Whirlygig Nano 3"

By Kstone on Jan 16, 2020

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Didn't really care much for the Acro performance (TWR) of a 2" outdoors so I recently rebuilt my 2" Whirlygig into a 3" (https://rotorbuilds.com/build/19157)
This little Tri is uses Betaflight 4.1.1 and its "fancy" motor-filtering to provide superior handling.

Specs
Build weight 37 grams only camera but 54 grams with 2S 300mAh LiPo attached.
Note: Picture showing the scale is the same Tri but with the older 2" props. (Weights the same though)
Hover time 8:45 (confirmed)
Acro time 3:50 (confirmed)

Video
Updated 3/28/2020 with Nano Whirlygig's 1st spring flight. (man I'm out of practice)

Photos

Part List

Frame	Whirlygig 2 and 3" Toothpick frames (v2) by 1Smug_Bastard (5 builds) Thingiverse.com	See Site
Flight Controller	F4 1-2S AIO Brushless Flight Controller (17 builds) Betafpv.com	$35.99
Motors	BETAFPV 4pcs 1103 11000KV Brushless Motors FPV Motor RC for 2S Lipo Battery 2S Frame Beta75X Whoop Drone (3 builds) Amazon.com	$41.99
Propellers	HQ 3020 2-Blade Propellers 1.5mm Shaft (3 builds) Betafpv.com	$2.50
FPV Camera	Amazon.de Amazon.de	See Site
Batteries	Turnigy nano-tech 300mAh 2S 35~70C Lipo Pack (28 builds) Hobbyking.com	$4.99
Hardware	EEU-FC1V101 Panasonic \| Mouser Eu.mouser.com	See Site
Misc Parts	Blue Bird BMS-101HV Servo - 1.1Kg.cm 0.06s 4.5g 7.6mm (2 builds) Hyperflight.co.uk	See Site

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Discussion

AMurdoch Hangar May 11, 2020

You went back from Dronin to Betaflight? Is BF back to being ok for tri's?

Kstone May 14, 2020

No reason to stay wth dRonin considering the lack of forum support, lack of development and lack of features.

AMurdoch Hangar May 14, 2020

Sounds about right, that was me commenting on your youtube video btw. I might hit you up with a million and one questins lol.

catSupremacy Jan 24, 2020

awesome! got any dvr?

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catSupremacy Jan 25, 2020

awesome! it looks like it flies great!

Kstone Jan 25, 2020

My son (8 years) made a iPhone video of the nano tri earlier today. Came out pretty good despite the very obvious prop wash.. The copter was flown at 30% throttle scaling to make it more manageable for my son learning to fly Acro.

When i have chance I'll post it on Youtube and post the link.

Kstone Mar 28, 2020

Added a new video.

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