Reptile Dragon II

By jolars on Jun 06, 2021

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Whew! This looks like a fun plane. I have it all ready to maiden, just haven't had a nice enough day to toss it in the air yet.

Running a stock power train on 7" triswith a Matek 405 WSE and a DJI AirUnit. Also running a Runcam 4K up front.

Look at the giant chunk of lead I needed to put in the nose to get this thing to balance! Hopefully the marks on the wings are correct!

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Part List

Frame

REPTILE DRAGON-2 1200mm Wingspan Twin Motor Double Tail EPP FPV RC Airplane KIT/PNP
Usa.banggood.com
$192.99

Flight Controller

Flight Controller F405-WSE – Matek Systems
Mateksys.com
See Site

FPV Camera

Caddx DJI Digital HD FPV Air Unit Kit (293 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

Receiver

TBS Crossfire Micro RX V2 (287 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$34.95
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Jokerman518   May 20, 2022  

Hay there did you have any issues with your air unit overheating? My buddy has the same setup and a air unit in the nose with the gopro hole open and still had the unit blackout on 25mw. We are thinking overheating.

jolars   Jun 13, 2022 

No, never had any issues. I am in Seattle so it rarely gets above 75 F here. I run the unit with higher than stock power and dont have any issues with heat (so far)

BillyChandler   May 24, 2022  
1

I think he flies well

benjo   Jun 15, 2021  
1

Looks like a lot of fun!

jolars   Jun 15, 2021 

It is, it is! Just posted a maiden video. Only a couple flights in so far, but it flies great.

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