Atom v3

By spilly on Aug 23, 2017

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3" Powerhouse. Lightening fast and extremely agile. Running 850mah 3s batteries provides excellent power and flight times as well as keeping the AUW under 250g. weight was 236g with stock atom fav camera but image quality was awful. Final AUW with micro swift is 246g. XM+ provides amazing range (far superior than my other quad with x4r-sb), and the DYS stack makes for a clean build. Micro swift is definitely a tight fit under the canopy but it does fit and provides the image quality you'd expect from any full size runcam. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this setup to anyone looking for a sub 250g quad that will do everything that a 5" can do and maybe even more.

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Part List

Frame	RotorX RX122 Atom V3 Frame Kit (4 builds) Desertaircraft.com.au	See Site
Flight Controller	Upgrade DYS 30.5x30.5mm F4 Pro V2 Flight Controller AIO OSD & 5V 9V 3.3V BEC & Current Sensor (140 builds) Banggood.com	$39.00
ESCs	DYS F20A 4-in-1 ESC BLHeli_S Dshot (22 builds) Getfpv.com	$38.99
Motors	4 x Tiger Motor F20 4100Kv FPV Series Motor Getfpv.com	$71.96
Propellers	Lumenier 3x4x3 V2- Propeller (Set of 4 - Transparent Black) (15 builds) Getfpv.com	$2.24
FPV Camera	RunCam Swift Micro Camera 2.1mm Lens Getfpv.com	$29.99
FPV Transmitter	TBS Unify Pro 5G8 V3 (RP-SMA) (103 builds) Team-blacksheep.com	$39.95
Antenna	TBS Triumph-STUB SMA (RHCP 2PCS) (143 builds) Getfpv.com	$39.99
Receiver	Frsky XM+ Micro D16 SBUS Full Range Mini Receiver Up to 16CH for RC FPV Racing Drone Banggood.com	$13.69

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renmedalhkg Dec 07, 2017

Is this the Thingiverse file for the camera mount?
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2452109

Did it fit your canopy without modification? The author mangled the front of his canopy seemingly to get the micro swift to fit.

FissionBomb Aug 23, 2017

Well done! Did you print that cam mount or purchase?

spilly Aug 23, 2017

Thanks! Local hobby shop printed it for me from a thingverse file. Camera angle is 28° so no trimming necessary to fit.

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