The Struggle

I struggled to finish this build because I did not want to steer people in the wrong direction on the antenna mounting.

Impressions and flight

I have put many flights on it so far. Tuning was really easy. Very little noise in this build. Have pulled 115 amps in straight away runs on a track. I had motors from another build that I am not excited to have on this quad but the positive is they are not battery killers like many of the new motors out now. I have tried flying the frame with the battery on the bottom and the top. I have landed on flying with it on the top. I have seen many pod 3d prints for the floss frames. They look pretty but Kabab FPV talks about his experience flying with it on top and bottom in a floss 2 video. The frame was designed to fly with the battery on top.

The Frame

A few things to note about this frame. The camera location will get the props in view while flying. I could pull the camera up in the build but wanted to get the camera as close to the bottom of the frame to keep the camera in one location when doing flips. The battery can get in view of the camera if you run it too far forward. That was one of the issues with the first antenna mount besides it being too weak. Running the power wires out the back of the quad can get into the props if you are not careful where you run it. The design is built with such tight tolerances you need to keep the build nice and tight.

The Build

To build the Floss 2 I started with putting the frame together then decided I wanted to use shrink wrap on the arms for the motor wires. I then did the homer D'OH!. Next I put the esc and FC on the frame to try to see how everything would fit. Then after about an hour if fiddling with different standoffs I came to what I have pictured. I have used the FC and ESC before on another build. To show how I ran the power wire into the FC then from the FC hitting the current sensor then onto the ESC. Next I got all the wiring done for the rest of the items. Not forgetting to jumper 3v for the receiver. I always run a buzzer to make sure I do not lose the quad when I am flying. Then the fun started. Antenna madness. During this madness I removed the mounting plate and double side taped the Unify (FPV Transmitter) to the FC. I went through 13 different versions of mounting the antenna because I wanted to have it come out the back. Plus I wanted the antenna to be far enough away from the battery to get good signal. I would have saved myself a lot of time if I had just used the antenna mount that Kabab designed into the frame. I purchased a Runcam Eagle 2 to start with and then decided to get a smaller camera (micro Swift 2). Positive thing is I put the Eagle in my Chameleon.

3d Printed antenna mounts (my designs)

1. Hyperlite Floss 2 - Lumenier AXII mount
2. Hyperlite Floss 2 - Lumenier AXII U.FL mount

3d Printed antenna mounts from others

1. Floss V2 and SlimPhast AXII antenna mount
2. Floss 2 AXII VTX Mount - Gets in the way of the battery
3. Floss 2 unify mount - Not enough space for sma wire hits the FC. You need to put the camera on the other side of the frame.
4. Sma mounts - Get the antenna into the props
5. HyperLite Floss 2 SMA Pigtail Mount w/ Hex - Too weak would need to print one every time you crashed
6. Hyperlite Floss 2 GoPro Freestyle Racing Drone - I liked this one because it held the power wires away from the props but lots of plastic
7. SMA connector standoff mount - Not stable enough could move around in a crash and get the antenna into the props