2.5" Toothpick (2 Whoop Batts)

By JasonFPV0 on Nov 28, 2024

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I've always flown either 5" quads or 65mm whoops with nothing in between, and I wanted something smaller that I could still fly outside. I also wanted to be able to reuse my whoop batteries, so this is what I came up with. These motors are really intended for a 1s 3" toothpick, so it's quite fast as a 2.5" 2s build. Flight times are about 3.5 minutes, but could be much longer if I flew slower. The vtx on the x12 board is incompatible with the steadyview vrx module in my goggles so I do unfortuntately have to use diversity mode instead of mix mode on the goggles. I initially built this with an xm+ reciever (and older camera) before switching to ELRS so that's why it's there in some of the build pictures. It flies best on the biblades but the triblades really look mean, like a sized down race quad. While my pictures have the triblades, I haven't been flying it like that.

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Part List

Frame

TOOTHPICK by APEX RACING (11 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$10.99

Flight Controller

Happymodel X12 5-IN-1 F4 12A Whoop AIO Flight Controller - Choose Receiver OptionELRS 2.4GHz
Pyrodrone.com
$62.99

Motors

4 x RCINPOWER GTS V2 1202.5 11500KV Motor - Choose Color (15 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$43.96

Propellers

HQ Prop Micro Prop 65MM (5CW+5CCW)-Poly Carbonate-1.5MM ShaftLight Grey (3 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$2.99

Propellers

HQ Prop Durable Prop T65MM (5CW+5CCW)-Poly CarbonateLight Grey (31 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$2.99

Propellers

AVAN Rush 2.5 Inch Prop (13 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$1.59

FPV Camera

CADDX ANT 4:3 Black Nano FPV Camera (136 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$17.90

Antenna

Lumenier Micro AXII 2 5.8GHz Antenna Regular UFL Lite - RHCPDefault Title
Pyrodrone.com
$19.99

Receiver

Sequre ELRS 2.4GHz Single RX Single Antenna TCXO High Refresh Rate Low Latency Receiver w/ UFL AntennaDefault Title
Pyrodrone.com
$11.99

Batteries

BETAFPV LAVA 1S 300mAh 75C BT2.0 Battery (5PCS)Default Title
Pyrodrone.com
$21.99

Radio

Jumper T15 ELRS 1W 2.4GHz VS-M HALL Sensor Gimbals 3.5" HD Touch Color Screen EdgeTX RC Transmitter - Choose Color
Pyrodrone.com
$159.99

Goggles

Skyzone SKY04X PRO OLED 5.8GHz FPV Goggles w/ SteadyView Diversity Rx - Choose Color
Pyrodrone.com
$519.00

3D Printed

Slim Whoop Camera Mount (Adjustable Angle) by MrShutterBug (3 builds)
Thingiverse.com
See Site

HD Camera

GoPro Hero 11 Black
Bluewaterphotostore.com
$299.99

Battery Charger

ToolkitRC M6D Dual Channel 500W 25A DC Battery Charger (7 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$69.99

Soldering Iron

SEQURE Mini SQ-001 65W Digital OLED Programmable Interface DC5525 Soldering Iron
Getfpv.com
See Site
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