3" Squashed Tod - strong freestyle quad

By Salut on Dec 05, 2019

6  178  2

Heavy 3" build for freestyle practice and flying in bad/night conditions.

  • Low profile frame was designed for fast arm changing ability, perfect stiffness, and perfect mass distribution.
  • Due to heavy weight and good 1606 motor thrust, quad can fly smooth and stable acro in strong wind condition. Whole build can handle crash to concrete walls, trees and other urban objects.
  • Camera cage designed to securely fit oversized Caddx Ratel and Tarsier cameras.

Photos

Part List

Flight Controller

20x20 Mini Drone Flight Controllers for - RaceDayQuads (12 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$3.05

ESCs

MAMBA 306 30A Blheli_32 2-6S Dshot1200 4 IN 1 Brushless ESC 20x20mm for RC Drone FPV Racing (5 builds)
Banggood.com
$56.26

Motors

4 x EMAX RS1606 3300Kv Micro Motor (12 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$51.96

Propellers

2 Pairs HQProp DP3X4X3V1S Durable 3040 3x4 3 Inch 3-Blade Propeller for RC Drone FPV Racing (13 builds)
Banggood.com
$3.01

FPV Camera

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

FPV Transmitter

Banggood.com (16 builds)
Banggood.com
See Site

Antenna

2pcs Foxeer Lollipop 85.5mm 5.8G 2.3dBi RHCP UFL Super Mini FPV Antenna Red/Black For RC Drone (106 builds)
Banggood.com
$19.99

Receiver

TBS Crossfire Nano Rx - FPV LONG RANGE DRONE RECEIVER (1484 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$24.95

Batteries

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

Radio

FrSky Taranis X-Lite ACCST 2.4GHz Radio Transmitter with 18650 Battery Black Caps for RC Drone FPV Racing Muliti Rotor (8 builds)
Banggood.com
$125.99

Goggles

SKY03
Skyzonehobbies.com
See Site

HD Camera

GoPro Hero5 Session, 1080p (302 builds)
Amazon.com
$1.00

Radio Module

TBS Crossfire TX LITE - Long Range R/C Transmitter (33 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$149.95

Battery Charger

ToolkitRC M8 DC 300W 15A Battery Balance Charger Discharger for 2-8S Lipo Battery (17 builds)
Banggood.com
$36.99

Soldering Iron

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

Backpack

Lowepro Quad Guard BP X2 Drone Backpack, Black/Grey (14 builds)
Amazon.com
See Site

Accessories

FuriousFPV 18650 Smart Power Case V2 FPV-0384V2-S (4 builds)
Phaserfpv.com.au
See Site
Show stores (7)

Discussion

Sign in to comment

joshielevy   Dec 06, 2019  

Nice chair landing at the end of the video! Looks like you get good range on this - about how far do you think you can go?

Salut   Dec 06, 2019 

thnx! due to battery and vtx limit, max distance will be 1 to 1.5 km. but it is not so fun to fly 1km away without gps and emergency return.

Guides & Reviews

Jun 21, 2021

AirbladeUAV has done it again and this time they've brought long range to the 5" class! Based on the popular Transformer Mini, the new Transformer 5" Ultralight adopts a lot of the same design philosophies with larger props and more payload capacity. It can fly upwards of 20 minutes on a 4 cell Li-Ion battery pack and in ideal conditions it's got a range of over 4 to 5 miles. In this guide I'll walk..

Read more
Mar 04, 2021

With the release of the DJI FPV Drone cinematic FPV has become a lot more accessible, but you certainly don't want to crash a $750 drone! The QAV-CINE Freybott is a compact, lightweight cinematic FPV drone that can take a hit and keep going. It's a lot safer to fly indoors and around people. With a naked GoPro or the SMO 4k you can capture some great stabilized footage. In this guide I'll show you..

Read more