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250 Class Mini Quads Overview( T-Motors, SunnySky, Lumenier)

Hello
As promised there will be a lot more activity on our blog.What better way to kick things of then with a shoot out. Granted im sure many others have done similar things already, but i want to go step further then just making a jig to measure thrust, i want to share flight videos, real in flight telemetry and really settle on a true winner.
Winner of what might you ask.
Well i have been selling mini quads left and right lately and while i have been focusing on more get the most bang for your buck i could not forget what RushMore Mods stands for. We are always in endless pursuit of performance.
In this post i get to share my experience with some of the best hardware money can buy,
Please do not worry if you do not see everything in this exact post because as i am writing this i am realizing that this is a multi day event.
Enough with the chit chat, let me cut to the chase, We are going to be building three quads, and if the mailman decides to do their job there will be a fourth quad joining the game.
Purpose of this is to see if buying premium equipment really pays off when it comes to mini quads and FPV.
All the quads are going to be based on my favorite frame, that i have built dozens of and all my customers are extremely happy with, the RMM250, to start of everyone will be commanded by the CC3D flight controller, and finally what we are testing.
THE DRIVE TRAIN.
QUAD #1
A Budget Friendly Build:
Frame: RMM250
FC: CC3D
ESC: RcTimer SimonK 12amp with BEC 2-4S
Motor: RcTimer 1806 2300kv 2-4S
Propeller: Gemfan 5x3 and 5x4
Lipo Battery: Lumenier 1300mah 3S 35C(best mini quad lipo)

***Reserve For Picture****



QUAD #2
The Tiger
Frame: RMM250
FC: CC3D
ESC: T-motor S-series S12a SimonK 600hZ 2-4S with BEC
Motor: T-motor 1806 2300kv 2-4S
Propeller: Gemfan 5x3 and 5x4
Lipo Battery: Lumenier 1300mah 3S 35C(best mini quad lipo)


***Reserve For Picture*****



QUAD #3
The BEAST
Frame: RMM250
FC: CC3D
ESC: T-motor S-series S12a SimonK 600hZ 2-4S with BEC
Motor: T-motor Built, Lumenier Branded FXC2206-2350kv
Propeller: Gemfan 5x3 and 5x4, 6x3, 6x4.5
Lipo Battery: Lumenier 1300mah 3S 35C(best mini quad lipo)

***Reserve For Picture*****







QUAD #4
The Underdog
Frame: RMM250
FC: CC3D
ESC: ZTW Spider OPTO 12amp SimonK
Motor: SunnySky x2204 2300kv
Propeller: Gemfan 5x3 and 5x4, 6x3, 6x4.5
Lipo Battery: Lumenier 1300mah 3S 35C(best mini quad lipo)

***Reserve For Picture*****


ALL of the Quads will have full FPV Gear outfitted on them just how i would normally build and FPV mini racer for someone or myself.
FPV Gear:
TBS Core PNP50 or 25
TBS-69 Flight Camera, or TBS-59, 3 out of 4 are runing 69
TBS Boss 500mw 5.8ghz Transmitter
ImmersionRC SpiroNet v2 Antennas

On The Ground we have  the Skyzone FPV Goggles as well as Fatshark Dominator V2.2, which we will also take a look at in the later posts.

So this is what we are going to do, we will set up a little coarse for the quads to fly, that way its all the same, then I and a couple of my friends, to mix in some different flying styles will take each one of these quads out for a ride, we will dvr the flight footage and then compare what kind of power draw and how much battery if any we have left at the end of each run.
As i said i dont want to do the typical scale measure test we will go of real world experience, and having multiple people with different flight styles should give us a pretty good idea on each set up. Hopefully this will help someone decide which set up is proper for their abilities and style. I have to honestly say doing this has opened my eyes.

I have not gotten a chance to photo each quads yet but i promise all the pictures and the first set of videos will be up if not tomorrow then the day after for sure.

Meanwhile i did manage to snap a few pics of the motors and ESCs, and some build in progress photos.













Here is just a couple of pics of build in progress, i loaned my DSLR to someone to excuse the Nexus 5 Quality





And some more equipment that arrived last night







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