Smarshin' Build

By shuttereye on Apr 29, 2018

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i had a blast building my first racing quad. trashed my first frame pretty quickly (ls-210) and upgraded to an fc that supported osd.
basically this is an upgraded "under $100" from UAVfutures and purely built using what was on sale. i only paid $110 for everything (minus gorpro)

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Part List

Frame

220mm FPV Racing Drone Frame 5 inch Carbon Fiber Quadcopter Frame Kit with 5030 Propellers+Lipo Battery Strap (10 builds)
Amazon.com
$26.99

Flight Controller

OMNIBUS Betaflight F3 AIO V1.1 Flight Controller with Integrated OSD Barometer Support SD Card (59 builds)
Banggood.com
$22.99

ESCs

Racerstar RS20Ax4 20A 4 in 1 Blheli_S Opto ESC 2-4S Support Dshot150 Dshot300 for RC FPV Racing Drone (67 builds)
Banggood.com
$27.56

Motors

4X Racerstar Racing Edition 2205 BR2205 2300KV 2-4S Brushless Motor Yellow For 210 X220 250 280 RC Drone (4 builds)
Banggood.com
$31.69

Propellers

DALProp Cyclone T5050C 5050 Tri-Blade High End DAL Props (2CW + 2CCW) (2 builds)
Fpvfaster.com.au
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FPV Camera

Banggood (130 builds)
Banggood.com
$15.45

FPV Transmitter

Eachine TX526 5.8G 40CH 25MW/200MW/600MW Switchable AV Wireless FPV Transmitter RP-SMA Female (120 builds)
Banggood.com
$12.92

Antenna

Makerfire 2pcs 5.8GHz FPV Antenna Circular Polarized TX RX RHCP RPSMA for FPV Racing Drone Like QAV250
Amazon.com
$20.99

Receiver

Flysky 2.4G 6CH FS-iA6B Receiver PPM Output With iBus Port (63 builds)
Banggood.com
$10.59

Batteries

4 x ZOP Power 14.8V 1800mAh 65C 4S Lipo Battery XT60 Plug (12 builds)
Banggood.com
$79.96

Power Distribution

Matek Systems PDB-XT60 W/ BEC 5V & 12V 2oz Copper for RC Drone FPV Racing Multi Rotor (139 builds)
Banggood.com
$4.69

Radio

FrSky X-Lite 2.4GHz RC Transmitter w/ 18650 Battery Caps - Black or Red (65 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$121.99

Goggles

Fat Shark Dominator V3 FPV Goggles (63 builds)
Getfpv.com
$299.99

Misc Parts

iFlight 3D Printed Camera Protector Mounting Case Seat TPU for Gopro Hero Session Used on FPV Racing Drone Quadcopter Frame
Amazon.com
$9.99

Misc Parts

FlySky FS-i6 i6 2.4G 6CH AFHDS RC Radio Transmitter Without Receiver for FPV RC Drone (3 builds)
Banggood.com
$41.99

Misc Parts

Yuengling Traditional Lager | Yuengling Brewery
Beeradvocate.com
See Site

Radio Module

Frsky R9M Lite - Radio Transmitter Module (Black) (11 builds)
Getfpv.com
$47.99

Battery Charger

ISDT Q6 Lite Smart Lipo Charger - Q6 Plus Lite - 200w/8.0A/1-6S (29 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$49.99

Backpack

Lowepro QuadGuard BP X1 Black/Grey (7 builds)
Amazon.com
$110.00
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