Thunder Tiger Ghost+ RCSchim Unboxing and Review

by RCSchim | February 27, 2015 | (7) Posted in Reviews

Drones are very popular - so also the bigger players in RC try to get a piece of the cake ;-)
Align cought my attention last year (with their ML480) - and shortly after them Thunder Tiger also showed a new product - the Ghost+

Thunder Tiger Europe was kind enough to send me a sample for this review. It's a full RTF system and I also got the "FPV Set".
!At this point I can not give you my recommendation to buy this system - because mine was faulty and I had to send it back. As soon as I get a replaced unit I'll see how this one differes from a smaller and lighter Phantom2!

Here are the specs:
Size: 450mm (motor2motor)
Weight: 2.25kg
Motors: 28x14mm 450kv
ESC: 30A - 6S
Props: 11x5

Flighttime (in hover with gimbal and cam):
~15mins (used 1462mah for 4:39 flight and calculated the estimate flighttime for save 80% battery usage)

Pricetag:
1100€ (RTF with Copter+Charger+Gimbal+Radio+Battery)
+ 250€ for FPV Set (TFT+RX and TX)

Battery-Bay (Plastic housing):
3,5cm height
8,4cm width
housing is around 16cm deep (but you need to get cables in there...)
orig. battery without housing:
13,5cm x 7,2cm x 3,2cm 6S 6000mah 8c dicharge (48amps) 1c charge

Morpheus Gimbal: for GP3 and GP3+ (not GP4?)
Weight: 280g, 2s-4s voltage
Tilt: 90° Roll: 45° Pan: 360°

Flight controller Gains:
without gimbal: (set per default)
Roll: 55
Pitch: 55
Sway: 95 (Yaw)

WITH gimbal (a bit heavier)
Roll: 45
Pitch: 45
Sway : 80 (Yaw)

FPV Set:
7" TFT monitor with sunshade and good brightness!
Internal battery, chargeable via USB plug.
8ch: 5733 5752 5771 5790 5809 5828 5847 5866

Infos: http://ttrobotix.com/product/ghost-plus-with-h3d-360/features-4030-f12
German instructions and tons of infos: http://www.drohnen-forum.de/index.php/Thread/6838-TTRobotix-GHOST-PLUS-Anleitungen-Handbuch-FAQ/

German FPV SET description: http://www.drohnen-forum.de/index.php/Thread/7480-FPV-Set-inkl-FPV-Monitor-f%C3%BCr-TTRobotix-GHOST-Thunder-Tiger-Anleitung/

 

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COMMENTS

danallen82 on February 27, 2015
Hmm only 15 mins with hover? So compared to the Inspire 1 apples to apples. The inspire says 18mins with 2.9kg AUW and 5700mah 6s. Vs the 2.25kg AUWm 6000mah 6s.

For apples to oranges my hexacopter gets: ~25min light flying, 4s 9000mah, 3.2kg AUW, 15in props. I know mathematically 6s is more efficient, but it doesn't seem to work in real life.
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RCSchim on March 6, 2015
the cell count is only one part of the efficiency equation!
here in std. setup you fly with 11x5 props which is way to small for really efficient flying. I try the 12x5 which could be a bit better. Bigger props are sadly not useable here...

I'd say: 15" props + 350kv motors + 6cell sounds like a good setup on a very lightweight quad. hope to get such a quad soon... (as if I don't have enough quads in my hangar already ;-)
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danallen82 on March 6, 2015
15" and 6cell will be a rocket =). I was going to experiment with rewinding a low Kv motor to be an even lower Kv. Resistance will be higher, however it might be more efficient to use with 6s.
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