The Last Top Mount

By FissionBomb on Feb 14, 2019

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I'm not a fan of top mounts but this one was too cheap to ignore. The frame was $21.99 with a $5 coupon on Amazon so I snagged it.

I used Josh Bardwell PCB (w/o stagged pads) on this. Not sure if doing that or extending moto wires would have been easier. ESC powers up and I get tones which is a good sign. What flight controller should I use is my only question.

Picked an SPRacingF3 because it was cheap. Stealing a VTX that has built in OSD from another build.

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