Slammed Nighthawk x5 rebuild

By IcarusIX on Jun 30, 2017

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So this is a rebuild of my previous post with a few upgrades and MUCH better build quality so that it served me without breaking anything but props for about 6 months. Somehow, it was reasonably lighter too (previous post being about 360g whearas this one is about 320g...)

edit: this quad was pretty sick, ngl. here are more pics.
the doodle and mockup is me having a heartbreak realising that Ideas for frames I have already exist. I loved 4 inch heavy overmotored quads for a bit so I tried to make a top mount vert plates freestyle version (before they were cool >:( lol) but alas.

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Part List

Frame	EMAX Nighthawk X5 Kit Rcgeeks.co.uk	See Site
Flight Controller	Betaflight F7 Pro Flight Controller w/Dual Gyro OSD Blackbox Barometer Current Sensor (22 builds) Hobbyking.com	$45.00
ESCs	4 x Favourite FVT LittleBee Spring 30A ESC Blheli_S Dshot OPTO 2-6S Mulitshot Oneshot for RC Drone FPV Racing (16 builds) Banggood.com	$63.52
Motors	4 x Emax RS2205-2600KV RS 2205 2600KV Racing Edition CW/CCW Brushless Motor for RC Drone FPV Racing (20 builds) Banggood.com	$51.96
Propellers	DAL T5040 V2 Tri-Blade (45 builds) Dalprops.com	$2.49
FPV Camera	Rotor Riot Special Edition RunCam Swift (144 builds) Store.rotorriot.com	$39.99
FPV Transmitter	Foxeer TM25 5.8GHz 40CH Video Transmitter (SMA) (2 builds) Hobbyrc.co.uk	See Site
Antenna	TBS Triumph 5.8 GHz Antenna - SMA (367 builds) Fpvheadquarters.com	$39.95
Receiver	Spektrum - DSMX Quad Race Receiver with Diversity (SPM4648) (108 builds) Readymaderc.com	$24.99
Batteries	Acehe 4S 14.8V 1300mAh 75C High Rated Lipo Battery (21 builds) Pirofliprc.com	$23.19

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Discussion

jM_45 Jun 28, 2018

Can I put HD Camera on this frame?

IcarusIX Sep 23, 2018

ye. I used some scrap foam and a lipo strap but this build is long gone (long since been rebuilt a thousand times lol). I have rebuilt this frame v recently as a hx frame

IcarusIX Jun 30, 2017

Tape was to help protect from grass and moist grass and it was efficiant. This build is no more because a certaim crash motivated me to do a more major makeover which i'll post next

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