First Racer

By marsfpv on May 11, 2017

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This was my first build. All these parts were supposed to go on a different frame, but because of delays, I bought the ix5 frame and got to building. Everything went great, but I had twitching from gyro noise. I soft mounted the flight controller, and problem solved. This thing rips.

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DirtDigg'nDrones   May 11, 2017  

Looks good! I've built a few of these frames and really like them. Check out my profile to see the iX5's I just posted.

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