ImpulseRC Micro Apex 4"

By yuvalyosef2000 on Feb 23, 2021

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This is my first bulid, never had a 4" before so when ImpulseRC released the micro apex it was love at first sight.
Went for the 4" and not the 3" since a 250g limit is not a constraint in my country due to the fact that FPV is illegal here:)) I did not take enough pictures mid-build, sorry for that, was too busy trying to figure out how everything sits together in harmony, turns out that this is most of the challenge :) The dry weight is 223 grams.
Take notice that the this 4 in 1 ESC is a bit big for the build and sits really close to the vista (I had to remove the capacitor and lengthen its' legs), that could be solved by mounting the ESC facing the rear and not the front and reconfiguring motors order\arrangement\alignment in betaflight.

Some flight footage on stock Betaflight 4.2.8 pids and rates:

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Part List

Frame	Micro Apex 4" Frame Kit (23 builds) Impulserc.com	$82.40
Flight Controller	T-Motor Mini F7 Stack + F45A 3-6S BLHeli_32 4-in-1 ESC (2 builds) Getfpv.com	See Site
Motors	4 x BrotherHobby VY 2004 3150Kv Micro Motor (14 builds) Racedayquads.com	$83.96
Propellers	HQ Prop Durable Prop T4X2X3 Grey（2CW+2CCW)-Poly Carbonate (13 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$2.99
FPV Camera	DJI Caddx Vista + Nebula Pro - HD FPV vTX + HD Camera (Choose Antenna) (164 builds) Fpvcycle.com	$149.99
Receiver	FrSky R-XSR/RXSR Ultra SBUS/CPPM Switchable D16 16CH Mini Redundancy Receiver RX 1.5g for RC Transmitter TX Drone Models Drone (23 builds) Aliexpress.com	$21.60
Goggles	DJI FPV Goggles (4 builds) Customquads.com.au	$829.00
3D Printed	Official ImpulseRC Micro Apex Printable Files by ImpulseRC (4 builds) Thingiverse.com	See Site

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Discussion

DrMacca Feb 27, 2021

Absolutely beautiful! The fact that it's your first build is incredible!! I'm sure if flies just as good as it looks - keep up the great work!!

yuvalyosef2000 Feb 27, 2021

Thank you sir! This thing flies amazing I'm very impressed:)

jdmkramer Feb 27, 2021

I love these motors! I bet this thing flies amazingly smooth. And HD? Great build!

yuvalyosef2000 Feb 27, 2021

Thanks! Very smooth motors and smooth flying:)

ferdifant_fpv Feb 26, 2021

looks nice, what batteries are you using and what flight times are you getting?

yuvalyosef2000 Feb 27, 2021

about 4 minutes with an 850mah 4S

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