Hi Folks,
I recently wrote here about my struggles with the 5 broken KISS esc's and 3 fires because of them (and minor crashes) and I am always on the hunt for a cleaner build so when I saw the TBS powercube I was sold.
At ~150$ it's not cheap but that is the F3 based FC, 4 ESC's and the DC-DC converter which powers the VTX and camera for a very clean build.
Powercube stack
This along with the MicroRX for the Crossfire have made for such a clean build with small parts, it's fantastic.
SBUS to the FC
With the motors and arms attached.
From the back
Form the top with ESC's connected.
The camera and VTX plug directly into the DC-DC converter on the bottom layer meaning VTX and CAM aren't connected to each other but pass through the powercube.
The battery connectes to the powercube directly as well.
This means there are 4 "accessory" wires:
1. buzzer
2. RX
3. Cam
4. VTX
And then of course the Battery and the ESC wires.
I also took the opportunity to change from the Lumenier 2206-2350 KV motors to the 2204-2300KV motors which are rated for 4s and are much lighter (I didn't want to, it's just that the last 2 KISS "outages" killed 2 motors and the other 2 were pretty beaten up).
I haven't had a chance to fly yet but the motors are super silent when spinning, much like the KISS, apparently the ESC's are running a custom version of simonK but can be flashed via cleanflight directly so I could put BLHeli on them if I wanted to.
Here is a blurry pic I took before work with my phone:
More to come.
I recently wrote here about my struggles with the 5 broken KISS esc's and 3 fires because of them (and minor crashes) and I am always on the hunt for a cleaner build so when I saw the TBS powercube I was sold.
At ~150$ it's not cheap but that is the F3 based FC, 4 ESC's and the DC-DC converter which powers the VTX and camera for a very clean build.
Powercube stack
This along with the MicroRX for the Crossfire have made for such a clean build with small parts, it's fantastic.
SBUS to the FC
With the motors and arms attached.
From the back
Form the top with ESC's connected.
The camera and VTX plug directly into the DC-DC converter on the bottom layer meaning VTX and CAM aren't connected to each other but pass through the powercube.
The battery connectes to the powercube directly as well.
This means there are 4 "accessory" wires:
1. buzzer
2. RX
3. Cam
4. VTX
And then of course the Battery and the ESC wires.
I also took the opportunity to change from the Lumenier 2206-2350 KV motors to the 2204-2300KV motors which are rated for 4s and are much lighter (I didn't want to, it's just that the last 2 KISS "outages" killed 2 motors and the other 2 were pretty beaten up).
I haven't had a chance to fly yet but the motors are super silent when spinning, much like the KISS, apparently the ESC's are running a custom version of simonK but can be flashed via cleanflight directly so I could put BLHeli on them if I wanted to.
Here is a blurry pic I took before work with my phone:
More to come.