Wingman HM Prototype Test Flight - 1S 18650 VTC5A 19mins!

Testing this time:
-HM ELRS F4 AIO - Incredible performance down to 2.8V
-HM 1102.5 11500kv - Much more efficient and powerful than previously tested Rcinpower equivalent thanks to /I believe/ quite improved features; curved magnets, lower airgap...maybe at the expense of less smoothness?
-BF4.3 RC2 - Necessary for latest ELRS 2.0 fw, default tune is pretty wobbly, lots of oscillations will need to be dampened down further down for the BNF
-Onboard VTX - tested for multipathing prone environment with linear antenna; came out ok, you can notice the feed gets significantly better once out of the structure
-SMT ELRS antenna - stock antenna is tucked in a bit far between the CF, I had telemetry loss on the parking, might replace it with a UFL on the BNF to pull a dipole out the front cage
-New frame toughness - did a few scraps and couple little crashes on concrete, nothing but light scuffs
Overall extremely pleased with the results; 19mins flight time out of a single, 3400mAh li-ion cell is blowing my mind.
Also amazing is the fact I could still pull out flips and rolls down to the last few minutes, whereas the previous built could barely gain altitude anymore long before that
I believe with a better tune I could totally play with the 30mins flight time on a 3000mAh VTC6 cruise flight
Super excited to bring it out!
Get the kit, parts or BNF here: store.fractalengineering.net/...

[@MichaelDFPV]

Looking forward to future updates. Subscribed to make sure I don't miss it.

[@bert2192]

awesome!!!

[@PoodlehawkFPV]

Now I want one of those too🤣

[@fractalengineering]

Hehe you'll get a lot of fun from it I'm sure, stay tuned Collin!

[@alizuma233]

Please post which parts you used. I would love to build one. Or if you have a build video, please link. Thank You

[@TuxedoFPV]

Very cool! Still on gemfan 3018? What frame are you using? Some kind of 3" toothpick frame?

[@fractalengineering]

yep 3018 biblades they're perfect for that build. Frame is my own design, you can check it out here facebook.com/FractalEngineeringShop/posts/353709779834355 (or search on the page "fractalwingman")

[@TuxedoFPV]

@@fractalengineering Oh that is very cool. Yes I see you'd need to have biblade to pocket it. It's like a mavic mini but actually fun! To go with this, having a small TX with flip-up monitor would be very pocketable. I was working on a setup like that a while ago but my monitor was a watch and the reception was too poor. I think the NBD Beemote with a 3 or 4" screen would be great. I hear they are working on a new beemote .... if it was elrs it would be perfect.

[@brdsrtrl]

One step closer to birds!!!

[@fractalengineering]

well technically, if it flies and got a surveillance camera, isn't it one already? :D

[@brdsrtrl]

@@fractalengineering govt tech is a few year ahead of the consumer market...

[@damienkinchen]

Can you tell me what parts you used? Just got the frame and want to start betting the parts.

[@fractalengineering]

my brother in christ the build list is literally in the description 😄 Also added a link to the shop where you'll find more infos in the product page if you've purchased it from one of our dealers

[@damienkinchen]

@@fractalengineering oh. Thanks a bunch. 🤣

[@damienkinchen]

​@@fractalengineeringI may just keep this frame for parts and just get the BNF wingman. Any idea when the regular wingman bnf will be back in stock? The analog. Thanks

[@fractalengineering]

@@damienkinchen very well; I'm expecting X12 resupply next week or the one after, but that just reminds me that I can actually add the X12 Lite + OVX300 option! Will do it later today; cheers

[@damienkinchen]

@@fractalengineering right on. Thanks a bunch.