Lost this build in a water landing. Will be building a similar one.
This is my first 6S build. Took a while to get my hands on some of these particular POPO motors, but finally found some in stock. It was a super easy build compared to the tighter race builds I'm used to doing. All ready to go, just needs to be maidened, which is hopefully this weekend if weather cooperates.
Arm bumpers, SMA holder, and GoPro mount designed by XeroVolume. I did the cam mount/guard, since the Predator v3 that I like flying sticks out a bit past the front of the frame. Front camera mount is Ninjatek Armadillo TPU, the rest is YOYI TPU and NinjaTek Cheetah TPU.
Frame |
Hyperlite GLIDE 5 Inch Freestyle Frame
(61 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
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$49.99 |
Flight Controller |
Talon F7 BB 20X20 Flight Controller
(4 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
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$32.99 |
ESCs |
Aikon AK32 V2 32Bit 35A 2-6S 30x30 4in1 ESC w/ BEC
(37 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$62.99 |
Motors |
4 x BrotherHobby Returner R6 POPO 2207 1750kv
(2 builds)
Drone-fpv-racer.com
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See Site |
Propellers |
Gemfan Hurricane 51466 Durable Tri-Blade 5" Prop (Set of 4 - CLEAR)
(18 builds)
Taco-rc.com
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$3.29 |
FPV Camera |
Foxeer Predator Micro V4 1000TVL 16:9/4:3 NTSC/PAL CMOS FPV Camera w/ OSD PLUG VERSION - Choose Your Color & Lens
(149 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$23.09 |
FPV Transmitter |
Rush Tank 5.8GHz VTX w/ SmartAudio
(75 builds)
Getfpv.com
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$35.99 |
Antenna |
Lumenier AXII 5.8GHz Antenna (RHCP) (2pcs)
(199 builds)
Getfpv.com
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$29.99 |
Receiver |
TBS Crossfire Nano Rx - FPV LONG RANGE DRONE RECEIVER
(1499 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
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$24.95 |
Batteries |
Infinity 1300Mah 6S 130-260C Pyrodrone Edition
(6 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
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$29.99 |
lol your motor guards are on upside down
They're not the type you're familiar with, although I did print those originally with the soft mounts on top. These have built in skids on the bottom so the frame won't scrape when landing on concrete. I have separate TPU soft mounts on the top. Here's the design. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3618891
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@xerovolume where did you get the camera tpu mount? will it work with a runcam micro eagle?
The FPV camera mount is actually a design of mine. I forgot to post it to Thingiverse before, but here it is https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3950497
sweet thank you. crashed in a tree the other day and it pushed my camera up from the bottom enough to make the back pins of the camera almost break off from hitting the fc
Sure, no problem. It also has the benefit of putting the camera a little more forward. As a note, I printed this in a more rigid than normal TPU (Ninjatek Armadillo, 75D shore), and would recommend doing the same or nylon, as typical TPU will probably flex too much in a crash.
I will keep that in mind but I actually don't have a 3D printer. I was thinking about making a rotor riot post asking for recommendations or if I could pay someone for the prints.
I think my TLDR for 3D printers these days is if you just want something that'll work well and do everything you need for FPV, get an Ender3. If you want more bells and whistles like automatic bed leveling, filament runout sensors, or the ability to print extremely flexible filaments (more flexible than normal TPU we use on GoPro mounts) or high temperature filaments like nylon, then start looking at a Prusa Mini or MK3S, but the price goes up quickly and the volume is actually a bit less than the Ender. The Ender 3 will be a mostly assembled kit, which is easy to build if you take your time. The Prusa MK3s can come as kits or fully assembled. Prusa Mini is mostly assembled, just a couple steps. If you're still not ready for your own printer and you're in the US, RaceDayQuads seems to be doing a good job with the prints I've seen from their service. Let me know if you have any other questions!