Egodrift Barely Legal 4"

By ghostface on May 26, 2019

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So I smashed my 4" again, no blame to the frame as it took a lot of abuse.
While waiting for Karls new 4" frame to arrive for testing, a friend offered me a frame to get me in the air again (who also happens to be the designer).

I basically took all the guts and swapped the camera for a Caddx Ratel.
This frame has a deadcat layout and the build came in about 10g lighter as the frame is 3mm vs. the 4mm of the 40r.

Copy+Paste Pids for 3" from the betaflight wiki flew pretty well - gonna tune it some more but already pretty happy.
About 5 min. of freestyle on 850mah 4s. 159g dry weight.

I LOVE the caddx ratel cam - such a pleasure to fly.

Mods

  • I did use 3d printed tpu cam mounts to allow 25mm standoffs instead of the stock 30mm ones and the carbon side plates.
  • I also modded the axii mount for the 40r to be shorter and clear the props.

Flight footage

Skyzone DVR is cutting off a bit from the left in PAL so thats why the mount is only really visible on the right.

Photos

Part List

Frame

Tribute 4" Barely Legal Frame for HD cams, Ice Blue
Egodrift.com
$49.99

Flight Controller

HGLRC XJB F428 Dshot F4 AIO OSD BEC Flight Controller 28A Blheli_S 2-4S 4-In-1 ESC (7 builds)
Getfpv.com
$59.99

Motors

4 x RCINPOWER G1506 3400KV 4100KV 3-4S Brushless Motor CW for RC FPV Racing Drone (7 builds)
Banggood.com
$68.00

Propellers

HQProp 4x4.3x3 V1S PC Propeller (Set of 4)Black (4 builds)
Airbladeuav.com
$2.99

FPV Camera

Caddx Ratel Analog FPV Camera | USA ONLY (28 builds)
Caddxfpv.com
$19.99

FPV Transmitter

HGLRC XJB-TX20 V2 Mini FPV Transmitter (16 builds)
Getfpv.com
$25.99

Antenna

Realacc UXII Stubby RHCP U.FL / IPEX IPX 5.8GHz 1.6dBi Super Mini Antenne für TX RX Fatshark Schutzbrillen R (24 builds)
Banggood.com
$5.99

Receiver

FrSky R-XSR Ultra SBUS/CPPM D16 16CH Mini Redundancy Receiver 1.5g for RC Multirotor FPV Racing Drone (937 builds)
Banggood.com
$24.29

Batteries

Gaoneng GNB 14.8V 850mAh 4s 80/160C Lipo Battery for RC Drone (11 builds)
Banggood.com
$20.80

Radio

FrSky ACCST Taranis Q X7 Transmitter 2.4G 16CH Mode 2 White Black International Version for RC Drone (263 builds)
Banggood.com
$154.04

Goggles

Skyzone SKY02S V+ 3D 5.8G 48CH FPV Goggles With Head Tracking HD Port DVR Playback for RC Drone (22 builds)
Banggood.com
$304.87

Radio Module

iRangeX IRX4 Plus 2.4G CC2500 NRF24L01 A7105 CYRF6936 4 IN 1 Multiprotocol STM32 TX Module With Case (5 builds)
Banggood.com
$36.99

Battery Charger

ISDT Q6 Pro BattGo 300W 14A Battery Balance Charger (47 builds)
Getfpv.com
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Soldering Iron

MINI TS100 Digital OLED Programmable Interface DC5525 Soldering Iron Station Built-in STM32 Chip (265 builds)
Banggood.com
$53.99
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