You're down at your local park ripping a 5" like Vanover, when the place suddenly gets overrun with people who want to use it for some outregeous activity like cricket. The nerve right! Well now add to this scenario; this particular crowd consists of the local Police Department Vs the local CASA Cricket Club (oh yeah, did i mention you're in Australia where the laws for FPV are straight up BS?!).
This happens every day in Australia. 100's if not 1000's of FPV enthusiasts are currently imprisoned for such crimes against society.
Well not anymore!
Meet the balls-to-wall-5-inch-racing-kwad... in street legal sub-250gms 3 inch form.
Please. I know you're eager to send me queries etc. about such a revolutionary build. But make sure you read through the FAQs first.
FAQs
Q. Why are you so awesome?
A. Look, I get this a lot and honestly, I guess its just a gift.
Q. You're calling this 3" the new 5" of Australian racing? Does it really perform?
A. Its not the size, its what you do with it. Its been my life long philosophy.
Q. Aren't you like a middle aged, married man with kids? How did your wife let you buy this?
A. Pro tip; This is what happens when your wife forgets your anniversary and you actually remember for a change.
Q. Why did you buy a TadPole-HD and not deck it out with digital gear?
A. Hey hey hey, we're not all cashed up boi! And besides, I'm terrible at building OK! I like a bit of space to work with and, like, I had a 20x20 FC sitting around... did I mention I'm cheap?
Q. Are you just into 3" kwads coz you're actually really bad at flying 5"?
A. FU! This interview's over!
Q. How can you call this a racing drone if you've got a split on it...?
A. .......
Do people actually read these blurbs? I honestly only ever comment on other people's work so they drop a like on mine... I mean kudos to you if you've made it this far... Tell you what, if you comment 'Pantaloons' below, I'll drop a like on every build you've ever put up here and I'll comment back with your new 'Pro-Racer FPV handle'. co https://benjjo.github.io/
Frame |
Tadpole HD
(5 builds)
Armattanquads.com
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$47.25 |
Flight Controller |
Omnibus F4 Nano V6 and V6.x¶
Ardupilot.org
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See Site |
ESCs |
Diatone Mamba F30 Mini 4in1 ESC 20x20 M2
Armattanquads.com
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$42.00 |
Motors |
4x Flash Hobby Arthur 1204/5200kv Motors
(2 builds)
Armattanquads.com
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$37.75 |
Propellers |
3 inch Triblade Gemfan Windancer 3028-3 (2x CW, 2x CCW - Clear)
(7 builds)
Armattanquads.com
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$2.79 |
FPV Camera |
RunCam Split Mini 2 FOV 130 Degree 1080P/60fps HD Recording
Sydneytrendshop.com
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$179.99 |
FPV Transmitter |
Chaos Nano VTX Video Transmitter (25-400mW, Smart Audio) - Unmanned Tech UK FPV Shop
Unmannedtechshop.co.uk
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See Site |
Antenna |
Antenne sucette V3 V4/pagode 2 / BlackSheep / Stubby 5.8GHz FPV, prise SMA / RP SMA / MMCX / UFL pour Drone de course RC FPV
(2 builds)
Fr.aliexpress.com
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$2.86 |
Receiver |
FrSky XM+ SBUS Micro Receiver
(1149 builds)
Fpvfaster.com.au
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See Site |
Batteries |
CNHL MiniStar 450mAh 11.1V 3S 70C Lipo Battery For Digiwhoop
Chinahobbyline.com.au
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$10.61 |
Holy Pantaloons I built this too! Same size motors with a 20mm T-motor mini F7 and a vista :)
Cool build.
Nice Pantaloons lol
The Tadpole is my favorite sub250. Ive built up three of the 65mm so far the first of which I sold shortly after building it. I have parts now for a fourth build which is going to be an HDZaero build.
LOL Pantalooooonnsss
That looks wild as!
How are those 5200motors? Got the old 5000s on mine!
Pantaloons you wild bizzitch.
I only commented because i have one of these Sub250 rockets running digital that I just converted over to a cinewhoop with some universal ducts. Nice build Koala humper.
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i built one with 1506 motors, its a rocket
put the build up bro! i gotta see it!