EpiQuad 210X

By Sean on Sep 24, 2016

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This is my first all-carbon 4S build and I'm really happy about how it turned out! The EpiQuad frame, PDB and Rx are really well designed and fit together with the Naze32 to make a very compact and tidy stack. The top plate is also easily removable as the EpiRex antenna can be disconnected.

So far I've been very happy with how it flies and it's held up well in the few crashes it's been through. I mount a Mobius camera on the built-in HD camera mount and a 1300mAh 4S LiPo fits perfectly between it and the FPV antenna.

Updates and Modifications

16th December 2016

I'm going to a local race event this weekend and they're going to be using the I-Lap timing system, so I had to fit a female servo lead to connect my transponder to. For this I used the spare 5V and ground pads on the rear section of the PDB, these are intended for people who use a separate receiver instead of the EpiRex, but were perfect for powering my transponder which was zip-tied to the bottom of the top-plate.

29th December 2016

This quad is holding up well and I've now upgraded the Naze32 Rev 6 to an EpiFC3. This was super easy, the EpiFC3 comes with pre-soldered vertical headers pins so all I had to do was slide the Naze32 out of the PDB and push the EPiFC3 into its place.

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Part List

Frame

EpiQuad 210X (3 builds)
Quadcoptersenzo.nl
$74.00

Flight Controller

EpiQuad EpiFc3 (2 builds)
Quadcoptersenzo.nl
$30.95

ESCs

4 x Little Bee 20A ESC with BLHeli_S, OneShot125 and Damped Light (2-4S)
Hobbyrc.co.uk
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Motors

4 x Lumenier RX2204-14 2300Kv Motor (5 builds)
Getfpv.com
$79.96

Propellers

DAL Cyclone T5046C Tri-Blade 5" Prop 4 Pack - Choose Your Color (391 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$2.99

FPV Camera

Runcam Swift 600TVL FPV Camera (Black) (16 builds)
Amainhobbies.com
$39.99

FPV Transmitter

TBS Unify Pro 5G8 V3 (RP-SMA) (103 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$39.95

Antenna

TBS Triumph RP-SMA (RHCP 2pcs) (59 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$39.95

Receiver

EpiQuad EpiRex FRSky compatible sbus receiver (2 builds)
Quadcoptersenzo.nl
$27.95

Batteries

Drone Lab 1300mah 4s 50-100c Premium Lipo Battery (2 builds)
Radioc.co.uk
See Site

Power Distribution

EpiQuad EpiPDB (2 builds)
Quadcoptersenzo.nl
$20.95
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