Atom Ant

By kanahmal on Jul 15, 2017

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Tight build. Vtx-03 started life as a Dtx-03 but I had to cut the dvr part off, too tight.
Second build ever.

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Part List

Frame	RotorX Atom Mini 83 (16 builds) Airbladeuav.com	$19.99
Flight Controller	FLIP 32 - F3 - OMNIBUS NANO v3 (24 builds) Readytoflyquads.com	$25.99
ESCs	Cicada 4-in-1 10A BusyBee2 Tiny BLHeli_S DShot ESC (33 builds) Airbladeuav.com	$34.99
Motors	4 x AirBlade AB1104 10000kV 2S-3S Brushless Racing Motors (flexible wires) - Single motor (3 builds) Airbladeuav.com	$43.96
Propellers	Gemfan PC 2035 BN Bullnose 4-Blade Polycarbonate Unbreakable Clear/Clear Blue/Clear Purple (34 builds) Airbladeuav.com	$3.39
FPV Camera	1.2g Super Light 1000TVL 1/4 CMOS 2.8mm Lens FOV170 Degree Mini FPV Camera (19 builds) Banggood.com	$13.94
FPV Transmitter	Eachine VTX03 Super Mini 5.8G 72CH 0/25mW/50mw/200mW Switchable FPV Transmitter (417 builds) Banggood.com	$12.22
Antenna	RotorX 5.8ghz Whip Antenna w/uFL Connector (4 builds) Rc-drones.com	$9.99
Receiver	XM PLUS (Mini SBUS Non-telemetry Full Range) (1149 builds) Pirofliprc.com	$12.99
Batteries	Tattu 450mAh 7.4V 75C 2S1P Lipo Battery Pack with XT30 plug - Long Size for H Frame (11 builds) Genstattu.com	$6.50

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Discussion

Rudygon Sep 30, 2018

you built this from scratch meaning not an assembled mini cube and you got it all to line up as it was meant to be and as your second build none the less. nice and clean, great job!!

kanahmal Sep 30, 2018

Thank you! What you can't see is how the boards and wire are stuffed in like a sausage in the chassis, but it works!

baevans11 Oct 31, 2017

So the long version of the tattus do work on this frame cause airblade uav reccomended choosing a different battery but ive seen a few people choose these on here?

kanahmal Nov 01, 2017

They definitely work, if you can find a flatter battery it would probably be better for landings but these long ones work fine.

STOLerant Sep 27, 2017

How are those motors? Pretty punchy?

kanahmal Sep 27, 2017

I don't have any others in the size to compare them to, but with my goggles on it's hard to tell the difference between them and my larger 5" motors on punch outs. Minute changes in weight makes much more of a difference however.

STOLerant Sep 27, 2017

Nice, thanks for the feedback. Hopefully put one of these together soon, I love my Atom V3.

BearPants Jul 17, 2017

Can you shorten the battery wires to save weight? What are your flight times and have you posted a youtube video yet? Can you fly a 3s battery?

kanahmal Jul 18, 2017

I could probably shorten the wires but I'll wait till I have some wires in a slightly smaller guage. As for the rest I'm waiting for my weekend to get it tuned and flying right.

Not sure about 3s, 10000kv is pretty high for that, but ill definitely pick up a pack to try it out.

BearPants Jul 19, 2017

Nive let me know!

Currently Jul 17, 2017

Something about this build really strikes a cord with me. Its pretty awesome!

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