Swirlie

By K24cl9 on Feb 23, 2017

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The Swirlie. Another brushless micro quad from the guys at the Short Crayon and Winder Wonder Works. Motor to motor this is the same size as a Tiny Whoop, but with 2s power (or 3s) and brushless motors you have a ton more torque than a Tiny Whoop could ever dream of. Check out my short build log and test flights. More flight footage will be on the channel soon.

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Part List

Frame	Swirlie Kit - Pistachio 'Nut' Green Edition (3 builds) Winderwonderworks.com	$22.00
Flight Controller	Emax STM32F303 F3 Femto Flight Controller with Integrated BEC/Buzzer Pads/VBat/PDB for RC Drone (10 builds) Banggood.com	$20.99
ESCs	Cicada 4-in-1 10A BusyBee2 Tiny BLHeli_S DShot ESC (33 builds) Airbladeuav.com	$34.99
Motors	Page Not Found - Banggood.com (9 builds) Goo.gl	$17.50
Propellers	FuriousFPV High Performance 1935-4 Propellers (Transparent 2CW & 2CCW)SKU: FPV-0152-S Furiousfpv.com	$3.45
FPV Camera	Crazepony FPV Micro AIO Camera 5.8G 48CH 25mW Transmitter with Y Splitter for FPV Drone like Blade Inductrix etc (23 builds) Amazon.com	$21.98
Receiver	Spektrum DSMX Quad Race Receiver with Diversity (124 builds) Amazon.com	$1.00
Batteries	Turnigy nano-tech 300mAh 2S 35~70C Lipo Pack (28 builds) Hobbyking.com	$4.99
HD Camera	RunCam2 5-17V 1080P 60FPS 40ms Low Latency The Lightest Mini Sport Action RC FPV HD Camera with Built-in Wi-Fi(Silver-Gray) Amazon.com	$80.99

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Discussion

lagtastic Jul 08, 2017

hiyas. how long of a flight time are you getting with the 300mah nano-techs? thnx

K24cl9 Jul 08, 2017

About 2:30-3 mins depending how hard I am flying.

tch Mar 25, 2017

Can you go 10000 kV with the 1935 props for more thrust?

K24cl9 Mar 25, 2017

Yup, and you should. I went to 10k and haven't looked back

tch Mar 25, 2017

I imagine 3S is not doable though.

K24cl9 Mar 28, 2017

Oh no. Your motors will come down volcano hot.

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