A build I did a while back for simple two way speed runs.
Went out to fly it one day during winter and accidently armed in the car inches from my face so its been on my wall ever since lol. I plan on upgrading firmware on escs and flight controller and properly set up a pre arm within the next few days and start burning up lipos
Might do a canopy and upgrade motors later down the line.
Frame |
ARX-R TPU Canopy
(5 builds)
Quadstardrones.com
|
$8.00 |
Flight Controller |
Matek F405-CTR Flight Controller
(5 builds)
Amazon.com
|
$52.79 |
ESCs |
SucceX 60A Plus BLHeli_32 4-in-1 ESC
(4 builds)
Iflight-rc.com
|
$79.99 |
Motors |
4 x ZMX FinX40 DD07-2.6K "VMF Tashkent"
(2 builds)
Stayupfpv.com
|
$71.96 |
FPV Camera |
Foxeer Micro Falkor 1200TVL Camera 16:9/4 :3 PAL/NTSC Switchable GWDR
(75 builds)
Surveilzone.com
|
$36.90 |
FPV Transmitter |
Holybro Atlatl HV V2 5.8GHz Video Transmitter
(37 builds)
Getfpv.com
|
$30.99 |
Antenna |
nidici Foxeer Lollipop 3 FPV Antenna 5.8GHz RHCP Ommi 2.5dbi MMCX Antenna for FPV Quadcopeter TX/RX/VTX (Angle)(Red,Pack of 2)
(22 builds)
Amazon.com
|
$19.99 |
Receiver |
Frsky R9 MM 4/16CH 900MHz Long Range Telemetry Receiver with an Inverted S.Port Output
(16 builds)
Banggood.com
|
$20.99 |
Batteries |
CNHL G+PLUS 1500mAh 22.2V 6S 100C Lipo Battery
(14 builds)
Chinahobbyline.com
|
$33.99 |
Damn I can't tell if this was the OG ARX-R or the 5R-4S. Either way, cool to see that one of them is still flying.
I would strongly, strongly recommend getting one of the new ARX-R V2 frames (the ones with the TPU canopy) if you like these. It's a huge leap ahead of the original R.
I actually contacted ryan a couple weeks ago. He still has a couple of 5in frames with 5in arm spares still available. His contact info is on his site, quadstardrones.com
Hes also offered up to cut more frames but I dont want to burden him with the costs just for a single frame and spare arms for the 6in version.
Also dont be fooled by the 'frail' arms. This frame is wicked sturdy. I lost this one in a runwawy and ive also crashed into asphalt after a prop came loose. Quad just cartwheeled away on the props. There are also videos of people stress and crash testing the frame.
This is really a unique and awesome frame
The 6" is amazing BTW. I'm trying my damndest to get a Hero 7 to mount onto one well while not having props in view... It's.. challenging.
Believe it or not, I actually fit an Air Unit into my 30x30 canopy on it. I'm experimenting with ways to keep the damn thing cool though. My search for a 25mmx25mmx4-5mm have been woefully unsuccessful
Well I'll be.... one of the pre-ARX-R's. That I'd probably go easy on.... no replacing it. I got me some magnet wire, but I think I gotta get some practice in to use the stuff (and I need some of that Rectoseal Nokorode flux). This was a nice share.
i didnt use flux. well i use kester 63-37 flux core but its nothing special. Only thing you really need to do is either scrape or burn of the epoxy/insulator with a cheap tip or spare iron. Also since its solid core or one single strand of copper youll need to apply heat for longer than with regular multi strand wire.
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I thought this was a joke lol, very odd frame