Battery: 11.1V 3S 30C 1300mah (not included)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAlthough DYS\u2019s approach to making things more integrated is certainly welcome, its effort on the X160 appears to be a rather half-baked attempt at producing a finished product. The X160\u2019s integrated parts are mostly exposed to the elements and vulnerable to impact and this is certainly not a wise design approach for a mini quad designed for fast racing. It appears not much effort was spent in designing the X160 and that it was rushed out to production fairly quickly just to capitalize on the rising demand for mini racers.<\/p>\n
It would be great if DYS could spend more time in polishing the X160 into becoming a more finished and complete product. Adding extra protection and concealing exposed components would certainly make the X160 a lot more durable. Should you decide to buy one, just be sure not to fly it in wet conditions unless you manage to effectively seal off some of its more vulnerable parts.<\/p>\n
At the moment, there is no word yet on the availability of replacement parts so crashing an X160 may result in a total write off.<\/p>\n
The X160 kit will be available soon for $170 (without radio transmitter and battery) at Banggood.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DYS has unveiled yet another FPV racer \u2014 this time a 160mm-size mini racer dubbed the X160. At 160mm, the X160 is significantly smaller than the DYS BG-250 which was released last month. This makes the X160 a more ideal choice for indoor flying through tight and limited airspace. Unlike the BG-250, the X160 features … <\/p>\n
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![X160-2<\/a><\/p>\nKey Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n\nCC3D (pre-tuned CF firmware)<\/li>\nXM10A BLHeli firmware ESC with One Shot function<\/li>\nBE1104 4000KV brushless motors<\/li>\nABS3020 propellers<\/li>\n5.8GHz 32 channel video transmitter with 200mW output power and mushroom antenna<\/li>\n700tvl FPV camera with 1\/3\u2033 COMS lens<\/li>\nControl range: 1000m<\/li>\nWeight: 110g (without battery)<\/li>\nBattery: 11.1V 3S 30C 1300mah (not included)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAlthough DYS\u2019s approach to making things more integrated is certainly welcome, its effort on the X160 appears to be a rather half-baked attempt at producing a finished product. The X160\u2019s integrated parts are mostly exposed to the elements and vulnerable to impact and this is certainly not a wise design approach for a mini quad designed for fast racing. It appears not much effort was spent in designing the X160 and that it was rushed out to production fairly quickly just to capitalize on the rising demand for mini racers.<\/p>\nIt would be great if DYS could spend more time in polishing the X160 into becoming a more finished and complete product. Adding extra protection and concealing exposed components would certainly make the X160 a lot more durable. Should you decide to buy one, just be sure not to fly it in wet conditions unless you manage to effectively seal off some of its more vulnerable parts.<\/p>\nAt the moment, there is no word yet on the availability of replacement parts so crashing an X160 may result in a total write off.<\/p>\nThe X160 kit will be available soon for $170 (without radio transmitter and battery) at Banggood.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DYS has unveiled yet another FPV racer \u2014 this time a 160mm-size mini racer dubbed the X160. At 160mm, the X160 is significantly smaller than the DYS BG-250 which was released last month. This makes the X160 a more ideal choice for indoor flying through tight and limited airspace. Unlike the BG-250, the X160 features … <\/p>\nContinue reading “DYS Unveils X160 Mini FPV Racer”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedronefiles.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedronefiles.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedronefiles.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedronefiles.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedronefiles.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedronefiles.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedronefiles.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedronefiles.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedronefiles.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedronefiles.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www.thedronefiles.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/X160-2.jpg\"){kind=link}