First Build - FlyfishRC Volador VX3.5

By Cabooshy on Jan 21, 2025

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My Very first Foray into FPV Quads, its not the prettiest, but she flies really nicely!

The Price of the build came to £427.52 (including the batteries)
I'll put the Breakdown below, as Rotorbuilds only shows prices for certain sites and its only in USD.

Frame:

  • Volador VX3.5: £25.95

FC/ESC Stack:
Speedybee F405Mini Stack: £53.90

Motors:

  • T-Motor Pacer 1804 3400Kv T-Mount (1.5mm shaft): £75.60

Props:

  • DAL Cyclone T3528, sold as 4 pairs, 8 props total : £2.55 - bought these originally as UnmannedTech didn't have the HQProp's in stock when i built the quad
  • HQProp T3.5x2x3, sold as 2 pairs, 4 props total: £5.40 - bought two sets, as these were the props i originally wanted, flies much better with proper props on for Freestyle, rather than the Cinewhoop Props that the Cyclone's are.

VTX:

  • DJI O3 Air Unit: £168.99 (as i have the FPV RC3 already i'm using the RC Link that's integrated into the O3AU for now)

Batteries:

  • Turnigy 850mAh 4S 60C LiPo Batteries (price is shown in USD in the build list): £29.70
  • CNHL 550mAh 4S 70C LiHV Batteries (Overall i have 9, 3 i bought when i built my Volador, and 6 more after the fact): £65.43

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Discussion

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LiPoFly   1 hour ago  

What is the dry weight?

Jodie Froster   3 hours ago  

Super nice build, great choices. Great time to get into things, that is so light, with such good video. Batteries are so cheap!

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