Rekon 5 economy build

By ToddF on Mar 30, 2021

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I wanted this quad to be lightweight, and also not expensive. It's not necessarily built for long range, but for flying for fun. No buzzer, GPS, Crossfire, or GoPro mount. Weight with no battery: 191gm. Flight time with 1500mAh 4S lipo (auw 374gm): 19m30s.

Note that the arms that come with the frame are cut wrong and have excess slop. There is a big gap between the arms I needed to shim to get the arms tight.

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Part List

Frame	Rekon FPV Rekon5 5" Mini LR Frame Kit (2 builds) Getfpv.com	$43.99
Flight Controller	HIFIONRC F7 2-4S AIO Toothpick/Whoop Flight Controller w/ 25A 4in1 ESC (7 builds) Racedayquads.com	$42.99
Motors	4 x NewBeeDrone FLOW 2004 Motor (3 builds) Newbeedrone.com	$75.96
Propellers	Gemfan Hurricane SL 5125-3 Blade 5 inch Ultralite Racing Prop (22 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$3.29
FPV Transmitter	FPV Drone Video Receiver Antennas for - Race Day Quads (198 builds) Racedayquads.com	$3.99
Batteries	Tattu R-Line 14.8V 4S 850mAh 95C LiPo Micro Battery - XT30 (70 builds) Racedayquads.com	$20.59
3D Printed	Rekon 5 stock Vista antenna mount by ToddF Thingiverse.com	See Site
3D Printed	Rekon 5 FPV camera mount with XT30 clamp by ToddF Thingiverse.com	See Site
3D Printed	Rekon 5 All In One Flight Controller adapter (AIO) by ToddF Thingiverse.com	See Site

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DarthCDX May 04, 2021

I was wanting to know where did you get your parts printed at unfortunately I don't have a 3D printer? and there was one other thing I needed to know is there's a mounting plate that I want to get made for a HGLRC F4 V5PRO All in One Flight Controller with OSD and Switchable VTX which would have to go from 30.5x30.5 to 20x20 to fit this build that I want to do with the Rekon 5".

ToddF May 06, 2021

I have a 3D printer, so I print my own parts. What was the second question?

DarthCDX May 06, 2021

I want to get made for a HGLRC F4 V5PRO All in One Flight Controller with OSD and Switchable VTX which would have to go from 30.5x30.5 to 20x20 to fit this build that I want to do with the Rekon 5". I'll upload pics later.

AVGVSTVS Apr 11, 2021

I have the same frame but not cut by Rekon/HGLRC and didn't have any slop in my arms. Sounds like a cutting error, I would have that warrantied.

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DarthCDX May 04, 2021

CNC madness.

ToddF May 04, 2021

Just FYI, there are some differences between the top plate on Thingiverse and the one on the Rekon frame. The Rekon plate is cut to let the battery wire out.

GQ4Life May 04, 2021

in the front?

GQ4Life May 02, 2021

did u do a custom motor mixer

ToddF May 04, 2021

I don't fully understand the question, but I don't think so. I'm using the DJI controller, which doesn't have an option for custom mixes.

GQ4Life May 04, 2021

oh no. motor mixer is on betaflight or inav. where you measure motor distance so flight controller know how much force is needed. think might help. they did it for explorer. mmixer what command is on betaflight