Daya H4 680

By cjdavies on Jun 25, 2018

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Rebuilding my Tarot 650 Sport onto the better designed Daya H4 680 frame, upgrading to FrSky R9 & adding OSD at the same time. Servo dropper for mid-air miniquad launches ;)

https://www.thingiverse.com/cjdavies/collections/daya-h4-680-quadcopter-drone

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?3073156-Daya-H4-680-build

Photos

Part List

Frame

DAYA 680 New 3K Carbon Frame
Fpvmodel.com
$149.46

Flight Controller

Pixhawk PX4 2.4.8 Flight Controller NEO-M8N GPS Radio Telemetry OSD 3DR 915Mhz (3 builds)
Banggood.com
$169.89

ESCs

4 x Hobbywing XRotor 40A ESC 2-6S (7 builds)
Omgfly.com
$47.60

Motors

T-Motor MN3508 380kv (2 builds)
Electricwingman.com
See Site

Propellers

Multirotor Carbon Fiber T-Style Propeller 14x5.5 Black (CW/CCW) (2pcs)
Hobbyking.com
$12.30

FPV Camera

RunCam SKYPLUS (10 builds)
Shop.runcam.com
$33.99

FPV Transmitter

AKK X2 5.8Ghz 0.01mW/25mW/200mW/500mW/800mW Switchable FPV Transmitter Compatible with Betaflight OSD FC (4 builds)
Amazon.com
$16.99

Antenna

Menace Raptor 5.8Ghz Stubby Antenna (SMA) (RHCP) (14 builds)
Hobbyrc.co.uk
See Site

Receiver

Frsky R9 MM 4/16CH 900MHz Long Range Telemetry Receiver with an Inverted S.Port Output (16 builds)
Banggood.com
$20.99

Batteries

Turnigy Graphene 4000mAh 6S 45C Lipo Pack w/XT90 (2 builds)
Hobbyking.com
$88.74

Power Distribution

Matek FCHUB-A W / CURRENT SENSOR 120A & 200A RANGE, NO BEC (4 builds)
Phaserfpv.com.au
See Site

Radio

FrSky Taranis X-Lite Pro ACCESS 2.4GHz Radio Controller (Deep Sea Blue) (26 builds)
Getfpv.com
$199.99

Goggles

Eachine EV800DM Varifocal 5.8G 40CH Diversity FPV Goggles with HD DVR 3 Inch 900*600 Video Headset Build in 2000mAh Battery (2 builds)
Banggood.com
$79.90

HD Camera

GoPro HERO8 Black - Waterproof Action Camera with Touch Screen 4K Ultra HD Video 12MP Photos 1080p Live Streaming Stabilization (18 builds)
Amazon.com
$298.99

Misc Parts

Servo Parabolic Switch Device Aerial Vehicle Throwing Device
Banggood.com
$9.99

Misc Parts

Pololu 5V, 2.5A Step-Down Voltage Regulator D24V22F5
Pololu.com
$8.95

Misc Parts

Micro OSD v2.3 (AB7456)
Unmannedtechshop.co.uk
See Site

Misc Parts

Pololu 12V Step-Up/Step-Down Voltage Regulator S18V20F12
Pololu.com
$14.95

Misc Parts

Strobon V2 Navigation Strobe Light​ (White/Red/Green/Blue) (2 builds)
Flyingtech.co.uk
See Site

Radio Module

Frsky R9M Lite Pro 900MHz Transmitter Module Up to 1W RF Power Compatible FrSky ACCESS Protocol for Taranis X-Lite Pro S and X9 (12 builds)
Banggood.com
$65.99

Soldering Iron

Hakko FX888D-23BY, 599B-02 Soldering Station with 599B Tip Cleaner, Blue/Gold (25 builds)
Amazon.ca
See Site
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Discussion

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luyang   Aug 31, 2023  

have personality, but my daya680 lack a part, which is used to fix aircraft arm, could you please sell me one? I've looked for it for weeks

sivads   Mar 14, 2019  

Great build! Thanks for the detailed photos and info. I've started my build based on the same frame. The arms are two different lengths. I think the shorter arms are supposed to go on the rear where the connection point is about 1" longer than the front (so all arms will effectively be the same length). That way, all arms are the same distance from the center point of the frame. Some pictures from the manufacturer have the short arms on the front and some have the shrot arms on the rear. I guess ultimately it doesn't really matter because the frame folds with either configuration and it depends on where you locate the center of gravity. But, if you want the arms to be the same length from the center, the long arms should be on the front (shorter frame front) and the short arms should be on the back (longer frame rear).

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sivads   Mar 25, 2019 

Was a shocker to me too — I had mine all put together before I noticed! I haven’t test flown mine yet (waiting on parts), but I wanted to thank you again for sharing your build. It has helped me a lot! I’ll post my work after I’m all finished and it has made it past the maiden flight. Cheers!

cjdavies   Mar 25, 2019 

Glad to hear it helped you, that's precisely why I try to post things like this :)

sivads   Jun 15, 2019 

I finally posted my build (https://rotorbuilds.com/build/18468) and have made it past the maiden. It flies great!! Thanks again for sharing your build -- it really helped.

rolyteamfly   Aug 13, 2018  

Hey, I'm thinking of a similar build - any reason why I couldn't use the more modern 40A ESC that are more readily available for race quads? Thanks!

cjdavies   Aug 13, 2018 

The only reason I used the ancient massive HobbyWing ESCs is because they're renowned in the Ardupilot community for being absolutely bulletproof for large, low kv, high stator count motors. I don't know how much desyncs on larger/slower motors are still an issue with certain ESCs & whether modern blheli32 race quad ESCs would handle them fine, but I'd wager they'd be fine now we're not all running SimonK anymore... Ironically the HobbyWings do actually run a (specially modified) version of SimonK :3

Amethyst FPV   Aug 08, 2018  

Nice build! I would reccomend upgrading the stock R9 tx antenna to a diamond.

Portland_Pilot_88   Jun 27, 2018  

wow was that carbon gunk inside the arms?? maybe i need to take mine apart and clean my arms out!

cjdavies   Jun 27, 2018 

Yup, arms were full of dust & the carbon plates were probably the sharpest edges I've ever seen on a frame! Spent the first evening of the build juat filing, sanding & washing.

BmoreDroneService   Jun 26, 2018  

Wow you beat me to it....I'm in the process of building on a DJI f450 flamewheel. I'm building a "recovery," quad to retrieve minis that are stuck in trees or crashed on a rooftop. Your mid air release system is pretty sweet, id love to see it in action!.... Nice build man.

cjdavies   Jun 26, 2018 

With any luck I'll get it in the air this weekend with a willing test pilot to drop ;)

BmoreDroneService   Jun 26, 2018 
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Where are you located brother?
Id let you drop me any time... I spin when armed so I guess id have to arm after you drop me so I dont hit the servo? Kinda curious to see this work lol. Unfortunately I'm in Maryland where fpv scene seems to be pretty lame...or I just have no friends, not sure. Lol.

cjdavies   Jun 26, 2018 

I'm in Scotland, so it'd be a bit of a trek :p And yeah, this is going to be a strictly 'arm after drop' arrangement, after double checking & triple checking that betaflight's 'arm at any angle' is working!

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