I saw some photos of the Sanchez floating around social media, so I went and nabbed the files from Thingiverse and decided to give it a build since I had almost everything I needed on hand. Build came together pretty well! It's amazing how good these tiny things have gotten. I cut the frame from 3mm rather than 2mm, since I intended this to be a 4S build instead of 3S like it was intended. Frame came out only 3g heavier than 2mm, so it worked out pretty well. I custom cut an adapter plate from 0.8mm G10 as well to fit my 20x20 camera mount on it. Little bugger is super light for a 4S build. only 140g with a 4S 650mAh and gets over 7 minutes of flight time easy to 3.7v per cell resting. I ordered some 450mAh packs to lighten it up even further and should still have plenty of flight time. I even tried flying it on an 850mAh and got 12 minutes + of flight time, just felt like a brick. Can't wait to see how it rips on the lighter packs. Also got some 3025 Gemfan props on the way, which should be an improvement over these super fragile 3020T I had laying around. Overall though, this is the most fun I've had flying in quite a while! Being able to fly anywhere is awesome, and it doesn't seem to sacrifice the handling to the degree of previous generations of smaller drones. Super fun build!
Here's a quick pack testing it on the 650mAh 4S pack:
Frame |
The Sanchez [3 Inch Toothpick Style] by Mr_Butlertron
Thingiverse.com
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See Site |
Flight Controller |
GEP-12A-F4 Flight Controller 12A ESC - GEPRC
(31 builds)
Geprc.com
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$54.99 |
Motors |
4 x DYS 1404 BE1404 4300KV 6000KV 2-4S Brushless Motor For RC Drone FPV Racing Multi Rotor
(15 builds)
Banggood.com
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$48.56 |
Propellers |
DYS 12 Pairs Propellers 3020 Props CW CCW for 130 Quadcopter Frame 130 RC Drone Frame 1104 Motor (Orange)
Amazon.com
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$6.99 |
Propellers |
Gemfan 3025 Bi-Blade 3" Prop 4 Pack - Choose Your Color
(8 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$1.69 |
FPV Camera |
Wolfwhoop WT07 Micro 5.8GHz 25mW FPV Transmitter and 600TVL Camera with OSD Interface for FPV Quadcopter Drone Wireless Radio Tr
(24 builds)
Smile.amazon.com
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$21.99 |
Receiver |
FrSky XM+ 2.4GHz Micro ReceiverDefault Title
(1149 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$15.99 |
Batteries |
Tattu 14.8V 4S 450mAh 75C LiPo Micro Battery Battery - XT30
(42 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$14.89 |
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sweet setup, may end up building something similar....