Minnow

By fish on Apr 26, 2018

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Had this designed for close to a year now and finally got around to getting all the parts to build it. It is a blast! It flies so smooth! The whole thing is 3D printed, event the base plate, and it is actually very durable. The pod is printed out of TPU and the baseplate is printed from PLA. Nothing ever breaks because it is so light! The pod has clips so it just snaps on and the only screws on the whole build are for the stack. This ones AUW is 43 grams and i get close to 5 minutes of flight on a 220mAh whoop battery. (not HV)

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Part List

Flight Controller

BoldClash Fish01 Mini SUBS F3 Flight Controller and 4-in-1 1S 4A Blheli_S ESC Tower with Built-in SBUS 8CH Receiver for Frsky X9
Diatoneusa.com
$34.99

Motors

4 x RacerStar BR1103B 1103 8000Kv Micro Motor (6 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$34.76

Propellers

Drone Propellers for - Drone Props (41 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$3.59

FPV Camera

VM275t AIO Whoop Camera - 25mw (19 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$24.99

Batteries

Thunder Power RC TP220-1SA50UM
Thunderpowerrc.com
See Site

Radio

FrSky Taranis QX7 ACCESS 2.4GHz RC Transmitter - Choose Your Color (263 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$129.99

Goggles

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

HD Camera

GoPro HERO10 Black - Waterproof Action Camera with Front LCD and Touch Rear Screens, 5.3K60 Ultra HD Video, 23MP Photos, 1080p L (18 builds)
Amazon.com
$249.00

Video Receiver

LaForge V4 Fatshark Module with Diversity Option - RMRC (6 builds)
Readymaderc.com
$69.99

Radio Module

FrSky R9M Transmitter Module (69 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$34.99

Battery Charger

TP4X610HV
Thunderpowerrc.com
See Site

Soldering Iron

Super Deal PRO 2in1 Soldering Station 862d+ SMD Hot Air Rework Station Soldering Iron Station LED Display W/4 Nozzle
Amazon.com
$53.89

Backpack

Sawtooth
Granitegear.com
$74.95

Misc Supplies

TrueRC True-Mox 915 Antenna (3 builds)
Getfpv.com
$19.99

Misc Supplies

IBCrazy 5.8GHz 7.5dbic Helical Goggle Mount
Getfpv.com
$17.99

Misc Supplies

VAS ION V2 5.8GHz SMA Antenna (RHCP) (3 builds)
Getfpv.com
$16.99
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Discussion

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i-man   Apr 29, 2018  
1

HI,
Nice build !!
Is this your own creation for the frame and canopy? Is it possible to have it?

i-man   Oct 06, 2018 

Thx a lot

ghostface   Jul 18, 2018  
1

That's really cool! Are the STLs available somewhere for printing?

fish   Oct 06, 2018 
1

Just uploaded it. I didnt want to for a while but enough people asked for it: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3139556

ghostface   Oct 06, 2018 

Thank you! I I'll build one for sure :D

Oeliboeb   May 01, 2018  
1

Cool build! Do you have any flight footage?

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