Mr. Steele Alien

By dewke on Apr 18, 2017

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First quad - I wanted to build the Alien mostly because of the rotor riot videos. I wanted an OSD so I followed what Mr. Steele does.

I really like the Kiss FC/esc combo. If they included an OSD it would be perfect. Regarding the OSD, I'm not sold on the the PNP50. I don't need the filtered power because of the HV unify pro, so all it provides is the OSD and current draw. It's expensive and too big for just that purpose.

Other than that I switched to dal triblades because the HQ props are far too fragile for my ability level.

Part List

Frame

ImpulseRC Slammed Alien 5" Freestyle Frame (34 builds)
Rotorriot.com
$82.99

Flight Controller

Flyduino KISS Flight Controller (179 builds)
Store.rotorriot.com
$25.00

ESCs

4 x Flyduino KISS 24A ESC (122 builds)
Store.rotorriot.com
$79.96

Motors

4 x Lumenier 2206 2350KV Motor (39 builds)
Store.rotorriot.com
$79.96

Propellers

2 x HQ Prop 5x4x3 Glass Nylon Propeller Pair (8 builds)
Store.rotorriot.com
$2.34

FPV Camera

Rotor Riot Special Edition RunCam Swift (144 builds)
Store.rotorriot.com
$39.99

FPV Transmitter

TBS Unify Pro 5G8 HV (RP-SMA) (83 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$49.95

Antenna

TBS Triumph 5.8 GHz Antenna - SMA (367 builds)
Fpvheadquarters.com
$39.95

Receiver

FrSky X4R-SB - 3/16 Channel Receiver with SBUS and CPPM without pins (128 builds)
Getfpv.com
$22.49

Batteries

2 x Tattu 1300mAh 4S 75C lipo battery pack with XT60 plug (10 builds)
Genstattu.com
$44.98

Batteries

2 x Tattu 1300mAh 3S 75C lipo battery pack with XT60 plug (4 builds)
Genstattu.com
$37.98
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