I live in a Vista nudist colony. I pretty much decase them as soon as I get them. I've crashed in trees, on roofs got caught in the rain, in a tree, and while I've broken a couple of them, it hasn't been too bad. I've found ways to protect the number one weakness which is the UFL connector. The vista generally protects itself from heat. I'm looking for a way to cut off power via a switch but the RealPit doesn't work with the vista sadly.
I love micro quads and the fact that you can fly them almost anywhere much more discreetly than a traditional 5in. I built a whoop course in my backyard and when I had back surgery, I'd lay on the couch and fly it from the livingroom. have my son open the kitchen window and zoom in and out of the house. DJI's range is remarkable. Originally I used the Geprc Thinking p16 but I wanted a more traditional whoop frame, especially because you can't turtle the thinking p16. The iflight a85 was too big, and then they released the a75 which was what I was looking for. But I hated having a battery strap on the bottom so I cut the battery holder off the p16 and zip tied it onto the bottom of the a75. Other changes I'll make eventually are pluggable motors and flight controller. I cut off the ridiculous antenna thing on the back of the canopy and replaced the vtx antenna with a dipole from Newbeedrone. Currently it has tracer, but I'm getting happymodel erls receivers with ceramic antenna to replace tracer on my whoops. It does use the nebula nano, but for indoor and under the canopy of my backyard, it's not bad. If you use the battery holder from the p16 the battery has to be 19mm x 17mm width/heights. My gnb 300mah 3s packs are 53x19x17mm
I also cut down the legs of the canopy since I stripped the vista and don't need as much room. I want to try the Analog canopy however since it's already shorter than the digital one. The original dry weight was 71g. I got it down to 59g. AUW is 84g with the 300mah 3s hv.
Frame |
iFlight Alpha A75 HD Digital/Analog Whoop Frame
(2 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
|
$19.99 |
Flight Controller |
SucceX-D 20A V2 Whoop F4 AIO Board (MPU6000)
(4 builds)
Shop.iflight-rc.com
|
$64.99 |
Motors |
4 x iFlight XING-E 1103 8000KV Micro Motor for Alpha A75
Pyrodrone.com
|
$39.96 |
Propellers |
BETAFPV Gemfan 16pcs 40mm 4-Blade Props 1.5mm Shaft Propellers for Beta75X Frame Brushless BNF FPV Whoop Drone 1103 11000KV Brus
Amazon.com
|
$11.99 |
Receiver |
Happymodel 2.4g ExpressLRS EP2 RX Receiver module
(69 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
|
$13.49 |
Batteries |
2PCS GAONENG GNB 300mAh HV LiPo Battery 3S 80C/160C 11.4V XT30 Connector for Beta75x HD Toothpick Micro Quadcopter Whoop Class Q
Amazon.com
|
$26.89 |
New Message for ExplodingEvo