Noisy Cricket 5" budget build.

By PickleSlice on Feb 05, 2020

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This was my first build. Had a lot of fun with it, the month and a half it was running. This was a great learning build. The Martian frame can take a severe beating. I once slammed it into the sidewalk after only a couple hours of fly time. Both of the left side arms smashed into the ground, and other than the chips and scuffs from the crash, there was nothing wrong. Great frame for a beginner.

This quad was finally killed when my son and I took it out to the backyard one morning to practice stick control, I thought the grass was dry. It wasn't. The #2 ESC died.

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Part List

Frame

Jubiläums-Sonderausgabe Martian 215 215mm Carbon Fiber FPV Racing Rahmen Satz 136g (4 builds)
Banggood.com
$19.99

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 Emax ECO Series 2306 6S 1700KV 4S 2400KV Brushless Motor for RC Drone FPV Racing (77 builds)
Banggood.com
$63.96

Propellers

2 x 10 Pairs Racerstar V2 5048 5x4.8x3 3 Blade Racing Propeller 5.0mm Mounting Hole for RC Drone FPV Racing (10 builds)
Banggood.com
$14.06

Propellers

2 x DAL T5050C Cyclone Tri-Blade Translucent (3 builds)
Dalprops.com
$3.98

FPV Camera

RunCam Split 3 Micro 1080P 60fps HD Recording WDR Low Latency 16:9/4:3 NTSC/PAL Switchable FPV Camera For RC Drone (8 builds)
Banggood.com
$72.00

FPV Transmitter

Eachine VTX03S 0/25/50/100/200mw 40CH 5.8G FPV Transmitter With PITmode Smartaudio Function (46 builds)
Banggood.com
$12.11

Antenna

Makerfire 2pcs 5.8GHz FPV Antenna Circular Polarized TX RX RHCP SMA for FPV Racing Drone Like QAV250 (12 builds)
Amazon.com
$13.99

Receiver

Flysky FS-X6B 6CH Receiver for FS-i10 FS-i8 FS-i6 FS-i6s FS-i6x FS-i4 FS-i4x Transmitter (180 builds)
Amazon.com
$9.99

Batteries

3 x GOLDBAT 4S 1500mAh 100C 14.8V Lipo Battery Pack with XT60 Plug for RC Heli Airplane UAV Drone FPV Racing (1 Pack)
Amazon.com
$53.97

Batteries

6 x URUAV 14.8V 1800mAh 75C 4S Lipo Battery XT60 Plug for RC Drone FPV Racing
Banggood.com
$95.94

Radio

RadioMaster TX16S Multi-Protocol RF Module OpenTX 2.4GHz RC Transmitter w/ V3 Hall Gimbals (96 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$199.99

Goggles

ORQA FPV.One OLED FPV Goggles (12 builds)
Getfpv.com
$549.00

HD Camera

GoPro Hero5 Session (Renewed) (17 builds)
Amazon.com
$184.99

HD Camera

Insta360 GO Stabilized Sports Action Camera Mount Anywhere Hands Free Auto Edit Slow-mo Vlog Travel 1080P Video Cam (5 builds)
Amazon.com
$1.00

Video Receiver

ImmersionRC rapidFIRE w/ Analog PLUS Goggle Receiver Module (178 builds)
Getfpv.com
$159.99

Radio Module

TBS Crossfire Micro TX V2 (154 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$69.95

Battery Charger

Venom Pro Duo LiPo Battery Charger | 80W X2 AC DC 7A NiMH LiHV LiPo Balance Charger Discharger with Charger Adapter | LiPo 1S to (2 builds)
Amazon.com
$113.00

Battery Charger

Banggood (18 builds)
Banggood.com
See Site

Tools

RDQ 9 Piece Drone Tool Kit V2 (8 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$19.99

Tools

Rotor Riot Kwad Toolset (2 builds)
Rotorriot.com
$14.99

Backpack

Torvol Quad PITSTOP PRO Backpack - Black & Green (15 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$179.99

Accessories

TBS Diamond Antenna (37 builds)
Getfpv.com
$24.95

Accessories

VAS Diamond RP-SMA 2.4GHz Dipole Antenna
Getfpv.com
$15.99

Misc Supplies

Ethix Neck Strap (4 builds)
Getfpv.com
$6.99
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Discussion

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Tyrdle   Feb 05, 2020  

Jeez, why is that 1500 4s $38? You can get those for under $20

PickleSlice   Feb 05, 2020 

I accidentally posted the link for the two pack. They are around $15 a piece. Decent budget batteries.

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