-H for Hoverfly Sport flight controller! I like the 330mm frame size for aerobatic flying and general bashing around the sky, I've been having fun with the F450 with Naza controller but it's a bit too big and the Naza a little too slow for really tearing it up so I decided to give this combination a try since I already had the Sport board and the LHS had the F330 kits on the shelf...
The basic frame, motors, and speed controllers are all standard F330 kit contents, the flight controller a Hoverfly Sport setup in Expert mode, Graupner 9 x 5 props, a CC BEC providing power for the electronics since the DJI ESCs are opto versions with no internal BEC, and a Spektrum AR 6115e RX. The maiden flight was using 8 x 5 Graupner props and a battery mounted on the top of the frame, not particularly steady and uninspiring performance. Swapped the battery to the bottom to be able to use the 9 inch props which fit but just barely. Made some changes to the gain setting on the Hoverfly board and setup 3 flight modes on the TX from a mild 40% expo with 80% travel to no expo and 100% travel.
Second flight was significantly better than the first, the change in balance as well the bigger props were just what it needed, I was able to dial up the gain and get nice smooth flight in high expo flight mode and absolutely crazy reponse in no expo mode, this thing rocks with the current setup!
I've managed to get a half dozen flights on it this morning but it's starting to rain so that's it for the day unfortunately, I'm dying to get this thing to a big field where I can let it rip and see how it compares to my 330mm KK based aerobatic quads. I have a feeling with some open space and in the no expo flight mode this quad is going to be a little rocketship that flips, loops, and rolls with ease, too bad I'll have to wait for a better day to find out!
One thing I know for certain, this setup is not for beginners, don't even think of setting one up this way unless you're 100% comfortable with all orientations and extremely fast changes to orientation, I've never had a quad that yaws as crazy fast as this thing does...:joyous:
Ken
The basic frame, motors, and speed controllers are all standard F330 kit contents, the flight controller a Hoverfly Sport setup in Expert mode, Graupner 9 x 5 props, a CC BEC providing power for the electronics since the DJI ESCs are opto versions with no internal BEC, and a Spektrum AR 6115e RX. The maiden flight was using 8 x 5 Graupner props and a battery mounted on the top of the frame, not particularly steady and uninspiring performance. Swapped the battery to the bottom to be able to use the 9 inch props which fit but just barely. Made some changes to the gain setting on the Hoverfly board and setup 3 flight modes on the TX from a mild 40% expo with 80% travel to no expo and 100% travel.
Second flight was significantly better than the first, the change in balance as well the bigger props were just what it needed, I was able to dial up the gain and get nice smooth flight in high expo flight mode and absolutely crazy reponse in no expo mode, this thing rocks with the current setup!
I've managed to get a half dozen flights on it this morning but it's starting to rain so that's it for the day unfortunately, I'm dying to get this thing to a big field where I can let it rip and see how it compares to my 330mm KK based aerobatic quads. I have a feeling with some open space and in the no expo flight mode this quad is going to be a little rocketship that flips, loops, and rolls with ease, too bad I'll have to wait for a better day to find out!
One thing I know for certain, this setup is not for beginners, don't even think of setting one up this way unless you're 100% comfortable with all orientations and extremely fast changes to orientation, I've never had a quad that yaws as crazy fast as this thing does...:joyous:
Ken
