I'm going to start off by saying that this build has a lot less thought put into part selection than most of my other builds. I didn't have any big ideas or theory to test - my goal was to use as many old parts as I could to make a nice smooth 6" cruiser, and to source what I needed without breaking bank.

Like a lot of people starting out, one of my first quads was the Eachine Wizard X220. It worked so well for me in my beginnings that one of my friends bought not one but two for himself. As we've both moved on for the most part, we have lots of Wizard parts. I started this one with the Wizard frame but wanted a lower CG. In particular, I kinda wanted to replace my old hyperlow setup which was stolen. Along with my order of motors, I added some 15mm standoffs and made some cuts in the frame so the camera would still fit.

From the Wizard came the frame and ESCs. I vaguely recalled these ESC to be 30a BLHeli S, but I was wrong - they're just 20a. Learning this made me pretty nervous about running them on a 6" build. So far (maybe about 8 flights in) they're doing fine. It's prone to flips of death if you clip something hard.. but that's the only thing that seems weird about it.

Banggood was the place for the two cheap things I needed to pick up: motors and an AIO flight controller. I went for the 2305 vs the 2306 to keep amp draw on the lower end. The cheapest FC/PDB I could find was the Omnibus F4 AIO, not bad for $25! Note: Having a single-board stack is really really nice for building and maintenance.

VTX was originally a VTX03 pulled from an old build, but when the Mach 2 went on sale a few days ago I couldn't pass up the chance to up the potential range. $19 for 800mw. Sold.

Antenna I've had for a while ¯\(ツ)/¯ It works well. The stubby antennae we're seeing a lot of today are really great for close range (I use the AXII stubby on my GT2), these traditional guys with the long SMA stem take the cake if you want good placement for better range.

The Monster camera I've had for a while as well - came from my first "nice" build. I crashed it hard into a tree and broke the case but was able to stuff the board into a spare Runcam case to fit in here. This camera is AMAZING... in perfect lighting. If you're flying in low light though, or even just a spot with a lot of shade it can be a little rough. The V2 does a bit better with WDR, but neither are up to snuff with Runcam on that front. While I like the color and overall quality on these more, Runcam just does really really well with WDR. Not sure about any of Foxeer's newer offerings.

So, before this I'd never flown a 6". That being the case, these RK 6032 props are all I know at the moment. Can't say much from experience - BUT I will say that these are impressively lightweight. Lighter even than most Bi-Blade props that I bought to try out. They're pretty quiet and feel very, very smooth but those may just be qualities of the 6" class. I've had a handful of crashes, some have been pretty hard but I've only bent these props a couple of times - and so far they bend back very easily.

I've run a 1300 and 1500mah 4S pack through this. Getting around 7 and 8 minutes cruising flight, respectively which is perfect. Very curious about 1800+mah packs. This being the case I'm glad I did 'splurge' a little on a crossfire nano RX. You could very well use a cheaper sbus or whatever protocol you use (of course), and I almost just used an R-XSR I had lying around - but with longer flights it's really really nice to be able to cover some distance! Can't wait to get it out in the desert or mountains.

Again, this is only my first 6" but I'm absolutely in love. The super smooth feel, the extended flight time, the range. With it, a 5" and a 2.5" I think one is equipped to have a blast at just about any spot.