Captain America rod

By M490fpv on Oct 21, 2018

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Cool super heroes need a super cool ride, right?

I built this Emodia Racer-X proto frame with a Dalrc 50A Rocket ESC and wanted to leave it on top of the stack to show the cool looks.
The Brotherhobby Speed Shield 1750kv motors look so awesome, that I wanted to add some extra spice to soup with a exhaust header looking wiring.

What you think, hit or miss?

This quad looks surely different, but in the end there is nothing unusual in the build materials, only some fabric tape.

I made all the screws to this build from stainless steel M3 screws and heat treated them to titanium like color.
Btw, Karhu is a Finnish beer brand (logo in the cap). XD

The pod for this frame: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3105561
A final version of this frame is now out, go get yours! More info https://dima.fi/fpv/emodia/

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Part List

Frame	EMODIA Race 5″ – Race arms – Short Top and Bottom plates (2 builds) Emofpvdrones.com	See Site
Flight Controller	DALRC F722 DUAL STM32F722RGT6 F7 Flight Controller MPU6000 and ICM20602 Built-in OSD for RC Drone (10 builds) Taco-rc.com	$43.99
ESCs	DALRC Rocket 50A 3-6S Blheli_32 DSHOT1200 Ready 4 In 1 FPV Racing Brushless ESC 30.5x30.5mm (5 builds) Banggood.com	$72.80
Motors	4 x Brotherhobby Speed Shield 2207.5 1750kv Motor (8 builds) Getfpv.com	$99.96
Propellers	2 Pairs Gemfan Hulkie 5055 3-blade PC Propeller CW CCW for 2205-2306 Motor RC Drone FPV Racing (13 builds) Banggood.com	$3.75
FPV Camera	RunCam Micro Swift 3 (2.1mm M12 Lens) (16 builds) Pirofliprc.com	$36.99
FPV Transmitter	Team BlackSheep TBS Unify Pro 5G8 HV Race MMCX (18 builds) Pirofliprc.com	$23.95
Antenna	Original MMCX 5.8GHG 3dBi FPV Antenna for PandaRC VT5804/VT5804PRO/VT5804V2 (3 builds) Banggood.com	$2.36
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 R-Line Version 3.0 22.2V 6S 1300mAh 120C LiPo Battery - XT60 (21 builds) Racedayquads.com	$26.73
Misc Parts	Panasonic 1000uF 35V (FC-Series) Low-ESR Capacitor for ESC Noise Reduction (120 builds) Racedayquads.com	$1.55

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Discussion

mwm8X8 Nov 07, 2018

Man, the "exaust piping" alone of your build make it worth the creativity oscar of rotorbuilds haha
Very nice!

Offset Oct 26, 2018

Love the header wrap, 👌

MaxSendFPV Oct 23, 2018

How do you like those motors, I want to do a race build and was wondering what you think about them.

M490fpv Oct 24, 2018

I only can tell my experience about 6S and 1750kv version. They feel almost identical to R6 2207 1750kv motors. Really smooth. I have only had few lipos trough it, since it has been bad weather lately. But with R6 motors I have had some more stick time. At first I thought they have a lack of power, but lap timer told otherwise. I had same or better lap times compared to my other race quad with iFlight T2207 1750kv motors. Definitely a great buy!

MaxSendFPV Oct 24, 2018

thanks for the feedback, I think I'll go for it, I'm buying the racedayquads version, so it's a 2450kv version but I'll be running it on a high volt 4s or maybe even a 5s.

M490fpv Oct 24, 2018

You won't be disappointed!

daniel482 Oct 23, 2018

its a great hit, a project could be to find some small copper pipes maybe 3mm in diameter that are bendable and use those halfway up the fabric tape so you get the blend of the metal and the fabric
(might be a little heavier tho)

M490fpv Oct 23, 2018

Funny! I was considering the same! :D Nice to hear a good feedback!
I decided to stay in fabric tape, because i need flexible cables to be able to access the FC usb, that is now under the "header". Also to keep the weight down. ;)

M490fpv Oct 23, 2018

Hmmm... Maybe I could put some stiff heat shrink to cables to get the rigid form and paint the heat shrink tubes to copper color... Let's see! XD

daniel482 Oct 24, 2018

yeah thats true but your suggestion sounds like a good idea

QuadStar Drones Oct 22, 2018

It's a hit!

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