HGLRC Petrel132 6S: 3 Inch 6S Toothpick Drone

About the developer

Shen­zhen Huag­u­long Tech­nol­o­gy Co., Ltd, also known as HGLRC, was found­ed in June 2016 and is locat­ed in Shen­zhen, Chi­na. Engaged in the devel­op­ment and sub­se­quent ser­i­al pro­duc­tion of com­po­nents for FPV drones, as well as ready-to-fly solu­tions for FPV flight. HGLRC is the first com­pa­ny to inte­grate VTX + FC, FC + ESC, and DVR + VTX into one board, among oth­er things. The list of the com­pa­ny’s retail part­ners includes: Team Black­Sheep, GetF­PV, PiroFlip, Bang­good, Rotora­ma, Air­bladeUAV and many oth­ers.

About model

The HGLRC Petrel132 6S is a one-of-a-kind 3‑inch 6S Tooth­pick drone built and tuned to rac­ing stan­dards, which is based on mod­ern high-tech com­po­nents, allow­ing the begin­ner to quick­ly enter the niche of rac­ing drones, and the advanced pilot to improve the expe­ri­ence already gained.

Note! FPV drone HGLRC Petrel132 is imple­ment­ed by the devel­op­er in two ver­sions 4S and 6S. Ver­sions with installed motors dif­fer. The 4S ver­sion is equipped with a FD1106 3800KV B/C motor; The 6S ver­sion is equipped with FD1106 2400KV B/C motors.

Peculiarities

• Drone weight with­out bat­tery (6S/4S ver­sion): 77.2/76g
• 132mm car­bon frame
• Flight Con­troller: FD411 Flight Con­troller
• ESC: FD13A 4 in 1 BLS 3–6S
• Motors: B/C FD1106 2400KV
• Pro­pellers: 3″ 2‑blade GF 3025
• FPV cam­era: Caddx.us Tur­bo Eos v2
• VTX: FD VTX Micro switch­able pow­er PIT/25/100/200/400mW
• Receiv­er (option­al): Frsky XM+/Flysky FS-A8S V2
• Rec­om­mend­ed pow­er sup­ply for 6S ver­sion: HGLRC KRATOS 6S1P 22.2V 300/450 mAh 75C Lipo bat­tery with XT30 con­nec­tor
• Max. flight time on rec­om­mend­ed 6S KRATOS bat­ter­ies — 10 min

Equipment

The devel­op­er offers the Petrel132 mod­el in two ver­sions 4S/6S as stan­dard in two PNP/BNF con­fig­u­ra­tions. The BNF pack­age will include:

1. Drone HGLRC Petrel132 6S/4S (com­plete)
2. Receiv­er (Frsky XM+/Flysky FS-A8S V2 option­al)
3. 2 × spare pro­pellers (1СW/1CCW)
4. Man­u­al for Petrel132 (Ver­sion 6S/Version 4S)

Specification

Frame

Kit name:

HGLRC Petrel132 Frame Kit

Mate­r­i­al:

The car­bon fiber

Mod­el:

PETREL

Diag­o­nal size:

132 mm

beam thick­ness:

2.5mm

Stand Height:

23 mm

PC Mount­ing Holes:

16×16/20×20 mm

Sup­port­ed cam­era:

14×14mm

The weight:

18 gr

PC

Name:

FD411 Flight Con­troller

MPU:

MPU6000-SPI

CPU:

STM32F411CEU6

Black­box:

No

Input volt­age:

3–6S Lipo

OSD:

built-in Betaflight OSD for PID tun­ing

BEC out­put:

5V/2A

Dimen­sions:

21×21mm

Mount­ing holes:

16×16, M2

Sup­port­ed Receiv­er:

SBUS/PPM/DSMX/iBUS

The weight:

2.7 gr

ESC

Name (ver­sion 6S/4S):

FD13A 4 in1 3–6S ESC/FD13A 4 in1 2–4S ESC

Input volt­age (6S/4S ver­sion):

3–6S Lipo/2–6S Lipo

D.C:

13A

Peak cur­rent:

15A (5 sec.)

BEC out­put:

No

CPU:

SILABS EFM8BB2 48MHZ

MOS Tube:

High Qual­i­ty MOSFET

Damped Mode Sup­port:

DSHOT600/300/150/Oneshot125/42,MultiShot,PWM

Dimen­sions:

23×24mm

Mount­ing holes:

16×16, M2

The weight:

3.2 gr

VTX

Name:

FD VTX Micro

Out­put pow­er:

PIT/25mW/100mW/200mW/400mW switch­able

Input volt­age:

DC 5V
PIT — 0 dBm — 70mA
25 mW — 14 dBm — 150mA
100 mW — 20 dBm — 210mA
200 mW — 23 dBm — 280mA
400 mW — 26 dBm — 360mA

Mount­ing holes:

16×16, M2

Dimen­sions:

20×20mm

Anten­na:

IPEX

The weight:

1.5 gr

fpv camera

Name:

Caddx.us Tur­bo Eos2 FPV Cam­era

Matrix:

1/3″ CMOS

Lens:

2.1mm

Hor­i­zon­tal res­o­lu­tion:

1200TVL

TV sys­tem:

NTSC/PAL (Option­al)

Image dis­play for­mat:

16:9

Syn­chro­niza­tion:

inter­nal

Email gate:

PAL: 1/50–100 000
NTSC: 1/60–100,000

Sig­nal to Noise ratio:

52 dB (AGC OFF)

Video out­put:

CVBS

Auto Gain Con­trol:

there is

BLS:

there is

WDR:

Glob­al WDR

DNR:

2 DNR

Input volt­age:

DC 3.3–6V

Slave. tem­per­a­ture range:

-20℃ to +60℃

Slave. humid­i­ty range:

20% to 80%

Dimen­sions:

14×14×16mm

The weight:

3.5 gr

Motors

Version 6S

Name:

FD1106 2400KV Brush­less Motor

KV:

2400KV

Sta­tor diam­e­ter:

11 mm

Sta­tor thick­ness:

6 mm

No. of Sta­tor Arms:

9S

No. of Rotor poles:

12P

Motor resis­tance:

680 mΩ

Max. con­tin­u­ous cur­rent:

5.14A

Max. pow­er:

123.2 W

Sup­port­ed LiPo Pow­er:

18.5V — 25.2V (5–6S)

ESC:

10A

Rec­om­mend­ed props (in inch­es):

2–3 inch

Pow­er wire type:

28AWG×80mm

The weight:

7.2 gr

Version 4S

Name:

FD1106 3800KV Brush­less Motor

KV:

3800KV

Sta­tor diam­e­ter:

11 mm

Sta­tor thick­ness:

6 mm

No. of Sta­tor Arms:

9S

No. of Rotor poles:

12P

Motor resis­tance:

290 mΩ

Max. con­tin­u­ous cur­rent:

6.37A

Sup­port­ed Pow­er:

3–4S

ESC:

13A

Rec­om­mend­ed props (in inch­es):

2.5 inch

Pow­er wire type:

28AWG×80mm

The weight:

6 gr

Rec­om­mend­ed food:

Price

Both ver­sions are avail­able for pur­chase both on the offi­cial web­site of the devel­op­er and on var­i­ous Inter­net trad­ing plat­forms at the fol­low­ing prices:

6S version

1. HGLRC Petrel132 5–6S PNP — $114.99
2. HGLRC Petrel132 5–6S (with Frsky XM+ receiv­er) — $131.99
3. HGLRC Petrel132 5–6S (with Fly­sky FS-A8S V2 receiv­er) — $129.99

Recommended food

4S version

1. HGLRC Petrel132 4S PNP — $112.99
2. HGLRC TPetrel132 4S (with Frsky XM+ receiv­er) — $129.99
3. HGLRC Petrel132 4S (with Fly­sky FS-A8S V2 receiv­er) — $127.99

Recommended food

Conclusion

HGLRC Petrel132 in 6S ver­sion is the best choice among 3″ BNF coun­ter­parts. The drone is durable and flies great! The only weak point is the cam­era, but it still does­n’t do a bad job. We can also note the expo­nen­tial work of the 400-mil­li­watt video trans­mit­ter. When using a 4S bat­tery, the drone exhibits a dis­tinc­tive flight soft­ness, which is great for warm­ing up and get­ting used to the quad.

Video

Unbox­ing and test flight of HGLRC Petrel132 in 6S ver­sion.