Airblade UAV Eclair v2 - 2"

By At0micwombat on Mar 01, 2018

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I started with a Gremlin frame, but quickly found that I couldn't cram everything I wanting into the frame that I had purchased. I decided to give the Eclair a try. The only thing I wish I had changed was going with the 2.5" frame rather than the 2". Ultimately, I'm pretty happy with the build as it's my first micro. I am toying with swapping out the FC and ESC for an HGLRC Zeus to drop a little bit of weight.

I did try some DYS 2" - 3 blade props, but wasn't happy with them at all. The Gemfan Hulkies seem a lot smoother and there's not as much jello in the flight footage. The quad doesn't sound quite as angry compared to the DYS props.

I'm still working on cleaning up the wiring and finalizing the mounting of the RX and the VTX, but I"ll post updated photos when I'm done.

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Part List

Frame	AirBlade Eclair 3K Carbon Fiber Frame Kit V2 (30 builds) Airbladeuav.com	$22.99
Flight Controller	Lumenier MICRO LUX V2 - F4 Flight Controller + OSD (20 builds) Getfpv.com	$26.99
ESCs	Search results for 'lumenier mini blheli 12a opto' (13 builds) Getfpv.com	$10.99
Motors	4 x EMAX RS1106 II 6000Kv Micro Motor (35 builds) Racedayquads.com	$51.96
Propellers	Drone Propellers for - Drone Props (41 builds) Racedayquads.com	$3.59
FPV Camera	RunCam Split Mini FPV Camera / HD 1080P 60 FPS Recorder (57 builds) Getfpv.com	$79.99
FPV Transmitter	MiMiC-X Mini Video Transmitter 25mw-50mw-200mw (2 builds) Ubuyadrone.com	$16.99
Antenna	Lumenier AXII MMCX 5.8GHz Antenna (RHCP) (70 builds) Getfpv.com	$14.99
Receiver	FrSky R-XSR 2.4GHz 16CH ACCESS/ACCST Micro Receiver w/ S-Bus & CPPM (937 builds) Getfpv.com	See Site
Batteries	Lumenier 450mAh 3s 35c Lipo Battery (7 builds) Getfpv.com	$10.99
Radio	FrSky Taranis X9D Plus 2.4GHz ACCST Radio & X8R Combo w/ case (Mode 2) (52 builds) Getfpv.com	$244.99

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Discussion

Querk Mar 01, 2018

Do you have any flight footage?

At0micwombat Mar 01, 2018

Not yet. I spent some time this afternoon cleaning up the wiring. I'm still figuring out how much flight time I'll get with the tiny batteries, but I'll post some once I have something decent.

morsha Oct 27, 2018

so, flight time?

At0micwombat Dec 02, 2018

Maybe 4 minutes? Honestly, I haven't flown much in the past few months due to some life changes, but I'll get back to it eventually.

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