Rambling

I thought it would be fun to do a throwback to one of my early builds that survived from late 2016. It has been through some major crashes, many broken parts, and a few upgrades since I originally built it, but at some point, I just replaced the same parts that worked for this setup. Having quite a few relics onboard, this keeps up with many of my new builds in smooth flight characteristics and forgiveness. I used to have a twin build for this guy but since some parts are not being made anymore I'm down to just this one. At some point, I did buy a bunch of spare parts for the frame so that should be good for a few more years. I might retire it once I'm out of spare frame parts.

Parts History

It's kinda of crazy that these littlebee ESCs are still alive today. I remember at some point to update from bl_heli to bl_heli S we had to remove a capacitor, then use a STEM USB dongle, solder it, and flash the firmware to to each esc. The OG foam and GAUI strap are still kicking. I was running the original Emax 2205 "Redbottoms", but after smashing a few of those I later upgraded to these higher KV versions. The camera was updated from some early CMOS cam at some point too as I smashed into a light pole at full speed. Unlike my build from earlier in 2016 that used a CC3D Fc, I got a new Omnibus f3, and that later burnt up in a crash but gave me a reason to get rid of the piggyback OSD board and get the fancy Omnibus f3 with an integrated OSD chip! At some point, I wanted better range and penetration so I upgraded the VTX to this AKK FX-2 VTX to get that maximum "legal" power and ability to change my channels and power in the OSD.

Anyways, I think it might be cool to see people post their older builds, and see how they evolved for them over time.