Broke out the beater... has the fancy RPM filter, but one motor bell has no top c-clip and the shaft is loose so the bell gets sucked off the stator by the prop, then it stalls and falls back, gets spun up again and pulls up until it stalls again falls back... in an oscillation that causes a lot of unpredictability. But, figured I'd milk the session for all it was worth, and continued flying into the rain. Kabab's OG Toothpick, 1103's and junk from pyrodrone... same one from muh older vids. Musak; Red Hot Lover Tone - #1 Player Chi-Ali - Step Up (prod. The Beatnuts) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlhkXInRVGQ

Testing repairs after a day of hard flying at the powerloop training barn terminated in a crash that somehow melted the motor connectors on the back two motors. To be fair, I may have pre-heated them chasing this Mustang; https://youtu.be/ZOEVEh2UcDE?t=1 All 4 motors are now direct-soldered to the pads, and I tore off the melted sockets with my mini dikes. These flights were at 3°C, 5-7AM. I broke two more spokes tonight flying into light posts and crashing onto blacktop in the dark, but it's still flies fine. This is the first time I got to fly my IR-modded Tinyhawk S at night. The black glint tape worked well to find it in the dark against the blacktop as well, just in case the battery ever gets ejected and I can't make it beep or do the RSSI-dowsing rod thang. FRA: Emax Tinyhawk S Indoor FPV Racing Drone Spare Part 75mm Polypropylene Frame Kit 1-2S AIO: EMAX Tinyhawk S Indoor Drone Part - AIO Flight Controller/VTX/Receiver (VTX Removed) MOT: EMAX 08025 15000KV (from the original stock 1S Tinyhawk) PRO: EMAX Tinyhawk 4 Blade Turtle Mode Avan Propeller CAM: Caddx Beetle CMOS 800TVL FOV 170 4:3 NTSC (Camera Only!, IR filter was also removed) VTX: Caddx FireFly (VTX Only!) 5.8GHz 25mw ANT: URUAV Micro UXII Stubby RHCP Mini FPV Antenna 1.6dBi 5.8GHz BAT: Turnigy Nano-tech 300mah 2S 45~90C Lipo Pack Added JST, 5V Beeper, Silicone Conformal Coating and black glint tape (hopefully I won't lose it with all these mods). I modded the Beetle lens for IR / night vision after removing it from the VTX. I used a VTX from a FireFly, cause it supports SmartAudio. I direct-soldered the "URUAV Micro UXII Stubby RHCP" to the FireFly VTX and secured it between the rear props on the bottom. 33.85g Modded Weight (dry) [+5.5g] 28.35g Stock Tinyhawk S (dry). +1.41g Taller 15000KV Motors +3.00g Turnigy NanoTech 45~90C Batteries (18g each) 2S AUW is 52 grams. Flight duration is 2-3 minutes on the Nano-techs. *seriously impressed with the Micro UXII! *video is better than I thought possible in urban @25mW! 8.68g 4x 0802 15500KV (stock 2S) 10.09g 4x 08025 15000KV (stock 1S) Recorded via ground-based DVR; https://www.immersionrc.com/fpv-products/powerplay/ https://www.immersionrc.com/fpv-products/rapidfire/ https://www.fatshark.com/product/hdo-fpv-goggles/ https://caddxfpv.com/products/beetle-v1 Edited with DaVinci Resolve 16 Music: Cuts from "Future Sound Of London - Envionments Part 1" (re-arranged a bit) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mkK9f7taC4