After a flyaway of my actual first quad (tsx220, brilliant frame) almost a year back, I needed something to get me back into the air so I made this using the spare parts of the flyaway.
edit lolll just realised I got no pics on this post ill put some on
Idk why but I loved flying smaller 4 inch props on bigger motors a while ago but now Im a fan of higher kv and biblades (good response turned into wanting response and speed i guess)
much sad pic of me switching burned escs on the tsx220 I had a lonnng time ago in about 2015 (big F)
this turned into an unloved wretch of a quad as shown below built for fun not performance T_T (yeah that crap quad pic with biblades has the q4040 from the other pic when I crashed, the props were a gift from an amazing inspiration and helper for me (Thank you Dan!) so I kept them around for a very long time as they kept getting more chewed)
ive got some disgusting old terrible flight footage which I might post later
Frame |
EMAX Nighthawk X5 Kit
Rcgeeks.co.uk
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Flight Controller |
AfroFlight Naze32 Rev5 Acro FunFly Controller
(25 builds)
Hobbyking.com
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$26.51 |
ESCs |
4 x Little Bee 20A-S / 30A-S BLHeli_S OPTO ESC with OneShot125 2-6S
Flyingtech.co.uk
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Motors |
4 x EMAX RS2205 2600Kv RaceSpec Cooling Series Motor
Unmannedtechshop.co.uk
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Propellers |
DAL T5040 V2 Tri-Blade Super Durable Propellers (2x CW + 2x CCW) - Black
Hobbyrc.co.uk
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FPV Camera |
HS1177 Plastic Cased Mini Board Camera Sony Super HAD CCD with 600TVL (IR Blocked)
(2 builds)
Hobbyrc.co.uk
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FPV Transmitter |
Foxeer TM25 5.8GHz 40CH Video Transmitter (SMA)
(2 builds)
Hobbyrc.co.uk
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Antenna |
TBS Triumph 5.8GHz Antenna RHCP (SMA) (2 Pack)
(369 builds)
Hobbyrc.co.uk
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Receiver |
Spektrum DSMX Quad Race Serial Receiver with Diversity - SPM4648
Wirelessmadness.com
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Batteries |
Drone Lab 1500mah 4s 50-100c Premium Lipo Battery
(3 builds)
Radioc.co.uk
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Cool to see what a old emax was supposed to look like. I bought 8 of those frames for $8 ea on ebay .Never built one the way it was intended just used all the bits still, using some. All the pdb boards fried or shorted against the carbon if not insulaited.
AAAArrr the good old days
haha yeah the pdbs were crap I was using external 5v becs squished in there, also 8 dollars??? jeeehzz. Nice to see the x5 being reincarnated into monster frankenstein quads:)