Featherlight 4" Beastmode

By Defy on Oct 28, 2017

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The illustrious LAZD worked with me to make some modifications to his new Featherlite 4" to accommodate the new 1608 T2 motors. I had two goals, more power than my aging 5" builds, and ability to do that while carrying a GoPro and 1300mah lipo... Yeh I know I'm insane.

This was the result, and it is exactly what I had hoped for. Flies like a dream, smooth and powerful. My next revision will incorporate a custom pod to house a 30.5x30.5 stack and the Runcam Split, but that's to come later.

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stefan   Jun 07, 2018  

I'm not seeing an external capacitor like the ORI 25a ESC manufacturer claims is required. I'm trying to determine just how critical an external capacitor actually is so I'm wondering if you used a capacitor and if not have you had any issues because of it.

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