12-Mar-2017, 04:59 PM (This post was last modified: 05-May-2017, 06:30 AM by Drone0fPrey. Edit Reason: Updates )
Today marks the begining of a beautiful friendship with my very first FPV race quad! Toy "drones" swept aside! Make room for the Demon. The NOX5R!
NOX5R Parts list:
FC- X-racer F303 v3.1
PDB- DemonRC Pulse PDB
ESCs- Racerstar MS35A
Motors- Emax RS2205S 2300kv
Props- Kingkong 5x4.5x3 (for now ) 5051s coming
Cam- Runcam Swift 2
VTx- Eachine TX526
I'll update this build log as I progress through it. As well as future changes/upgrades.
Frame is of excellent quality. Carbon is accurately cut and sharp.
Advertised weight without hardware is 80g
Frame prep all done. Sanded, glued and painted.
First mock up to checkout the paint job and see how the pdb and fc fit. Going to be a tight build for sure. My daughter says its colored like a frog. So I think we'll name it "Demon Frog" (update: my daughter decided she didnt like demons so she has approved "Quad Hopper" instead lol
Attached the flight stack to top plate with 3mm srews for structural support. (Discussion concerning the attachment of top plate to flight stack below in replies)
Enjoying the process, and taking my time. LEDs installed and wires planned out.
Pulse PDB prepared
FC in place
RX prepared
Then re-prpeared to fit
Attaching Rx and VTx to top plate. Double sided tape used for Rx and trimmed like the non-slip tape shown for VTx. Also all buttons can be reached while fully assembled
Trimed wires so that the top plate can be lfted for maintenance and repairs.
All built and kind of sad it's done But I thoroughly enjoyed the process and I figured I would
Here's a photo shoot and some weights for all you junkies like myself
Thanks for looking!
UPDATE: Maiden flights were perfect! And OMFG is it ballsy! (fyi: this is my first build so take this with a grain of rice) Everything feels very very balanced! The stretched X design of the frame is not too exaggerated imo and feels very sable! +1 to DemonRC. Flight times averaged around 5 minutes (mild flying, only a few good punches) with 1300mah Tattu's leaving 3.78v - 3.84v still on the packs.
UPDATE: After some aggressive flying and my first real flips and rolls, I do notice some slight oscillations but nothing major. Tbh I am ised to worse on my toys Anyways I look forward to learning some blackbox logs and working on my first tune!
Note: see post #20 for a taste of carbon carnage! DemonRCs carbon fiber takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'
NOX5R Parts list:
FC- X-racer F303 v3.1
PDB- DemonRC Pulse PDB
ESCs- Racerstar MS35A
Motors- Emax RS2205S 2300kv
Props- Kingkong 5x4.5x3 (for now ) 5051s coming
Cam- Runcam Swift 2
VTx- Eachine TX526
I'll update this build log as I progress through it. As well as future changes/upgrades.
Frame is of excellent quality. Carbon is accurately cut and sharp.
Advertised weight without hardware is 80g
Frame prep all done. Sanded, glued and painted.
First mock up to checkout the paint job and see how the pdb and fc fit. Going to be a tight build for sure. My daughter says its colored like a frog. So I think we'll name it "Demon Frog" (update: my daughter decided she didnt like demons so she has approved "Quad Hopper" instead lol
Attached the flight stack to top plate with 3mm srews for structural support. (Discussion concerning the attachment of top plate to flight stack below in replies)
Enjoying the process, and taking my time. LEDs installed and wires planned out.
Pulse PDB prepared
FC in place
RX prepared
Then re-prpeared to fit
Attaching Rx and VTx to top plate. Double sided tape used for Rx and trimmed like the non-slip tape shown for VTx. Also all buttons can be reached while fully assembled
Trimed wires so that the top plate can be lfted for maintenance and repairs.
All built and kind of sad it's done But I thoroughly enjoyed the process and I figured I would
Here's a photo shoot and some weights for all you junkies like myself
Thanks for looking!
UPDATE: Maiden flights were perfect! And OMFG is it ballsy! (fyi: this is my first build so take this with a grain of rice) Everything feels very very balanced! The stretched X design of the frame is not too exaggerated imo and feels very sable! +1 to DemonRC. Flight times averaged around 5 minutes (mild flying, only a few good punches) with 1300mah Tattu's leaving 3.78v - 3.84v still on the packs.
UPDATE: After some aggressive flying and my first real flips and rolls, I do notice some slight oscillations but nothing major. Tbh I am ised to worse on my toys Anyways I look forward to learning some blackbox logs and working on my first tune!
Note: see post #20 for a taste of carbon carnage! DemonRCs carbon fiber takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'