Skele7on ultralight 3" (Toothpick?)

By Taylormadearmy on Jul 23, 2019

6  210  2

How's this build for an ultra-lightweight 3"?
I'm going for a lightweight build, with as few compromises as possible, while staying as light as possible with the aim to have looong flight times.

51g dry, 75g with 300mah 3S battery.

Dual colour polycarbonate 3D printed custom frame (I'll upload to Thingyverse soon)
Amaxino 1103 5000kv motors
HQ 3x3 props
Caddx EOS2 (have a Nano 2 to replace it with on the way)
TBS Unify Pro32 Nano VTX
XM+ Rx
iFlight Succex 16x16 stack
Realacc UXII stubby vtx antenna

I'm hoping for >10 minutes flight on a 450mah 3S battery... Think I may need a lighter prop to do that... Proper maiden tomorrow I hope!

Photos

Discussion

Sign in to comment

MNX   Aug 11, 2019  
1

Nice build, but, too big props for 1103 motors?

Taylormadearmy   Aug 13, 2019 

not too bad as they are 5000kv, but hace since swapped to the new HQ 3x2 props.

Guides & Reviews

Jun 21, 2021

AirbladeUAV has done it again and this time they've brought long range to the 5" class! Based on the popular Transformer Mini, the new Transformer 5" Ultralight adopts a lot of the same design philosophies with larger props and more payload capacity. It can fly upwards of 20 minutes on a 4 cell Li-Ion battery pack and in ideal conditions it's got a range of over 4 to 5 miles. In this guide I'll walk..

Read more
Mar 04, 2021

With the release of the DJI FPV Drone cinematic FPV has become a lot more accessible, but you certainly don't want to crash a $750 drone! The QAV-CINE Freybott is a compact, lightweight cinematic FPV drone that can take a hit and keep going. It's a lot safer to fly indoors and around people. With a naked GoPro or the SMO 4k you can capture some great stabilized footage. In this guide I'll show you..

Read more