Vera - ZMR Slim Mod

By PixelHawk on Jan 19, 2016

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Really happy with the performance gain of modding the ZMR into a slim build. The center of gravity improvement from the lower battery is a very noticeable improvement in handling. Here is the spacer, I made some small mods to it myself. The final blue spacer was printed in nylon 910 which was passed through a sharpie prior to printing to color it blue. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1255122
I also cut down the top plate to just cover the front two rows of spacers. I used a jigsaw. The carbon fiber cut like butter. Just be sure to wear a gas mask while cutting carbon fiber.
If I could do this again, I would buy the new red bottom EMAX motors, they have insane thrust. I would also get the seriously pro acro FC. $25 for an f3 board is very reasonable.

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Part List

Frame	ZMR250 V2 Carbon Fiber Mini FPV Quadcopter Frame without PDB Fpvmodel.com	$34.99
Flight Controller	Acro Naze 32 Rotorgeeks.com	$19.99
ESCs	4 x MRM Zeus 20 Amp BLHeli ESC Multirotormania.com	$52.00
Motors	4 x Cobra 2204 1960kv (3 builds) Rotorgeeks.com	$78.36
Propellers	10 sets - ORANGE/BLACK Gemfan 6030 2-Blade Multirotor (Total Qty = 40 props) Thebulkpropguy.com	$31.20
FPV Camera	FPV Mini Case 600TVL Wide Voltage Onboard Camera SC2000 RunCam US-SKYPLUS-L28-R RC FPV Camera with Mag. Alloy Case and IR Blocke Amazon.com	$69.99
FPV Transmitter	AOMWAY FPV 5.8Ghz 200mW 32CH Wireless AV Transmitter Module (4 builds) Banggood.com	$22.55
Antenna	Aomway 5.8GHz FPV 4 Leaf Clover AV Transmission RHCP Antenna 1 Pair Blue Red w/Canopy For RC Drone (114 builds) Banggood.com	$11.99

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sacha16 Jan 21, 2016

Hi, what is the name of the blue cable wrap? Where can i find it? Thank you

PixelHawk Jan 31, 2016

These are called "mesh" or braided mesh. You can find them with US shipping here if you are US based, and no doubt internationally on other sites. http://www.multirotormania.com/89-braided-mesh

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