Light 3" cruiser

By ledimestari on Aug 11, 2019

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A light 3" cruiser I made in order to have maximal flight time with 2S li-ion 18650 VTC6 battery.
Turn out it's also pretty fun to fly with any 2S lipo too, light and has thrust.

I had to mount the FC upside down, took motor connectors off and had to cut canopy to access usb port.

3D-printable 20x20 stack to whoop board adapter I made for this frame: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3785413

27 min flight below

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Part List

Frame

FlyFox No.6 120mm 3 Inch True X RC Drone FPV Racing Frame Kit 24g
Banggood.com
$18.93

Flight Controller

GEPRC GEP-12A-F4 V1.1 F411 F4 Flight Controller AIO OSD BEC & 12A BL_S 2-4S 4In1 ESC for RC Drone FPV Racing (8 builds)
Banggood.com
$42.99

Motors

4 x Eachine Lizard95 FPV Racer Spare Part 1104 6000KV 1-3S Brushless Motor for RC Drone FPV Racing (4 builds)
Banggood.com
$39.12

Propellers

2 Pairs Gemfan 3025 PC Propeller CW/CCW For 1104 Motor 120 150 160 RC Drone FPV Racing Multi Rotor (30 builds)
Banggood.com
$1.99

FPV Camera

Eachine TX06 700TVL FOV 120 Degree 5.8Ghz 48CH Smart Audio Mini FPV Camera Support Pitmode AIO Transmitter For RC Drone Racing (8 builds)
Banggood.com
$14.99

Receiver

FT4X 2.4G Mini SBUS Receiver Compatible With FASST for RC Drones (2 builds)
Banggood.com
$15.99

Batteries

2 x 18650 Murata (Sony) VTC6 li-ion akkukenno - Ei suojapiiriä - Flat-top (10 builds)
Akkula.fi
$27.90

Radio

Flysky FS-NV14 2.4G 14CH Nirvana Transmitter with iA8X Receiver 3.5 Inch Display Open Source (4 builds)
Banggood.com
$179.99

Goggles

Fatshark Dominator V2 FPV Goggles Video Glasses 600x480 VGA (2 builds)
Banggood.com
$299.99

HD Camera

TRIACLE DV 8000ST ACTIONKAMERA - Power.fi
Power.fi
$85.00

HD Camera

GoPro HERO7 Black Action Camera (102 builds)
Getfpv.com
$399.99

Misc Parts

4 PCS LANTIANRC XT30 Connector Fixing Welding Board for RC Drone FPV Racing Multirotors (2 builds)
Banggood.com
$3.18

Misc Parts

Panasonic 470uF 35V (FC-Series) Low-ESR Capacitor for ESC Noise Reduction (30 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$1.49

Misc Parts

Canopy for Tiny Whoop Quads (11 builds)
Betafpv.com
$0.79

Video Receiver

Realacc RX5808-PRO-PLUS-OSD 5.8G 48CH FPV Receiver Achilles Open Source W/Cover For Fatshark Goggles
Banggood.com
$59.99

Radio Module

Team BlackSheep TBS Crossfire TX LITE (4 builds)
Heli-nation.com
$149.99

Battery Charger

ISDT SC-608 150W 8A MINI Smart LCD Battery Balance Charger AU Warehouse (14 builds)
Banggood.com
$54.27

Battery Charger

ISDT D2 200W 24A AC Dual Channel Output Smart Battery Balance Charger (18 builds)
Banggood.com
$139.00

Soldering Iron

MINI TS100 Digital OLED Programmable Interface DC5525 Soldering Iron Station Built-in STM32 Chip (264 builds)
Banggood.com
$53.99

Backpack

Lowepro QuadGuard BP X3 - Drone Backpack for 4 FPV Quad Racing Drones and 15" Laptop w/Exterior Mounts (Black)
Amazon.com
$286.00
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