Stepping Back in Time - 2016 FPV Racing Drone Flown Today

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Now this is taking a step back in time. To mark Thomas' 2000th flight for 2021 he decided to fly his first custom designed and built dedicated racing drone. He ended up only flying it for about 6 months since we grew really close with ImpulseRC in 2016 and ended up joining forces during the development of he Helix.

Some highlights of the build:
-Total frame weight is 88g
-Total build weight minus battery is ~334g
-ESCs are Little bee 20a (Before Blheli_s)
-Motors are T-Motor F40 V2 (2205 2300kv)
-Designed to carry an infrared transponder for lap timing, this quad predates modern VTX timing systems.

Only two JS204s were cut and both are still fully functional. Massive thanks to FPVModels who also did the carbon cutting for us. They were one of the first companies to get behind FPV. It was always a pleasure to work with them.


Gear that Thomas Runs on his Race Fleet
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Radio Master TX16S
https://www.radiomasterrc.com

JS-1 Overview
https://youtu.be/q6_vJ4Ew_0M

Battery :
Tattu 6S 1300mah V4.0
https://www.genstattu.com

Current Gear:
Frame - BMSRacing JS-1
https://impulserc.com/products/bmsracing-js-1-race-frame
https://www.team-blacksheep.com/products/prod:bmsracing_js1_body
https://www.risingsunfpv.com.au/collections/new-items/products/bmsracing-js-1-race-frame
https://www.phaserfpv.com.au/products/impulsercbmsracingjs-1framekit?variant=28398300627021
https://www.defiancerc.com/collections/frames/products/impulse-rc-bmsracing-js-1-race-frame?fbclid=IwAR0uF3c8b8hXUJoANDpJCMDttuGty9zD2nTPvOkiiz8IIG44qp1ett6CLNE

Motors:
BMS Racing GoldLine Series
https://pyrodrone.com/collections/motors/products/t-motor-bms-racing-raptor-series-2306-5-2000kv-motor?
https://www.getfpv.com/t-motor-bms-racing-raptor-series-2306-5-2000kv-motor.html
https://quadracer.co/products/t-motor-bms-raptor-series-thomas-bitmatta-motors?
https://www.phaserfpv.com.au/pages/search-results?q=bms
https://www.nextfpv.com.au/pages/search-results-page?q=t-motor+bms

Flight Controller:
Foxeer Mini F722 Flight Controller 20*20mm
https://www.foxeer.com/foxeer-mini-f722-flight-controller-20-20mm-mounting-hole-betaflight-g-299

ESC - HobbyWing 40A 4-in-1 20x20
http://hobbywing.com/goods.php?id=666&filter_attr=.

Camera:
Foxeer Micro Predator 4 FPV Racing Camera
http://foxeer.com/Foxeer-Micro-Predator-4-Super-WDR-4mm-latency-FPV-Racing-Camera-g-232

Antenna VTX:
Foxeer Lollypop
https://www.foxeer.com/foxeer-5-8g-micro-lollipop-2-5dbi-high-gain-super-tiny-fpv-omni-antenna-g-280
https://www.foxeer.com/foxeer-lollipop-3-2-5dbi-stubby-omni-fpv-antenna-dji-goggles-g-231

TBS Triumph Pro SMA & UFL
https://www.team-blacksheep.com/products/prod:triumph_pro_smastub
https://www.team-blacksheep.com/products/prod:triumph_pro_ufl

Propellor:
HQ R42 Orange

VTX System:
TBS Pro32 Nano 5G8
https://www.team-blacksheep.com/products/prod:unifypro32_nano

Control Link RX:
TBS Tracer
https://www.team-blacksheep.com/products/prod:tracer_starterset

Tiny'sLEDs - As used in Video
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https://tinysleds.com/collections/rgb/products/pico-rainbow-rgb-leds-3-leds

Camera Gear
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Canon 90D
Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art
Rode Video Microphone

HollyLand Lark150
https://www.hollyland.com.au/where-to-buy/
https://www.facebook.com/HollylandTech/
https://www.instagram.com/hollylandtech/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/hollylandtech/
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