Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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FAI China 2019 Championship - NingBo


The FAI 2019 Championships held in China in December. Late edit I know, but it's finally done. Awesome event as usual as specially with the mix of countries you get.

We had great fun meeting and hanging out with teams from various countries and all in all the weather was great and not too cold. The track was well designed but they had the aircraft launching way too close to the pilots which created so many issues.

They also started the first few races with pilots requiring to have props off, which was a world first and as you can imagine it delayed the first days practice significantly. So the FAI really do need to work on many areas to really pull off a polished event and I'm sure they will get there, as specially when you consider the significant improvement from the 2018 event.

5 months on and we're still in talks with the FAI in hopes that they will actually pay out prize money, but I'm sure we'll eventually get there.

All in all an awesome event and hoping the 2020 event if it goes ahead is even bigger and better. Hey FAI if you need consultation in how to run future events please feel free to contact us, we have a little more experience at this 😜

Hope you enjoyed the video guys

Final Results
Thomas Bitmatta 2nd Open Overall
Sam Heeps 3rd Juniors
Australian Team 2nd Overall


The Video at the end showing Thomas' race from within the pilots area was kindly provided by Ben from Israel. Thanks Buddy, This is his Channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCCJHNgJom6mznTscMD_nzrA


NOTE: I've already started getting PMs and some silly racist comments on this video because it was a race held last year in China. Any unrelated or inappropriate comments will get you blocked from commenting on videos here.



JS-1 Overview
youtu.be/q6_vJ4Ew_0M


Battery Used in this flight:
Tattu 6S 1350mah V3.0
genstattu.com


Parts List:

JS-1 Product Link ImpulseRC
impulserc.com/products/bmsracing-js-1-race-frame

JS-1 Product Link Team Blacksheep
team-blacksheep.com/products/prod:bmsracing_js1_body

Rising Sun FPV - Australia
https://www.risingsunfpv.com.au/collections/new-items/products/bmsracing-js-1-race-frame

JS-1 Product Link PhaserFPV - Australia
https://www.phaserfpv.com.au/products/impulsercbmsracingjs-1framekit?variant=28398300627021

DefianceRC - USA
defiancerc.com/collections/frames/products/impulse-rc-bmsracing-js-1-race-frame?fbclid=IwAR0uF3c8b8hXUJoANDpJCMDttuGty9zD2nTPvOkiiz8IIG44qp1ett6CLNE


Motors
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T-Motor Prototype Motor
BMS Gold Line 2000kv Motors

HeliNation Talon Fusion F7
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heli-nation.com/talon-f7-fusion-flight-controller

Foxeer Predator Micro V4
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foxeer.com


Antenna TBS Triumph Pro UFL and SMA
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team-blacksheep.com/products/prod:triumph_pro_smastub
team-blacksheep.com/products/prod:triumph_pro_ufl


Hobby Wing 40amp 20x20
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hobbywing.com/goods.php?id=666&filter_attr=.

Propellor
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HQ R42

Team Blacksheep 5.8Ghz VTX
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TBS Pro32 Nano 5G8
team-blacksheep.com/products/prod:unifypro32_nano

TBS Unify Pro Nano 5G8
team-blacksheep.com/products/prod:tbs_unifypro_nano

TBS Crossfire Nano RX
team-blacksheep.com/products/prod:crossfire_nano_rx

TBS Unify Pro 5G8 SMA Pigtail
team-blacksheep.com/products/product:1132

Tiny'sLEDs - As used in Video
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tinysleds.com/collections/rgb/products/pico-rainbow-rgb-leds-3-leds