Ultra compact CraftQuads LoFlo

By mstaticFPV on Sep 11, 2017

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Building a super compact quad. its a Loflo which is only 10mm hight, with everything fit under the hood. including escs and capacitors

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Part List

Frame

LoFlo Freestyle Frame (5 builds)
Craftquads.com
$130.00

Flight Controller

Raceflight Revolt V3 Flight Controller - Latest Version (71 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$38.88

ESCs

RaceFlight Bolt V2 4n1 ESC - 30a DShot 600 (46 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$64.99

Motors

4 x TBS Mr Steele 2345kv SILK (45 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$87.80

Propellers

HQ 4x4.3x3 V1S (2CW+2CCW) PC **Choose Color** (48 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$2.99

FPV Camera

RunCam Swift 2 (202 builds)
Shop.runcam.com
$44.99

FPV Transmitter

TBS Unify Pro 5G8 HV Race (SMA) (555 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$24.95

Antenna

TBS Triumph 5.8 GHz Antenna - SMA (369 builds)
Fpvheadquarters.com
$39.95

Receiver

FrSky XSR 2.4GHz 16CH ACCST Receiver w/ S-Bus & CPPM (480 builds)
Getfpv.com
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Batteries

Tattu R-Line 1550mAh 95C 4S1P lipo battery pack with XT60 – MultiRotorMania (49 builds)
Multirotormania.com
$36.99

HD Camera

GoPro Hero5 Session, 1080p (303 builds)
Amazon.com
$230.41
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enrbgill   Oct 20, 2017  
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Beautiful build, making mine look like a bunch of wrecks! 2 Questions though:
How'd you get the Raceflight stack so low - did you just miss out the ESC gummies and mount it directly to the frame?
Second, why did you go with two different sized capacitors? Aren't the supplied caps the same?

mstaticFPV   Oct 22, 2017 
1

Thanks! to make the stack so low I didn't use the gummies on the ESC i just put to layers of heat shrink on the standoff to make it fit tighter and keep from moving around. As for the two different size caps its just what came with the RF AIO esc.

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