Seeking frame & build options for a Line Of Site flyer

By Equad on Sep 22, 2017

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I have been buying ready built FPV racing quads and flying them LOS because I like fast quick quads. I am wanting to build my first fast quad without all the camera stuff for LOS acro flying so it needs to be tough. No response from anyone, but I have now picked a frame and motors. Picked the GEPRC GB 190MM 4MM frame because it is about the smallest frame you can get to swing a 5" prop. Picked Rifle 2206 motors, I think I have settled on the Fly color 390 tower... Looks really nice. This thing should be able to trim a few hedges. Here is the mock up..

This thing is done and flying... It is a total rocket ship. The 5" props barley clear the standoffs and the Rifle motors are insane... For a first build this was challenging because of the tight space of both the frame and Flycolor 390 tower. If you are going to be using a 390 tower, make sure the first thing you do is update the firmware... The version I got had a bug. It wouldn't retain the SBUS setting. The update fixed that. Also make sure you calibrate the ESC's via Betaflight. Other than that, I love the controller and would recommend it to anyone. Cheers, and good flying.

Part List

Frame	GEPRC GB190 190mm 4mm Arm Carbon Fiber Frame Kit - $48.90 \|GearBest.com Gearbest.com	$48.90
Flight Controller	Flycolor Raptor 390 Tower 4 in 1 30A ESC BLHeli 2-4S + F3 6DOF Flight Controller Integrated OSD PDB (10 builds) Banggood.com	$59.99
Motors	2 x RMRC Rifle 2206 Motor - 2300KV (1CW, 1CCW) Readymaderc.com	$99.98
Propellers	2 Pair DALPROP T5045C Cyclone 5 Inch 3 Blade Propeller Clover Prop Black Red Orange Green (216 builds) Banggood.com	$3.37
Receiver	FrSky X4R-SB - 3/16 Channel Receiver with SBUS and CPPM without pins (128 builds) Getfpv.com	$22.49

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Equad Sep 07, 2017

The Rifle motors and receiver showed up today and some misc hardware, so I guess this in build is underway. These motors are rad I can't wait to power them up. FC should be here in the next couple of days. Wish the shipping from China was faster.. Frame is on the slow boat. After I complete this little one I think I am going to build a Warpquad 230...

Here is a picture of the mock up... Can't wait to finish it this weekend and do a punch out with a 4S

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