Simple Toothpick build

By Jaub on Nov 17, 2019

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Some general notes:

The 65mm hq props tend to fall off the shaft unless you push them down almost all the way
I made motor wire way too short so the rubber band had to go below the wires
I had the cap mounted initially but I removed it for weight saving, still flies fine
When you crash upside down the vtx antenna bends at the joint, I feel like this would eventually lead to it breaking off.

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Part List

Frame	Toothpick Micro Frame BY KABAB FPV (4 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$15.99
Flight Controller	PYRODRONE AIO-412T (FC+ESC AIO) (4 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$42.99
Motors	4 x FLYWOO NIN MOTOR NT1103 1103 1-3S SPECIAL GOLD (CHOOSE KV) (5 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$43.96
Propellers	HQ Prop Micro Prop 65MM (5CW+5CCW)-Poly Carbonate-1.5MM Shaft (2 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$2.99
FPV Camera	HCF7 5.8G 48CH 25MW VTX 700 TVL 120 degree CMOS Wide Angle NTSC FPV Camera (3 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$21.99
Receiver	TBS Crossfire Nano Rx FPV Long Range Drone Receiver (1484 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$24.95
Batteries	Gaoneng GNB 2S 450mah HV 80C XT30 Lipo Battery (15 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$6.99
Misc Parts	BeeBrain V2 Camera Color Mount (6 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$2.99

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Discussion

TL Jan 06, 2020

what is the weight without the battery? nice build. thanks

Jaub Jan 07, 2020

If I rememeber correctly it's 42 grams.

Rice_Bowl Nov 19, 2019

this boi lookin fine!! I really like the color scheme :D how are the motors? can you compare it to soemthing?

Jaub Nov 19, 2019

I don't really have anything to compare to, but I can say that the construction is very nice and they seem to hold up to crashes. Only other thing is that the motor wires seem a bit thin but I don't think that impacts performance. I don't have a lot of experience with the toothpick class but im loving the motor's preformace so far.

Jodie Froster Nov 19, 2019

Preeeeeeety

joshielevy Nov 17, 2019

I like the way you neatly stacked the boards under the camera!

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