Flycolor Raptor-S Tower w/ F3 30A 4in1 ESC (F3/OSD/PDB) for X Racing Frame

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Good choice for first time builds

Apr 16, 2018

Comes with all cables you might need. Only soldering required was motor cables onto well positioned ESC pads, and battery connector ( supplied ). Very pleased with the smoothness and stability it gives the 5in quad, even running at just 2k. I was lucky to find it on offer at 30 GBP, otherwise I would have given 5 for value.

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Robust and reliable, makes for clean builds

Dec 19, 2017

Was amazingly easy to set up and use, comes with a whole host of cables that work with almost any VTX (and for those that it doesn't work with, you can just use solder your own). The angled motor pads make for a really clean build, and the built-in OSD gives you current readings too without any special soldering required (as is usually the case when you use a 4 in 1 ESC along with a FC designed for individual ESCs).
It's a little pricey for an F3 (would like to see this at the $40-$50 mark) and not a 'true' AIO as there's no VTX and Receiver but personally I'd rather use my own anyways. If you wanted a true AIO you could look at something like the emax magnum but that's double the price, and has a hard-soldered VTX (so no option of swapping that out) - so to me, the raptor S hits the right balance of 'plug-n-play' and customisability.
I'm using this on my 4 inch Tweaker, and I'm extremely satisfied. No oversensitive gyro on this one (*cough* Kiss FC *cough*) so it's hard mounted without an issue, and the OSD was to my taste out of the box. I'm definitely getting another one for my second drone as I'm confident it will just work as I expect. I recommend this for clean builds, as the ESC just plugs into the FC without ugly cables running everywhere.