Digital Twig Mutant (4S / 1407 / 160g / 4inch / caddx vista)

By Samw85 on Jun 24, 2020

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This thing should be a rocket, and sub 250g with a 650mAh 4S.
The build is pretty straightforward.
Put in a runcam RC18G lens for wider FOV.
Getting around 3min freestyle flights.

Maiden:

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chrisdmeyer   Jul 27, 2020  

Hi Sam, Please could you confirm how you connected the DJI and crossfire with the BetaFPV TOOTHPICK F4 2-4S AIO BRUSHLESS FLIGHT CONTROLLER 20A (BLHELI_S) V3, DJI Vista (Nebula) and TBS Crossfire Nano Rx.
UART 1 FC Tx1Rx1 to Caddx Vista,
UART 2 FC Tx2Rx2 to Crossfire &
UART 3 not used

Samw85   Jul 27, 2020 

I think I used RX/TX2 and RX/TX6, but it should not really matter as long as you set the ports correctly in betaflight.
Happy flying!

chrisdmeyer   Jul 27, 2020 

thank you

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