First Build 88mm

By Cleaner on Aug 16, 2017

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In this build, my goal was to find the cheapest parts at the fastest shipping (including Amazon Prime and US Ebay). It's my first build ever and it flies beautifully. Someone mentioned to me that it's technically built backwards on the frame, but it helped the camera sit in there nicely where the antennae was.

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Whiffles   Aug 18, 2017  

That's a tough call, drill a hole or reverse the plate. This seems the simplest!

QuadStar Drones   Aug 17, 2017  
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I agree - it doesn't matter if it was built backwards, what matters is the end result :)

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