FPVcycle Fouride 4"

By Davidpe on Oct 11, 2020

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I've been a big fan of Bob Roogi and his Toothpick designs. I was excited to try his new Fouride 4" frame that was purpose-built for the HD Vista. It's a top riding battery design that has that takes advantage of some of the latest AIO flights controllers. For this build I wanted a relatively small aircraft to be used with both 3S/ 4S 1100mah batteries. I was looking for a freestyle build that was light but also had enough weight to throw around.

Bob Roogi worked with Stan FPV on a 2203/ 3450 T-Mount motor that was perfect for this build. Overall the parts list is pretty minimal when using the Vista setup.

The only challenge I had with the build was tuning the JHEMCU AIO board. It's a noisy board and required a big cap to take care of voltage spikes. The Vista setup also benefits from the cap.

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Part List

Frame	FPVCycle Fouride Frame- Vista Compatible (Choose Size) (18 builds) Fpvcycle.com	$29.74
Flight Controller	JHEMCU Toothpick AIO, 4S, 30A (15 builds) Fpvcycle.com	$37.50
Motors	4 x FPVCycle 23mm Short Motor - THE Cinewhoop motor (36 builds) Fpvcycle.com	$79.96
Propellers	Gemfan 4023 - 4" TriBlade Prop (2CW + 2CCW) - Clear Grey Fpvcycle.com	$3.89
FPV Camera	DJI Caddx Vista + Nebula Pro - HD FPV vTX + HD Camera (Choose Antenna) (161 builds) Fpvcycle.com	$149.99
Receiver	Team BlackSheep TBS Crossfire Nano RX - Heli-Nation (1484 builds) Heli-nation.com	$24.99
Batteries	GNB 4S 14.8V 1100mAh 130C LiPo Battery (11 builds) Fpvcycle.com	$19.99
Batteries	GNB 1100mAh 3S XT60 (Highest C) - 12V LiPo Battery (2 builds) Fpvcycle.com	$15.24
3D Printed	Fouride Rear Antenna Mount (2 builds) Fpvcycle.com	$3.99
Misc Parts	WaFL’s FPV Cap Caps V3 (5 pack) (Just the PCB) (3 builds) Fpvcycle.com	$2.99

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Discussion

armanie55 Jan 27, 2021

I really like this build. My only question is how did you manage to get the cap to secure to the frame? It's cut off, also the link that you posted for the WaFL's cap V3. Does it come with the Cap and PCB? Or just the PCB. (It's not really clear if it does) tks!

Davidpe Jan 28, 2021

I just added four additional pictures that show where I placed the two caps. the one that comes right off the board is not attached to frame but is very rigid coming off the solder joints. The other cap is connected using the WaFl PCB with cap. This combo was sold by FPVCycle already assembled but its just as easy to build.

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