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DragonFly 2206-2800kV Motors
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I know Oscar has used and probably still uses these motors.

I purchased a set of these a while back and I will be honest and open, I bought these after watching a video by Paul and Thomas over at BMSWEB (youtube) and after reading Oscars Blog and his Airhog 180. (Which I also bought..thanks to Oscar)

Purchased these from FPVmodel.com

First Impressions:

The first thing you notice with these motors is how heavy they are. 
Too some this will be no good as they very conscious about saving weight.
For me the weight is acceptable as I am by no means a hard core Acro pilot, I am more your smash your way through the trees and shrubs..so I am a proximity flyer, and one thing I have learnt flying as such is that you need strength.

The finish on these motors is great, nice long threaded shafts that also come with 2 nyloc inserted lock nuts (nice touch). The threaded shafts are long enough to accept the DAL 4045 triple props easily and still allow the lock nuts to be cinched down snug.

I decided to put these motors on my ZMR180 (4mm bottom plate version) and paired them RG20 Esc's, Xracer F303 Flight controller and 4S 1300mAh 75C Tattu Lipo.

With all running gear and Gopro Hero 3+, Lipo onboard she weighed in at a hefty 612 grams.  OMG...A Tank.
So I fondly call her the "Tank"

I was not sure what to expect on the maiden flight but I was blown away at the power of this thing.

The second it spins up you can hear how it just wants to let rip, just a touch of throttle and it doesn't just lift off it propels itself into the sky like a rocket.  If you have ever flown a 180 class quad with 1806-2700kV motors for example you would know how much throttle you need to use to keep her up, with these 2206-2800 kV motors you do not have that problem. What I found was I needed to back the throttle off more than I was used to. I cannot describe how fast these motors are on a 180 sized frame.

Acceleration is amazing, even on a hefty weighted flying tank.  These motors on the likes of a Krieger would be insane (next project).lol

After several back to back flights on 4S, with a lot of high throttle input the motors come down in only a Tepid state (best way I could describe it). While early days yet, the motors sound nice and smooth.

I like them so much I just ordered another 10 of them (2 sets and 2 spares).

Again I stress, early days yet, but, do not let the brand name fool you, these motors appear to have slipped under the radar, and I for 1 like them.

Please excuse the not so brilliant flying as I am not your top gun flip, flop double immelman type flyer, but here is my maiden flight on these motors.

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#2
thanks for the review, I am tempted to get a set of these Smile your 180 seems heavy, what flight time do you get on that setup ?
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(03-Feb-2016, 02:42 AM)MacFly90 Wrote: thanks for the review, I am tempted to get a set of these Smile your 180 seems heavy, what flight time do you get on that setup ?

At moderate throttle I am getting around the 3.5 to 4.5 minute mark, at lots of high throttle I am around 3.5 minutes and alarm is going off, so, not all that much in it. But then again I am only using a 1300mAh Lipo. But as a added bonus, the strange thing is , I get around the same times flying with 1806-2700kV motors on a 520 gram 180 quad.. go figure.
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