I've been watching Ummagawd's sub-250g 5" design/build series and it got me excited to build a lightweight 5" quad. I started watching videos of them and they offer the same benefits as my favorite quad (3" TP3) which are primarily efficiency and quiet, but with the potential benefit of more power and more speed.

I considered Ummagawd's 2Fiddy frame but then I would have had to use his motors and also it's a bit heaver than what I wanted. I really enjoy underslung batteries and adore my FPV Cycle Toothpick3 build so I went with the FPV Cycle PowerPick with the 5" arms. I chose the FPVCycle 2203/4 3,450kv motors and 3S batteries so it should have plenty of power but nothing wild. Kabab says that going to 4S with those motors on a lightweight build is difficult to tune because it's so powerful - ain't nobody got time for that.

The build went smoothly, although I did have to take the arms off and on like three times to get it all assembled because I kept running into issues with the battery strap (it is a TIGHT fit and very difficult to make work well). My goal weight was really about 280g since I'm going with a fairly large battery for this build - I could easily drop down to an 800mAh or so 3S and get below the magical and mythical 250g number. Quad is built, programmed, and test hovered so far - charging a few packs to rip after work!

Build Notes:
-The AIO came with an XT30 connector and 18ga wire but I used some spare 14ga wire with an XT60 connector
-FPV camera is powered off VTX
-FPV camera is soft mounted to mount with very soft o-rings and the camera canopy is soft mounted to the frame with very soft o-rings. Makes for SUPER buttery FPV feed - plan to do this with all my other quads.
-The motor wires are heatshrinked to the arms
-The R-XSR antennae are heatshrinked to zipties connected to the arms

I have named all of my quads and this one is no different, welcome to the world, Finn!

Dry Weight: 176.6g
All Up Weight: 284.4g