Took a stab at my first Octo build. Emailing Andy Shen I had asked about a higher KV motor on the bottoms to increase thrust, he recomended the same motors but more pitch on the lower props which I did. Will need to address my antenna issues for the future. Jumped into Shark Byte as well to boot.
Frame |
Big Baby
(8 builds)
Shendrones.myshopify.com
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$36.00 |
Flight Controller |
Matek F722 Mini SE 20x20 Flight ControllerDefault Title
(4 builds)
Racedayquads.com
|
$59.99 |
ESCs |
2 x T-Motor Cinematic F30A 32Bit 30A 3-6S 4in1 ESCDefault Title
(4 builds)
Racedayquads.com
|
$79.80 |
Motors |
8 x BrotherHobby Tornado T1 1407 3600Kv Micro Motor3600kv
(193 builds)
Racedayquads.com
|
$127.92 |
Propellers |
HQProp DP-3x5x3 Props (3 Colors)
Cyclonefpv.com
|
$2.89 |
Propellers |
GEMFAN 3016-3 PROPS - (2CW + 2CCW)
(57 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
|
$2.59 |
FPV Camera |
Foxeer Digisight Nano Analog / Digital 720P CMOS FPV Camera (1.7mm) for Shark Byte - Choose Your ColorBlack
(5 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$49.99 |
FPV Transmitter |
Fat Shark Shark Byte TX5M.1 VTX
(4 builds)
Getfpv.com
|
$99.00 |
Antenna |
TrueRC Singularity MMCX 5.8Ghz AntennaRHCP / MMCX 90 Deg
Airbladeuav.com
|
$19.99 |
Receiver |
FrSky R-XSR 2.4GHz Micro ReceiverDefault Title
(937 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$21.99 |
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Love these Big Baby builds. They look super cool. Nice work.