Screaming Eagle

By fancylad on Jan 29, 2019

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This scratch build was done as a demonstration for the students in a UAV class I teach. The goal is that students will be inspired by this, and the many great builds of all shapes and sizes on RotorBuilds to contribute builds of their own.

The only requirements we had was, we wanted it to be unique, and we wanted it to stand out on RotorBuilds. After seeing a prototype flynocerous cerberus, we knew what to do. Red white and blue, as one student called it, the Screaming Eagle. Buzzer was removed from the stack to make room for a VIFLY powered buzzer, and all wires were wrapped in white and blue shrink tubing. Not pictured is the blue lollypop and the blue prop nuts.

Update Replaced the Falkor with a Caddix Turbo Micro SDR2 Plus Freestyle and have much better video quality now. I couldn't get the Falkor to deal with light chages well and the butter was hard to get used to. This new Caddix looks great. Also with this prototype frame, the 3d printed part which joins the cage to the base is a hair to thin I think so the cage can vibrate. Attempted to hold it firm with a zip tie. Will probably just create a TPU joining piece which is a hair thicker.

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Part List

Frame

Cerberus V3 5.5" Arm Set
Theflynoshop.com
$21.49

Flight Controller

Mini Magnum 2 - F4 BLHELI32 35amp 6S MMCX Version (4 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$99.99

Motors

4 x HyperLite Team Edition 2205-2522 Ti Shaft (6 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$59.96

Propellers

DALPROP T5046C Cyclone (2 CW 2 CCW) (391 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$2.99

FPV Camera

Micro FPV Camera - Micro HD Camera - FPV Camera - RaceDayQuads (2 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$1.69

Antenna

Foxeer Lollipop V2 5.8GHz SMA Antenna 2 Pack - RHCP - Choose Your Color (76 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$19.90

Receiver

FrSky R-XSR 2.4GHz Micro ReceiverDefault Title (937 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$21.99

Batteries

Tattu R-Line 2.0 4S 1550 mAh 100C HV Lipo Battery (10 builds)
Fpvheadquarters.com
$39.99

Radio

FrSky X-Lite 2.4GHz RC Transmitter w/ 18650 Battery Caps - Black or Red (64 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$121.99

Goggles

Fat Shark Dominator HDO FPV Goggles (136 builds)
Getfpv.com
$449.99

Hardware

Matek System 4 PCS M2*5+4 M2 Rubber Vibration Damping Fixing Screws for RC Drone Flight Controller (7 builds)
Banggood.com
$3.71

Misc Parts

VIFLY Drone Finder (4 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$14.90

Misc Parts

3 x TinysLEDs Super Bright 3-6S Tiny LEDs - Choose Your Color (15 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$5.97

Misc Parts

4 x Racelite Mini LEDs for RaceWire Mini (6 builds)
Tinysleds.com
$7.60

Misc Parts

4 x M3 Anodized Locknut x 1 ***Choose Color*** (2 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$2.40

Video Receiver

Eachine PRO58 RX Diversity 40CH 5.8G OLED SCAN VRX FPV Receiver for FatShark Goggles (37 builds)
Banggood.com
$31.50
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Discussion

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Aurora130   Feb 27, 2019  

That is an AMerican drone if I ever saw. Love the color scheme!

FrenchB   Jan 30, 2019  

Really clean and well thought through build. I bet its really bright with those Tinysleds on top.

fancylad   Jan 31, 2019 

Thank you, yes it really lights up a room.

Noboody   Jan 30, 2019  

Very cool build, how did you manufacture the "pcb arm" ?

fancylad   Jan 31, 2019 

It's it's a prototype that flynocerous made and I was lucky enough to get one of their few test pieces. I don't think it ever actually made it to production. It's probably not practical for racing.

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