Beater Quad

By Dylancolestew@gmail.com on Jul 26, 2017

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Learning to fly with the $99 build guide from Uavfutures!

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Part List

Frame

Realacc 210 V2 210MM 4mm Carbon Fiber Racing Frame w/ 5V 12V BEC PDB Runcam Mobius Gopro Camera Base (5 builds)
Banggood.com
$25.99

Flight Controller

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

ESCs

Racerstar RS20Ax4 20A 4 in 1 Blheli_S Opto ESC 2-4S Support Dshot150 Dshot300 for RC FPV Racing Drone (67 builds)
Banggood.com
$27.56

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

CA$9.99 10% 10 Pairs Kingkong / LDARC 5040 5x4x3 3-Blade Single Color CW CCW Propellers for Racing Drone RC Parts from Toys (79 builds)
Banggood.com
$7.30

FPV Camera

Banggood (130 builds)
Banggood.com
$15.45

FPV Transmitter

Eachine TX526 5.8G 40CH 25MW/200MW/600MW Switchable AV Wireless FPV Transmitter RP-SMA Female (120 builds)
Banggood.com
$12.92

Antenna

AOMWAY 5.8G 3dBi RP-SMA Male Four Lobe RHCP VTx/VRx FPV Antenna (60 builds)
Banggood.com
$9.90

Receiver

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

Batteries

AHTECH Infinity 4S 14.8V 1500mAh 85C Graphene LiPo Battery XT60 Support 15C Boosting Charger (81 builds)
Banggood.com
$25.67

Power Distribution

Matek Systems PDB-XT60 W/ BEC 5V & 12V 2oz Copper for RC Drone FPV Racing Multi Rotor (139 builds)
Banggood.com
$4.69

HD Camera

GoPro HERO Session Waterproof Digital Action Camera (42 builds)
Amazon.com
$392.99
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Discussion

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mandreko   Aug 02, 2017  

How did you manage to get the receiver in the back? The aluminum standoffs are slightly too narrow for me.

Dylancolestew@gmail.com   Aug 14, 2017 

Honestly, I only have 1 standoff screwed into the bottom plate. I'm sure you could file down the plastic casing tho. I might try that soon.

Currently   Jul 28, 2017  

Nice! I saw that too but I kept wanting to upgrade parts it ended up being hopeless trying to follow his guide lol

Dylancolestew@gmail.com   Jul 28, 2017 

Lol yeah I'm already picking parts for my second build haha

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