Why, oh why, am I so attracted by Nanos?
My friend asked me to transfer his frefly to a whoop. I used that opportunity to build my own
I went with a Betafpv 1s ELRS board and a light external 400mW nano vtx. Coupled with a nano3 and some 0802 22000 kv, I should be getting a lighter and more powerful quad...
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This thing flies fast... but still lacks power when coming down from a powerloop. Very very quiet. Funny flyer.
After 6-7 packs the ESC blew up (I was changing the battery when magic smoke happened
the whoop
The cam angle is tough for beginners
Had to flip the AIO
Had to drill 1.5mm holes to pass the M2 screws into the canopy
Stock tune on 4.2 is good
UPDATE
BETAFPV kindly replaced the burned FC as it failed within thir new 30d warranty period. The new board has been good and works perfect. It's really good to see Betafpv going in such direction.
Here's the tune with the exchanged betafpv 1s FC. Flies good, no vibrations but still some propwash on split S when I don't give enough throttle. This is basically a 65mm whoop tune
batch start
defaults nosave
board_name BETAFPVF4SX1280
manufacturer_id BEFH
mcu_id 0062004a3236510535383430
signature
feature -LED_STRIP
feature -ANTI_GRAVITY
serial 0 1 115200 57600 0 115200
serial 30 2048 115200 57600 0 115200
aux 0 0 0 1700 2100 0 0
aux 1 1 1 900 1300 0 0
aux 2 2 1 1300 1700 0 0
aux 3 35 2 1300 2100 0 0
vtxtable bands 5
vtxtable channels 8
vtxtable band 1 BOSCAM_A A FACTORY 5865 5845 5825 5805 5785 5765 5745 5725
vtxtable band 2 BOSCAM_B B FACTORY 5733 5752 5771 5790 5809 5828 5847 5866
vtxtable band 3 BOSCAM_E E FACTORY 5705 5685 5665 5645 5885 5905 5925 5945
vtxtable band 4 FATSHARK F FACTORY 5740 5760 5780 5800 5820 5840 5860 5880
vtxtable band 5 RACEBAND R FACTORY 5658 5695 5732 5769 5806 5843 5880 5917
vtxtable powerlevels 4
vtxtable powervalues 0 1 2 3
vtxtable powerlabels 25 100 200 350
set gyro_notch1_hz = 400
set gyro_notch2_hz = 200
set acc_calibration = 108,-127,111,1
set max_check = 2000
set motor_pwm_protocol = DSHOT600
set motor_poles = 12
set vbat_max_cell_voltage = 440
set vbat_min_cell_voltage = 300
set current_meter = NONE
set ibata_scale = 179
set small_angle = 180
set osd_warn_core_temp = OFF
set osd_warn_rc_smoothing = OFF
set osd_warn_fail_safe = OFF
set osd_warn_launch_control = OFF
set osd_warn_no_gps_rescue = OFF
set osd_vbat_pos = 2433
set osd_rssi_pos = 2241
set osd_link_quality_pos = 2273
set osd_rssi_dbm_pos = 2305
set osd_tim_1_pos = 386
set osd_tim_2_pos = 2455
set osd_remaining_time_estimate_pos = 33
set osd_flymode_pos = 2423
set osd_throttle_pos = 2401
set osd_vtx_channel_pos = 2080
set osd_crosshairs_pos = 2253
set osd_current_pos = 343
set osd_craft_name_pos = 2441
set osd_home_dist_pos = 98
set osd_flight_dist_pos = 130
set osd_warnings_pos = 2378
set osd_avg_cell_voltage_pos = 289
set osd_disarmed_pos = 2315
set osd_esc_tmp_pos = 163
set osd_esc_rpm_pos = 150
set osd_core_temp_pos = 278
set vtx_band = 4
set vtx_channel = 4
set vtx_power = 3
set vtx_low_power_disarm = ON
set vtx_freq = 5800
set vcd_video_system = NTSC
set expresslrs_uid = 76,17,242,189,185,20
set name = Meteor65-ELRS
profile 0
profile 1
profile 2
set p_pitch = 51
set i_pitch = 99
set d_pitch = 42
set f_pitch = 105
set p_roll = 46
set i_roll = 94
set d_roll = 39
set f_roll = 99
set p_yaw = 50
set i_yaw = 99
set f_yaw = 99
set d_min_roll = 25
set d_min_pitch = 28
profile 2
rateprofile 0
set rates_type = BETAFLIGHT
set roll_rc_rate = 100
set pitch_rc_rate = 100
set yaw_rc_rate = 100
set roll_srate = 70
set pitch_srate = 70
set yaw_srate = 70
rateprofile 1
rateprofile 2
rateprofile 3
rateprofile 4
rateprofile 5
rateprofile 0
set dshot_bitbang = OFF
save
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Did you switch to another FC model?
Betafpv kindly provided me with a new FC as part of their 30d warranty. The new FC has been going strong with the tune pasted above. I have now probably 30 flights on it.