Lets get HD recording on a serious racer. Weight matters, durability matters, speed, and HD matters!!!
This build came out almost exactly as I had hoped, it is currently the lightest HD racing quad I've had the pleasure of flying. The goal was to build something under 300g that could carry the runcam split.
The split:
Since we well exceeded our weight goal, I will most likely be designing a 3D print to protect the camera in the near future. If it turns out that the latency from the split is too high for competitive racing, the aforementioned print will have a spot for a runcam micro, allowing the split to be purely used for HD footage.
Build/flight video coming soon
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Part List
Frame |
MRM Reaper 195/220 FPV Racing Frame
(22 builds)
Multirotormania.com
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$55.00 |
Flight Controller |
Flip32-F4-Helheim
(6 builds)
Readytoflyquads.com
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$61.99 |
Motors |
4X Racerstar Racing Edition 2306 BR2306S 2400KV 2-4S Brushless Motor For X210 X220 250 for RC Drone FPV Racing
(9 builds)
Banggood.com
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$35.49 |
FPV Camera |
Runcam Split HD FPV Camera with Wifi Module
(61 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$74.99 |
FPV Transmitter |
Eachine VTX03 Super Mini 5.8G 72CH 0/25mW/50mw/200mW Switchable FPV Transmitter
(417 builds)
Airbladeuav.com
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$14.99 |
Receiver |
Flysky A8S V2 (new version with failsafe issue fixed)
(2 builds)
Undergroundfpv.com
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$11.00 |
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So you can feel the latency when flying?
Just got to fly it yesterday. I can absolutely feel the latency, although it doesn't stop me from flying well. I would say it's less noticeable than ppm vs sbus. So really only a hard core racer, or gap-loving freestyler is going to notice. It becomes more noticeable when when you are trying to hit gates and flags at full throttle. And it is worst when you want to recover from any type of collision. I'm going to take it to a race this weekend and see how I do with it. But overall I feel like this is the biggest major advancement FPV has had in awhile
Great to hear! Can't wait to try it out.
So I'm sure you've had time to fly yours by now, but here's my findings anyway. The lag is perfectly acceptable for normal flying. The problem arises when you are trying to race competitively. My lap times on this quad are slower when I'm flying via the split by a few seconds on a short track. For this reason, I've added a runcam micro to fly through fpv
I can't even tell when flying freestyle, but I don't race, so I think you're conclusion should be pretty accurate.
yup. Freestyling around, I couldn't have told you one way or the other. The only reason I know it makes a difference is because of lap times, and it felt difficult to recover when I hit gates