Hippo - 5inch hexacopter

By butcher51 on Nov 12, 2019

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I always wanted to build a 5 inch hexacopter because why not? :) It's the first version, could be better but to first try I very happy with it. The arms are the cheapest 6mm arms what I found, the center parts are custom cutted carbon plates. The camera, antenna, esc mounts, and the arm holders between the carbon plates are 3d printed pla parts. The dry weight is 655 gram, with an 1300mha 6s battery it flies about 3.5-4 minutes. I really live it with the betaflight 4.1 with rpm filter. I hope you will like it.

Video: https://vimeo.com/381556650

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Part List

Frame	Skystars Star-load 228mm Frame Spare Part 6mm Arm Kit Carbon Fiber for RC Drone FPV Racing (2 builds) Banggood.com	$5.99
Flight Controller	JHEMCU 30.5x30.5mm Dual Gyro F7 Flight Controller AIO OSD 5V 8V BEC & Black Box for RC Drone FPV Racing (3 builds) Banggood.com	$25.72
ESCs	2 x 4X Holybro Tekko32 35A BLHeli_32 ESC Dshot1200 2-6S Build In Current Sensor For RC Drone FPV Racing (28 builds) Banggood.com	$146.98
Motors	6 x Emax ECO Series 2306 6S 1700KV 4S 2400KV Brushless Motor for RC Drone FPV Racing (77 builds) Banggood.com	$95.94
Propellers	2 x HQProp DP5.1X4.1X3 3-blade 5.1Inch Poly Carbonate POPO Propeller 2CW+2CCW Banggood.com	$7.04
FPV Camera	Foxeer Predator 4 Nano Super WDR 4ms Low Latency 1000TVL FPV Racing Camera OSD 4:3 16:9 NTSC PAL for RC Drone Banggood.com	$36.90
FPV Transmitter	TBS Unify Pro 5G8 HV Race (SMA) (555 builds) Team-blacksheep.com	$24.95
Antenna	2pcs Foxeer 5.8G Lollipop 3 2.5DBi Omni FPV Antenna RHCP SMA/RP-SMA for RC Drone Airplane (18 builds) Banggood.com	$21.01
Receiver	TBS Crossfire Nano Rx - FPV LONG RANGE DRONE RECEIVER (1485 builds) Team-blacksheep.com	$24.95
Batteries	CNHL MiniStar 1250mAh 22.2V 6S 70C Lipo Battery XT60 Plug for RC Drone FPV Racing (26 builds) Banggood.com	$32.54
Power Distribution	Original Airbot 200A PDB Power Distribution Board & 5CM Cable Wire for RC Drone FPV Racing Banggood.com	$5.13

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Discussion

BirdbrainRC Nov 13, 2019

I absolutely love the square-ness of the body, as a whole it looks brilliant! Always fun seeing a hex, makes me want to design one myself.

Rice_Bowl Nov 13, 2019

wowww ive only see very few TOP MOUNTED hexacopters!! whats it like...is it better than bottom mount?

butcher51 Nov 13, 2019

The problem was the middle arms, it would have been complicated to fit the battery straps, and I didn't want another carbon layer just for that. Btw I prefer the bottom mounted batteries, I think it's better for handling.

HK-AERIAL VTOL Nov 12, 2019

I am super glad to hear BF4 works well for you on a 6 rotor! Mad props for building your own!

Jayembee67 Nov 12, 2019

This is fantastic. And the most angular build I have ever seen! :-) Can it carry a GoPro or similar?

butcher51 Nov 12, 2019

Thank you! :D Yes this is the plan but I haven't designed it yet. It has enought space between the props to fit a hero7-8 :)

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