Panda - Atom mini 83
By furiouspug on Aug 06, 2017
I wanted a full featured and heavy duty build and this checks off everything.
The FC has PDB tabs and wouldn't fit underneath the canopy. I ended up "dropping" the esc 4mm below the frame and sandwiching it. Still a very tight build. Hoping the 15A esc will still cool with only 1105 motors attached.
AUW is 110 gram with 3S Iihv battery, 99 gram with some GNB 2S. Not the lightest, but I am using the top frame, canopy , a beeper, buzzer, led, all motor screws, aluminum stack screws and spacers.
Notes:
ESC only has M2 mount holes. The FC has M3 , but comes with soft mounts which shrink the opening to M2.
I could only get ibus to work with UART1 which was underneath the board (I left SP pads soldered together, but not sure if that was needed).
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Part List
Frame |
RotorX Atom Mini 83
(16 builds)
Airbladeuav.com
|
$19.99 |
Flight Controller |
BeeRotorF4Mini Flight Controller with BFOSD / PDB
Rctimer.com
|
$19.99 |
ESCs |
BeeRotor BS15A 4in1 OneShot/MultiShot/DSHOT/BLHeli_S ESC 2-4S
Rctimer.com
|
$28.99 |
Motors |
4 x RotorX RX1105B 6500kV (7th Gen) High Performance Motor
(3 builds)
Pitchrollyaw.net
|
$63.96 |
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)
Airbladeuav.com
|
$14.99 |
Receiver |
Flysky FS-A8S FS A8S V2 2.4G 8CH Mini Receiver with PPM i-BUS SBUS Output
(91 builds)
Banggood.com
|
$9.99 |
Misc Parts |
Atom83 Canopy for 2” prop. See description for Run by Dojieldienve on Shapeways
(3 builds)
Shapeways.com
|
$13.30 |
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How do you like those motors?
The motors were nice with plenty of power for my needs, but while trying to rebuild the stack, I pulled a motor wire. This would make the 4th Rotorx 1105B motor wire I pulled, all of them right at the bell. I did fix all the pulled wires, but not sure how strong the connection will be in a crash. Plan is to rebuild with different motors
What motors do you think you'll go with? I'm scoping out a build but want real punchy motors.
I just got AirbladeUAV 1104 10,000kv. The build quality is nice, and the magnets are less "notchy" then the 1105B. I weighed the motors at 5 grams each, but they are also rated for 3s.... 3s at 10,000kv...60 grams total without battery...I may only get to fly this thing once.
My other options were the new 1106 motors, but 3s at 10,000kv....
The Emax 1106 4500kv's look pretty good IMO.