Thanks Maui!

Doooo it!

You've got two classics already! I race the Banni for a year solid and still fly my original Lungo :)

It'll comfortably reach things around 6km out and over 1000m up; I'm sure it'd go further if you were keeping it low over flat ground, but I'm always flying mountains.

so impressive brother. couldn't believ that would go that far.

Since i wanna trying to build djifpv for long range, which 1 you recommend much better either im using tbs crossfire diversity nano rx with dual T immortal or just using crossfire nano rx & single T immortal equiped with gps ( but I'm not really sure if those air-unit competible with it ) what do you think brother ??

The DJI system is promising for long range, but hasn't been well tested yet. The OSD is incredibly minimal, which means you're flying without the kind of information that's necessary for really pushing the limits. If they add current sensor and GPS navigation data, then I'll be more comfortable recommending it. As it exists today, I'd only do midrange stuff with DJI.

For a midrange rig, you're fine with a typical crossfire nano rx and good antenna position. I'd caution you against relying on GPS rescue mode in betaflight -- it works a lot of the time, and some people have had good luck with it, but you're definitely taking a risk when you rely on it. Using GPS for navigation is awesome, but like I mentioned above the DJI OSD doesn't have the ability to show us GPS navigation information.

thank you so much bro for advice & share that, you're right about the OSD hopefully dji will bring that features to the next update. they should have it not everyone would like to use minimal display.

but i have last question bro, let say Im using gps like BN220 on my dji setup. like you said it doesnt show us the navigation, but how about the rescue mode? is it still can be activated. do you have any advice about it

Like I said above, I don't think you should use rescue mode. It works a lot of the time, but the times it doesn't work could be very bad. It's an interesting thing to experiment with as an advanced feature, but for your long range rig that you want to be really reliable, please don't use it.

thank you so much brother. you helped me so much till it clear enough now.

You should be fine with crossfire, I was using the DJI R/C Transmitter, which Im pretty sure operates on 5.8Ghz. Crossfire is 900mhz so you should be fine.

thank you so much bro for the advice

290g dry

Just got my parts (Thanks!) and I'm working on a very similar build, and I'm coming up at 324g, which includes everything including props, but NOT the Session, Session mount or battery.

When you say 290g, what's included?

Thanks,

What motors are you running? That's where I usually see the most differences in weight. I think these Steeles come in at a little under 28g once the wires are cut to length.

I don't have this exact setup anymore, but I just put my current Raven build on the scale @303g (props ON with no session or battery) including:
Same as main post -
Raven Frame (5" with strap mount, straps in)
Steele V1 motors (hard-mounted, 2 screws per motor)
T-Motor 5143 props
Crossfire Nano/Immortal T
Lumenier TX5GS

Swapped in since this post -
Speedybee F4 AIO
Bullet 30a ESC
Foxeer Monster Micro + Spacer
Foxeer Lollipop Stubby

I've got 16g more weight it motors than you had, so that's that.

Why did you ditch the ALPHA?

It was a great board for a while, but eventually the gyro gave out. Lasted maybe 6 months, was still happy with it overall :)

Hi, thanks for your interest! Here are some sequences filmed with the CinematiX:

My own:

others:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn2Lgd0lZUg&t=1s

We have adapted the gopro mount (one piece now) and some other STL's files, you can find all of them online:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3520054/files

The bird still enjoys some airtime now and then but of course its not my goto fun flyer, i mainly use for cool footage.
Any further specific) questions ? Feel free to ask!

Thanks for your feedback and kind words! The XF Race is the mounted in the back and labeled with our logo. I attached some images to better show how its attached to the frame. I know quite a lot of people have had bad experience with the XF Race antenna but I never had any problems and think its a great solution for toothpicks (until TBS releases a smaller sized antenna).

I have not thought about a stretched frame but a 3" StickiX is coming soon. I'm not a fan of stretched unibodies since the cfk fibers are not properly aligned along the arms (but who knows a stretched one wouldnt take much time x) ). Also we have a new prototype toothpick frame in stretchX coming which offers alot more protection than all TPU canopy builds (because of its cfk pod), some kind of alternative to the TP3 (see picture).

Thank you for the detailed response and the included pictures. That 3D printed mount is really slick.Is that something you guys sell or is the STL file available? I don't own a printer myself. That 3" prototype pictured look amazing. My experience with stretched micros is that they fly much better than similar true X builds, even when they are slightly heavier. I think the true X frames put the props too close together so they do not unload properly. ( this is my theory, anyways) Do you guys ship to United States? Sorry for all the questions This is something I really geek out on.

Yes we do provide all STL's for free on thingiverse, however you need the stickix specific distance between motors so that it's aligned properly. You can try if it works on yours, the Stickix is rather small MTM with only 100mm.

Yesterday i had my frist racing experience with the new prototype 3" and i have to say its amazing. Yesterdays tests confrim your theory as in stretched on micros feels more stable than trueX (but still this is a personal experience, some might like liveliness on the truex).

Yes we do ship worldwide at fair conditions if you choose economy shipping. Would love to hear from you if you think about ordering something :)
No worries on the geekiness, we feel the same ;)

hi, I have 3 venus 230 frames, I have been flying with these frames for 6 months and I've had several crashes (with analogue systems, with the Dji I haven't had any major crashes yet) in these crashes I only broke 2 arms (crashes very hard ), in fact the only defect of this frame is how the arms are hooked to the body, the outermost screw of the arm is moved from the center and therefore makes the arm more fragile in the event of a strong frontal impact. The central body of the frame is instead very strong, in particular the cage that protects the camera which is 3 mm thick. I really like this frame especially for its stiffness and for its 235 mm. wheelbase that allow you to put propellers up to 5.5 inches and make it very pleasant to fly.

Theoretically miles, but it failsafed on me last week about 100ft away...so I'm going to take the opportunity to convert this to a fr10/dji build controlled by Dji.

look like you’re on progress going to build it. please drop on your yt channel soon ya. would like to see the results

Oops.. I forgot the gps module. But I have one installed :D

here are my videos dude
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbmyE-E2HnII7sqy7uvrK4A

I am running a BN220 and its works fine but takes like 1.5m to warm up and get full sats the first time. Is the 880 any better?