This was my attempt at building a 85mm whoop with the nebula pro camera instead of the nebula nano to have something to fly indoors when the weather isn't great.
Dry weight is ~76g with the cf bottom plate.
If you use the cf bottom plate, you'll need m1.6x5mm screws. The ones that come with the motors are too short.
I liked the look of the beta85x 4k frame and canopy, but the canopy doesn't quite fit the vista, so I designed a similar canopy with more clearance that I printed in sainsmart tpu.
I used a minimortal t and ORT micro vee antenna to save some weight. You could probably just use a regular 5.8ghz linear dipole antenna.
For motors, I used the 1103 11000kv variant because I wanted to try it on 2s and 3s. I tried RDQ 2s 650mah lihv, and gnb 3s 520mah lihv. I like how it flies better on the 3s, even though it adds more weight. If you want to fly exclusively on 3s, the 8000kv variant of these motors would be better. On 3s, I put a throttle limit to prevent burning anything up.
Flight time was 2.5 - 3m
It's a bit heavy as expected. It flies OK indoors. It suffers from yaw washout outdoors if you try to do something like pull out from a big dive. But if you want something small and want a non-naked vista unit in it, this works for cruising around the house.
Overall, this build is very easy because the FC has DJI, rx, and motor plugs. The only soldering was on the rx, and putting the wire harness on the vista unit.
Frame |
BetaFPV Beta85X 4K 4S Whoop Frame Upgrade Kit
(10 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$9.99 |
Flight Controller |
F405 2-4S AIO Brushless Flight Controller (BLHeli_S) V3
(11 builds)
Betafpv.com
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$42.99 |
Motors |
1103 Brushless Motors
(32 builds)
Betafpv.com
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$39.99 |
Propellers |
EMAX Avan Blur 2x1.9x3 Tri-Blade 2" Prop 4 Pack - RedDefault Title
(12 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$1.49 |
FPV Transmitter |
FPV Drone Video Receiver Antennas for - Race Day Quads
(59 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$2.99 |
Antenna |
ORT Micro Vee 5.8GHz U.FL Antenna - Linear - Choose Your Color and Length
(9 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$6.99 |
Antenna |
MiniMortal T V2 for Crossfire - manufactured by TBS
(30 builds)
Fpvcycle.com
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$3.99 |
Receiver |
TBS Crossfire Nano Rx FPV Long Range Drone Receiver
(1499 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
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$24.95 |
Batteries |
Gaoneng GNB 3S 11.4V HV 520mah LiPo Battery 80C XT30 LiHV
(13 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
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$11.49 |
3D Printed |
Beta85X 4k - Caddx Vista Canopy by veldros
Thingiverse.com
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