Falcon 160 // Mini Me

By Clutzz on Apr 14, 2016

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A little 4"er

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Part List

Frame

Falcon 160 (9 builds)
Fpvheadquarters.com
$69.99

Flight Controller

X-Racer F303 Flight Controller (6 builds)
Fpvmodel.com
$28.19

ESCs

4 x XM20A MINI ESC BLHELI-(ONESHOT)
Readytoflyquads.com
$44.00

Motors

4 x ZMX V2 Motor 2205-2633KV (Purple cap)
Silver-drone.com
$71.16

FPV Camera

Surveilzone Foxeer HS1177 NTSC 2.8mm lens
Droneeclipse.com
$36.99

FPV Transmitter

FX799T Mini 200mW 40CH 5.8GHz Raceband Transmitter
Droneeclipse.com
$33.99

Receiver

FrSky XSR 2.4GHz 16CH ACCST Receiver w/ S-Bus & CPPM (7 builds)
Droneeclipse.com
$29.99

HD Camera

RunCam 2 (7 builds)
Shop.runcam.com
$99.00
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Discussion

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aliimam   Apr 19, 2016  

I like! you dont have any problems hanging the VtX out the back like that?

Also - what spacers are you using between the frame and pdb - I cant get the 0.5mm that comes with to be useful - as soon as I have a pololu onboard I need 1-2mm min.

Clutzz   Apr 19, 2016 

I have had a few problems running the VTX like this, not recommended. I moved it up to the back after trying to diagnose some hidden shorts, it's not very protected. Between the frame and PDB I've been cutting the ends off of the rubber vibration dampeners that hold the camera plates on ZMR250, etc. They're about 1mm and can be compressed to create tension

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