The SkylineF3 gives you all the features you need for the heart of your aircraft, whether you're into FPV racing, acrobatic flying or aerial photography it's perfect. Supports a variety of aircraft, tricopters, quadcopters, hexacopters, octocopters, planes and more.

The SkylineF3 runs the open-source Cleanflight flight control (FC) software which has an ever-growing community of friendly developers and users. Being open-source means that you too can contribute to the system.

Cleanflight comes with a detailed manual that is reviewed and maintained by the Cleanflight developers and community. No more out-of-date wiki pages and second-hand information.

Download the Skyline F3 Manual here.

Features

•  Practical - Easy to access connectors and solder pads.
• Configurable - Choose to use connectors, solder pads or pins.
• Stackable - Mount to your PDB or OSD.
• Compact - Only 36x36mm.
• Professional - Symmetrical, Neat and Tidy.
• 8 Dedicated PWM outputs
• 8 PWM Inputs
• 36 I/O Connections
• 72Mhz Clock Speed
• 3 Hardware Serial Ports
• 64Mb Flash Storage

Specifications (Acro Version)

The hardware was designed by the lead developer of Cleanflight to be more capable than the previous-generation STM32F1-based boards after hearing feedback from the Cleanflight users, contributors and top-pilots.

• 36x36mm board with 30.5mm mounting holes
• Weight ~6 grams
• Acro version is without Compass and Barometer Sensors
• STM32F303 CPU, 72Mhz inc FPU
• High-Capacity Flash (Acro and Deluxe)
• MPU6050 accelerometer/gyro
• MicroUSB socket
• 2x 8pin JST-SH sockets (PPM, PWM, SERIAL RX, GPIO, ADC, 3V, 5V, GND)
• 8x 3pin though-holes for pin headers for ESC/Servo connections
• 2x 4pin though-holes for pin headers for 2x serial ports
• 1x 2pin though-holes for pin headers for battery voltage
• 1x 2pin though-holes for pin headers for buzzer
• 1x 4pin JST-SH socket for I2C
• 1x 4pin JST-SH socket for SWD debugging

Flight Performance

•  The SkylineF3 builds on tried and tested software, processor and sensor technology to make your aircraft fly like it's on rails.

No-Compromise I/O

•  Use all the features all the time; e.g. Connect your OSD + SmartPort + SBus + GPS + LED Strip + Battery Monitoring + Sonar + 8 motors - all at the same time!

Configurable

•  The SkylineF3 runs Cleanflight which can be configured to suit your needs using a cross-platform GUI (Windows/OSX/Linux).

Tiny and lightweight

• The SkylineF3 has a standard 36x36mm form-factor with 30.5mm mounting holes and weighs just 6 grams.

Flight Logging

• On-board high-capacity black box flight log recorder - optimize your tuning and see the results of your setup without guesswork.

Next-Generation CPU

• The SkylineF3 has an ARM Cortex-M4 72Mhz CPU with Math co-processor (FPU) for efficient flight calculations that gets more done in less time.
•  Loop times up to ~2x as fast as previous-generation STM32F1 based boards.

Developer Friendly

•  Developer friendly debugging port (SWD) and boot mode selection, unbrickable bootloader.

OneShot ESC

• Full support for OneShot ESCs for easy PID tuning and a sharper response.

Broad RC receiver Support

• Supports SBus, SumH, SumD, Spektrum1024/2048, XBus, PPM, PWM receivers. No external inverters required (built-in).

Programmable LED

• Dedicated output for programmable LEDs - great for orientation, racing and night flying.

Battery Monitoring

• Battery monitoring ports for voltage and current.

Sonar

• Sonar support for precision low-altitude hold.

I2C Port

•  I2C port always powered, perfect for external sensors or always-on OLED Screen.

Buzzer

• Buzzer port for audible warnings and notifications.