budget yard flyer 2.5" 2S

By cutthenoise on Apr 16, 2018

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This is NOT a leader 120. Just using the frame. Broke a bunch of other stuff so I cobbled this together. Ended up being a simple build that tears it up in the yard pretty decently on 2S. The two biggest downsides are the 25mW aio cam (so you can't fly very far) and this silly KingKong stack with only 2 mounting holes in the ESCs. Otherwise I've done extremely minimal tuning on Butterflight (3.5) and it is a fun little guy to rip around the yard or during my lunch breaks. The leader 120 frame is nice if you already have a whoop-style aio cam/vtx. It makes putting everything together very straightforward and easy. I know folks have crammed micro cams in there but I couldn't be bothered to shoehorn one in there. Plus, the aio cam really helps keep the overall price and weight down. I'd say it flies great for the price.

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Part List

Frame	Leader-120 2S Fpv Micro Drone Racing Quadcopter Frame Kit - $12.52 \|GearBest.com (4 builds) Gearbest.com	$12.52
Flight Controller	Kingkong 20*20mm F3 Flight Controller with 4in1 BLheliS 10A ESC 2-3S (8 builds) Banggood.com	$33.00
Motors	GoolRC Original RC Drone Motor 4pcs 1104 8700KV 2S Brushless Motor CW CCW for 80 90 100 Mini Micro FPV RC Racing Quadcopters Aliexpress.com	$24.71
Propellers	4 Pairs Gemfan Flash 2540 2.5x4 2.5 Inch 3-Blade Propeller with 1.5mm Mounting Hole (173 builds) Banggood.com	$4.11
FPV Camera	BoldClash F01 FPV Micro AIO Camera (6 builds) Boldclash.com	$15.99
Receiver	Only 0.8g 2.4G Compatible DSM2 DSMX Pro Receiver for JR SPECTRUM Transmitter RC Drone (7 builds) Banggood.com	$10.05
Batteries	Gaoneng GNB 7.4V 550mAh 2S 80/160C Lipo Battery JST Plug For Aurora 90 100 (14 builds) Banggood.com	$9.99

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Gear

Radio	Jumper T8SG V2.0 Plus Hall Gimbal Multi-protocol Advanced 2.7" OLED Transmitter for Flysky Frsky (7 builds) Banggood.com	$125.00
Radio	FrSky X-Lite 2.4GHz Radio Controller (Red) (64 builds) Getfpv.com	$121.99
HD Camera	GoPro Hero5 Session, 1080p (303 builds) Amazon.com	$230.41
HD Camera	GoPro HERO4 Session Video Camera GPCHDHS-102 (42 builds) Phaserfpv.com.au	$164.94

$642.34

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Discussion

SoupOS Apr 10, 2019

looking to build my first 2"/3", and a big factor is HD video capabilty. Do you think I could squeeze a turtle v2 into this build?

Dylancolestew@gmail.com Apr 26, 2018

That looks awesome. Im gonna need to get me 2.5 or 3" looks like a lot of

cutthenoise Apr 26, 2018

Yeah its a blast. You can fly lots of places you couldn't with a bigger rig.

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