I've had the Rakon Heli kit, motors and camera in a a box for a couple of years now. I finally set some time aside to build this, buying the rest of the needed parts and drawing up a canopy. The quad ocillates a bit during the first quarter or so of flight time, even at hover, and then settles out. I can't do any tuning with the blade fight controller, so I may try some different props. The quad flies for about five minutes of relaxed flying around the house with the Crazypony batteries. It flys quite similar to a stock Blade Nano QX FPV (somewhat sluggish).
Frame |
CNC Advanced Upgrade Kit (Red) - Blade Nano QX/FPV
Rakonheli.com
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$39.99 |
Flight Controller |
4-in-1 Control Unit, Rx/ESCs/Mixer/Gyros: Nano QX [BLH7601]
Bladehelis.com
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See Site |
Motors |
4 x Blade Nano QX
Micro-motor-warehouse.com
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See Site |
FPV Camera |
FPV Hobby - 1 gram NTSC camera
Fpvhobby.com
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$54.00 |
FPV Transmitter |
Eachine VTX01 Super Mini 5.8G 40CH 25mW FPV Transmitter
(12 builds)
Banggood.com
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$7.87 |
Batteries |
Crazepony 4pcs 250mAh 1S 3.7V 35C Blade Inductrix Lipo Battery
(2 builds)
Amazon.com
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$13.99 |
Misc Parts |
LilyPad LED Red (5pcs)
Sparkfun.com
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$2.95 |
Misc Parts |
Custom Rakon Heli Nano QX FPV Parts by teckn0
Thingiverse.com
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See Site |
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