Budget 210 FPV Build

By Lincoln on Apr 18, 2016

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This is the second multirotor I've built. My first was a ZMR250 that didn't last many flights because I crashed it often and ended up breaking one of the arms off. When i broke the ZMR frame, I decided to find a frame I could move the components to and ended up with the LS-210 frame. My goal is to use this setup for learning and fly as much as possible this summer. UPDATE Made it through most of the summer of 2016 before the frame broke. In retrospect, there's too much weight up top (battery, runcam, buzzer). What happened was, even with light impact the upper plate shifted forward, bending the soft aluminum standoffs, then eventually the main plate broke clean through. Check out the picture for where the main plate cracked.

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Part List

Frame

Lisam LS-210 210mm Carbon Fiber Frame Kit Mini Quadcopter (24 builds)
Banggood.com
$14.99

Flight Controller

Hobbypower CC3D Openpilot Self-stabilizing Flight Controller 32Bit for Mini 250 Quadcopter + 1 Hobbypower strap (3 builds)
Amazon.com
$15.99

ESCs

Crazepony® 4pcs Emax SimonK 12A Brushless ESC Speed Controller For FPV QAV250
Amazon.com
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Motors

4 x Emax MT2204 2300KV Brushless Motor For QAV250 RC Drone FPV Racing (12 builds)
Banggood.com
$62.32

Propellers

4 x DAL Tri 5x4.5 V2 tip (3 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$17.00

Propellers

4 x 2 Pairs DAL PROP 5045 5x4.5 Inch PC Fiberglass Multicolor Propeller CW/CCW For QAV250 Series Frame
Banggood.com
$9.44

FPV Camera

Eachine CCD 700tvl 148 Degree Camera Lens w/ 5.8G 200mW FPV Transmitter
Banggood.com
$32.99

FPV Transmitter

Walkera Devo 7E 7CH Transmitter Mode 2 Without Receiver (3 builds)
Banggood.com
$59.99

Antenna

2 x Skyzone 5.8GHz RHCP 4 Leaf FPV Antenna TX/RX SMA/RP-SMA (8 builds)
Banggood.com
$11.76

Receiver

FlySky FS-R6B 2.4Ghz 6CH AFHDS Receiver for fs i6 i10 T6 CT6B TH9x (3 builds)
Banggood.com
$9.69

Batteries

2 x Pulse 3S 1350mAh 11.1v 35C LiPo Battery
Lipomall.com
$35.98

Power Distribution

Matek Mini Power Hub Power Distribution Board PDB With BEC 5V And 12V for RC Drone FPV Racing (54 builds)
Banggood.com
$6.01

Goggles

Fat Shark Dominator V3 FPV Goggles (63 builds)
Getfpv.com
$299.99

Misc Parts

2 x 2 in 1 Lipo Battery Low Voltage Tester 1S-8S Buzzer Alarm (3 builds)
Banggood.com
$4.99

Misc Parts

Rotorgeeks Battery Strap - 20x210mm (10 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$4.11

Misc Parts

2 x Aluminum M3x6 screws (3 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$2.68
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flyhigh916   May 04, 2016  

Looks great. I do kind of like that frame over my ZMR 250 also. Although I JUST replaced the arms on mine tonight after one broke and the new ones didn't match the old. Will probably make the same move as you did and just go for another frame similar to this if the ZMR doesn't hold up. I like the FPV camera solution that frame has, where there's a cut out on the top plate so you can really angle the camera to whatever you may like!

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