This thing is a indoor freestyle legend! One of my favorite whoops so far.
Some comments about the build:
It's a pretty straight forward whoop build. The camera wire is very tight the way I have it ran, I wouldn't normally do this, but the canopy is super stiff so i'm not too worried about it moving and snapping. Plus it looks clean. The motor wires are super long since they were used for a 75mm frame, so I mounted them with the wires facing out and twisted them to avoid having a lot dangling underneath. I normally wouldn't cover the underside of the motors because I like to do wall taps, but the batteries in this build hang the lowest. Lastly, I ran a bead of Welders glue up the back-side of the canopy where it meets the camera and used that glue to hold the vtx antenna with just enough length to sit in the antenna clip on the canopy.
Additional Notes:
If you like to be an indoor acro basher like me, I'd suggest running a ziptie at the back of the frame where I have. This helps to keep your battery lead from popping off. Make sure to leave some slack on the lead from ziptie to fc.
I also put a dab of liquid electrical tape on the battery lead solder points.
The 2x1s battery holder I have is originally from BetaFPV. It's 3D printed TPU. Available here: https://betafpv.freshdesk.com/helpdesk/attachments/27019872587
Video of this whoop doing some indoor acro flying:
Frame |
BetaFPV Meteor65 Whoop Frame - Choose Your Color
(13 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$4.99 |
Flight Controller |
HappyModel CrazyBee X V2.2 F4 1-2S AIO Whoop Flight Controller (F4 FC / 5A 4in1 ESC / 25-200mW VTX) - Choose Your RX
(6 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$51.99 |
Motors |
HappyModel SE0802 16000Kv 1-2S Whoop/Micro Motor 4 Pack
(2 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$34.99 |
Propellers |
HQ Prop 31MMX4 Quad-Blade 31mm Micro/Whoop Prop 4 Pack (1mm Shaft) - Choose Your Color
(3 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$2.25 |
FPV Camera |
Caddx Ant Nano 1200TVL CMOS PAL/NTSC FPV Camera (1.8mm) - Choose Color & Aspect RatioSilver / 16:9
(140 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$17.89 |
Batteries |
GAONENG 6pcs 380mAh 60C 1S LiPo Battery 3.8V/4.35V LiHv Battery with JST-PH 2.0 Connector for UZ65 Tiny Whoop Micro FPV Racing D
(2 builds)
Amazon.com
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$27.99 |
3D Printed |
S3.amazonaws.com
S3.amazonaws.com
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See Site |
Hardware |
NewBeeDrone BeeBrain V2 Color Camera Mount Whoop Canopy - Choose Your Color
(27 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$2.99 |
Radio |
FrSky X-Lite 2.4GHz RC Transmitter w/ R9M Lite Combo - Black or Red
(64 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$164.99 |
Goggles |
SKYZONE SKY02X 5.8Ghz 48CH Diversity FPV Goggles With Head Tracker Front Camera Fan 2D/3D HDMI For RC Drone
(12 builds)
Banggood.com
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$285.55 |
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