After spending about 2 years on here watching everyone elses amazing builds and wishing i knocked a build out myself, I Decided to get away from dji quads, and got to ordering parts. using some of the cine builds on here for inspiration, (and some amazing prop help from the user: Whiffles)

Firstly i would like to point out from the start: If you order from banggood, make sure that you check both, the delivery time estimation, and the PROCESSING TIME as i made my order in three batches, the larger batch was going to be held up for 27 days because of a set of screwdrivers i ordered, i contacted bg and they suggested i get a different colour screwdriver and they will send it, beast !!

BUILD TIME.

I was unsure on the Reptile frame as they are known for cheap frames, but it arrived a few days before the parts, so i took the time to sand the sharp edges in water, checked screw fitment, i had no issues at all which set my mind at ease. i ordered the foam bumpers seperately as they arrive with the foam still in the center of the bumpers, this foam is gopro mount material lol.

i did a dry fit of the parts due to the restrictive space, made sure everything fits where i wanted it, then started with the motor mounting, the biggest tip i can give is use a set of needle nose pliers or tweezers, and measure twice.
locktight on all motor screws and soldered to the ESC, i was going to undersolder them but didn't want to have to insulate the frame, moved over to the flight controller, this was a learning curve for me as theres a lot of contradictive info out there for this flight controller, it does/doesn't come with instructions, however it does come with a pinout plate to work off tinned the pads i needed on the board, then i moved onto the camera.

PLEASE NOTE: i messed the camera cable up initially, and cut it far too short, but this is an easy fix, i removed the 3 connectors out of the opposing end of the cable i cut and put them into the camera connnector, and that worked. Tilt on the camera is 10 Degrees.

VTX was next, i specifically picked this one as it was the same as the stack, my mistake was the stac is m2 holes and the vtx is m3 (live and learn i guess). vtx is 7-24v so i wired that to VCC, and left the ground next to the video out on the board, doesn't seem to cause any issues as of yet.
i sent smartaudio to the TX3 and wired the sma to the TPU holder that comes with the frame.

RECIEVER
RX is a flysky FS-x6b, i done the RSSi mod on the reciever, it ws fiddly but it works a dream (See pictures)

LEDS
i decided (due to the contradictive uk quad laws) to fit some leds, this was a bit of a complicated choice due to space limitations inside the ducts, i opted for 0.7g Super Mini WS2812B leds, 6mm wide. and ordered some 13mm clear heatshrink. the leds come with cables, but theyre not long at all. you will either be joining some, or using some other cable. set them to a switch so i can black them out when they annoy me .

I ordered everything to be blacked out on the quad, this is partly for asthetics, and partly function, this needs to be as unobtrusive as possible.

What i learned from the build that i didnt know before:

• ESC Is blheli_s.
• 552 grams for a cinewhoop is annoying. but sometimes unavoidable.
• you'll never have enough cable ties.
• FC does not have cmaera control, even though the pinout states it does.

please take into consideration this is my first build, go easy on me lol