 builds)
Phaserfpv.com.au
See Site

Propellers

Gemfan 51433 Tri-Blade 5" Props (2CW + 2 CCW) (12 builds)
Fpvcycle.com
$0.99

FPV Camera

Foxeer Toothless 2 Nano 1200TVL CMOS 4:3/16:9 PAL/NTSC FPV Camera (1.8mm) - Choose Your Color (17 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$29.90

FPV Transmitter

ImmersionRC Tramp 2-6S HV 25-600mW 5.8GHz VTX (US Version) - U.FL (52 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$29.99

Antenna

TBS Triumph Pro 5.8GHz FPV Antenna RHCP (U.FL) (12 builds)
Getfpv.com
$19.99

Receiver

TBS Crossfire Nano RX w/ Micro Receiver Antenna (915mhz) (1502 builds)
Phaserfpv.com.au
See Site

Batteries

BIGDADDYFPV 1050MAH V2 6S 100C LIPO BATTERY PACK
Nextfpv.com.au
See Site

Radio

TBS Tango 2 PRO FPV RC Radio Controller (106 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

Goggles

Walksnail Avatar HD FPV Goggles (8 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$558.99

HD Camera

RunCam 5 Orange 12MP 4:3 145°FOV 56g Ultra-light 4K HD FPV Camera for RC Drone (22 builds)
Banggood.com
$102.49

Misc Parts

Ummagawd UMMAGRIP LITE Universal Super Sticky Battery PadDefault Title (28 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$4.59

Battery Charger

HOTA D6 Pro Charger AC/DC Dual Channel (3 builds)
Drone-fpv-racer.com
See Site

Soldering Iron

MINI TS100 Digital OLED Programmable Interface DC5525 Soldering Iron Station Built-in STM32 Chip (265 builds)
Banggood.com
$53.99
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