Cerberus Trifecta - Cerb v2 newbe build

[VirtueViolater]

I have several under my belt...lol

 

[Futuramille]

i think I'm done tuning this 5" for now. this was a great flight today. plugged into betaflight twice to tweek I
pushed anti gravity from 1 to 2 to help drift during punch outs. I is still high at 50...
I'm seeing some bounce back in snappy rolls.. a little.. what do y'all see.

 

[Wayno52]

Nice Futura, I dunno to me it looked sweet. Man I’m jealous of your playground.
Tune looks good .

 

[VirtueViolater]

I didn't see anything obvious that needs tuning, tuning is really a personal preference thing. Have you tried the 4 blade props yet? If so, what do ya think about em?

 

[Futuramille]

thanks Wayne, the playground got small real quick flying 5" but i certainly do feel fortunate.
its definitely personal feel thing virtue. good thing is my son and i fly similar feel.. (have always shared toys) basically that last flight we had finally added the 10% TX expo after a couple weeks of pid/rate tuning only. i saved the tx expo till the last.
basically its just turning it on (put it in the loop) but it helps soften just enough at center stick to notice in the camera replay (not so jerky)
after the maiden flights, i stopped flying it and "Nate Dogg FPV" aka my 20yo did all the test flights. i asked for moves, constant feedback and watched vids to make changes. (lots of looking up)
yesterday, adding TX expo was my first time flying after betaflight tuning.
i only have one set of gear and trading back n forth is hard on goggles and increases chance of TX mistakes.
plus i wanted to see if i could tune it withought flying... just for fun.. make it a team thing. it worked.

 

[Futuramille]

no 4 blade props yet virtue

 

[VirtueViolater]

no 4 blade props yet virtue

You'll love-em around the house

 

[Futuramille]

So next is a rebuild of this cerberus micro 2" 119mm.
brother - returner R3 1106-7100
cicada 25A 4in1
Piko blx FC
frsky xm+ RX
furious fpv revolt vtx

 

[Futuramille]

first question is.. its a micro, should i really try to softmount the motors (yes)
... but with what? i was considering a thick carton type paper... like a gasket. just so the motors arnt against cf. i don't think it needs much and it didn't have it before.. needs something though.

 

[VirtueViolater]

If your FC is soft-mounted, soft-mounting motors is redundant.

 

[Futuramille]

good point! Ill be softmounting the FC.
i replaced the "stack connectors" or whatever they are called and went with nylon through bolts. I've cut and got the custom spacers too. all up i lost 3mm if stack height. these cerbs are tight so it was worth the effort.

 

[Futuramille]

first move was carefully cutting the GPS connection... that got me 1.3 mm
it was big!

 

[Futuramille]

more work today...
worked on the spacers and stack to fit paracord. dyed them red.. the top nuts are space holders and o rings will be there under the fc.

 

[VirtueViolater]

Is that fuel tubes? I used O-rings top and bottom on fc before i started using RF with gummies

 

[Futuramille]

i actually went ahead (shits n giggles) and put in a 15lb arches paper gasket painted red. if it helps.. great. if not.. detail always adds more fun. can't hurt

then got the motors mounted

 

[Futuramille]

no, that's hard plastic tubing virtue. the o rings will replace the nuts with those nuts on top

 

[Futuramille]

i gotta hold it together while i solder these wrapped wires.

 

[Futuramille]

this is the look i want... ++ o rings

 

[Futuramille]

three more to go and work/crisis screwed my build session. more later...

 

[Futuramille]

one side done... this is kinda tricky with the paracord... your limited and must plan ahead... it adds to a rather simple task of tying motor to esc what ever..
attention to detail helps me sleep better.