1S Lil'Bandito
By otterprince on Apr 14, 2020
I am big fan of the Lil' Bandito frame from KwadKarl, so this time I built a fun little backyard cruiser. Fast enough for my skills and easy to carry around with batteries and a charger. Build comes in at 33.2 grams with a rubber band battery holder.
First time using BT2.0 connectors. Cannot feel any difference, even with 20 gauge wires (same AWG as the GNB450HVs) compared to solid pin PH2.0s. Flight time is 2,5-3,5 minutes on 48kHz ESC firmware.
The C01 camera is good for this kind of use, even though there are ligther options.
The motors are the 14 000kv version.
Could shave off another gram or two by using a Runcam Nano 3, Mobula6 FC and RENY hardware.
I was struggling with BF4.1.1 performance edition firmware tuning. Would be nice to have RPM filtering but downgrading to 3.5.7 feels crisp enough.
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Part List
Frame |
Lil Bandito base only
Armattanproductions.com
|
$8.99 |
Flight Controller |
JMT Crazybee F3 Flight Controller OSD Current Meter 4 IN 1 5A 1S Blheli_S ESC Compatible Frsky / Flysky Receiver for Whoop Drone
(4 builds)
Xt-xinte.com
|
$25.06 |
Motors |
4 x GEPRC GR1102 9000KV 10000KV 14000KV Brushless Motor 1mm / 1.5mm Shaft for Indoor FPV Racing Drone Toothpick Support 1S-3S Lipo/L
(3 builds)
Xt-xinte.com
|
$31.96 |
Propellers |
HQ Prop Durable Prop T2X2X4 Black (2CW+2CCW)-Poly Carbonate
(3 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
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$1.89 |
FPV Camera |
C01 Pro FPV Micro Camera
(13 builds)
Betafpv.com
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$17.99 |
FPV Transmitter |
HGLRC GTX NANO 5.8G 48CH BFOSD 0mW/25mW/50mW Switchable NTSC/PAL FPV Mini Transmitter
(20 builds)
Banggood.com
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$11.81 |
Batteries |
GNB 450MAH 1S HV 80C 3.8-4.35V Lipo Battery PH2.0 Plug Connector For E010 M80S Tiny7 RC Models FPV Racing Drone
(2 builds)
Xt-xinte.com
|
$3.46 |
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