Vandal 3 inch 1407

By Cheredanine on Mar 23, 2018

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Needed something small and light to take with me on family trip, so built 3 inch Vandal 1407. frame is a bit pricey due to Armattan productions cut to order but it is 4mm base plate and 26grams including metal hardware, only gonna have to do it once.

Turned out nice and zippy, well under 250grams, the brother 4100kv motors are something of a lipo eater, running it on 4s 850mah but i like it, seems to fit the brief

bits i used that are not included:
aluminum standoffs and bolts, 3d printed cam mount, 3d printed antenna mounts, 470uf low esr cap

you can see in the vid hiw the quad wants to be light as bolts fly off in the secind clip :)

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Part List

Frame

Vandal 3 inches 1407 motors (frame cut along the weaves) (2 builds)
Armattanproductions.com
$37.00

Flight Controller

HGLRC Omnibus F438, 38A 4-in-1 ESC & Switchable vTx Stack (3 builds)
Electricwingman.com
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Motors

4 x Brother Hobby Avenger R3 1507 Motor 2800/3600/4100kv
Electricwingman.com
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Propellers

Dal Prop T3056 Cyclone Propellers
Quadcopters.co.uk
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FPV Camera

RunCam Micro Swift 2 600TVL Cam with OSD (3 builds)
Electricwingman.com
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Antenna

Lumenier AXII U.FL 5.8GHz Antenna (RHCP)
Electricwingman.com
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Receiver

FrSky XM+ Receiver (EU) (9 builds)
Electricwingman.com
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Batteries

AirJoules RACE 75C 850mAh 4s 14.8V Li-Po Battery, XT30
Electricwingman.com
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Discussion

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Arcus   Apr 03, 2018  

Nice build, hope you like my frame! But you scared me with the metal goal proximity.... ;-)

Cheredanine   Apr 03, 2018 

lol i hit the crossbar, that is what oushed me inti the ground

Arcus   Apr 03, 2018 

Oh you touch it, i though just proximity... you were lucky ;-)

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