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7 inch Source one CHEAP

By jpeterson on Oct 15, 2020

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Hi! before I tell you about my build, me and one of my friends are racing on instagram lol. I'll be posting some long range stuff on it pretty soon here, I'd really appreciate a follow!
https://www.instagram.com/jpetersonfpv/
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This is my first long range drone, and I have learned a couple things. first, BUY A THICK FRAME. skinny frames will vibrate in ways you can't tune out. I know, they are light and look like a good idea, but it's not worth it. I am using the TBS source one. at 180 grams, thing is a beast. but no vibrations with an almost stock tune. also, don't overspend on motors. all the motors in the 2407 - 2806 range are so expensive. I bought these cheap ones, because the reality is that you won't be crashing this drone much. the motors don't take abuse, and if you do crash it, it's probably gonna be gone.

I am using a 5s2p 8000mah LIION pack that I built myself. My charger cant charge liion so I had to order another one, but the thing weighs a ton, and hopefully it performrs well. on a 1300 4s lipo for my 5 inch drone I got 3:20 flight with a gopro, so not bad.

feel free to leave a comment if you have any other questions about my build!

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Part List

Frame	TBS Source One HD 5inch (105 builds) Team-blacksheep.com	$26.95
Flight Controller	Diatone Mamba Power Tower MK2 F405 & F40 30x30 Stack Combo (193 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$65.00
Motors	4 x Racerstar 2508 BR2508S Fire Edition 1275KV 1772KV 2522KV Brushless Motor For FPV Racing RC Drone (6 builds) Banggood.com	$47.08
Propellers	2 Pairs DALPROP CYCLONE T7056C 7inch Crystal 3-blade Propeller for RC FPV Racing Drone (17 builds) Banggood.com	$4.16
FPV Camera	Caddx Ratel Starlight HDR 1200TVL Micro FPV Camera - Choose Your Color & LensRed / 2.1mm (114 builds) Racedayquads.com	$29.99
FPV Transmitter	RDQ Mach 3 Video Transmitter 25-1000mW 5.8GHz VTX - U.FL or MMCX (146 builds) Racedayquads.com	$24.99
Receiver	TBS Crossfire Nano Rx - FPV LONG RANGE DRONE RECEIVER (1499 builds) Team-blacksheep.com	$24.95
Radio	FrSky Taranis QX7 ACCESS 2.4GHz RC Transmitter - Choose Your Color (263 builds) Racedayquads.com	$129.99
Goggles	Skyzone SKY03O Oled /SKY03S 5.8GHz 48CH Diversity FPV Goggles Support OSD DVR HDMI With Head Tracker Fan LED For RC Racing Drone (47 builds) Banggood.com	$399.90
HD Camera	GoPro HERO7 Black Action Camera (102 builds) Getfpv.com	$399.99
Radio Module	TBS Crossfire Micro TX V2 (154 builds) Team-blacksheep.com	$69.95

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Discussion

Jodie Froster Oct 16, 2020

You gonna fly with your reciever danglin out the frame like that?

Dogsidog007 Jan 27, 2021

That looks like his GPS

Dogsidog007 Jan 27, 2021

Holy crap you're right nevermind

jpeterson Jan 27, 2021

i only attached it like that because I wanted to get my pictures done for this post. It's been fixed since tho, no worries

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