Slamnasty 3" racer (ig giveaway quad)

By M490fpv on Jun 10, 2020

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Built this beautiful racer to celebrate the 5K followers on my Instagram channel (M490fpv). It will be a giveaway quad right after i hit 5K.

Designed few parts to have an unique look. Arm protectors, micro axii mount and motor wire guards.
These parts are available on thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4441447

Came out really awesome with neon yellow tpu prints! :)

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Part List

Frame

SlamNasty 3" Race Frame
Catalystmachineworks.com
$39.99

Flight Controller

HGLRC XJB F440 Omnibus F4 Flight Control 40A Blheli_32 3-4S esc
Hglrc.com
$49.99

Motors

4 x BrotherHobby Tornado 1407- 3600kv (2 builds)
Drone-fpv-racer.com
See Site

Propellers

GEMFAN 3052 - Tripales - Polycarbonate - 4pcs (2 builds)
Drone-fpv-racer.com
See Site

FPV Camera

Caddx caméra FPV Ratel 1200 TVL (2 builds)
Drone-fpv-racer.com
See Site

FPV Transmitter

TBS Unify Pro32 Nano 5G8 V1.1 (9 builds)
Drone-fpv-racer.com
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Antenna

Lumenier Micro AXII U.FL 5.8GHz 1.6dBi Gain FPV Antenna RHCP / LHCP For RC Drone (5 builds)
Banggood.com
$21.95

Receiver

Récepteur FrSky R-XSR (SBUS/PPM 16/8 voies) (INT-FCC) (2 builds)
Drone-fpv-racer.com
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Batteries

Batterie Lipo Tattu R-Line 4S 850mAh 95C (XT60)
Drone-fpv-racer.com
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sharkbyte   Sep 10, 2020  

Do you have a dry weight of this build?

M490fpv   Sep 10, 2020 
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166g with props and strap, without lipo

Dillon77   Jun 11, 2020  

It looks like you've soldered your capacitor to a different part of the esc. usually I see them attached to the same solder joint as the battery leads where they connect to the esc + and -. is that a special feature of the esc you've used?

M490fpv   Jun 11, 2020 

Yes it is the way HGLRC has designed their esc. Own pads to attach the capacitor.

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