The purpose of this build was to maximize 1s performance on a micro-quad with good protection of the electronics. Build summary: Slim X 2mm baseplate, 1 nylon standoff with nylon screws Fusion X3 (F3 AIO FC/ESC), nylon standoffs Frsky xm reciever $10 AIO camera/vtx, Flex RC printed camera mount Eagle […]
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By Jessika “rotorgrrl” Farrar Have you ever wondered “How in the world does an FPV pilot go about getting sponsored by their favorite brand?” It seems like so many people have sponsorships, but nobody just hands them out on the street, right? Surely there is some secret society […]
The Ascending Family – Buying your first FlexRC Ascent frame is a lot like buying your first Pokemon card. Just one can never be enough, and you’ll have this strange urge to collect them all. But that’s perfectly fine because the Ascent family of frames are all really great no […]
We are proud to announce that we’ve implemented, which we believe, the most fair and generous discounted shipping promotion program on the market. The way it works is that for orders over $100, which will be fulfilled by our USA Warehouse, you will be offered shipping reduced on 6% of […]
Introduction One of the new “minor features” in betaflight that I’m very excited about is throttle limit. Previously throttle limit could only be done through your transmitter software and is a pig to set up and even if you could set up it is difficult to flick between option. For […]
You might be reading the title and thinking the Pico isn’t a freestyle quad, that’s more for 5 inch quads and in a sense your correct but I wanted to share how my Pico has evolved from it arriving from Flex RC to now. Initially I wanted the Pico as […]
This guide will walk you through the assembly and setup of the FlexRC Ascent 3” The Ascent 3” builds upon the extreme success of the original Ascent, an innovative 2” quad with an integrated, no-hardware roll cage and fantastic flying characteristics. The single bottom plate is 3mm thick and with […]
A complete build up of a Ascent 2″ drone. Some solder tutorial, betaflight setup and esc firmware flashing. In this video I built up a custom FlexRC Ascent V2 rocket. This build consists on a HGLRC XJB 425 FC/ESC stack, HGLRC TX-20 VTX, Frsky XM+ reciever, 1105 6000 KV motors, […]
The above video walks you through the build steps for FlexRC’s tiny little Nano X micro quad. It’s not nearly as hard a build as I was expecting, given how small it is, but it’s certainly not as easy as a full size quad. A few steps took me several […]
Are you seeing the trend? FlexRC releases a new micro frame and I quickly declare it the best micro frame I’ve flown. While that’s been basically true for the last few frames, there’s a reason for it. Simply put, Dmitry at FlexRC is, hands-down, the best micro frame designer out […]