Sperber X34

By Sperberframes on Oct 17, 2017

4  366  4

My build of the Sperber X34. Comes out at ~230g AUW and flies pretty well.
Frame Website

Photos

Discussion

Sign in to comment

moteasa   Oct 18, 2017  

Is this a true X or stretch? Got a buddy killing it on 3" but he prefers true X. Always keeping my eyes out for a frame he would like.

Sperberframes   Oct 18, 2017 

It's a true X. The motors are 150mm apart though which helps giving clean air to the rear motors.
That's some fast flying btw, love the raised gates :D

moteasa   Oct 18, 2017  

how's the FPV footage with all the prop in view?

Sperberframes   Oct 18, 2017 
1

It's strange, the props aren't visible in the fpv feed 90% of the time. You can see the tips on the ground and some clipped frames of the tips at 0 throttle, but during normal flight you can't see them really.
Very different from my Bfight 210 which has them always in view. On 3" the props aren't in view at all.

Guides & Reviews

Jun 21, 2021

AirbladeUAV has done it again and this time they've brought long range to the 5" class! Based on the popular Transformer Mini, the new Transformer 5" Ultralight adopts a lot of the same design philosophies with larger props and more payload capacity. It can fly upwards of 20 minutes on a 4 cell Li-Ion battery pack and in ideal conditions it's got a range of over 4 to 5 miles. In this guide I'll walk..

Read more
Mar 04, 2021

With the release of the DJI FPV Drone cinematic FPV has become a lot more accessible, but you certainly don't want to crash a $750 drone! The QAV-CINE Freybott is a compact, lightweight cinematic FPV drone that can take a hit and keep going. It's a lot safer to fly indoors and around people. With a naked GoPro or the SMO 4k you can capture some great stabilized footage. In this guide I'll show you..

Read more