Wanted a quiet build for park flying. Real pain soldering on this board, but it flies!
9/2/2020: The Betafpv Silverware board seemed to have a bad flash, motor mapping was all wrong. Also, it just wanted to fly away. Attempted to adjust pids, but no luck. Ended up replacing with the FPVCycle 1s board. It's a great board with large soldering pads. I'm using the Dave_C_FPV Sanchez frame so the upward facing USB on this board didn't make much of a difference in this build. Also, the solder pads for the VTX/CAM aren't really through holes, the pads are too small on the underside of the board the solder from underneath. Otherwise, solid board.
The quad flies well enough, a little floaty and loose in the corners, could use a tune, but great fun in tight areas where you wouldn't fly a 5inch. Getting around 3:30-4 mins on RDQ 1S 450mah batteries. I also switched them over to BT2.0 connectors.
It's super quiet and lightweight, making it a great lunch break ripper!
Maiden:
Testing new PIDs:
Photos
Part List
Frame |
Sanchez Air [Ultralight 3" Toothpick] by Dave_C_FPV
(7 builds)
Thingiverse.com
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See Site |
Flight Controller |
FPVCycle 1S-2S AIO
(18 builds)
Fpvcycle.com
|
$55.99 |
Motors |
4 x RCINPOWER GTS V2 1202.5 11500KV Motor - Choose Color
(13 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
|
$43.96 |
Propellers |
GEMFAN 3016-3 PROPS - (2CW + 2CCW)
(57 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
|
$2.59 |
FPV Camera |
RunCam Nano 3 800TVL CMOS FPV Camera
(6 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
|
$19.99 |
FPV Transmitter |
NameLessRC Nano400 VTX 25mw-400mw 5V
(21 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
|
$13.99 |
Receiver |
TBS Crossfire Nano Rx
Fpvcycle.com
|
$29.95 |
Batteries |
5 PACK of RDQ Series 3.8V 1S 450mAh 80C LiHV Whoop/Micro Battery for Tinyhawk - PH2.0
(4 builds)
Racedayquads.com
|
$20.37 |
Misc Parts |
BetaFPV BT2.0 1S Whoop Connector Male/Female Set 5 Pack
(3 builds)
Racedayquads.com
|
$4.99 |
Misc Parts |
MiniMortal T V2 for Crossfire - manufactured by TBS
(30 builds)
Fpvcycle.com
|
$3.99 |
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My 1s build on the Sanchez also came in around 38-39g. I also build a 3mm thick 3s one with the tp3 motors and crossfire. It is 59g dry. Great build !