After a year in the hobby with a PNF Diatone Tyrant S it was time to completely build my own quad. Here is what I ended up building.
Ran into an issue with the Helio RC Spring and the Tekko32 4 in one. When stacked very closely they interfer with eachother. If you blip the throttle the FC locks up. The fix was to either give them more space or flip the FC over. I chose to flip the Helio over so I could have the Tekko32, then the Helio, then the VTX all in the same stack. It just barely fits.
To get the vtx in the stack I 3d printed this mount for it from TPU: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2766668 Not perfect but it worked.
Maiden flight video:
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Part List
Frame |
Chameleon Ti 5 inch
(54 builds)
Armattanquads.com
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$105.00 |
Flight Controller |
HelioRC SPRING IMU-F Flight Controller
(45 builds)
Racedayquads.com
|
$34.99 |
ESCs |
Holybro Tekko32 35A 4-in-1 BLHeli32 3-6s ESC
(105 builds)
Getfpv.com
|
$56.99 |
Motors |
4 x DYS Samguk Series Shu 2306 2250KV 2500KV 2800KV 3-4S Brushless Motor for RC FPV Racing Drone
(31 builds)
Banggood.com
|
$39.96 |
Propellers |
2 Pair DALPROP T5045C Cyclone 5 Inch 3 Blade Propeller Clover Prop Black Red Orange Green
(216 builds)
Banggood.com
|
$3.37 |
FPV Camera |
Foxeer Predator Standard/Mini V3 1000TVL CMOS 16:9/4:3 PAL/NTSC Super WDR FPV Camera w/OSD (1.8 or 2.5mm) - Choose Your Color &
(106 builds)
Racedayquads.com
|
$41.99 |
FPV Transmitter |
VTX - All Video Transmitters
(555 builds)
Racedayquads.com
|
$24.99 |
Antenna |
Pagoda FPV Antenna
(17 builds)
Race412.com
|
$3.00 |
Receiver |
Turnigy iA6C PPM/SBUS 8CH 2.4G AFHDS 2A Telemetry Receiver
Hobbyking.com
|
$9.89 |
Radio |
FPVracing.ch
(10 builds)
Fpvracing.ch
|
$89.00 |
Guides & Reviews
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Love the cover photo. Reminds me of a kid running around the back yard with a toy airplane.
Vroooom vroom!