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By Nick Kane on Jul 14, 2017

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This is the timeline of my first brushless quad. the oldest pics are last.

Update 7/29 this quad is LOST! I went down in some trees in a residential area a street or two away and I can't find it :( FUCK! good bye to my gopro hero3+

Update 8/17 I posted an ad on craigslist and the quad/gopro have been returned after almost 3 weeks! Person who found it gave it to their nephew. He looked at the crash footage and suggested to look on craigslist for a lost and found ad. Thank you! I also added a mirco minimOSD, and destroyed 3 batteries so far.

Update 9/26 Now have hs1177 clone for a few weeks. Much better clarity than the garbage Eachine 1000TVL. I redid everything with zip ties and put the rx antenna in a better spot. I added eachine prodvr on my eachine 800D goggles! I added a beeper/LED combo which is a life saver in tall grass. I'm having the frustrating problem everyone seems to be getting with the racerstar motors. The damn c-clip pops off in a hard crash, and after that the propeller always flies away in a crash.

Update 10/12 Broke every piece of all 3 sets of props I have. kingkong 5050x3 , raycorp 5040x6, and gemfan 5030x2. I love the 6 blade props (beautiful sound, and lots of thrust) but they become unbalanced if you look at them wrong. Gemfan ABS props are total garbage. kingkong 5x5x3 are king- indestructible and lots of thrust. Now I have kingkong 5045BNx2 , and some racerstar 5040x4.

Also, I'm now running a 45 degree cam angle. I think that tilt is perfect. much easier to go fast and I can land without seeing the ground.

Update 11/15 FINALLY BOUGHT 6x chl 4s 100c BATTERIES!! 3s is worthless compared to 4s. ruined enough parts to build 2 quads. There is nothing left from the original build besides the fs-ia6b. I also moved to the other side of the city, so new spot to fly! I bought some makerfire 30A blheli_s ESC. running betaflight now instead of cleanflight. kk 5045BNx2 props are great, similar to the kk 5x5x3! like them more than the racerstar 5040x4 which break easy but sound kinda quiet. I depinned the fs-ia6b so it's one single board. this quad is destroyed and I'm building a new one.

12/5 I have a new build now and I'm recycling this one for parts. This build is officially dead.

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Part List

Frame

Realacc X210 214mm 3mm/4mm Carbon Fiber Frame RC Drone FPV Racing w/ Matek PDB-XT60 5V & 12V (33 builds)
Banggood.com
$24.99

Flight Controller

F3 Flight Controller Acro 6 DOF/Deluxe 10 DOF for RC Multirotor FPV Racing Drone (85 builds)
Banggood.com
$16.05

ESCs

4 PCS Racerstar RS30A Lite 30A Blheli_S 16.5 BB1 2-4S Brushless ESC Support Dshot150 Dshot300 for RC Drone (20 builds)
Banggood.com
$37.65

Motors

4X Racerstar Racing Edition 2205 BR2205 2300KV 2-4S Brushless Motor For QAV250 ZMR250 RC Drone FPV Racing (76 builds)
Banggood.com
$33.59

Propellers

10 Pairs Kingkong / LDARC 5050 5x5 5 Inch 3-Blade Single Color Propellers CW CCW for FPV Racer (3 builds)
Banggood.com
$7.50

Propellers

10 Pairs Kingkong 5x4x6 5040 6-Blade Propeller CW CCW for FPV Racer
Banggood.com
$7.19

FPV Camera

600TVL 2.8mm Lens 1/3" 16:9 Super Had II CCD Camera IR Sensitive for FPV Racing Drone PAL/NTSC (31 builds)
Banggood.com
$16.47

FPV Transmitter

Eachine TX801 5.8G 72CH 0.01mW 5mW 25mW 50mW 100mW 200mW 400mW 600mW Switched AV VTX FPV Transmitter (21 builds)
Banggood.com
$14.95

Receiver

Flysky 2.4G 6CH FS-iA6B Receiver PPM Output With iBus Port (63 builds)
Banggood.com
$10.59

Batteries

3 x ZOP Power 11.1V 1800mAh 65C 3S Lipo Battery XT60 Plug (4 builds)
Banggood.com
$44.97

Batteries

5 x G+PLUS 1500mAh 11.1V 3S 70C Li-Po Battery - CNHL RC LI-Po Battery. Your one-stop battery store.
Chinahobbyline.us
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Misc Parts

CA$55.99 44% FlySky FS-i6 2.4G 6CH AFHDS RC Radion Transmitter With FS-iA6B Receiver for RC FPV Drone RC Parts from Toys Ho (25 builds)
Banggood.com
$40.99
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