Since winter is around the corner and it will be getting dark earlier I wanted something small enough to fly anywhere and the ability to see better in low light. So far I've been very pleased with my component choices especially the T1 motors and Kombini.
Frame |
AVANT NEX X3 "BLUE EDITION" Racing Frame
Avantquads.com
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$38.00 |
Flight Controller |
FuriousFPV KOMBINI Flight Controller - The Perfect Synergy Awaits
Fpv-direct.com
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$48.95 |
ESCs |
4 x FuriousFPV SILKY 20A BLHELI-S ESC w/ LED (White)
Fpv-direct.com
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$59.80 |
Motors |
4 x Tornado 1407-3600
Pirofliprc.com
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$63.96 |
Propellers |
RaceKraft 3030 Quad-Blade Propeller - Clear (2cw - 2ccw)
Fpv-direct.com
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$3.99 |
FPV Camera |
RunCam Owl Plus Black
Pirofliprc.com
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$49.99 |
FPV Transmitter |
TBS UNIFY PRO 5G8 HV - RACE (SMA) Video Transmitter
(5 builds)
Fpv-direct.com
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$24.95 |
Antenna |
FOXEER 5.8G Circular Polarized Omni TX RX Antenna - RHCP - SMA - Green (Mini Version)
Fpv-direct.com
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$8.00 |
Receiver |
FuriousFPV Mini RX for Frsky
Fpv-direct.com
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$22.95 |
Batteries |
Turnigy Bolt 850mAh 4S 15.2V 65~130C High Voltage Lipoly Pack (LiHV)
Hobbyking.com
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$18.41 |
HD Camera |
Adorama
Adorama.com
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$54.99 |
HD Camera |
30 AMP Simonk 30A Brushless ESC firmware w / 5V 3A UBEC Quad Multirotor APM2 1G7 4894462326060
(68 builds)
Ebay.com
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$3.62 |
I like the new photos. Using one board really leaves so much empty space in there. Are those 30mm standoffs?
From what I can tell they're just rebranded Cicadas with LEDs wired to the top pads so I thought they would be alright. Just got an RMA for it so I'll have to wait and see how that goes. On the other hand I would highly suggest the Piggy and Kombini as they are pretty awesome and haven't given me issues like their RX and ESCs.
Just curious, why choose the Kombini over something like the DTFc? Those motors look pretty nice. I've got the DYS SE1407 3600kv motors on my 3", but if these tornados were available I might have chosen them.
No, but the Piggy OSD (which fits nearly flush on the back of the hs1177) has a port to run a single cable to the kombini - super clean. Can still tune the FC via the OSD + rx. So since the piggy sits on the back of the cam and only requires the one cable to the FC, it's pretty close to the omnibus' offering. The only difference is this combo gives you a PDB, as well (with ESCs on arms), giving you one more 'slot' in your stack which would otherwise be taken up by another PDB or a 4-in-1 esc combo. I guess it just comes down to the frame and personal preference.
Not yet :( Was planning on building a 130", but @g2h0 took all the work out of it for me lol. Was also thinking about it in place of a KISS setup for my Garudas that are gathering dust on my workbench. I wanted a pdb + fc combo, and then the piggy was announced and I was sold. Just wish it had onboard flash for blackbox, but that's not a big deal.
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Can fit in this build a TBS powercube ?
The frame comes with 30mm standoffs. Im not sure if thats enough space for the cube but I hope that helps.
Thx