The Falcon Multirotors Babyshark is shipping now! Get yours for only $25!
Babyshark Pod is a 2" brushless micro designed to look cute and crash hard. It's a very tight build that requires a very specific set of components, so it's not for everyone, but it's definitely rewarding to build and tons of fun to fly.
This TinyFish FC is amazing, RSSI, telemetry, current sensor, blackbox, and SBUS D8 RX?! Much to my surprise, the 1103 10,000kV motors don't even get warm on 2S with 2035 quadblades and it has tons of power! With a little tuning and less-windy weather, this thing will be a riot.
Build tips
- The stack: M2 8mm steel socket cap screw -> frame -> M2 nylon nut -> ESC right side up -> M2 3.5mm female to male standoff -> FC upside down -> M2 nylon nut -> M2 nylon nut -> FSD TX-200 -> M2 nylon nut
- I hand-cut nylon standoffs to 3.5mm with an Xacto knife to get it all to fit as low profile as possible
- I mounted the flight connector upside-down so the USB port would not get in the way of the VTX
- I put VHB between the VTX and the FC, as well as on the back of the camera to prevent shorting
- I used the E-flite-style batteries with the 3-pin JST-PH connector,
- I hotglued and heatshrinked the leads on the female JST-PH connector so the pins don't slip in, so both wires, individual heatshrinked, hotglued, then heatshrink around both wires and partially covering the connector
- I used 24AWG wires for the ESC power wires as the batteries I was using used 24AWG, so there's no reason to use a larger gauge for a shorter length of wire
Thanks
- To Phreakin FPV for feedback on the canopy's resistance to bending
- To Anisoptera for her pro-tip of using hair ties for the battery
- To nwbb for the stream of information regarding current offerings in the micro brushless arena
- To all the other testers for their insights and feedback
See the maiden here:
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What is max size cams that fit on there?
I Like! Where to buy?
Babyshark will be here in 2-3 weeks, and will be available directly on falconmultirotors.com. The prop guards do work and will be available for printing at home.
Hey, nice build, I have build a DIY Aurora 90mm, but it won't take off (ESC or motors issues), this one have lot of punch with this motors and ESC ?
PS: I have the BR1103B 8000kv and bad 10A ESC
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Do you have any problems with the vtx heating up cause it doesn't get enough airflow? Also what power do you run it on? BTW the frame is awesome!
I haven't had an issue with it, but another friend that built a Babyshark did... I supposed it's a toss up. I think I ran it on 25mW, but changing anything on that VTX is harder than entering the Konami code...