Shendrones Squirt v2.1

By Silentgiant on Jun 05, 2020

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Build Update 1

Frame mockup completed and torn down.

Build Update 2 - Dec 30

Flight Stack Mock up completed and torn down.

Build Update 3 - Jan 6

-Mounted Flat Rat motors and measured, soldered them to the 4-in-1 ESC.
-Removed the Power and Ground cables from the wire harness that goes from the ESC to the FC
-Soldered the TBS Crossfire Nano RX to the RADIX.

Build Update 4 - Jan 8

-Test fitted custom parts that will hold the TBS Immortal T v2 antenna. Found that they were about 3-4mm to tall and the ducts wouldn't go flush at the back. Ended up trimming a little bit off the top and it now sits flush.
-Attached Rubber Mat to battery tray and cut out the excess.

Build Update 5 - Jan 10

-Mounted the Rattel to the frame and measured out the wires to the FC in preparation to solder.
-Attached my Omni directional antenna to the VTX through the SMA holder and am looking at best placement before soldering to the FC.

Build Update 6 - Jan 13

-Soldered the Camera to the FC and soldered the VTX to the FC and direct to the Battery Terminals (VTX is HV)
-mocked all electronics up to prepare for final assembly.

Build Update 7 - Jun 5

Had a short and fried the original esc. pandemic hit and had to wait quite awhile for the new one to arrive. Finished soldering all the components today and trimmed the props to fit into the ducts. Programmed the ESCs for motor direction and completed config in Betaflight.

performed quick test hover and will maiden soon.

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Part List

Frame

Squirt 2.1 (15 builds)
Shendrones.myshopify.com
$97.00

Flight Controller

radix fc - brainfpv (117 builds)
Brainfpv.com
$54.99

ESCs

XRotor Micro 4-in-1 60A ESC 6S BLHeli_32 - brainfpv (2 builds)
Brainfpv.com
$69.99

Motors

4 x Ethix Flat Rats 1507 2800kv (5 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$72.00

Propellers

HQProp Cinewhoop Duct-3 Propellers (Set of 4) (5 builds)
Getfpv.com
$2.79

FPV Camera

Caddx Ratel Starlight 1200TVL HDR Low-Light Micro FPV Camera (114 builds)
Getfpv.com
$29.99

FPV Transmitter

TBS Unify PRO 5G8 HV Race (SMA) (555 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$24.95

Antenna

TBS Crossfire Immortal T V2 Antenna - brainfpv
Brainfpv.com
$5.95

Receiver

TBS CROSSFIRE NANO RX - brainfpv
Brainfpv.com
$29.95

Batteries

GNB 850mAh 6S 80C LiPo XT60 (2 builds)
Rotorvillage.ca
$36.99

Radio

FrSky 2.4G 16CH Taranis X9D Plus Transmitter SPECIAL EDITION w/ M9 Gimbals (48 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

Goggles

Fatshark HDO FPV Goggles (136 builds)
Hobbyking.com
$450.00

Video Receiver

TBS Fusion (44 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$129.95

Radio Module

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

Soldering Iron

Hakko FX888D29BY/P ESD-Safe Digital Soldering Station w/ FX8801 Soldering Iron and T18D16 Tip (Gold) (5 builds)
Amazon.com
$104.95

Backpack

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