Freestyle learner knockabout
By OldSchoolZero on May 11, 2018
Something cheap and robust for a learner
Edit 19/09/18 (6 months old):
- Only one motor replaced so far. Bell came loose (one other motor on it's way out)
- Rotated the FC 90 degrees, for easier access to the USB port; got tired of removing the canopy to make betaflight changes
- Tidied up cables
- Hardwired the VTX and conformal coated the crap out of everything, ready for winter. Hot glued the camera case
- Moved VTX antenna. Kept trashing them on the top
- Dremeled the frame where the battery strap sits, as it cut through a couple
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