Polaris

By wesblake on Mar 19, 2018

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Been doing this for a while but 5"+. After building and flying my neighbor’s 3″ I had to have one. Calling it "Polaris" after the skin, and it's the funnest kwad I've flown yet! BTW, highly recommend the Lumenier battery, I get double the flight time than the Tattu (~5m vs just over 2m).

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Part List

Frame	Cerberus Mini V1 Warranty Claim Form (9 builds) Theflynoshop.com	$1.25
Flight Controller	EMAX “F3 MAGNUM MINI” FPV TOWER SYSTEM (16 builds) Emax-usa.com	$45.99
Motors	4 x HGLRC FLAME 1407 3600KV Brushless Mini Motor 1PC - $13.57 \| GearBest.com Mobile (9 builds) M.gearbest.com	$54.28
FPV Camera	RunCam Sparrow Micro (66 builds) Getfpv.com	$29.99
FPV Transmitter	ImmersionRC Tramp HV 5.8GHz Video Tx - (US Version) (24 builds) Getfpv.com	$29.99
Antenna	Aomway Short 5.8GHz 4-Cloverleaf Antenna with Protection Cover (SMA) (RHCP) (5 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	FlexRC FPV Racing Drones \| FPV Multicopter Store \| Quadcopter Parts (101 builds) Flexrc.com	$52.50
Batteries	Lumenier 850mAh 4s 75c Lipo Battery (XT-30) (9 builds) Getfpv.com	See Site

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Discussion

d2drone Jul 09, 2018

Does the 12A esc can handle 4s with 1407 motor ?

wesblake Jul 09, 2018

It ran great, so great I ran it into a pole :( The frame is awesome, despite the entire drone being in 4-5 pieces on the ground, the frame didn't break, just came apart. I have since rebuilt it though with a Speedix stack that is 20a x 4 and it still flys great!

leigerreign Mar 19, 2018

I have that same skin on my 3"! I'm really liking all the frame skins these days. You could definitely get away with using a 650mah 4S from Tattu or even the 500mah 4S high voltage from Lumenier. The 850 is pretty heavy for a 3". Oh, and I definitely recommend the 3" Lumenier props.

Nice build!

wesblake Mar 19, 2018

Thanks for the info! I was thinking these 850's were rather large for the kwad, just got them because the neighbor was using them on his 3's, but I notice that they are large enough even the smallest offset/shift of the battery and if you let go of the sticks in angle mode, the copter want's to lean. I'll try a 650 next!
And yes, the skins are great. I'm doing a Chameleon clone next and hoping to find this shiny sort of gold skin shown here:

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