Firelight

By whoisfpv on Feb 08, 2018

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This was a fun build. Quick, easy, and clean. Based on the Featherlight 4" frame, this is also by far the lightest build I've ever built -- based solely on me lifting it up. :)

Flies great, extremely nimble, and very quiet. Can't wait to fly it through some gates!

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Part List

Frame

Featherlight 4 Race Frame (7 builds)
Pitchrollyaw.net
$44.99

Flight Controller

FLIP 32 - F3 - OMNIBUS NANO v3 (24 builds)
Readytoflyquads.com
$25.99

ESCs

4 x EMAX D-SHOT Bullet Series 20A ESC (BLHELI_S) (19 builds)
Pitchrollyaw.net
$49.96

Motors

4 x P.R.Y "Gun Metal" 1407 3000kV Motor (6061 T6 Al) (3 builds)
Pitchrollyaw.net
$47.96

Propellers

HQ 4x4.3x3 V1S (2CW+2CCW) PC **Choose Color** (48 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$2.99

FPV Camera

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

FPV Transmitter

TBS Unify Pro 5.8 GHz HV RACE Video Transmitter (555 builds)
Fpvheadquarters.com
$24.95

Antenna

True RC AXII-U.FL 5.8 (33 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$19.99

Receiver

FrSky XM+ SBUS Mini Receiver (1149 builds)
Getfpv.com
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Scott in Tokyo   Apr 09, 2018  

Hey im kin copy this bu but cant find those escs in stock anwh . Do you think these escs would be ok?

http://www.readytoflyquads.com/25a-wraith32-mini-v2-32bit-blheli-esc

Scott in Tokyo   Apr 09, 2018 

Also apologies for the mangled english above, seems some issue with my phone..

whoisfpv   Apr 11, 2018 

should work just fine :)

Scott in Tokyo   Apr 26, 2018 

Hi again, thanks for the advice earlier. Ive finally received the parts for this build but not sure about the pinout. Are you connecting tx2 to vtx osd or is that for smart port telemetry?

betodiaz91   Feb 13, 2018  

Nice build! Are you flying it on 4s or 5s?

whoisfpv   Feb 18, 2018 

Thanks! I'm flying on 4s right now. I don't think the FC supports 5s voltage, so I'd probably need some modifications to do that.

Slarrty   Feb 09, 2018  

Those ESCs are really noisy, i think the emax bullet pros would be better

whoisfpv   Feb 09, 2018 

Yeah I've seen some tests and they are indeed pretty noisy. But nothing noticeable as far as video noise, and tune is smooth like butter so I'm happy :)

Slarrty   Feb 09, 2018 

sounds good, HAPPY FLYING

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