PiP Squeak

By MattS on May 17, 2019

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With IO 2019 on the horizon, I felt it prudent to build a couple new quads to take with me. It's been a long time since I flown a 3" quad so I decided to build one. My goal was to get the quad and battery under 250. I pulled that off with room to spare. Quad came in at 140g and the Panda 4S 500mah come in under 70g for a combined weight of around 210g.

Maiden Flight -

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Part List

Frame

HyperLite ToothFairy 3" Race Frame (7 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$24.99

Flight Controller

SucceX Mini F4 V2 Flight Tower System 2-6S with 500MW VTX (7 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$69.99

Motors

4 x Hyperlite 1407 4022kV
Undergroundfpv.com
$63.96

Propellers

HQ Prop DP-3X4X3-PC - Choose Color (4 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$2.99

FPV Camera

Caddx Turbo Micro F2 1/3" CMOS 2.1mm 1200TVL 4:3 NTSC/PAL Low Latency FPV Camera W/ Microphone (2 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$9.99

Antenna

Lumenier AXII MMCX 5.8GHz Antenna (LHCP)
Pyrodrone.com
$14.99

Receiver

DSMX Quad Race Receiver with Diversity (SPM4648)
Pyrodrone.com
$24.99

Radio

DX6 6-Channel DSMX Transmitter Gen 3 with AR6600T (SPM6755)
Horizonhobby.com
$259.99

HD Camera

GoPro HERO5 Session (6 builds)
Bhphotovideo.com
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Misc Parts

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

Radio Module

TBS Crossfire Transmitter
Fpvheadquarters.com
$208.95

Battery Charger

2 x ISDT Q6 Pro BattGo 300W 14A Battery Balance Charger (62 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$119.98

Soldering Iron

TS100 Portable Programmable Smart Soldering Iron (264 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$58.99
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