Spontaneous Exploring

What started like your usual race training session ended up being a nice opportunity for some exploring in a nearby quarry. I LOVE that I can just spontaneously decide to go for a little bit of distance with my 5" Rooster on Crossfire without worrying about failsafe or range issues. Even on a 1300mAh 4s, I had no issue reaching the first visible ridge 1km away (horizontal) and making my way back with a freestyle stop along the way. I upgraded my Crossfire Micro TX to the full-size one, because 100mW was just not cutting it for longer-range flying in the mountains. Also upgraded both my race quads with the new TBS Crossfire Nano receiver. This thing is TINY! The fact that there is no connector and you can direct solder the wires makes it for a very, very clean install in any situation. I used to antenna tubes and put the standard flexible RX antenna in there. No issues for now with this mounting solution and I get plenty of signal strength for racing, even though the antennas are very close to the carbon. Music credits: Yayoyanoh ft. Organ Tapes - Off Road THE QUADS: ======== FREESTYLE ---------------- Frame: Armattan Rooster 5" Flight Controller: FuriousFPV Fortini OSD ESCs: Hobbywing XRotor 4-in-1 40A dshot600 Motors: XNova Lightning 2207 2600kv Props:HQProp 5x4.8x3 V1S FPV Cam: Runcam Eagle 2 16:9 RX: TBS Crossfire Micro RX v2 vTX: TBS Unify Pro HV Antenna: TBS Triumph HD Camera: GoPro Hero5 Session Batteries: Gaoneng GNB, ThunderpowerRC, Tattu LONG-RANGE ---------------- Frame: FPVFrame.ch DiveX Flight controller: Hobbywing XRotor F4 AIO ESCs: Hobbywing XRotor 4-in-1 40A dshot600 Motors: Hobbywing XRotor 2205 1800kv Props: Master Airscrew Rs 6x4.5x3 / DAL Cyclone 6040 / HQProp 7x4.5 V1S FPV Cam: Runcam Eagle 2 16:9 RX: TBS Crossfire Micro RX v2 vTX: TBS Unify v3 Antenna: TBS Triumph HD Camera: GoPro Hero5 Session Batteries: Swaytronic / mylipo.de RACE 1 ---------------- Frame: Karearea Talon Flight controller: Hobbywing XRotor F4 AIO ESCs: Hobbywing XRotor 4-in-1 40A dshot600 Motors: XNova Lightning 2207 2600kv Props: Gemfan Windancer 5042 FPV Cam: Runcam Micro Swift 2 RX: TBS Crossfire Nano vTX: FuriousFPV Stealth Race Antenna: Race412 Pagoda Batteries: Gaoneng GNB, ThunderpowerRC, Tattu RACE 2 ---------------- Frame: Hyperlite Floss 2 Flight controller: Hobbywing XRotor F4 AIO ESCs: Hobbywing XRotor 4-in-1 40A dshot600 Motors: XNova Lightning 2207 2400kv Props: HQProp 5x5x3 V1S FPV Cam: Runcam Micro Sparrow RX: TBS Crossfire Nano vTX: FuriousFPV Stealth Race Antenna: Lumenier AXII Stubby Batteries: Gaoneng GNB, ThunderpowerRC, Tattu Other stuff: ========= Transmitter: FrSky Taranis Q X7 TX Module: TBS Crossfire TX Ground station: Clearview Racing 5.8GHz Video antennas: VAS Pepperbox + Crosshair Goggles: Aomway Commander V1 Bag: LowePro QuadGuard BP X2