Naga 3 - the smollest 3" quad

By BirdbrainRC on Mar 11, 2019

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Originally designed as a 2.5" with propguards, I realised that without them 3" props would just fit with a couple of mm clearance from each other and the stack. Diagonal motor to motor distance is 110mm, making this just about as small as you can make a 3" build without vertically staggering the motors - actual distance between motor centres on the short edges is just 3 1/16"!

Only given it a quick test flight but it feels very nimble and surprisingly quick!

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Part List

Flight Controller	20x20 Mini Drone Flight Controllers for - RaceDayQuads (12 builds) Racedayquads.com	$3.05
Motors	2 x 2 PCS 3BHOBBY 1105 6000KV 7500KV 2-3S Brushless Motor for RC Drone FPV Racing (10 builds) Banggood.com	$37.48
Propellers	RotorX RX3025 Propeller Set (4 builds) Getfpv.com	$2.99
FPV Camera	Foxeer Arrow Micro Pro 1/3" CCD 2.1mm 4:3 600TVL PAL/NTSC FPV Camera with OSD Black/Blue/Red (241 builds) Banggood.com	$20.70
Receiver	Frsky XM+ Micro D16 SBUS Full Range Mini Receiver Up to 16CH for RC FPV Racing Drone Banggood.com	$13.69
Batteries	Turnigy nano-tech 450mAh 2S 65C Lipo (E-flite Compatible - Blade 130X EFLB3002S35) (13 builds) Hobbyking.com	$9.06
Batteries	XT30U Male/Female Pair (5 Pairs) (3 builds) Hobbyking.com	$2.42
Goggles	FatShark Dominator HD 2 Hydro-Dipped Urban Cam Grey and White FPV Goggle Hobbyking.com	See Site

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Discussion

Igi87 Sep 02, 2019

Nice work! Really nice

Davidpe Mar 18, 2019

Really clean build! Nice work.

Rc Exp Mar 12, 2019

Holy hecc so seccy. Are you selling the frame or releasing files?

BirdbrainRC Mar 14, 2019

Thanks! Plan is to sell frames eventually, do need a little redesign on the canopy though - it's so tight that the camera can't rotate at all, it's fixed at 45 degrees!

Rc Exp Mar 14, 2019

speedy angle 🚀

Lylel Mar 14, 2019

AWSOME!
Weight with a battery?

BirdbrainRC Mar 14, 2019

Just weighed it, 124g with a 450mah 3s pack. Thinking of picking up some 750mah to try too, should be enough to see me through 2 minute heats :)

duke_vah Mar 11, 2019

nice build. Where can I get the stl file for the camera mount?

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