Daya H4 680 rebuild

By cjdavies on Feb 18, 2020

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After my good experiences using Arducopter on miniquad flight controllers in my Everycopter Y6 & flat hex, I decided to rebuild my 680 quad by ripping out its Pixhawk & replacing it with another Matek F405 STD. The space saving meant that I could fit everything (except the GPS) between the main body plates, resulting in a much neater build that's also more flexible & easier to use as I can just strap batteries to the body on top like a miniquad.

I also took the opportunity to swap the arms front/back, because they were backwards before. The way that I originally wired the motors means the arms no longer close all the way, but it's good enough.

I ditched the FPV gear as I never used it. I have a FPV pod I can strap on if a live video feed is really required. All flight data I might need (battery, number of satellites, etc.) comes down via SmartPort telemetry to Flight Deck, so OSD is superfluous.

Not my neatest build, but I'm beginning to accept that I have too many projects on the go these days to strive for perfection in everything!

See my previous build here --> https://rotorbuilds.com/build/12718

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Part List

Frame

DAYA 680 New 3K Carbon Frame
Fpvmodel.com
See Site

Flight Controller

Matek F405 STD F4 BetaFlight Flight Controller (3 builds)
Quadcopters.co.uk
See Site

ESCs

4 x XRotor 40A ESC COB (3 builds)
Hobbywingdirect.com
$71.96

Motors

4 x T-motor Official store
Store-en.tmotor.com
See Site

Receiver

FrSky R9MM Long Range 915MHz RC Receiver - Get Yours Today! - RMRC (114 builds)
Readymaderc.com
$20.80

Power Distribution

Matek FCHUB-A w/ Current Sensor 120A & 200A Range, No BEC (3 builds)
Getfpv.com
$4.99
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Discussion

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Sudhir kumar maharana   Jan 27, 2024  

what is the AUW and what flight time you are getting?

gatechuks   Feb 19, 2020  

Besides the obvious given the 360 camera, what do you use this quad for?

cjdavies   Feb 19, 2020 
3

Honestly? Not much. I just enjoy building things.

gatechuks   Feb 19, 2020 
1

I'm right with you, this hobby is addicting.

sivads   Feb 18, 2020  

Nice and clean -- love it!!

cjdavies   Feb 18, 2020 

I've gotta say, it seems like a way more practical build now it has the whole top plate 'clean' for strapping stuff to!

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