Alien 567 Test rig

By SPST_V on Sep 17, 2017

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Part List

Frame

Alien 5" Body Kit (5 builds)
Impulserc.com
$60.00

Frame

Alien 6" Arm Set - (4 Pack) (4 builds)
Impulserc.com
$45.93

Frame

Alien 7" Arm Set - (4 Pack) (2 builds)
Impulserc.com
$42.24

Flight Controller

FLIP 32 - F7 - OMNIBUS V2 (6 builds)
Readytoflyquads.com
$41.99

ESCs

Typhoon32 4in1 ESC 4x35A v1.1 (13 builds)
Store.myairbot.com
$44.99

Motors

2 x ZMX FinX40 CL07-1.5K "HMS Minotaur" (4 builds)
Silver-drone.com
$79.98

Motors

2 x (11 builds)
Banggood.com
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Jodie Froster   Sep 17, 2017  
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Ok FIRST of all, I really dig your setup. I especially like your Rx antenna mount, and your "out of the box" ESC location. Brilliant. Now the questions: why the different motors? Why the differrent props? Have you flown it like that?

SPST_V   Sep 17, 2017 
1

Thanks!

No big reason. Those are something I want to find out as well. I will convert this to normal 6inch alien if this doesnt make any sense.
I knew that our flight controllers can manage mixed props and motors, Tom Smith once used higher kv motors on backside.

I just had indoor test flight, It was just fine. Yaw control was a bit weird though. Never flown deadcat airframe.
But this sounds amazing.

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