Sparrowfeather

By DresdenFPV on Aug 20, 2018

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don't buy that Eachine Minicube F3-Stack - it's crap!

I'll need to do something with leftover parts from my last quad - so why not build a new one?

I had most parts still around - apart from motors and the baseplate of that frame (already ordered, the last frame was something custom, only the baseplate has been used). So it's another 3 inch racer.

This time a lightweight though, with a tiny F3 AIO-Stack, including 4in1 ESC and Buzzer (got that thing really cheap) - the last one was a pretty heavyweight with high-KV 1408-Motors and RunCam Split2.

Motors are only rated for 1/2s, but I've seen others using them on 3s without problems... stack is also usable on 3s, so I'll try. :D

Maiden is still not done, but everything seems to mostly work.

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Part List

Frame	GEPRC GEP - MX3 Sparrow 139mm DIY Frame Kit - $35.00 \|GearBest.com (18 builds) Gearbest.com	$35.00
Flight Controller	Anniversary Special Edition Eachine Minicube Flytower 20x20mm Compatible Frsky Flysky DSM RX F3 ESC (19 builds) Banggood.com	$56.81
Motors	4X Racerstar Racing Edition 1306 BR1306 4000KV 1-2S Brushless Motor For 150 180 200 for RC Drone FPV Racing (5 builds) Banggood.com	$40.99
Propellers	2 Pairs Gemfan Flash 3052 PC 3-blade Propeller 5mm Mounting Hole for 1306-1806 Motor RC FPV Racing Drone (28 builds) Banggood.com	$3.47
FPV Camera	Caddx Turbo Micro F1 1/3" CMOS 2.1mm 1200TVL 16:9/4:3 NTSC/PAL Low Latency FPV Camera 4.5g (77 builds) Banggood.com	$19.99
FPV Transmitter	Eachine VTX02 Super Mini 5.8G 40CH 200mW FPV Transmitter for RC Drone FPV Racing (26 builds) Banggood.com	$8.38

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Discussion

DresdenFPV Oct 10, 2018

whatever you do: don't buy that flight stack

it's utter crap

bootbox Aug 21, 2018

Have you flown this yet? Looks like it'll be pretty fast from the parts you chose, wondering how the motors did on 3s.

DresdenFPV Aug 22, 2018

not yet, the VTX still isn't connected

will do on friday - if I don't get to fix that until then, then I'll have to resort on LOS.

but it will fly! :D

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