Apex all black

By M490fpv on Apr 24, 2020

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Had an opportinity to build a mid range cruiser/freestyle quad to demanding environment..
This quad will operate in high mountains, so excellent fpv/rx feed is a requirement. Also GPS is helping to give necessary position info to pilot.
Quad will carry a GoPro Hero 8, so this is quite high prized package.

All components were chosen to support the high performance requirements.

Apex HD frame is one of the best available frames now for freestyle purposes
Ethix motors are smooth for filming
Ethix S5 cinematic props
iFlight F7 dual gyro fc to have rpm filters with dshot600 8k/8k
iFlight 50A Blheli32 esc
DJI digital fpv system to give clear fpv feed
TBS Crossfire Nano receiver to have separate RX
Brainfpv GPS for positioning and emergency rescue purposes

I printed a lot of black tpu parts to have the whole appereance as dark as possible.
I think this ended up really nice and clean :)

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Part List

Frame	Apex 5" HD Frame Kit (5 builds) Drone-fpv-racer.com	See Site
Flight Controller	Iflight SucceX-D F7 TwinG Stack (F7+50A ESC) + DJI Air Unit Drone-fpv-racer.com	$289.00
Motors	TBS Moteur Steele Ethix Stout V3 (6 builds) Drone-fpv-racer.com	See Site
Propellers	HQProp ETHIX S5 Cinematic Props (14 builds) Drone-fpv-racer.com	See Site
Receiver	TBS Crossfire Nano RX (SE) (412 builds) Drone-fpv-racer.com	See Site

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Discussion

hazriq Oct 18, 2020

Hi, can i get 3d printed file for the dji antenna holder? thanks

M490fpv Oct 18, 2020

you can find it from thingiverse, under my apex parts designs 👍

Doobie52 Apr 26, 2020

Do you have links to the 3D parts you printed?

M490fpv Apr 26, 2020

all parts except antenna/gps mounts are under these 2 thing links. i will upload the antenna mount tomorrow.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3995506/files
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3923712

BromboFPV Jun 06, 2020

Hi, did you forget to upload the gps antenna mount? :P

M490fpv Jun 07, 2020

Sorry yes I did!
Now the mount is under this thing: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3923712

Daan Apr 25, 2020

I'm seeing this white handrail post of your house so often in the builds feed, it's like you're the only one building stuff. :D
Nice build, too bad the original air unit is too big and clunky.

M490fpv Apr 25, 2020

😂 thanks! 👍

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