I have many questions regarding which one to buy, so here it is. Buy the Falcon! It’s only a few $$ more and its way better!

1. Racer 250 Is old model, Falcon 250 is its replacement. As time goes on you will see replacement parts disappear for racer 250, while replacements for Falcon will last much longer.
2. Falcon can fit bigger battery 3s/4s as its mounted on top. Racer 250 has a battery slide in tray and struggles to get 4s in.
3. Falcon  250 has much better ESCS, they can handle 4s a lot better and much better specs.
4. Arms on Racer 250 break a lot more easily than Falcon. Falcon has carbon arms, very durable.
5. Falcon specs mainly motors and ESCS are much better. Once you have put in a few hours you will want to get faster and more aggressive, one way to do this is going straight to 4s batteries, once you do, you don’t go back to 3S.
6. Falcon ESCS support oneshot, however Racer 250’s does not.

F.A.Q
If Falcon is so much better, why do you still sell Racer 250?
Because people keep buying it! I’m hoping more people will read this guide and demand will slow and more will buy the Falcon.

Falcon is more expensive!
You can usually buy it RTF Falcon for only $30-50 more. Totally worth it!

Which do you fly?
I own Quad racers myself, I started on Falcon 250. I since have tried Racer 250, it does not compete with Falcon at all!

The motors mounts scare me!
Please read our guide here, we recommend you remove them straight away anyway!

Last Updated 25-04-16
The following parts were selected

1x Bolt 250 Frame
1x Naze 32: Naze 32 Acro
4 x XNova 2204 2300kv motors
4x ZTW Spider Mini 18A OPTO ESC Multi-Rotor 2~4S (BLHeli/SimonK Firmware)
1x Foxeer HS1177 XAT600M DC5V-22V 600tvl Sony Super HAD CCD FPV Camera IR Block 2.8mm Lens PAL
1x Aomway T25 5.8GHz Selectable 25/200mW 40CH FPV Tx VTX
1x Aomway 5.8GHz RP-SMA FPV 4 Leaf Clover AV Transmission RHCP Antenna 1 Piece – Red
1x Matek PDB BEC-5V/3A LED Lighting Control Tracker Low Voltage Alarm LED & POWER HUB 5in1
4x DAL Tri Blade T5045BN 5045BN Bullnose Propellers

1x FrSky XSR 2.4GHz 16CH ACCST Receiver with S-Bus and CPPM
1x FrSKY Taranis X9D Plus Mode 2 2.4Ghz Digital Telemetry Radio System With Alluminium Case (C’Tick Approved) Continue reading “Bolt 250 Build Log” »

This was my first quad and it’s a great flier, however out of the box there is a few issues that I would like to address here.

We now sell some falcons at a premium price with all this stuff completed.

1. Remove motor mounts and reinstall motors – 15 Minutes
2. Upgrade to betaflight as per this guide – 20 Minutes
   This includes:
   Flashing CC3D with betaflight
   Reconfiguring Receiver
   Setting all PID’s
   Setting Up Flight Modes
3. Move receiver to front instead of back, this gives you easier access to the Flight controller when plugging in USB, also gives better routing for antennas – 5 Minutes
4. Attach Antennas with cable ties, heat gunt shrink tube and route through the top. They are usually floating at the back where power is routed, and the antennas get chopped in first flight 🙂 – 15 Minutes
5. Do a test flight and check all flight modes/settings are correct – 5 Minutes

Total Time – 60 Minutes Continue reading “Getting The Most Out Of Your Eachine Falcon 250” »

This thread on RC forums they worked out how to do it.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2622713

“The secret is to bind both receiver at the same time.”

“Once the simultaneous binding is done, we must remove the binding cable BEFORE turning off the the receivers!”

“By binding the receivers separately, I always ended up having only the last one bound. The first one would always unbind.”

So you just got into FPV Racing, you have bought all these batteries, and a charger, but don’t really know what you’re doing? You have come to the right place.

GOLDEN RULE 1 – ALWAYS be nearby when charging, DO NOT leave house or leave unattended. It is recommended that you also charge inside a LIPO bag or have a portable fire extinguisher
If you do not listen to rule number 1. Your house may catch fire. This happened only last week to a guy in Australia. Battery was only 6 months old.

GOLDEN RULE 2 – Always BALANCE Charge. Do not use charge or fast charge. ONLY BALANCE CHARGE
GOLDEN RULE 3 – If battery becomes punctured/cut or “puffs” Discard it, do not charge! Continue reading “Charging Lipos FPV Racing Drones – Complete Guide” »

Cleanflight is a fork of all things stable from Betaflight.

They are both opensource, both run by the same people, but Cleanflight is the “stable” version of Betaflight.

If you want to try the latest and greatest, use betaflight, but prepare for some bugs.

Once bugs are ironed out and fixed and become stable, they release it into a newer version of Cleanflight.

Please note this guide is updated regularly – Last Updated 8th April 2016
If you follow this guide and want to add or contribute to pictures/guide, please contact us. Continue reading “Setting up Eachine Racer 250 Openpilot With I6 Flysky Receiver” »

If you somehow wired your motors up wrong and they are going in reverse, this is how to fix it in order of easiest ways.

Currently Cleanflight software gives no simple option to reverse all motors.

1. If you are using 1.12 Cleanflight firmware and have BLheli firmware on your ESC, you can download BLheli, click connect and change motor direction from normal to reverse.
2. If you don’t have firmware 1.12 or BLheli ESCs, the next thing to try is to tell your firmware to reverse all motors. This physically won’t change your motor directions, but will tell the firmware to fly properly.
   Open CLI in Cleanflight and run this command
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   mixer custom
   mixer resetmmix 0 1 -1 1 1
   mmix 1 1 -1 -1 -1
   mmix 2 1 1 1 -1
   mmix 3 1 1 -1 1save
   ————————————-

   Now just swap your props and you are good go!

   If you ever need to reset configration back, run this command.
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   mixer reset
   mixer QUADX
   save
   ————————————-

3. Third option is to get that soldier iron out and swap two of the wires going to the ESC, that will change the motor direction.

Thanks to Stephen Tierney for giving me a hand and solving a few of my problems which lead me to learn all of the above.