Goal

Liked the look of the rekon 5 but there's a lot of wasted space in the frame so I decided to squash it down 5mm in height. I wanted something lightweight which could carry a SMO 4K and do some lazy freestyle without the hassle of charging and carrying a ton of 1000mah 6S or larger lipos around.

Frame Changes

I replaced the standoffs to go from a 25mm-front/20mm-rear to a 20mm-front/15mm-rear build. Leaves enough space to run wires over the Vista to the FC and the FC is sitting on a vibration-isolating TPU mount.
Camera holder is obviously replaced, using the original model from thingiverse but scaled to 80% height (25->20mm) and all other dimensions left the same. I also printed the version with a ghost mount underneath, allowing me to mount the ExpressLRS antenna there.

Component selection and construction

I used a JHEMCU 35A AIO as these have worked well for me before.

Motors are the T-motor F2203.5 @2850KV, as they have a 12mm mount as required with this frame.

The eLRS RX is wedged on top of the FC, I may relocate if it shows a tendency to carry vibrations into the FC. I added a 470uf 35v capacitor behind the camera in the nose.
And of course I used some yellow tape and matched the prop nuts to the stand-offs for a snappy finish.

Flight Performance

First flight seemed good, now to see how much filtering I can remove. Impressions are generally positive but the F2203.5 motors are more sedate than I would expect for 2850KV on 4S with a 5" prop. It moves around but isn't that snappy, lovely and stable tho. Maybe I'll go crazy and try a 6S 550mah on there at some point.