Massive D

By duffa123 on Feb 24, 2018

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Long story short, I crashed this https://rotorbuilds.com/build/8732 into a tree, couldn't find but recovered 2 weeks later, unfortunately 1 arm was broken and 1 motor exploded, didn't want to rebuild because it was a pig at almost 100 grams and the Emax 1106's seem like they would be much better matched to a 2.5" prop...

Was super excited when Massive Droner came out because it seemed to be the perfect answer - a strong, light, 2.5" frame with a great design!

So far I've been extremely pleased - the build was relatively straight-forward, albeit a bit fiddly to retain the back. Maiden flight was in extremely windy conditions, but despite this, I was really pleased with flight characteristics and thrust. Really looking forward to taking it to my usual spots in the coming weeks.

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Part List

Frame	Massive Droner 2.5 inch (backorders allowed) (23 builds) Catalystmachineworks.com	$32.99
Flight Controller	EMAX “F3 MAGNUM MINI” FPV TOWER SYSTEM (16 builds) Emax-usa.com	$45.99
Motors	4 x EMAX RS1106 II 6000Kv Micro Motor (35 builds) Racedayquads.com	$51.96
Propellers	4 Pairs Gemfan Flash 2540 2.5x4 2.5 Inch 3-Blade Propeller with 1.5mm Mounting Hole (171 builds) Banggood.com	$4.11
FPV Camera	RunCam Micro Sparrow (2.1mm) (66 builds) Miafpv.com	$29.95
FPV Transmitter	Eachine VTX03 Super Mini 5.8G 72CH 0/25mW/50mw/200mW Switchable FPV Transmitter (417 builds) Banggood.com	$12.22
Antenna	Lumenier AXII U.FL 5.8GHz Antenna (RHCP) (148 builds) Getfpv.com	$14.99
Receiver	Frsky XM+ Micro D16 SBUS Full Range Mini Receiver Up to 16CH for RC FPV Racing Drone Banggood.com	$13.69

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ArcherFPV Aug 28, 2018

very nice! ive been thinking of swapping he parts from my babyhawk r 2.5 over to this frame. but i kinda wanna break the bhr frame first. so far a few trees anf a couple brick walls and nothing even scratched. only thing wrong with it is a broken camera lens ring lol.

duffa123 Aug 28, 2018

Thanks for the compliments. If I'm honest, I love the way the Massive D flies but it is a bit fragile - I've already broken half a dozen components (mostly roll bars and the front brace) which gets pretty expensive with shipping. When I break it again, I'm actually planning to transplant the guts into a Diatone GT M2.5 frame due to the aluminum roll bar which has proven to be a pretty robust design in my GEPRC Sparrow 3" (which I've crashed about a million times, many of them pretty hard).

ArcherFPV Sep 07, 2018

yeah the sparrow is one tough frame. ive had mine for almost a year and its been thru hell and still going. 100% throttle into a brick wall and only broke props lol.

leigerreign Feb 25, 2018

Hey nice build! What batteries are you using with this?

duffa123 Feb 25, 2018

GNB 550 3S, maiden flight was really windy but I got about 3:00 when flying "reasonably" and maybe 2:30 when hammering it a bit more

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