Diatone roma L3, analog, 3 inch, budget (150usd)

By dublerino on Jan 10, 2023

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Hey this is my second build.
I wanted to make small drone with my very tight student budget. With only around 150 usd I managed to build 3inch freestyle drone !!

I got my frame, motors and AIO first from secondhand but new for less then half of the original price. 50 usd for Diatone Mamba F722 MK1 35A is quite good price in my country. Remaing 40 usd were for cheapest camera and VTX. Since I only have currently only have Graupner radio a had to use graupner Rx. They are quite big so I would like to get different system in the future.

I would like to use this drone for cinematic footage. Cinewhoop would be better but I they are too expensive for me.

I 3d printed antena holder, Rx holder and AIO cover with small bridges to attach cables - but my cable managment is terrible anyway. Also dont mind my perfect plastic tube for rx antena. Although this build look much more profesional then my first one, some weird aspects still remain - I call them "slavic".

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