Lil' Bandito

By UnchartedBull on Mar 28, 2020

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Little, cheap 2" micro ripper. The main intention with this is to use it as a scouting drone. Since it is so small and so light it can fit into almost any gap you can think off and doesn't distract any people. Still super powerful (hovers around 25% throttle). Voltage Sag is huge with the 2S 520mAh GNB LiHv batteries, 96kHz BLHeli_S helped a little. Getting around 4 mins on the 520mAh and 6-8 mins of slower flying on the 1100mAh GNB 2S LiHv. Range of the VTx is great, although I get the occasional RX_LOSS warning with the XM at around 500m away.

TPU print could be improved. Probably going to switch to white TPU with the white props soonish.

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Part List

Frame	Lil Bandito base only Armattanproductions.com	$8.99
Flight Controller	JHEMCU SIF4 F4 Flight Controller + 13A Blheli_S 2-4S Brushless ESC + 40CH 25~200mW VTX 16*16mm for RC Drone FPV Racing Banggood.com	$46.44
Motors	4 x AOKFLY BS1103 1103 8000KV/11000KV 2-3S 1.5mm Shaft Brushless Motor 80-130mm FPV Racing Drone Banggood.com	$37.04
Propellers	6 Pairs Emax AVAN Micro 2 Inch 4-blade RC Drone FPV Racing Propeller Red Blue for 11XX 4500-6500KV Motor (10 builds) Banggood.com	$5.76
FPV Camera	800TVL 150 Degree Camera For KINGKONG/LDARC Tiny6 Tiny7 Micro FPV RC Quadcopter (10 builds) Banggood.com	$10.02
Antenna	URUAV Micro UXII Stubby RHCP Mini FPV Antenna 1.6dBi 5.8Ghz U.FL IPEX IPX For FPV Racing Drone (19 builds) Banggood.com	$15.99
Receiver	FrSky Ultralight XM Mini Receiver Up To 16CH for RC Drone FPV Racing (6 builds) Banggood.com	$11.59
Batteries	4 x Gaoneng GNB 2S 520mah 7.6V HV 80C Lipo Battery - XT30 (12 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$29.96
Batteries	2 x Gaoneng 7.6V 1100Mah 50C 2S HV 4.35V Lipo Battery XT30 Plug for RC Drone (2 builds) Banggood.com	$25.92
3D Printed	Alpha Squad Whoop Pod by AlphaSquadMultirotor (8 builds) Thingiverse.com	See Site

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Discussion

Nabla Apr 02, 2020

What is the weight without thebattery?

UnchartedBull Apr 03, 2020

52g, so rather heavy

OptimaZe Mar 29, 2020

Nice! What's the M2M distance on that frame?

UnchartedBull Mar 29, 2020

Around 88/89mm diagonally

OptimaZe Mar 30, 2020

Thanks!

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