3inch 1s toothpick "Le Kiaule"

By lekiaulekiau on Apr 22, 2021

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This is the first drone I ever built. And it even flies! I'm super excited about that :D
Heavily inspired by this build: WarPig 120 1S by quad66

Some moments of my first attempts to fly (after 20 hours of flying in Liftoff simulator):

UPDATE: I had some problems with TXLOSS, the reason was loose antenna which eventually got chopped by propellers. Then I found this amazing blog post FIXING 2.4GHZ RADIO RECEIVER ANTENNA and no problems with signal since then :)
Added couple photos with antenna fixed.

Also some progress with flying and crashing:

Photos

Part List

Frame	WarPig 120 v3.1 2mm (3 INCH 1202.5 - 1203 2 S STACK OR AIO BUILDS) (4 builds) Armattanproductions.com	$15.60
Flight Controller	25x25mm Happymodel DiamondF4 AIO Whoop Flight Controller F411 BLHELI_S 5A 200mW VTX SPI FRSKY FLYSKY for Moblite6 Moblite7 Parts (2 builds) Aliexpress.com	$46.99
Motors	4 x RCINPOWER GTS V2 1202.5 11500KV Motor - Choose Color (13 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$43.96
Propellers	Gemfan 3018 Props (4CW + 4CCW) - 2mm (45 builds) Fpvcycle.com	$3.19
FPV Camera	CADDX ANT Lite 4:3 FPVCycle Edition 1200TVL FOV165 globalny WDR PAL/NTSC przełączalna kamera Micro FPV do wyścigów FPV Tinyw (73 builds) Pl.aliexpress.com	$17.64
Batteries	Gaoneng GNB 1S 520mah HV 3.8V 80C PH2.0 Lipo Battery (16 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$4.99
Radio	RadioMaster TX16S Hall Sensor Gimbals 2.4G 16CH Multi-protocol RF System OpenTX Mode2 Transmitter for RC Drone (96 builds) Banggood.com	$185.99
Goggles	EV800D 5.8GHz 40CH Diversity FPV Goggles with DVRDefault Title (20 builds) Racedayquads.com	$119.99
Soldering Iron	Sequre Mini SQ-001 65W Portable Soldering Iron - Choose Version (12 builds) Racedayquads.com	$43.99

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Discussion

Goldwaters Apr 26, 2021

Congrats, your girl is patient to sit through all your flights haha

lekiaulekiau Apr 27, 2021

Haha, I guess I would have lost the drone after the first take-off if my wife hadn't seen where it fell - I had no idea which direction to go when I took off the goggles :D

fw42 Apr 24, 2021

Love this frame and the motors. If you switch to a BT2.0 or to an XT30 battery connector, you will like this build even more (less voltage sag, more flight time).

How is the range on the SPI receiver?

lekiaulekiau Apr 24, 2021

Hi, thanks for the advice! I'll probably postpone this upgrade because I don't think I'll understand the difference: D This is my first quad and I've only flown it twice - bad weather these days :(

I’m not sure if the range of SPI receiver is good or not so good - again I don’t have anything to compare to. But several times I had an unexpected rxloss, I suspect my poor antenna installation could be the reason :D

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