Guano - ROTA 100 - Toothpick

By Apeian on Mar 15, 2020

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Just got my new 3D Printer and had some spare quad parts - time to have some fun ;). This is my first toothpick build, and was a bit challenging to get the mishmosh of parts to all fit together nicely in the stack. The 3d printed frame, canopy, and mounting plate had to be tweaked as well (glad I had a Dremel..lol) Nice to know now I can always reprint the frame if I crash. ;p It was pretty cheap to build, and it flies great. All up weight without battery is 51.3 grams..not to shabby...I'll upload some footage shortly... :D

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Part List

Frame	ROTA 100 65mm Prop Quad Frame by minimicroFPV (2 builds) Thingiverse.com	See Site
Flight Controller	JMT Play F4 Whoop Flight Controller AIO OSD BEC & Built-in 5A BL_S 1-2S 4in1 ESC for RC Drone FPV Racing Quadcopter (9 builds) Xt-xinte.com	$33.11
Motors	Crazepony 4pcs 1103 10000KV 2S Brushless Motor Mini Brushless Motor Micro Drone Motor CW CCW for 80 90 100 Tiny Micro FPV Racing Amazon.com	$29.99
Propellers	HQ Prop T65 Bi-Blade 2.5" Prop 10 Pack - Choose Your Color (12 builds) Racedayquads.com	$2.99
FPV Camera	600TVL 1.8mm 1/4 CMOS 120 Degree Wide Angle Lens FPV Camera PAL/NTSC 3.7-5V for RC Drone FPV Racing (21 builds) Banggood.com	$13.99
FPV Transmitter	Eachine VTX03 Super Mini 5.8G 72CH 0/25mW/50mw/200mW Switchable FPV Transmitter (417 builds) Banggood.com	$12.22
Receiver	2.4G Satellite Receiver With Code Key For DSM2 DSMX JR Spektrum Transmitter Banggood.com	$9.17
3D Printed	Whoop TPU Canopy by bernitz (2 builds) Thingiverse.com	See Site
3D Printed	ROTA 100 65mm Prop Quad Frame by minimicroFPV (2 builds) Thingiverse.com	See Site
3D Printed	Toothpick Style Quad HD 20x20 Adapter Caddx Turtle Tarsier or Runcam Split by wrong17 (4 builds) Thingiverse.com	See Site

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mgeeforce Mar 21, 2020

What filament did you use?

Apeian Mar 21, 2020

Hey..I used standard white PLA 1.75mm that came with the AnyCubic Mega-S. I printed the frame on the high quality (.06 in Cura) and did the infill at 100% to make it as strong as possible. I may look at another material if it doesnt hold up..but its pretty strong. It took 3 hours to print, but the finish is great. ;)

OptimaZe Mar 16, 2020

Nice work! I recently finished a similar build myself, and have been having a blast flying it.

Apeian Mar 17, 2020

Thx bud...did reverse props on this too...makes such a difference on small build like this.

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