Rekon HD | FPVFlow | 7inch Long Range

By FPVFlow on Mar 13, 2023

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This build is very similar to its analog version FPVFLOW TRAILBLAZER, with similar weight and performance.

The main difference consists in the FC / ESC stack to be placed on the rear part of the frame. This is due to the fact that the Caddx Polar KIT comes with a short cable, thus not allowing the Vista kit to be placed on the back. Also, the ESC is flipped and this means a resource remapping on Betaflight or a mixer modification on INAV to work properly.

The H7 FC is plenty powerful as it remains constantly at 1% CPU on the bench... that's crazy...

The main issue with this build is the frame. It has a nice shape but is too prone to oscillations (and then also D-term ones). Recently, a rigidity bar has been put on the market, probably in order to overcome this problem. We have already bought a bunch of them, but we are still waiting for the delivery.

We are using INAV 5.1, which is fine for the purpose of the build. Moreover, BF would be better for filtering, especially for single notch filters that are not available on INAV. With decent tuning, even without rigidity bars, it flies well (if you don't look too much at the logs), handling strong wind gusts without too many oscillations.

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Part List

Frame

Rekon7 Long Range HD O3 Frame Kit 7 Inch for FPV Racing Drone (3 builds)
Rekonfpv.com
$3.00

Flight Controller

20x20mm Holybro Kakute H7 Mini Flight Controller 2-6S Support DJI / Caddx Digital System for RC Drone FPV Racing
Banggood.com
See Site

ESCs

Tekko32 F3 4in1 mini ESC(45A) (5 builds)
Shop.holybro.com
$56.00

Motors

4 x F90_Motors_FPV_T-MOTOR Store-Official Store for T-motor drone motor,ESC,Propeller
Store.tmotor.com
See Site

Propellers

HQ Durable Prop 7X4X3 Light Grey Propeller - FPVFlow (4 builds)
Fpvflow.it
See Site

FPV Transmitter

Caddx Polar Starlight Vista Kit (12 builds)
Caddxfpv.com
See Site

Receiver

Crossfire Diversity Nano Rx TBS | FPVFlow (4 builds)
Fpvflow.it
See Site

Batteries

Pacco Batteria Li-Ion 6S 35A Varicore 18650 | FPVFlow (2 builds)
Fpvflow.it
See Site

Batteries

Pacco Batteria Li-Ion 6S 40A 21700 Murata | FPVFlow (7 builds)
Fpvflow.it
See Site

Radio

FrSky Taranis X9D Plus SE 2019 with ACCESS (13 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$247.00

Goggles

Fat Shark Dominator HDO 2 FPV Goggles (71 builds)
Getfpv.com
$499.99

Goggles

DJI FPV Goggles V2 (240 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

HD Camera

GoPro HERO9 Black - Waterproof Action Camera with Front LCD and Touch Rear Screens, 5K Ultra HD Video, 20MP Photos, 1080p Live S (14 builds)
Amazon.com
$349.99

HD Camera

GoPro Hero 6 Black NAKED NUOVA con BEC BetaFPV drone FPV BETA95X BETA85X 4K 12MP
Ebay.com
See Site

HD Camera

GoPro HERO10 Black - Waterproof Action Camera with Front LCD and Touch Rear Screens, 5.3K60 Ultra HD Video, 23MP Photos, 1080p L (18 builds)
Amazon.com
$249.00

HD Camera

GoPro HERO8 Black - Waterproof Action Camera with Touch Screen 4K Ultra HD Video 12MP Photos 1080p Live Streaming Stabilization (37 builds)
Amazon.com
$2.00

HD Camera

E2-M4 - Z CAM
Z-cam.com
$1,499.00

HD Camera

GoPro HERO11 Black - Waterproof Action Camera with 5.3K60 Ultra HD Video, 27MP Photos, 1/1.9" Image Sensor, Live Streaming, Webc (2 builds)
Amazon.com
$11.00

Misc Parts

GPS BEITIAN BE-252i con BUSSOLA COMPASS | M10 | FPVFlow (4 builds)
Fpvflow.it
See Site

Misc Parts

VIFLY GPS-mate (3 builds)
Viflydrone.com
$14.99

Video Receiver

TBS Fusion Modulo Ricevente Video Fatshark VTX VRX | FPVFlow
Fpvflow.it
See Site

Radio Module

Modulo Crossfire Micro TX V2 | Long Range | 40km raggio FPVFlow
Fpvflow.it
See Site

Misc Supplies

GEPRC GEP-Pagoda2 5.8G 2dBi FPV Antenna SMA/RP-SMA RHCP/LHCP 6cm 60mm (5 builds)
Banggood.com
$10.17
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LiPoFly   Mar 13, 2023  

You could just swap the wires of the cable that connects FC and ESC.

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