My next Long Range Drone is finally finished. I built this a couple months back and had planned to put the new HDZero Freestyle VTX in once it came out, but I decided not to wait any longer and finish this drone using the Freestyle V1 VTX. I went with the GEP-LC75 V3 frame because it looked really cool with a lot of room inside. However I did find the V1 VTX barely fits inside the frame with the panels. The V2 will be a 20x20 VTX so if it fits better, I'll swap out the VTX. If not, I'll probably design wider backpanels. All the TPU is custom made is custom made. I went withe my normal arm guarde design, with padding on the top in order to reduce motor vabration and added landing skids. Because this uses dual diversity ExpressLRS antennas, I decided to redesign the front sidepanels and make them more useful by holding the antennas. The GPS mount is wider in order to hold the GEPRC GEP-M10-DQ GPS Module, which is bigger then the Matek M10Q-5883 I normally use. And I swapped out the FPV camera lens for the Caddx Polar Lens 1.6mm in order to get rid of the fisheye and get full 16:9 image at 1080p/30. All in all, I'm pretty happy with this build and can't wait to take it out for a spin.
AirbladeUAV has done it again and this time they've brought long range to the 5" class! Based on the popular Transformer Mini, the new Transformer 5" Ultralight adopts a lot of the same design philosophies with larger props and more payload capacity. It can fly upwards of 20 minutes on a 4 cell Li-Ion battery pack and in ideal conditions it's got a range of over 4 to 5 miles. In this guide I'll walk..
Read moreWith the release of the DJI FPV Drone cinematic FPV has become a lot more accessible, but you certainly don't want to crash a $750 drone! The QAV-CINE Freybott is a compact, lightweight cinematic FPV drone that can take a hit and keep going. It's a lot safer to fly indoors and around people. With a naked GoPro or the SMO 4k you can capture some great stabilized footage. In this guide I'll show you..
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