DJI Cinepro

By Woz86 on Nov 14, 2019

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I have shoehorned in a DJI Air Unit into my Geprc Cinepro 4K.

While in pieces I have conformal coated the ESC and FC. I've had to stretch the top and bottom plate to fit in the Air Unit in by only using a single pair of screws on the front of the bottom plate and rear of the top plate. I've also been able to do away with the VTX from the stack.

I have tried to upgrade the FC to BF4.1, but because I'm not very good with tuning etc. I have re-flashed the shipped 3.5.7. With the added 3d prints to hold the Air Unit and cage protectors and a Caddx ND filter the dry weight is 165g. Adding a 4s 650mah takes it to 247g.

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Part List

Frame	Geprc Cygnet CX2 2 Inch 115mm 3mm Arm Carbon Fiber & 7075 CNC Frame Kit for RC Drone FPV Racing - 2 Inch (4 builds) Taco-rc.com	$19.99
Flight Controller	GEP-STABLE PRO F7 DUAL BL32 35A - GEPRC (5 builds) Geprc.com	$22.99
Motors	4 x GEPRC GEP-GR1105 5000/6000kv Motor - GEPRC (4 builds) Geprc.com	$42.40
Propellers	6 Pairs Emax AVAN Micro 2 Inch 4-blade RC Drone FPV Racing Propeller for 11XX 4500-6500KV Motor (15 builds) Banggood.com	$10.99
FPV Transmitter	DJI Digital FPV Air Unit - Ultra Low Latency 720p 120FPS Digital HD Racedayquads.com	$179.00
Batteries	Turnigy Nano-Tech Plus 650mAh 4S 70C Lipo Pack w/XT30 (Removable Balance Plug) (2 builds) Hobbyking.com	$13.09
Misc Parts	ND filter (3 builds) Caddxfpv.com	$5.99

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Discussion

Achaian Apr 23, 2020

i am thinking of buiding one 2 inch for indoor use, with a full air unit. How tight is the Air unit inside the frame? is there space for a tbs nano receiver?

Woz86 Jul 22, 2020

yo man, sorry not been on the site for ages. I've had to print a bracket that raises the top plate and insert some 5mm brass standoffs. should be just about enough for the receiver.

Floki Jan 07, 2020

what sort of flight times are you getting and is this the 2 inch frame or the 3 inch?

Woz86 Jan 08, 2020

2" frame i think. getting 4 minutes odd with a 650mah 4s

Jayembee67 Nov 16, 2019

On paper this feels like a brave but misguided idea, and yet there it is! How is it flying?

Woz86 Nov 17, 2019

The addition of the air unit, to my untalented fingers, hasn't adversely affected the flight characteristics. I think it's 14g heavier than the standard setup. I've only been cruising with it so far, but that's about all I plan on doing with it.

Jayembee67 Nov 17, 2019

Yes, not really a racing rig, I have one with the Tarsier and it is indeed a great little cinematic cruiser.

Excellent work, this looks far from unskilled! 🙂

Woz86 Nov 17, 2019

Well I'm about to wholesale plagiarise your XL8 DJI build. It looks really cool and I have a spare frame just sitting on my shelf. Just need to get another air unit and a Matek PDB that doesn't have a VTX built in.

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