First drone

By cavetodie on Jan 13, 2020

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It's pretty simple building a drone, way easier than it seems(But expensive). Just make sure solder joints aren't touching each other, and use a smokestopper!

[Example] Look in the manual of your FC and on the cam, the 5v in the cam manual, goes to the 5v on the fc. So 5v to 5v, GND to GND and Cam to cam.
Solder them, and test with a multimeter or just make sure that they're not testing.

What I learned:
The hardest part is soldering, watch some soldering tutorials before beginning.
Use good solder, don't buy it from banggood, I learned that the hard way. Use a good soldering iron, I use a TS100

Remember that you ALSO need to buy:
Chargers, power supply for charger, tools, zipties, batterystraps, smokestopper, heatshrink(is always good to have, but not necessarily needed(It is cheap though))

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Part List

Frame	Cockroach V2 225mm Wheelbase 5mm Arm Carbon Fiber 5 Inch Frame Kit for RC Drone FPV Racing (7 builds) Banggood.com	$25.75
Flight Controller	MAMBA F405 MK2 Betaflight Flight Controller F40 40A 3-6S DSHOT600 FPV Racing Brushless ESC (193 builds) Banggood.com	$42.99
Motors	4 x iFlight XING-E 2306 1700KV 2450KV 2750KV 2-6S Brushless Motor for RC Drone FPV Racing (3 builds) Banggood.com	$59.32
Propellers	4 x 2 Pairs T-Motor T-5147 5147 5.1x4.7 3-Blade Popo Propeller CW & CCW for RC Drone FPV Racing (3 builds) Banggood.com	$13.96
FPV Camera	Foxeer Arrow Mini/Standard Pro 1.8mm 650TVL 4:3 WDR FPV Camera Built-in OSD With Bracket NTSC/PAL For RC Drone (4 builds) Banggood.com	$21.90
FPV Transmitter	Eachine TX805 5.8G 40CH 25/200/600/800mW FPV Transmitter TX LED Display Support OSD/Pitmode/Smart Audio (15 builds) Banggood.com	$12.90
Antenna	2pcs Foxeer 5.8G Lollipop 3 2.5DBi Omni FPV Antenna RHCP SMA/RP-SMA for RC Drone Airplane (18 builds) Banggood.com	$21.01
Receiver	Frsky XM+ Micro D16 SBUS Full Range Mini Receiver Up to 16CH for RC FPV Racing Drone Banggood.com	$13.69
Batteries	Dinogy Graphene 1300mAh 22.2V 65C 6S LiPo Droneshop.nl	$25.75

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Discussion

HK-AERIAL VTOL Jan 13, 2020

Oh hey! You made it over here! Fantastic... I propped (get it... "propped") you out on reddit for building a more conservative first rig. I can't see it (and maybe you did this), but for my old eyes on the MKII I alternated top-and-bottom for wires that were on pads next to each other. That stack is TIGHT to solder on... when you go to something else (like Matek) you'll be relieved at the spacing. Good job, try not to destroy it too fast (or do like me... continually build so they can get shelved).

Edit: it aint the iron (as my $22 Yihua proves time and time again)... it's the flux (MG Chemicals 8341 is my preferred flavor).

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