The Mother F****** Hypetrain Alien

By RawFPV on Sep 14, 2017

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This is it boys and girls! Choo Choo

The Mother F***** Hype-Train Alien build! Cant get any better than these motors, on a classic frame setup. This thing to floats like a dream. I pick some choice parts with a few budget parts to make up this build. I'm going to go over a few of the items that not to many people have reviewed yet.

The Motors

The Hype-Train, I"ve been refreshing like a Mother F***** on these things. In fact, I just went to see if they were up to buy yet on the RR site about 10 min before I got an email saying they were available for buying. When I got them in hand, holy crap, the care that went into making these things is nuts. Worth every penny. Honestly I can go on and on about these things, but the best thing for you to do, is just save up and buy a set. You wont regret it.

The ESCs

I went with the Anniversary 35a Racerstar 4in1 ESCs to power this beast. Racerstar has yet to let me down when it comes to reliability and performance of their ESCs. Plus lets be honest, there isn't that huge of a diff in ESCs when it comes to blheli_s running Dshot 600. Just ask Joshua Bardwell. But these ESCs have the ideal setup, they offer current sensing, a Vbat outlet, and they have filtering and capacitors built in so you don't have to have the extra clutter. That should be more than enough to handle the new Hype-Train motors.

The FC Choo Choo

I'm sticking with my first love (v2 of my first love anyways) and am using the Lux V2. This guy is locked in tight. It dosn't have the built in OSD like my other fav FC, the omnibus, but it dose have blackbox, and I have the piggy OSD to make up for it. I bought that a while ago, and never got to use it. So I'm gonna slap that on the back of the Swift 2.

The Frame

So before you go off on me, please read this. This isn't your typical Alien frame. This isn't a Martian or Martian II, this is a almost identical copy that you can use real Alien frame parts on. Since I'm buying these expensive motors, I needed to cut costs somewhere else, and I found this guy, and they have only been making for a little while, and it only cost 19 bucks. My idea is to build on this frame, and when break parts, like arms, bottom plates, ect, I'll replace them with legit Impulse RC parts. So far this thing looks great, sharp edges, that need to be cleaned up for sure. The only thing that is different that the real deal, is the top plate in the front. its curved out and has a wider flange that goes around the screw to strengthen it. I already ordered an official matte black PDB from RR. Link to check out the frame.

The OSD

I picked up this FFPV OSD right before I bought my first Omnibus FC, and relized what I bought was already obsolete for my use. But with keeping that in mind for this build I was able to use one of my old favorite FCs to make this killer quad.

The Wrap-Up

This thing is tits! The flight is so smooth, and the flight time is insane. I'm getting about 4-5 min using HQ 5x4x3 v1s props. I have a basic warm up routine when it comes to flying areas I know, and I'm finding I have about 2 extra minutes to dick around, and that's making finding all the nooks and cranny a lot easier. I cant recommend these motors enough.

The Some Footage

Stock PIDs and with rates that are way to high for this setup. You can see every move I make, this thing is super responsive, I can really tone it down.

Photos

Part List

Frame

ImpulseRC Slammed Alien 5" Freestyle Frame (34 builds)
Rotorriot.com
$82.99

Flight Controller

Lumenier LUX V2 Flight Controller (59 builds)
Getfpv.com
$20.25

ESCs

Anniversary Special Edition Racerstar REV35 35A BLheli_S 3-6S 4 In 1 ESC Built-in Current Sensor for RC Drone (112 builds)
Banggood.com
$34.05

Motors

4 x Hypetrain Freestyle 2306 2450KV Motor (V1.1) (96 builds)
Store.rotorriot.com
$79.96

Propellers

Lumenier T5050 Tri-Blade - Butter Cutter Propeller (2x CW + 2x CCW) - Clear (4 builds)
Hobbyrc.co.uk
See Site

FPV Camera

RunCam Swift II - IR Block - NTSC Black - 2.5MM
Readymaderc.com
$29.99

FPV Transmitter

Eachine TX801 5.8G 72CH 0.01mW 5mW 25mW 50mW 100mW 200mW 400mW 600mW Switched AV VTX FPV Transmitter (21 builds)
Banggood.com
$14.95

Antenna

VAS/TBS - 5.8 GHz Triumph Antenna Set - SMA (RHCP) PAIR
Readymaderc.com
$39.95

Receiver

FrSky - XSR Receiver (10 builds)
Readymaderc.com
$16.49

Batteries

Tattu 1300mAh 4S 75C lipo battery pack with XT60 plug (10 builds)
Genstattu.com
$22.49

Power Distribution

Alien PDB Replacement (Black) (3 builds)
Store.rotorriot.com
$12.99

Radio

RadioMaster Boxer MAX RC Transmitter w/ AG01 Hall Gimbals ELRS - Choose Color (3 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$259.99

Goggles

Fat Shark Dominator HD Goggles
Rotorriot.com
$380.00

HD Camera

GoPro HERO5 Session (303 builds)
Getfpv.com
$199.99

Misc Parts

Furious FPV PIGGY OSD V2 for Betaflight FCSKU: FPV-0236-S (11 builds)
Furiousfpv.com
$14.95

Radio Module

Bandit Micro ExpressLRS 915MHz RF Module
Radiomasterrc.com
See Site

Battery Charger

ISDT K2 Air 200/500W 20A 2-6S AC/DC Dual Channel Smart ChargerDefault Title (3 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$149.99

Soldering Iron

Weller WLC100 Soldering Station - 5-40W for Hobbyists, DIYers
Electromaker.io
See Site

Backpack

REI Trail 25 Hiking Backpack *like new*
Poshmark.com
$60.00
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Discussion

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GhzGuy   Nov 07, 2017  

How has that ESC been holding up? I ask because I may use it in one of my builds.

RawFPV   Nov 07, 2017 

Great! I love the current sensor built in to it. It also is way more than needed for these motors, so they are handling everything I throw at it. I've built 3 more quads for friends that use this setup and haven't had anything go wrong.

GhzGuy   Nov 07, 2017 

That's great to hear! It would be way over what my set would need, but that's never a bad thing in a 4 in 1.

RawFPV   Nov 07, 2017 

Yeah, and the nice part is, if you ever want to upgrade motors or change a setup that requires them to be that high, you already got'em!

Burning North   Sep 14, 2017  
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I blew my parts budget last month on a set of EFAW 2407s for a 6" build, but these motors are so friggin' gorgeous that I think I'll have to start saving up again... :P

This is a very pretty build, nicely done!

RawFPV   Sep 14, 2017 

Thanks! These motors are sexy as hell in person, and so small compared to other 2306 motors.

ThatDamnGuy   Sep 14, 2017  

WOW That is slick! You planning on posting a flight video?

RawFPV   Sep 14, 2017 
1

Thanks! Yeah, when I get time to edit. lol. I've got a lot of footage to go through.

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