4.5" Alien (M.I.A)

By spilly on Sep 05, 2017

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Update: Quad lost to the mountains due to an unexplainable failsafe, possible crossfire antenna damaged.

Suffered a crash that lead to a full overhaul of my now retired 5" alien. First time building this frame I didn't know exactly what I wanted out of it. Decided that I will fly this quad exclusively for freestyle flying. Switching from betaflight to kiss setup and will be utilizing the new mr.steele/kiss pdb with osd for a clean and easy build. Using a 4" body because the 5" has so much wasted space inside the frame.

So far I'm very pleased with the flight characteristics of the 4.5 frame. Vary snappy and responsive yet predictable and easy to fly smooth. the 4" body is slightly lower and narrower than the 5" but leaves plenty of room to spare, and the fpv camera mount on the 4" body is superior to the 5" K-mount IMO.

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Part List

Frame

ImpulseRC Alien 4.5 Frame (8 builds)
Crowncityfpv.com
$119.99

Flight Controller

KISS FC - 32bit Flight Controller V1.03 (179 builds)
Getfpv.com
$34.99

ESCs

KISS 24A ESC Race Edition - 32bit Brushless Motor Ctrl (122 builds)
Getfpv.com
$26.99

Motors

4 x TBS Mr Steele 2345kv SILK (45 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$87.80

Propellers

HQ 5x4.3x3 V1S (2CW+2CCW) PC **Choose Color** (355 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$3.69

FPV Camera

Rotor Riot Special Edition RunCam Swift (144 builds)
Store.rotorriot.com
$39.99

FPV Transmitter

TBS Unify Pro 5G8 V3 (SMA) (154 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$39.95

Antenna

TBS Triumph 5.8GHz RHCP FPV Antenna Set (SMA Male) (191 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

Receiver

FrSky R-XSR 2.4GHz 16CH ACCESS/ACCST Micro Receiver w/ S-Bus & CPPM (936 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

Power Distribution

Mr Steele Alien PDB + Microphone + KISS OSD (5 builds)
Store.rotorriot.com
$45.00
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