TBS Gemini 315mm ARF Hexacopter

The TBS Gemini is a high-performance digital-era micro racing hexacopter engineered by Team BlackSheep in collaboration with aerospace innovator William Thielicke. Featuring a revolutionary aerodynamic canopy design and forward-tilted motor mounts optimized for extreme forward flight velocities, this platform delivers superior stability and structural motor redundancy compared to traditional quadcopters. Built upon a highly integrated modular electronics architecture, it combines a proprietary flight control core with built-in power regulation and telemetry processing. Deployed as an Almost-Ready-to-Fly (ARF) system, it adapts seamlessly to both high-speed FPV racing profiles and micro HD cinematic capture platforms.

Features

Aerodynamic Canopy Architecture: Precision-molded structural shell optimizes airflow dynamics and minimizes parasitic drag during high-speed forward trajectories, shielding the internal electronics from moisture and impact debris.

Forward-Tilted Motor Mounts: Engineering layout tilts all six factory powerplants forward at a fixed 10-degree angle, allowing high horizontal acceleration velocities up to 80 km/h while maintaining a level fuselage profile.

Six-Rotor Dynamics: Hexacopter configuration utilizes six 4-inch propellers to provide advanced throttle responsiveness, increased payload authority, and critical hardware redundancy over tight racing gates.

Modular Stack Integration: Cohesively links the proprietary flight controller, power system, and telemetry module onto a single unified mainboard, maximizing structural weight efficiency and eliminating cluttered wiring webs.

Integrated OSD and Power Management: Onboard core processing maps vital aircraft electronics data—including live voltage steps, milliampere-hour (mAh) consumption trends, flight timers, and RSSI metrics—directly onto the video stream overlay.

Vibration Isolation Dampening: Entire camera and video transmission payload is suspended on specialized rubber dampening balls, eliminating high-frequency motor resonance and prop-wash jitter for clean video output.

Dual-Configuration Canopies: Ships with interchangeable upper and lower structural shells. The low-profile racing variant maximizes aerodynamic efficiency, while the expanded cinematic variant accommodates an auxiliary Mobius-style HD action camera.

Autonomous Expansion Framework: Built-in high-precision barometer enables independent altitude hold functionality, with secondary hardware expansion ports available for plug-and-play GPS module integration to activate autonomous Return-to-Home (RTH) safety routines.

Specifications

Brand: Team BlackSheep (TBS)

Model Name: Gemini

Release Class Generation: 2015 Vintage Racing Hexacopter

Assembly Configuration Category: Almost-Ready-to-Fly (ARF)

Diagonal Wheelbase Dimensions: 215.0 mm

Maximum Forward Velocity: 80 km/h

Primary Flight Controller Hardware: TBS Colibri (Compact hardware variant of the Quanton architecture)

Operating Firmware Environment: Tau Labs Ecosystem (Supports auto-calibration loops and full acrobatic profiles)

Brushless Motor Powerplant: TBS 1806 2100KV Brushless Motors (6 units)

Electronic Speed Controller Platform: TBS Bulletproof 4A ESCs (Supports 3S–4S LiPo regulation)

Propeller Configuration: Plastic 4045 2-Blade Bullnose Propellers

FPV Camera Sensor: TBS ChipChip 600TVL Analog Course Camera

Video Transmission Hardware (VTX): TBS UNIFY 5.8GHz 200mW Transmitter Module

Available RF Channel Matrix: 32 Selectable Frequency Channels (Broadly compatible with DJI, FatShark, ImmersionRC, and Boscam systems)

RF Antenna Interface Element: ImmersionRC SpiroNET 5.8GHz Circularly Polarized (RHCP) Antenna

Video Signal Line-of-Sight Range: ~500 m (standard cloverleaf arrays) / Up to 1.5 km (utilizing high-gain ground station patch antennas)

Telemetry / OSD System: TBS CORE PNP25 Module (With integrated voltage and current sensors)

Primary Operating Power Core: 3S (11.1V) or 4S (14.8V) LiPo Battery Configuration

Included Test Battery Parameter: 4S 1050mAh LiPo Pack

Operational Flight Duration: 4 to 10 minutes (dependent on throttle load and auxiliary camera payload)

Physical Footprint Dimensions: 38.0 cm × 27.0 cm × 11.0 cm

Total Aircraft Structural Mass: 0.37 kg (370.0 g, excluding external flight battery pack)

Notes

Before applying power to the aircraft always ensure the ImmersionRC SpiroNET antenna is securely threaded onto the VTX port. Operating the high-frequency 200mW video transmitter without an RF load element will cause immediate thermal destruction to the output stage components.

Autonomous fail-safe tracking features like GPS navigation points and Return-to-Home routines are completely unavailable unless an external secondary GPS hardware module is physically wired and configured via software.

Package

1 x TBS Gemini Assembled Hexacopter Frame Core

1 x Aerodynamic Low-Profile FPV Racing Canopy Set

1 x High-Volume Cinematic Canopy Set (with dedicated Mobius HD camera mounting bay)

1 x Complete Set of Plastic 4045 Propellers & Matching Aluminum Locknuts

1 x TBS Colibri Flight Controller Assembly (Pre-loaded with TauLabs firmware)

1 x TBS CORE PNP25 Power Regulation & OSD Module System

1 x TBS ChipChip 600TVL Analog FPV Camera Lens Module

1 x TBS UNIFY 5.8GHz 200mW Video Transmitter Module

1 x ImmersionRC SpiroNET 5.8GHz Circularly Polarized Antenna

1 x 4S 1050mAh High-Discharge LiPo Flight Battery

1 x Heavy-Duty Customized Gemini Transport Travel Case