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By BUDLoNG on Mar 11, 2023

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iffy parts build...
All these frame parts were from broken frames.
the front arms are from an armattan tadpole 3" i cut out, the back arms and lower plate are from a HD Phantom, and the top plate is from the baseplate of an analog Phantom. suprisingly its fairly well balanced. Now this frame can support 3" props :D

I had an older fc and as soon as i got everything buttoned up, an esc died. I swapped out the FC with another questionable one I have. I swapped out the motors again or emax 1404 3600kv's
I realized after I was completed one of the emax motors was dead. I decided to replace both front motors with the tmotors so it has 4600kv in front and 3600kv in back. I'm def not getting max power / efficency , but its basically a free build, so I'll suck it up.
I cut out a piece of plastic and scuffed it with sandpaper to get a good diffuse glow. The front landing pads are shorter than the back ones to give it a slammed stance... serves no other purpose.
the antenna exploded on impact from another build, but the guts were fine. I used a couple of layers of heatshrink and it seems to be good to go :)

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Part List

Frame	Tadpole 3 inch (36 builds) Armattanquads.com	$39.00
Frame	GEPRC Phantom HD 2.5" Frame Kit (9 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$18.99
Flight Controller	HAKRC F722 2-6S AIO Whoop/Toothpick Flight Controller w/ 8Bit 40A ESC & External USB Board (10 builds) Racedayquads.com	$86.99
Motors	4 x T-Motor F1404 3800Kv Micro Motor (6 builds) Racedayquads.com	$67.56
Propellers	Gemfan Hurricane 3016 Durable Tri-Blade 3" Prop 4 Pack (1.5mm) - Choose Your Color (20 builds) Racedayquads.com	$2.59
FPV Camera	Runcam HDZero Nano FPV Camera for SharkByteDefault Title (13 builds) Racedayquads.com	$44.99
FPV Transmitter	HDZero Whoop HD Video Transmitter By Divimath (25 builds) Pyrodrone.com	$49.99
Antenna	Foxeer Lollipop V4 Omnidirectional Antenna (6 builds) Newbeedrone.com	$19.99

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Discussion

Jodie Froster Apr 24, 2023

I think this frame fusion is GREAT!
I love the recess that it creates for your receiver. I honestly think that the Phantom is juuust a little to light. If I could add a little carbon to the thing, I would love to make the front arms thicc AND wide, and everything else (except maybe a front bumper) would stay the same. The only possible downside to what you have here could be from strange resonances, but you gotta roll the dice on any new frame :D
I saw this post come up a few days back, how does she fly??!!

BUDLoNG May 01, 2023

this is one of my favorites to fly now:) small enough to not attract to much attention, but still fast enough to explode if i crash at full throttle. 4s 450s its a rocket with tons of control.
no blackbox so i cant speak to resonance but i have not had a flyaway and very little prop wash on default BF settings

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