Sinew 4 Race

By vosair on Aug 30, 2017

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This is my main racing rig. 4" is the sweet spot as far as I'm concerned on 90% of tracks. The Raceflight stack was a bit tricky to tune at first, mostly because it was pinned. Now that it's dialed in (and unpinned), it really showcases the strengths of the Sinew as a racing frame. It handles brutal gate smacks like a champ, yet feels like a laser beam shooting through the sky. Did I mention it's low drag design also makes it very efficient? My next build will be a mini freestyle rig based on this same frame (except a thicker 5mm baseplate) with a Runcam Split to handle FPV and HD duties. These motors on a 160g quad are just silly!

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Part List

Frame

Sinew 4 (2 builds)
Vosair.com
$56.00

Flight Controller

RaceFlight Millivolt Flight Controller (7 builds)
Raceflight.net
$41.88

Flight Controller

RaceFlight Millivolt Flight Controller (7 builds)
Raceflight.net
$41.88

ESCs

RaceFlight Spark 4n1 ESC (5 builds)
Raceflight.net
$65.00

Motors

4 x Tornado 1407-3600
Pirofliprc.com
$63.96

Propellers

Kingkong 4045 PROPS CW/CCW (10 PAIRS) (9 builds)
Catalystmachineworks.com
$6.50

FPV Camera

RunCam Micro Swift 2 Orange 2.1 Lens (49 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$26.99

FPV Transmitter

TBS UNIFY PRO 5G8 HV - RACE (SMA) (555 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$24.95

Antenna

TBS UNIFY PRO 5G8 Linear Antenna - Dipole (11 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$6.99

Receiver

XM PLUS (Mini SBUS Non-telemetry Full Range) (1149 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$12.99

Batteries

Turnigy Graphene 850mAh 4S 65C Lipo Pack w/ XT60U (6 builds)
Amazon.com
$23.93

Misc Parts

4x Panasonic FM 1000uF 35v Low-ESR radial capacitors caps 105C 12.5mm 12.5x25 (10 builds)
Ebay.com
$3.99
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