5" Drone

By cadensnyder on Feb 13, 2022

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This is the first quad I built by myself. Yeah the frame has resonance and the 4-in-1 ESC has a bug and the sixty9 makes changing the VTX harder than it would otherwise be but I have a really fun time flying this quad. It's also super durable which is awesome because I crash and think I'm done for the day but I check on it and often times I don't even need to change a prop.

One of the first flights:

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Neu1teiger   Feb 15, 2022  
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Mine has resonance too, but it made it better to replace the button head screws with some beefier socket caps in combination with washers.. That way you can really tighten them up and it helped a little for me. Clean built btw! :)

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