Impulse RC Alien 5 Rebuild

By BoompyFPV on Aug 22, 2017

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Just received the Steele PDB so tidied up the old girl.

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Part List

Frame

ImpulseRC Slammed Alien 5" Freestyle Frame (34 builds)
Rotorriot.com
$82.99

Flight Controller

KISS FC - 32bit Flight Controller V1.03 (179 builds)
Flyduino.net
$34.00

ESCs

KISS ESC 2-5S 24A race edition - 32bit brushless motor ctrl (122 builds)
Flyduino.net
$22.00

Motors

4 x TBS Mr Steele 2345kv SILK (45 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$87.80

Propellers

DALPROP T5046C Cyclone (2 CW 2 CCW) (391 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$2.99

FPV Camera

RunCam Swift 2 (200 builds)
Shop.runcam.com
$44.99

FPV Transmitter

ImmersionRC Tramp HV 5.8GHz Video Transmitter - V2 (7 builds)
Nemosminiquadsupplies.com.au
$74.95

Antenna

Menace RC - Raptor Antenna - RHCP (34 builds)
Readymaderc.com
$9.99

Receiver

FrSky - XSR Receiver (10 builds)
Readymaderc.com
$16.49

Batteries

FMR 1300mAh 4s 95c Lipo Battery Pack (2 builds)
Avitus.com.au
$34.95

Power Distribution

Mr Steele Alien PDB + Microphone + KISS OSD (5 builds)
Store.rotorriot.com
$45.00

HD Camera

GoPro HERO5 Session (302 builds)
Getfpv.com
$199.99

Misc Parts

RunCam RC25G FPV Lens 2.5mm FOV 140 Degree Wide Angle for Split Swift Swift2 Mini Gopro Hero2 Split2 (9 builds)
Banggood.com
$12.99
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Discussion

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DustyAir   Aug 27, 2017  

Super clean build. Did you design the tramp case yourself?

BoompyFPV   Aug 28, 2017 

Yes mate

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