U220 - Uber Design 220

By bulbufet on Mar 14, 2016

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Built this to test out the Uber Design 220 to test out my friend Eric's design. It's an amazing little beast, and I can't believe how well it flies.

Part List

Frame

Images
Rcgroups.com
See Site

Flight Controller

X-Racer F303 Flight Controller (44 builds)
Fpvmodel.com
$28.19

ESCs

4 x 20A LittleBee ESC (24 builds)
Readytoflyquads.com
$44.00

Motors

4 x SunnySky X2204S KV2300 II Brushless Motor (8 builds)
Buddyrc.com
$439.96

Propellers

2 x Gemfan Bull Nose 5045 CW Green
Twistedquads.com
$6.38

FPV Camera

FPV lens 2.1mm
Rotorgeeks.com
$6.50

FPV Camera

PZ Mini FPV camera (11 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$33.24

FPV Transmitter

FX799T 200mW Video transmitter - SMA (13 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$33.00

Receiver

FrSKY X4R-SB Receiver (176 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$36.44

Power Distribution

Power Distribution Board 2oz copper
Readytoflyquads.com
$1.99
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bulbufet   Mar 14, 2016  
  • Indoors testing:
  • Broke it with this crash, but i think it was an exception:
    (was able to easily fix with epoxy
  • Some fast laps:
  • some freestyle:
  • maiden flight:
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Whiffles   May 11, 2016 
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Thanks for the suggestion Syrne! I was thinking about adding an "Add Video" button to the build editor where it'll add a thumbnail of the video just like the images section. When you click a thumbnail it'll go to a separate page with just the video and the comments below. How does that sound?

Syrne   May 11, 2016 

I'm sure that would work well! Looking forward to the changes, I've done a little web dev myself so it's really cool to see your site evolve. When I first landed on this page I thought, "Wow, this niche hobby has some really professional looking websites!!" Keep up the good work :)

Whiffles   May 11, 2016 

Thanks for the support! I've been doing web dev for almost 20 years, so it's nice to build something for myself every once in a while.

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