The Dingo frame from Sabotage is built thick for freestyle pilots who aren't afraid of grinding and slamming. The build is rather straight forward and should offer up very few surprises. TX tucks behind the camera, VTX spools around near the cap. If you're going to run the AKK transmitter just know that it will grab your ESC noise so pad it, shield it, or find a position that mitigates it. Once you solve for it, it won't harm you and it's a cheap win. If you don't test for it (power up) then expect it to generate enough noise to make you crazy.
Motors were chosen for weight:efficiency:power ratios. They are smooth as butter and under crusing flight without a GoPro will give you about 9-10m time. 4-5m under GoPro cam load or doing fast throttle freestyle.
This was my first build and I'd do it about all the same. Might switch up to R9/Crossfire soon since concrete makes a hard to pass 5ghz barrier but otherwise I have enjoyed this build quite a lot. Hope you do too.
(for batteries this works great as a 4s, strong as a 5s, and crazy crispy on a 6-- so use what you have, or scale as you like.)
Frame |
Dingo 5
(14 builds)
Sabotagerc.com
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$38.00 |
Flight Controller |
CL Racing F4S Flight Controller PDB OSD AIO
(138 builds)
Getfpv.com
|
$34.99 |
ESCs |
Spedix IS30 4-in-1 2-4S 30A ESC
(6 builds)
Getfpv.com
|
$43.99 |
Motors |
4 x IFLIGHT XING X2306 2-6S FPV NEXTGEN MOTOR UNIBELL
(30 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
|
$79.96 |
Propellers |
HQProp Ethix S3 Watermelon Propellers
(31 builds)
Getfpv.com
|
$3.59 |
FPV Camera |
Foxeer Predator Micro - 1000TVL Super WDR FPV Camera - Blue
(148 builds)
Getfpv.com
|
$36.99 |
FPV Transmitter |
AKK FX3-ultimate 5.8GHz 25mW/200mW/400mW/600mW Switchable Mini VTX Support OSD Configuring via Betaflight
(114 builds)
Amazon.com
|
$19.99 |
Antenna |
Lumenier AXII Stubby 5.8GHz Antenna (RHCP)
(233 builds)
Getfpv.com
|
$14.99 |
Receiver |
FrSky R-XSR SBUS 2.4GHz Micro ReceiverDefault Title
(903 builds)
Racedayquads.com
|
$19.50 |
Batteries |
GOLDBAT 1300mAh 18.5V 5S 100C RC LiPo Battery Pack with XT60 Plug for FPV Racing and Freestyle
Amazon.com
|
$62.99 |
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