Racerstar StarF7 has F722 MCU on board, ESCs run BLHeli_32 firmware, are rated for 40A continuous (45A burst) current and supports 2-6S battery input.
AIO flight controller uses most popular MPU6000 Gyro connected via SPI interface. Board provides 5V/2A and 9V/3A regulated power source for DJI digital FPV system. There are special solder pads for connecting the DJI Air module on the bottom side of the FC.
You can also find Barometer, Current sensor, OSD and flash memory for black box on the board. There are two switchable camera inputs, so you can hook up two cameras on one quad. Total weight of the board is 30g.
Available @
Banggood: https://www.banggood.com/30_5x30_5mm-Racerstar-StarF7-F7-Flight-Controller-AIO-…-1706211.html
Specification:
Model: StarF7 Flight Controller AIO 40A 4in1 ESC Board
Input Voltage: Support 2-6S Lipo
Size: 51x43mm
Mounting Hole: 30.5×30.5mm ( M4)
Weight: 30g
F7+OSD+BEC+CURRENT+DJI+BLACK BOX (DUAL CAMERA)
Package contains the Racerstar AirF7 FC, silicone rubber grommets and 8-pin JST-SH 1.0mm cable for connecting 4in1 ESC board.
There is the user manual included in the package.
User manual is realy low quality, printed with some angle offset and with many spelling and grammar mistakes. I havent heared of such a thing as “Speical designed filiter system “Good Dream””
User Manual states that the BEC on the right is FC BEC (5V)
But in reality the right BEC is Camera BEC (9V). You can clearly see the markings CAM_BEC on the PCB:
Actually the AirF7 user manual is based on the Airbot F7 user manual, but Racerstar should have done it better.
Airbot F7 user manual: https://store.myairbot.com//media/iverve/uploadpdf/1561739006_80127-AirbotF7-0505.pdf
Racerstar AirF7 user manual: http://myosuploads3.banggood.com/products/20190909/20190909214037RacerstarairF7.pdf
Also AirF7 user manual has no pinout information, so I have copied the pinout scheme from the Airbot F7 and made the Racerstar AirF7 board pinout scheme.
The resource table
This AirF7 flight controller is stacked with features and surprises. Lets look at them.
The view of the flight controller top side.
The view of the back side
There is micro USB and 8-pin JST-SH 1.0mm socket for connecting to the 4in1 ESC on the right side of the board. You can find the pinout of the socket in pinout scheme above. There is BlackBox Flash 16MB memory chip right behind the USB socket.
Whole row of the pads for LEDs and UART 6 pads on the bottom part of the board. GND, 5V and LED control pads for programmable LED strips and lights. F.Port (Inverted) , 5V, GND, TX1 (uninverted) and 3.3V pads for connecting various receivers that need inversion (SBUS, FPort) or doesn’t need it. Also free TX6 and RX6 pads for UART 6 are available.
On the left side there are UART 3 pads and I2C interface pads. There is a undocumented Barometer on this FC, right behind the UART 3 pads! There are three status LEDs and buzzer pads. The connector in the middle is the SPI interface socket for connecting the External Gyro, R9MM-FC or RXSR-FC receivers.
On the top side of the board there are Camera GND, Power, Video and SmartAudio pads. Also VTX GND, Power , CameraControl and Video pads. You can see Airbot AB7456 OSD chip behind the Camera pads and AO4606 Mosfet VTX power switch behind the VTX pads. The Airbot AB7456 OSD chip uses less power, is tolerant of wider voltage swings and twice as much nvram than the commonly used MAX7456 chip. There is LED indicator besides the VTX pads to indicate the VTX power status. LED is off if the VTX power is swithed off (VTX PIT mode).
On the bottom side of the board there are GND, +5 and TX3, RX3 pads for direct soldering the Crosfire Nano or FrSky XM/XM+ receivers.
In the middle of the bottom side there is a place for soldering the optional Bluetooth module. It would use UART6 for the communication with
There are ESC solder pads in the normal and reversed order for soldering convenience.
There are Bootloader pads next to the 9V BEC, marked BOOT0.
Weight of the board is 8.6 grams.
Racerstar AirF7 Betaflight target is AIRF7 (RAST) and is available from Betaflight 4.1.0.
There are some notes in the product page regarding the firmware, but I think these are outdated now:
Because the firmware is provisional, for 9V BEC there have 2 steps to switch on :
1. Please type in CLI as:
RESOURCE SERIAL_RX 4 NONE
set pinio_box = 40,41,42,43
aux 2 40 2 1600 2100 0
resource PINIO 1 A10
save
2. Then use AUX 3, and the range must cover 1500
we don’t know if betaflight can put this setting in the released firmware, but if it’s happened the 9V BEC not working ,you know how to resource .
Actually the board comes with RealPIT feature preconfigured on AUX3 channel.
VTX power is switched on when AUX3 is in the range. You can adjust the range or AUX channel to your needs.
[To be continued]
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]]>The good news it is almost 30% cheaper then its predecessor BR0703B motor! But how good are they? Stay tuned for the thrust tests of this motor!
Available @ Banggood:
Specification:
Item name: BR0703C
KV: 17000KV, 19000KV , 22000KV
Colour: Red
Shaft Diameter: 1mm
Configuration:9N12P
Stator Diameter: 7mm
Stator Length: 3mm
Motor Dimension(Dia.*Len): Φ10mm*15.4mm
Terminals: JST1.25mm
NO. of Cells(Lipo): 1S
Wire length(include connector): 40mm
Weight: 2.2g
Features:
Double E-clip design, prevent Motor bell to flying off
Good Dynamic balance
Compatible for UR75/ Snapper7 Quadcopter
Stay tuned for the thrust tests of this motor!
Available @ Banggood: https://www.banggood.com/Racerstar-BR0603C-0603-17000KV-19000KV-22000KV-1S-Blue-FPV-Racing-Brushless-Motor-p-1343340.html
Specification:
Item name: BR0603C
KV: 17000KV, 19000KV , 22000KV
Colour: Blue
Shaft Diameter: 0.8mm
Configuration: 9N12P
Stator Diameter: 6mm
Stator Length: 3mm
Motor Dimension(Dia.*Len): Φ9mm*15.4mm
Terminals: JST1.25mm
NO. of Cells(Lipo): 1S
Wire length(include connector): 35mm
Weight: 1.7g
Features:
Super tiny only 1.7g
Double E-clip design, prevent Motor bell to flying off
Good Dynamic balance
0.8mm Shaft compatible Tiny whoop 0.8mm propellers
Compatible for UR65/Snapper6
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These ESC’s have been reported as legimate, licensed BLHeli_32 ESC’s.
Version with 25A rating:
Version with 8A?rating:
Version 35A 4in1 Tatto_s:
Version 25A 4in1 Tatto_s:
Available @ Banggood: 35A?https://www.banggood.com/Racerstar-TATTO-35A-BLheli_32Bit-2-5S-RaceSpec-Brushless-ESC-Dshot1200-Ready-for-Racing-Drone-p-1153990.html
Specification Tattoo 35A:
Item Name: 35A Blheli 32Bit 2-5S Brushless ESC
Con. Current: 35A
Peak. Current: 43A
LBEC: NO
SBEC: NO
Lipo: 2-5S
Programming: Yes
Weight: 3g
Size (PCB): 27*16mm
Specification Tattoo 35A:
Item name: TATTO 25A ESC
Con. Current: 25A
Peak Current(10s): 30A
LBEC: NO
SBEC: NO
Lipo: 2-4S
Programming: YES
Weight: 2g
Size(PCB): 25*12mm
Specification Tatto 8A:
Item Name: 8A BLheli_32 1-2S Brushless ESC
Con. Current: 8A
Peak Current(10s): 10A
LBEC: NO
SBEC: NO
Lipo: 1-2S
Programming: YES
Weight: 0.8g (not inlcuding cable)
Size(PCB): 16*10mm
Specification Tatto_s 35A 4in1:
Item name: TATTO_S 35A ESC
Con. Current: 35A
Peak Current(10s): 40A
LBEC:1A/5V
SBEC:3A/12V
Lipo: 2-4S
Programming: YES
Weight:13g
Size(PCB): 36x36mm
Hole size: 30.5x30.5mm
Specification Tatto_s 25A 4in1:
Item name: TATTO_S 25A ESC
Con. Current: 25A
Peak Current(10s): 30A
LBEC:3A/5V
Lipo: 2-4S
Programming: YES
Weight:11g
Size(PCB): 36x36mm
Hole size: 30.5x30.5mm
Features:
– Blheli_32 Bits
– Support Dshot 1200 in default out from factory
– Also support Oneshot42, Oneshot125, Multishot, Dshot150, Dshot300 and Dshot600
These are ESCs, supporting BLHeli_32 so far (listed in the order of appearance):
Airbot Wraith
Wraith32 MINI 25A – https://store.myairbot.com/wraith32-mini.html
Wraith32 MINI 50A –?https://store.myairbot.com/esc/wraith32plus.html
iFlight iPeaka
iPeaka 35A 32bit BLHeli_32 ESC OPTO (2-6s) –?http://www.iflight-rc.com/ipeaka-35a-32bit-blheli-32-esc-opto-2-6s-dshot1200-compatible.html
iPeaka 50A 32bit BLHeli_32 ESC OPTO (2-6s) – ?http://www.iflight-rc.com/ipeaka-50a-32bit-blheli-32-esc-opto-2-6s-dshot1200-compatible.html
X-Racer Quadrant?
X-Racer Quadrant 2-6S 25A 32Bit BLHeli ESC –?https://www.fpvmodel.com/x-racer-quadrant-2-6s-25a-32bit-blheli-esc_g1287.html
Lumenier?
Lumenier BLHeli_32 35A – http://www.getfpv.com/lumenier-blheli-32-35a-3-6s-dshot-1200-esc-w-led.html
Lumenier BLHeli_32 50A –?http://www.getfpv.com/lumenier-blheli-32-50a-3-6s-dshot-1200-esc-w-led.html
Racerstar TATTO
Racerstar?Tattoo 35A – https://www.banggood.com/Racerstar-TATTO-35A-BLheli_32Bit-2-5S-RaceSpec-Brushless-ESC-Dshot1200-Ready-for-Racing-Drone-p-1153990.html
Racerstar?Tattoo 25A –?https://www.banggood.com/Racerstar-TATTO-25A-2-4S-STARM-Blheli_32bit-Dshot1200-Ready-RaceSpec-FPV-Racing-Brushless-ESC-p-1159580.html
Racerstar?Tattoo 8A:?https://www.banggood.com/0_8g-Racerstar-Tatto-8A-ST-Blheli_32-1-2S-Brushless-ESC-Dshot1200-Ready-RaceSpec-for-FPV-Racer-p-1167583.html
DYS BLHeli_32
DYS BLHeli_32 35A – https://www.banggood.com/DYS-BLHeli_32bit-35A-35amp-Brushless-ESC-2-6S-Dshot1200-Ready-For-FPV-Racing-p-1148598.html
Last update: 2017-07-05
]]>Not much information on these ESC’s yet, but we have found an interesting conversation with author of BLHeli_32 about these ESC’s:
“- Are these ESC legit or a scam?”
“-?As of now, it is scam. Because there is no BLHeli_32 code released yet. But also they are not yet available.
So maybe it will be legit and available once code is released.”
(Source: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2864611-BLHeli_32-Power-to-perform/page11)
So lets hope Racerstar will solve the licensing issues and we’ll have an opportunity to have reasonable priced Dshot1200 capable, 32bit ESC’s!
UPDATE (2017-04-13): There was an error in the product description which is corrected now. In fact these Racerstar do have 32bit MCU, but they run other firmware than BLHeli_32:
“-This was a mistake in the description.
It is not BLHeli, and that has now been corrected. ”
Racerstar Racer?ESC’s are the same (rebranded?) ESC’s as the VgoodRC Firefly 30A-LITE-O-4S. Look at the manuals for both products it is the same manual, except the name is changed:
Racerstar manual: http://files.banggood.com/2016/07/racer%20series….pdf
Vgood manual:?https://www.foxtechfpv.com/product/ESC/V-Good%20Firefly%20Manual.pdf
Racer 22A
Racer 33A
Specification:
Item name: Racerstar Racer?22A Brushless ESC
Con. current: 22A
Peak current(10S): 26A
BEC: NO
Lipo: 2-4S
Programming: YES
Weight: 8.5g
Size(PCB): 27x14mm
Item name: Racerstar Racer 33A Brushless ESC
Con. current: 33A
Peak current(10S): 36A
BEC: NO
Lipo: 2-4S
Programming: YES
Weight: 9.0g
Size(PCB): 27x15mm
Specification:
Brand Name: Racerstar
Model: Star20
Item Name: 20A BlHELI_S 2-4S detachable 4 In 1 Brushless ESC
Con. Current: 20A
Peak Current: 25A (10S)
BEC: No
Lipo: 2-4S
Programming: YES
Weight: 19g
Size: 36 x 36mm
Mounting Hole: M3, 30.5×30.5mm
Features:
– 20A Diecut 4 In 1 ESC, can be?detachable
– Blheli_S firware, support oneshot125, multishot and D-shot
– M3 30.5mm Mounting hole
– Mini size 36x36mm board and light weight 19g
EDIT (2017-02-27): Now listed on Banggood: http://www.banggood.com/Racerstar-Racing-Edition-0703-BR0703-10000KV-1-2S-Brushless-Motor-For-6080100mm-FPV-Racer-1_9g-p-1129234.html
Some leaked photo:
And some preliminary specifications:
Multirotor Guide will be testing this super micro motor soon, so check our website later.
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