A Scott Tomlinson inspired ultralite 5inch using the efficient T-motor 2203.5 1500kV
Apart from the motors I built this from parts I already had. The frame is a cheap Floss copy, I had to mount the arms underneath so that the 20 x 20 stack would fit, and I radiused the edges with a router which saved a couple of grams. AUW 206g
Scott's came in at 20g lighter without gps. I have mamaged to get 31 minutes on a 4s Sony VT6 Lion pack. It's much colder here than down under, so hard to compare flight time with his.
I used the TBS mounting board for the XF Nano and Unify Nano.
It flies really nice on stock PIDs, I tried it with a 4S 650mah and got 8 minutes of fun flying. I'm going to try bi-blades to see if flight time improves.
Improvements I'd like to make are 6S ESC's , Caddx Ratel or Vista Nebula, Gopro naked mount, AIO board and printed canopy.
DVR on a 4S 650 mah, you can see the current draw stays around 3 amps.
Frame |
HSKRC Foss 210 210mm Wheelbase 4mm Arm 3K Carbon Fiber 5 Inch Frame Kit for RC Drone FPV Racing
Uk.banggood.com
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$14.31 |
Flight Controller |
MAMBA F405 Mini MK2 Betaflight F4 Flight Controller & F30 30A / 25A 3-4S DSHOT600 FPV Racing Brushless ESC 20×20mm for RC Drone
Uk.banggood.com
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$39.99 |
Motors |
4 x T-Motor F2203.5 KV1500
Team-blacksheep.com
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$79.60 |
Propellers |
Gemfan 5125 3-Blade Propellers 5mm/1.5mm Shaft (Gray)
Ebay.com
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$3.38 |
FPV Camera |
Caddx Kangaroo 1000TVL 2.1mm 12M 7G Glass Lens /2M 2.1mm Lens 16:9/4:3 Switchable Super WDR 4ms Low Lantency FPV camera For RC D
Uk.banggood.com
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$27.66 |
FPV Transmitter |
TBS Unify Pro32 Nano 5G8 V1.1
(39 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
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$29.95 |
Antenna |
TrueRC OCP 5.8Ghz U.FL Antenna
Droneauthority.co.uk
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See Site |
Receiver |
TBS CROSSFIRE NANO RX (SE) - FPV LONG RANGE DRONE RECEIVER
(412 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
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$29.95 |
Misc Parts |
Beitian Dual BN-220 GPS GLONASS Antenna Module TTL Level RC Drone Airplane
Uk.banggood.com
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$15.39 |
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