FlosStyle 5.1" (Leaco/Hyperlite)

By nitram509 on Jan 07, 2023

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Unfortunately, the original FlosStyle by KababFPV is hard to get these days, so I gave Leaco's version/copy a chance.
The first thing I realized with this frame: the 20mm mounting holes in the back are too close on the boomerang arms. Hence, I had to rasp down some carbon, to get the required space for the screw heads.
One more thng which is really difficult to see on pictures and made me close to cry in the end: the front arms have less clearing for the props, compared to the back arms. These are 5.1" props which have 2mm clearing to the frame in the back but only 0.1mm clearing in the front. Let's see how this will behave in the field.
On some pictures you see Dalprop 5.1" foldable props - these are 1mm into the frame - so I had to replace them with Gemfan 51466 ones (the are 1mm shorter).

This build took way longer, compared to my Standar-II 220 Purple, Green, and Red - even if these are all similar looking low-rider-like freestyle frames. There're just 20mm vertical height available, so finding space for all components is a little challenge.

I aimed for low weight and simplicity - e.g. I'm using rather alloy screws instead of steel ones, which I do quite often to save weight. In terms of robustness, I can deal with the implications ;) The ESC is turned by 90 degrees - so I had to re-map the motor pin assignments within Betaflight.

Mounting the ELRS dipol antenna via Kepton tape is an experiment. I hope this lasts long enought - since the antenna itself is very liteweight.

As usual, all solder points are coated with transparent nail top coat, which is dirty cheap and secures the electronics from water (think of e.g. wet gras).

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Part List

Frame

LEACO FlosStyle 245mm Radstand 5 Zoll 5mm Arm Acro Freestyle Rahmen Kit Für RC Modelle Multicopter Motor ESC teil Zubehör
De.aliexpress.com
$76.71

Flight Controller

Heli-Nation Talon F7 Fusion 20X20 Flight Controller
Newbeedrone.com
$54.99

ESCs

Airbot Furling32 4in1 F3 32bit BLHELI ESC 4x45A Unterstützt 3 6 S lipo eingang quadcopter rahmen teile (2 builds)
De.aliexpress.com
$70.00

Motors

iFlight 4pcs XING-E Pro 2207 1800KV Brushless Motor 6S for QAV FPV Racing Drone Quadcopter (9 builds)
Amazon.com
$62.99

Propellers

Gemfan Hurricane MCK Edition V2 51466 Durable Tri-Blade 5" Prop - 2CW+2CCW - Choose Color (7 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$3.29

FPV Camera

Foxeer Toothless 2 Micro 1200TVL 16:9/4:3 PAL/NSTC CMOS Switchable FoV FPV Starlight Camera w/ M12 Lens and 1/2" Sensor (1.7mm) (10 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$39.90

FPV Transmitter

HGLRC Zeus Nano 350mW 16mm/20mm/25.5mm VTX (33 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$14.99

Antenna

URUAV Micro UXII Stubby RHCP 5,8 Ghz 1,6 dBi IPX U.FL IPEX Mini FPV Antenne Für FPV Racing Drone Quadcopter Teile Zubehör DIY (2 builds)
De.aliexpress.com
$27.17

Antenna

Realacc UXII Stubby RHCP U.FL / IPEX IPX 5.8GHz 1.6dBi Super Mini Antenne für TX RX Fatshark Schutzbrillen R
Banggood.com
$10.99

Receiver

RadioMaster RP1 V2 ELRS 2.4GHz Nano Receiver w/ UFL Antenna (32 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$18.99

Batteries

CNHL MiniStar 1000mAh 22.2V 6S 100C Lipo Battery with XT60 Plug (4 builds)
Chinahobbyline.com
$21.59

Misc Parts

Hohe Qualität Eachine Für Aurora 90 100 Mini FPV Racer Ersatzteil WS2812 Led platine LED Streifen Licht Für RC modell
De.aliexpress.com
$5.93

Misc Parts

LANTIAN 110dBi Finder Summer Eingebauten Batterie w/LED Licht für RC Drone F3 F4 F7 Flight Controller Modelle Multicopter ersat
De.aliexpress.com
$20.65

Misc Parts

1000uF 35V 105° (3 Stück) - SANYO WX-Serie 10x20 - LOW ESR
Ebay.com
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