Pixelated

By Salted FPV on Feb 11, 2018

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50g BQE Mini Pixel

V2: I rebuilt the mini pixel this weekend. It fit an odd spot in my lineup with its previous configuration. It was heavy for its size and didn't fly as well as my Diatone GTR-90, so it was underwhelming. I put back in a fishpepper stack, which brought the weight down, and added a Frsky r-xsr which gave me the much-needed telemetry I was missing. Video coming soon.

v1: I wanted a small backyard flyer that had all the perks of a larger kwad, but was modest enough to hit small gaps and be fun in a small space. This little one rips. I had initially setup with a 16mm stack, but fried the ESC (probably because my battery leads were too large)... I prefer this setup, because of the OSD and telemetry, granted it's probably 20% heavier.

Update: I may try a 4 blade prop. I can get 4min on a slightly agro flight, but I'm hungry for a little more torque.

Maiden Voyage:

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Part List

Frame	BQE Mini Pixel Micro FPV Frame for 2" props (2 builds) Bqe.io	$29.99
Flight Controller	HGLRC XJB F428 V2 Stack - F4 Flight Controller - 28A Blheli_S ESC (14 builds) Getfpv.com	$63.99
Motors	4 x DYS BE1102 7800KV Micro Bushless Motors [3082] - $10.99 : Atmospheric Adventures - Get FPV Drone Racing Equipment (2 builds) Atmosphericadventures.com	$43.96
Propellers	Drone Propellers for - Drone Props (41 builds) Racedayquads.com	$3.59
FPV Camera	Wolfwhoop WT07 Micro 5.8GHz 25mW FPV Transmitter and 600TVL Camera with OSD Interface for FPV Quadcopter Drone Wireless Radio Tr (24 builds) Smile.amazon.com	$21.99
Receiver	FrSky R-XSR 2.4GHz 16CH ACCESS/ACCST Micro Receiver w/ S-Bus & CPPM (937 builds) Getfpv.com	See Site
Batteries	GNB 600mAh LiPo Battery Pack 2S 7.4V 50C XT30 Connector for FPV Racing Drone Amazon.com	$10.99

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Discussion

Jodie Froster Feb 12, 2018

That's a durable looking qwad, nice frame/roll hoop! That disproportionatly large cap is as big as one of your blades, and is likely diminishing your thrust noticably. Also: that's a niiiice Z3 ya got there sir, she still in good shape?

Salted FPV Feb 16, 2018

The cap came with the HGLRC board, but I agree I could probably get away with a 330.

It’s a durable little kwad, far better than the dys elf I destroyed last month (which is where the motors came from).

The Z is fun, and in great shape ; )

Salted FPV Mar 10, 2018

Fixed ; )

Jodie Froster Mar 10, 2018

Lookin sharp!!

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