TEST: Makerfire Micro FPV, a BNF tinywhoop FPV clone (27g, F3, 25mW 40CH AIO FPV)

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INTRODUCTION

After the success story associated with the Inductrix Tiny whoop, it was not surprizing to see avalanche of clones. Here is the Makerfire micro FPV, a whoop including a F3 board flashed with Betaflight and directly with a 520TVL 25mW AIO 40CH FPV cam. The ducted system is of course still here. Let’s discover the bundle.

BOX CONTENT

+ 1 x Makerfire Micro
+ 1 x 200mAh, 35C with microJST connector
+ 1 x USB charging cable

OVERVIEW

The Makerfire micro uses the same canopy structure than the JJRC H36/Eachine E010. A 70mm ducted machine with quadri-blade props. The FPV camera is jailed/protected by the upper plastic conapy. No clover leaf antenna but a linear model is prefered. For durability, it’s a better choice and the range limitation is minim for indoors applications.

-FRONT VIEW

-SIDE VIEW

-REAR VIEW

-UPPER VIEW

-BOTTOM VIEW

The LiPo is jailed into a piece of foam covering the battery bay. The installation is solid. Anyway, to configure the Makerfire and to access to the microUSB port, you will need to remove it.

The microUSB plug is on rear side, while a tiny bind button is available front.

Motors are plugged to the FC via connectors, a good point for motor maintenance.

-WEIGHT

27.4g in total …. so approximatively 2g more than a trimmed E010 + TX01 camera

Motors

As for all tinywhoop clones, the Makerfire is equiped of 6mmx15mm coreless motors. They are announced to spin at 65000 rpm so faster than classic 615 motors.

LiPo

A 200mAh 35C LiPo ending with a 1.25mm mini-JST connector. A 5.6g model.

Camera module

The AIO FPV camera is installed with a slight positive angle.

The FPV camera is a 520 TVL CMOS model. The front button permits to flip the video signal. When long pressed, you can cycle between the NTSC & PAL standards. The rear button when shortly pressed cycles among the 8 Vfreq Inside th current band. A long press, cycles between the 5 bands (Race band supported)

The camera is plugged via a dedicaced connector.

4.5g for the camera + the plastic support. The camera standalone should turns around 3.6g-3.7g

A raw sample video. As you can see, the performances is quiet good in term of light sensitivity. The FOV is large (170 degrees) more adapted for indoors flights.

Disassembling

The 2.4G antenna is this thin copper wire soldered on the backside of the main PCB. If you want to extend the range, you should install it more vertically by drilling a small hole in the plastic canopy

UNBOXING, ANALYSIS, CONFIGURATION, BINDING AND DEMO FLIGHT

The machine is super stable and nible. Manoeuvrability is great but despite the 65000RPM, motor’s thrust could be better. Don’t expect to have a full efficient acro machine here. 27g… is around 2 extra grams versus a modded JJRC H36 + with a TX01 AIO cam. I really appreciated the FPV camera working efficiently in low light conditions. Flight times are far from the 5min announced but more around 3min.

CONCLUSIONS

The Makerfire micro FPV is without doubt a serious candidate for beeing crowned the king of “whoop”. All ingredients are solid. Durable, nibble, betaflight compatible and with a good FPV camera. Except the 3min of flight times and the lack of strong motor’s thrust, the makerfire mini is in general a good machine perfect for indoors proximity FPV applications. The same mods as for all whoop machine can be applied to boost flight times & performances.

PROS

+ SPF3 board w/ betaflight
+ 65000 RPM 615 motors
+ Durable
+ Good FPV camera
+ Spektrum DSM2 receiver
+ 200mAh/35C LiPo

CONS

– No spare props
– No spare battery
– 3min of flight time

Default Betaflight 3.0.1 dump

This quadcopter have been courtesy provided by Gearbest in order to make a fair and not biased review. I would like to thank them for this attitude.
You can find it actually for 79USD at http://www.gearbest.com/multi-rotor-parts/pp_591322.html

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