HGLRC Wind 5 Lite BnF Review! Top tier BnF for racing?

In Depth review of the HGLRC Wind 5 Lite Bind and fly racing drone!

As racers we tend to build our own custom drones to maximize performance, however that does create a high barrier for getting into the hobby, and also requires alot of time commitment to building (takes me 5 hours to build a quad). What if there was a Bind and fly racing drone that can actually hang with the best?

Today we test the HGLRC wind 5 Lite Bind and fly to see how it holds up to the rigors of drone racing!

Here's the link to the quad (BnF version) that we are reviewing today: https://www.hglrc.com/products/hglrc-...

Wind 5 lite specs:
HGLRC Wind 5 lite frame
HGLRC Aeolus motor 2207.5 motor
HGLRC Zeus F745 stack
HGLRC vtx
Foxeer predator 5 camera
HGLRC Antenna
Frsky rxsr

The Hglrc Aeolus motors are a new series for hglrc and I'm super curious as to how they fly!

DaemunFPV Custom tune (will be iterated) - this is a diff dump, put it into the cli interface:
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A suggestion from comments section (Tehllama42) that I totally agree with - For beginners that are overwhelmed by the power of the quad, use a motor output limit to tame the power, could make it easier to control.

Go to PID tuning tab - bottom section, motor output limit. I suggest a limit of 70-80% for beginners, it will make it much more controllable while retaining good amounts of power.

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Instructions - this is for the R-XSR version of the Bind and fly, if you have something different be sure to note your receiver settings so you can set it back. Also the rates and modes are set to my liking, change them to how you like it.


Betaflight Version 4.2.5
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version
Betaflight / STM32F7X2 (S7X2) 4.2.5 Nov 22 2020 / 18:39:53 (afdac08b3) MSP API: 1.43
config: manufacturer_id: HGLR, board_name: HGLRCF722, version: d1c47a55, date: 2020-04-18T09:09:56Z

start the command batch
batch start

board_name HGLRCF722
manufacturer_id HGLR

name: HGLRC Wind5 Lite

feature
feature -RX_PARALLEL_PWM
feature RX_SERIAL
feature TELEMETRY
feature OSD

beacon
beacon RX_SET

map
map TAER1234

serial
serial 2 8192 115200 57600 0 115200
serial 5 1024 115200 57600 0 115200

led
led 0 4,8::CTOBVIW:1
led 1 5,8::CTOBVIW:1
led 2 6,8::CTOBVIW:1
led 3 7,8::CTOBVIW:1
led 4 8,8::CTOBVIW:1
led 5 9,8::CTOBVIW:1
led 6 10,8::CTOBVIW:1
led 7 11,8::CTOBVIW:1

aux
aux 0 0 0 1300 2100 0 0
aux 1 13 1 1300 1700 0 0
aux 2 36 3 1300 1700 0 0
aux 3 39 1 900 1700 0 0

vtxtable
vtxtable bands 5
vtxtable channels 8
vtxtable band 1 BOSCAM_A A CUSTOM 5865 5845 5825 5805 5785 5765 5745 5725
vtxtable band 2 BOSCAM_B B CUSTOM 5733 5752 5771 5790 5809 5828 5847 5866
vtxtable band 3 FATSHARK F CUSTOM 5740 5760 5780 5800 5820 5840 5860 5880
vtxtable band 4 RACEBAND R CUSTOM 5658 5695 5732 5769 5806 5843 5880 5917
vtxtable band 5 IMD6 I CUSTOM 5362 5399 5436 5473 5510 5547 5584 5621
vtxtable powerlevels 4
vtxtable powervalues 25 100 200 400
vtxtable powerlabels 25 100 200 350

master
set gyro_lowpass2_hz = 300
set dyn_notch_width_percent = 0
set dyn_notch_q = 250
set dyn_notch_min_hz = 90
set dyn_notch_max_hz = 350
set dyn_lpf_gyro_min_hz = 240
set dyn_lpf_gyro_max_hz = 600
set mag_hardware = NONE
set baro_hardware = NONE
set rc_smoothing_derivative_type = PT1
set rc_smoothing_auto_smoothness = 5
set serialrx_provider = SBUS
set min_throttle = 1070
set dshot_bidir = ON
set use_unsynced_pwm = OFF
set motor_pwm_rate = 480
set yaw_motors_reversed = ON
set small_angle = 180
set osd_vbat_pos = 352
set osd_rssi_pos = 2074
set osd_tim_2_pos = 2442
set osd_throttle_pos = 308
set osd_vtx_channel_pos = 2100
set osd_current_pos = 2422
set osd_mah_drawn_pos = 2455
set osd_craft_name_pos = 2409
set osd_avg_cell_voltage_pos = 2432
set vtx_band = 4
set vtx_channel = 2
set vtx_power = 1
set vtx_freq = 5695
set gyro_rpm_notch_q = 600
set name = HGLRC Wind5 Lite

profile 0

profile 0
set dyn_lpf_dterm_min_hz = 77
set dyn_lpf_dterm_max_hz = 187
set dyn_lpf_dterm_curve_expo = 6
set dterm_lowpass2_hz = 165
set vbat_sag_compensation = 100
set iterm_relax_cutoff = 30
set yaw_lowpass_hz = 100
set throttle_boost = 7
set throttle_boost_cutoff = 25
set p_pitch = 37
set d_pitch = 30
set p_roll = 34
set d_roll = 28
set p_yaw = 36
set d_min_roll = 18
set d_min_pitch = 20

set ff_interpolate_sp = ON
set ff_smooth_factor = 0
set ff_boost = 15
set ff_spike_limit = 60

rateprofile 0

rateprofile 0
set thr_mid = 45
set thr_expo = 38
set roll_rc_rate = 150
set pitch_rc_rate = 150
set yaw_rc_rate = 110
set roll_expo = 60
set pitch_expo = 60
set yaw_expo = 4
set roll_srate = 42
set pitch_srate = 42
set yaw_srate = 43

end the command batch
batch end