Electricwingman FlightClub PROton, Builder'S Manual

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Why build this quad?
FPV FlightClub is a US store who also design frames (and sponsor racing Pilots).
The attention to detail FlightClub invest in their frames is spectacular, their Tokio was
the first frame I was aware of to use chamfered edges on the carbon, they tried
many different types of carbon (a lot of manufacturers say this but in FlightClubs
case I was involved in some of the testing) and the “Buttermount” is just brilliant.
The Proton is the latest frame from FlightClub and is a light frame which can be
configured a number of ways, the version we are building here is the Skeleton, the
lightest one and I have to say, having built it if flies spectacularly well.
The frame has all the usual features from FlightClub such as Buttermount for the
flight controller, countersunk screws so you have a flat bottom – no screw head
damage to the LiPo, mounts for a micro cam, VTX antenna and RX antennae, a
mount point for the VTX and an innovative aluminium plate which removes the
requirement for lock nuts.
Quite honestly this is the cleanest build I have, nothing is held in place with zip ties,
nothing is attached to the top plate, it just fits. On top of this it flies superbly, my first
flight I referred to it as “Witchcraft” and honestly, I stick by it.
Don’t be deceived by the description as being “Racing Quad”, this thing makes an
excellent acro quad, there are arms options that can be used to make it more suited
to that. It is simply the best frame I have
Parts list
Frame: FlightClub PROton Ultralight Racing Quad
Flight Stack: Sunrise Siskin 4 in 1 30A ESC, F4 FC and OSD (2-4S)
Motors: BrotherHobby Returner R5 2306 2450kv (Deadpool are always popular but I
prefer the RedHulks, the photos never do them justice, they are not flat scarlet but
bright metallic red, see the photo at the front
VTX: TBS Unify Pro HV Race
Camera: Foxeer Arrow Micro (Runcam Swift Micro will fir just as well, but I prefer the
Foxeer, it has proved more robust)
Receiver: FrSky XM+
VTX antenna: Lumenier Axii ufl
Ancillary Parts: XT60 connector, shorter standoffs (20mm) can be used
Tools: Soldering iron and solder, side trimmers, craft knife, hot glue gun, hex drivers,
blue threadlock
Other useful stuff: files and wet-and-dry paper, hot air gun, tweezers.