'Emergency Procedure' / CherryCraft Sprout 3"

By McMa_Returns on Sep 23, 2018

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We have an emergency! the patient requires an urgent full body transplantation!

So I just moved into a new city and swore I was going to be very carefull flying my Airblade because I had no replacements and no tools with me. Sure enough it only took two sessions and then it happend: Alt Tag

I ordered the first available 3" frame I could find, the CherryCraft Sprout, and set to transplant all the components using nothing but a screwdriver, screws and nuts from the hardware store, and zipties. It was difficult! the Airblade had pleny of space to build, but this one is tight! Alt Tag . The Runcam Micro Swift 3 is too big for the frame, I had to mount the flight controllers sideways and I can barely tilt it.

On the plus side, the quad that was around 249g just got way lighter and it flies like thunder... in fact it feels quite overpowered now. If I could buy the motors again, I would probably go for 3250KV.

The quad flies like a 5" but its a complete cutie!

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Now if I only had my soldiering iron to reverse the motor directions :D

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Part List

Frame	CherryCraft Sprout 3" StrechedX - Red (2 builds) Rctech.de	See Site
Flight Controller	OMNIBUS F4 Nano v6 with LC filter (57 builds) Store.myairbot.com	$29.99
ESCs	Ori32 4in1 ESC 4x25A 2020 (83 builds) Store.myairbot.com	$44.99
Motors	4 x Tiger Motor F20II 1408 3750KV Brushless Motor (16 builds) Getfpv.com	$71.96
Propellers	Lumenier 3x4x3 V2- Propeller (Set of 4 - Transparent Black) (15 builds) Getfpv.com	$2.24
FPV Camera	RunCam Micro Swift 3 (2.1mm M12 Lens) (16 builds) Pirofliprc.com	$36.99
FPV Transmitter	AKK Nano 2 VTX with Smart Audio - 25/50/100/200mw (14 builds) Racedayquads.com	$14.99
Antenna	Cloverleaf with u.FL IPX connector micro drone-antenna Hubsan Estes AltitudeRC Shop.prodrone.pl	$10.00
Receiver	Frsky XM+ Micro D16 SBUS Full Range Mini Receiver Up to 16CH for RC FPV Racing Drone Banggood.com	$13.69
Batteries	TATTU 650mAh 4S1P 75C 14.8V Lipo Battery Pack with XT30 plug (45 builds) Getfpv.com	See Site
Misc Parts	LANTIAN NAZE32 F3 Super Loud Beeper 5V Buzzer Tracker For RC Racer Drone (20 builds) Banggood.com	$3.98

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Discussion

Jodie Froster Sep 24, 2018

In BF 3.2 or 3.3 (i'm not sure) and later, there is a "reverse motors" checkbox in the config tab

McMa_Returns Oct 03, 2018

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you click that checkbox IF your motors are reversed. Checking it didn't reverse the direction of my motors and it made it taz :/

Jodie Froster Oct 07, 2018

I'm sorry, you also have to reverse the direction in blheli config

sergetania Sep 23, 2018

Is there a such thing as an overpowered drone? I am not convinced! 🤔

McMa_Returns Sep 24, 2018

might just be underskilled pilots... 🤔

DPJ Sep 23, 2018

Great job, it looks fantastic :D

McMa_Returns Sep 23, 2018

Thanks! I had never built something with this little space, but I am very pleased with how it turned out!

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