This build is based around the August Drone Drop Box frame. With such a light frame I wanted to build a very light quad.

The original build was planned with a Matek F405 AIO controller. I chose to pair that with the Spedix Lite ESC purely for size to fit on the arms instead of trying to fit a 4in1 ESC in the stack. I also wanted a build to try out the RaceDayQuads Mach 1 VTX. I noticed that RaceDayQuads had rebranded Brotherhobby R2 motors at a great price. Lastly I paired it with the Foxeer micro instead of Runcam, again just for testing.

Issues with the F405 AIO on a different build changed my mind and I switched to the CL_racing F4 AIO controller. Overall this is a much cleaner board all around. Flight controller and motors are soft mounted with spare parts. Motors are soldered to the foam taped ESCs on the arms and fully heat shrink-ed as an assembly before attaching to the frame.

During assembly I found that I was uncomfortable with the radio receiver wires being exposed to snagging on the battery strap. I added a dirty plate under the FC. With no 4in1 and the VTX mounted to the top plate there is a lot of open space. All that room make it easy to use the push button on the VTX, I could drop the standoffs from 30 to 25mm at the expense of easy access.

The open space of the bottom plate allows for access to the receiver bind button.

Total weight w/ CNHL 1300mah 446grams