Gecko

By roobidesign on Oct 08, 2018

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The second generation of my 2" frame design... the Gecko

The frame is design around the runcam split mini to protect the camera.
It's a tight build but it supports two 20x20 stacks, 2 board on the front and 3 on the rear.

the frame weight is 35g (18 without the prop guards)
drone weight 100g without and 150g with battery

Some videos made with it:

Photos

Part List

Flight Controller	HGLRC XJB F440 Omnibus F4 Flight Controller OSD BEC & 40A Blheli_32 3-4S ESC DSHOT1200 for RC Drone (6 builds) Banggood.com	$79.00
Motors	4X EMAX RS1106 6000KV Micro Brushless Motor CW Thread for RC FPV Racing Drone (8 builds) Banggood.com	$65.96
Propellers	2 Pairs Emax AVAN Blur 2 Inch 3 Blade Propeller For Babyhawk R RC Drone FPV Racing Multi Rotor (12 builds) Banggood.com	$6.99
FPV Camera	RunCam Split Mini FOV 130 Degree 1080P/60fps WDR Low Latency FPV Camera for RC Drone (8 builds) Banggood.com	$79.99
FPV Transmitter	Aomway TX004 Mini 5.8G 64CH Raceband 0mw/25mw/100mw/200mw Switchable FPV Transmitter NTSC/PAL (6 builds) Banggood.com	$16.99
Receiver	FrSky R-XSR Ultra SBUS/CPPM D16 16CH Mini Redundancy Receiver 1.5g for RC Multirotor FPV Racing Drone (936 builds) Banggood.com	$24.29
Batteries	TATTU 450mAh 11.1V 3S 75C Li-polymer Battery - $11.69 \|GearBest.com (7 builds) Gearbest.com	$11.69

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Discussion

Rice_Bowl Dec 01, 2018

overkill much on the 40a esc hahahha Cool tho!!

crackup007 Nov 04, 2018

Congratulations! Amazing design. If you decide to sell the kit I'll buy you two

BambuCopter Oct 23, 2018

I liked , very nice

UomtagFPV Oct 23, 2018

Very nice mate - good job!

SixxSeven Oct 14, 2018

The Split Mini 2 has only 1 board. That might save some more weight.

roobidesign Oct 14, 2018

yeh, some grams... there is a split 2 pcb on the way :)

AcidFPV Oct 11, 2018

I really like this design. Prop guards, top battery, centered weight. Perfect for a miniature flying camera rig! Would you be interested in selling a kit?

Nikotttin Oct 09, 2018

Interesting frame :)
Hownheavy is the frame? and how heavy is the whole quad with the 3S batery?

It looks like 2mm cf. How crash resistant is that? I'm sure you already tested that :)))

Thank you!

roobidesign Oct 09, 2018

It's about 150g with the battery (100g without) the only part I had brake is the front section of the prop guard. I will make them wider for the next cut.

Nikotttin Oct 10, 2018

Very nice! 100g is not light, but with future development it easily can be decreased a bit.
Please let us know if you plan to make the frame available. Looks fun to build... and fly :)
Very nice job!

roobidesign Oct 10, 2018

I could save 17g if I remove the propguard,
the base frame is only 18g and 35g with propguards

It become a really tight build with 5 boards, I even had to cut some nylon spacers in half to fit everything :D

I prefer it with more protection even if it's a bit heavier

bitsinmyblood Oct 09, 2018

I really like these motors. They SCREAM!

TeamWolfFPV Oct 08, 2018

I like the idea of prop guards for inside and around people. But how does it impact performance? Wobbly? Jello? Only good things?

roobidesign Oct 08, 2018

Because prop guards are connected to the end of the arms they make the whole structure stronger. It doesn't have any jello problem, you can check my videos in the linked playlist. It's about +10g added weight so it doesn't really impact the performance. And yes the main goal was to be safer to fly inside and close to things :)

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