Eachine Falcon 180

Falcon 180 is a UAV developed by the Chinese company Eachine.

Eachine Falcon 180

Features

180-size quad with a 302g carbon fiber frame. Bottom plate 3mm. Flight controller options: CC3D, Naze32, SP Racing F3 ($6 difference from CC3D to F3) ColorFly Fairy 2-4S ESC with custom BLHeli firmware (no success stories about reflashing), motor sdhaft blocking protection, Oneshot125, 500Hz refresh. 2204 2300KV motors. 2-4S. 3mm shaft. Max thrust 440g. Specs matches Emax 2204 2300KV. RTF comes with FlySky FS-i6 transmitetr, and the iA6 6-channel PWM only Receiver.

Versions

Version 1 

Setting Failsafe

Set failsafe in Flight Controller

Openpilot GCS failsafe setup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHyeY3TSTuo

Cleanflight failsafe setup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dikr9oDzQqc

Set failsafe on receivers with failsafe built in

See also Lemon Rx set #Failsafe

See also on OrangeRX R616XN Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUzjYCzqsxQ

Video Transmitter

Important! - Always make sure your VTx antenna is attached before powering up your Eachine Falcon 180. Running it without the antenna can result in VTx failure.

Parts & Accessories

Suggested list of parts and accessories

Accessories

B6AC Charger BANGGOOD or Turnigy Reaktor Charger HOBBYKING

Prop Balancer BANGGOOD

Lipo Safety Charge Bag BANGGOOD

FPV Goggles or Display

Action Camera

Batteries to power up VRx

OpenPilot

PIDS

PIDS are highly dependent on flight setup, which includes props, battery size, externally mounted camera, etc. and also when new firmware versions are released. With each component change, the values in gyro filters and/or other features will be needed to tune again. The user postings of PIDS is to provide an approximate value covering a specific flight setup, so that pilots can tune further from there.

BetaFlight

PIDS

PIDS are highly dependent on flight setup, which includes props, battery size, externally mounted camera, etc. and also when new firmware versions are released. With each component change, the values in gyro filters and/or other features will be needed to tune again. The user postings of PIDS is to provide an approximate value covering a specific flight setup, so that pilots can tune further from there.