3" 4S Vista low profile TP

By Samw85 on Jan 04, 2021

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While I always liked my DJI toothpicks, one thing that bothered me was the "height" you inevitably get by putting a vista, full cam and AIO on one stack, and the TPU canopys which always look a bit home made.

This build foucused on having a clean look and lover profile. I wanted to use the iFlight Alpha85x canopy. Problem: It's made for the nebula and not the full size cam. A bit radical maybe, but a set of pliers, some force and hot glue solved that problem :) Not proud of it but it'll do until a 14x14mm Nebula pro comes along.

The rest of the build is pretty simple.

103.9g dry and 161.2g with a 450/4S which is not crazy light but good for what it is.

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Part List

Frame	BetaFPV X-Knight Carbon Fiber 3" Frame Kit (3 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$16.99
Flight Controller	JHEMCU GHF411AIO (2 builds) Fpvframe.ch	$55.00
Motors	4 x iFlight XING 1303 5000KV FPV Micro Motor (8 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$61.96
Propellers	Gemfan Hurricane 3016 Durable Tri-Blade 3" Prop 4 Pack (2mm) - Choose Your Color (10 builds) Racedayquads.com	$2.59
FPV Camera	Caddx Vista Digital HD System for DJI HD FPV (98 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$164.99
Receiver	TBS Crossfire Nano Rx - FPV LONG RANGE DRONE RECEIVER (1484 builds) Team-blacksheep.com	$24.95
Hardware	Relectwire micro Fpvframe.ch	$9.00

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Discussion

JimBuk2 Nov 13, 2021

any DVR flights? just curious of how your motors handle 4s being 5000kv pushing 3016 tri blades
mainly curious about the high end of the throttle without motor output limits

Samw85 Nov 15, 2021

Hi Jim

I don't think I have a DVR of this particular build (or can't find it in my mess of recordings).
As far as I can remember it flew fine, but I changed to 1404s later.

fw42 Jan 04, 2021

Nice build. What's the AUW and what battery are you using?

Samw85 Jan 05, 2021

103.9g dry and 161.2g with a 450/4S

RotorHead Jan 04, 2021

Naked Vista Cam. Nice and tiny.

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