Since my Armattan Japalura build was so well liked, I decided to post another to Rotorbuilds. What we have here is an XHover Win5 that I aptly call “superlight” since I have two more Win5s in the pipeline.

The main focus of this build was I wanted to see how light I could go on 5 inch while still being practical and crash-worthy. The other thing was it had to be KISS CC and I had to be able to tune it via LUA scripts on my Taranis.

I’ve had great success with the KISS CC on 3 inch and 4 inch. I wanted to build a 5 inch with the KISS CC, but of course, you have to be very selective with your motor and prop choice as to not exceed 16A per corner.

The motor of choice is the Hyperlite Floss Series 2204/2722kv. For some, the 2522kv version is more apt for 5 inch props, but I was planning on using a pretty shallow prop anyway, so I figured 2722kv would work.

Initially, my prop choice was going to be the HQ 5x4.3x3 V1S. However, that’s A prop that I like, but have never fallen in love with. I recently tried the GemFan 5042 WinDancer for freestyle and I was immediately in love. So, I decided it should work for this build given the shallow 4.2 scoop.

The camera of choice is the RunCam Micro 2, mainly because I’m not running a MinimOSD on the KISS CC and I at least want voltage in my OSD. Because I want to be able to tune using the KISS LUA for the Taranis, I needed a receiver with telemetry. This rules out the XM+ that I’ve been using on Betaflight builds. So I ordered a pair of the new R-XSR only to find out that LUA scripts didn’t work with it. Luckily, just a couple of days ago FrSky released a new firmware patch for it and fixes the issue. I flashed it and boom. It works! I even made a video on how to do it. It will be live on the PinchTune YouTube channel.

Finally, the VTX is the trusty TBS Unify Pro Race HV. I don’t power the VTX from the KISS CC, that’s why I went with the HV version. The VTX antenna is a Lumenier / True RC AXII u.fl to keep the weight down even further. I even sprinkled some titanium fasteners here and there.

Even thought super-lightweight was the main goal with this build, I still decided to add a cap to it. All my KISS CC builds have been clean and have clean video. However, this one being the most powerful of the CC setups, I figured a capacitor would be smart. I added a 35v 680uF Panasonic low ESR. Somehow I managed to put it inside the build with space to spare. I even included a micro-beeper in there since I often race in places where the quad can end up stuck in a tree.

The quad or originally a bottom battery frame. The folks at XHover designed it I think to also allow to mount. I still thought the top deck was too high for top mounting a battery at 30mm. So I replaced the knurled 30mm standoffs with stronger 7075 hex 20mm standoffs from RMRC and ditched the factory full-size camera mount. Instead I used TPU micro camera mounts from Brain 3D.

That low, the camera would actually clash with the edge to the FC if placed high up on the standoffs. To solve that problem, I flipped the bottom plate around to allow me to move the camera all the way down to clear the edge of the FC.

In the end, I have a very capable and fast quadcopter that can fly with a 1000mah 4S to keep the weight below the standard 1300mah that is normally used for 5 inch props. Dry weight is a pretty impressive 215 grams with everything except the battery.