FlyFish Flash & Volador

New FPV manufacturer on the block

A News Article

By Vitroid

Posted on December 7, 2022

Taking 1min to read

Background

So… let’s start off with some background. FlyFish is a very new FPV manufacturer, owned and ran by multiple different people from the FPV industry, including IFlight

The products they make (currently motors, antennas, and frames) are pretty good from everything I heard. A lot of amazing pilots that I know really like the motors, and had direct feedback when it came to making them. The antennas seem to be pretty average but not bad, and we can never have enough. Their frames are currently the newest options in their lineup, but similar to the motors, they are well-made and truly tested

Flash motors

Coming in two color options, black & silver, and silver & purple. IMO a really nice niche to hit, both for people looking for stealth motors, as well as people looking to add a pop of color. Color variations of the silver ones are also planned, for blue and gold as the accents

They also offer replacement bells for every motor they sell, so you don’t have to pay the full price if you just damage the bell. Though this is pretty unlikely, as they are pretty durable and run smoothly even after heavy crashes from what I heard.

Currently offered sizes are:

Available options:
- Silver/Purple
- Black/Silver
Specs
KV

1850, 1950, 2005, 2750

Construction

7075 Aluminum bells

N52HS Magnets

NMB bearings

Weight

34.2g (including 150mm wires)

Mounting

16x16

Price

$20.90/21.90

Volador frames

Slick aluminum-on-carbon frames with fancy colors, reasonable pricing, 3d milled carbon, and integrated XT60 holders

Not your typical boxy frames, they have full 7075 aluminum cam cages for a really nice look and all-round camera protection, and durable T700 carbon. Coming in a Squash-X and Deadcat configurations for freestyle and cinematic uses. Heavier than usual, but with the thick carbon plates and 6mm arms that are extra thick in the center, it makes sense

Available options:
- Volador VX5 Black/Tropical Mix
- Volador VD5 Black/Tropical Mix
Specs
Material

7075 Aluminum and T700 Carbon

Carbon Plates

6mm arms

2.5mm top plate

3mm middle plate

3mm bottom plate

Sizing

Camera: 19x19 / 20x20

Stack: 20x20/30x30 + 20x20/25x25

Prop: 5.1”

Wheelbase: 225mm

Weight

199.5g VX5, 203.5g VD5 (including TPU parts)

Price

$64.90 black TPU

$69.90 (nice) multicolor “Tropical mix” TPU

Osprey antennas

I mean they’re antennas, not much to write about. I’ve asked around, and the omnis seem pretty durable. They come in multiple different lengths, sizes, polarizations and connectors for all of the different ways you’d want to mount them. They also have a DJI faceplate directional antenna for DJI FPV Goggles V1 and V2. All of their antennas are available here