First (kinda budget) Build

By Emoticons on Mar 25, 2018

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First Quad, Frame with replacements available if something breaks, FC with OSD, Camera without mount so had to buy a mounting kit as well.

Wired the camera power cables wrong at first (mixed up ground and 5V), and fried the FC instantly after plugging in (plugged in the 4s battery to test which was a mistake as well). Friend had to replace a diode on the board but now it works fine.

I'm getting also getting bad video when punching so i bought a LC filter which should solve that problem.

I'm also not very happy with that frame but what else would you expect for a 22$ bottleg. The edges are not smooth at all and i get some carbon fibre spilnters in my finger if i'm not careful, and it's a pain in the... finger to get them out.

Battery is a little bit too high (physical height). next time i should buy flatter and longer batteries.

Also i can't really mount the camera on the frame with this camera mount, so i had to stick it on with strong sticky tape until i get a better, permanent solution.

And the props are a little but more rose than the pink that was advertised.

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Part List

Frame

Anniversary Special Edition Martian 215 215mm Carbon Fiber RC Drone FPV Racing Frame Kit 136g (51 builds)
Banggood.com
$21.99

Flight Controller

BF3.2 Omnibus F4 V2.1 Flight Controller STM32 F405 MCU Integrated OSD Built-in 5V BEC Current Meter (17 builds)
Banggood.com
$25.49

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 2205S BR2205S 2300KV 2-4S Brushless Motor For X210 220 QAV250 RC Drone FPV Racing (22 builds)
Banggood.com
$33.61

Propellers

10 Pairs Kingkong / LDARC 5x4.5x3 5045 5 Inch 3-Blade Propeller CW CCW for RC FPV Racing Drone (26 builds)
Banggood.com
$7.89

FPV Camera

Eachine 1000TVL 1/3 CCD 110 Degree 2.8mm Lens Wide Voltage 5-20V Mini FPV Camera NTSC PAL Switchable (37 builds)
Banggood.com
$10.99

FPV Transmitter

Eachine TX801 5.8G 72CH 0.01mW 5mW 25mW 50mW 100mW 200mW 400mW 600mW Switched AV VTX FPV Transmitter (21 builds)
Banggood.com
$14.95

Antenna

2 PCS Emax Pagoda 2 5.8G 50mm/80mm 5cm/8cm LHCP/RHCP White/Red FPV Antenna SMA For RC Drone (19 builds)
Banggood.com
$14.99

Receiver

Turnigy iA6C PPM/SBUS 8CH 2.4G AFHDS 2A Telemetry Receiver
Hobbyking.com
$9.89

Batteries

GAONENG GNB 1500mAh 4S 14.8V 80C/160C Lipo Battery for RC Drone
Banggood.com
$22.60

Radio

FrSky Transmitter Taranis X-Lite 2.4GHz Radio Controller (2 builds)
Frsky-rc.com
See Site

Misc Parts

KINGKONG Universal FPV Camera Lens Adjustable Holder (2 builds)
Banggood.com
$1.89

Misc Parts

Suleve™ M3NH1 M3 Nylon Screw Black Hex Screw Nut Nylon PCB Standoff Assortment Kit 300pcs (6 builds)
Banggood.com
See Site
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7uvoK   Mar 26, 2018  
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Hey sorry about the post issues, the website is a little glitchy right now. There is a steep learning curve in building these things, your next build will go much more smoothly. Before then, you need to build a smoke stopper:

Emoticons   Dec 17, 2018 

Sorry i'm late but thanks! I got one now. I i'm using a 3A fast-acting blow fuze instead of a lightbulb though.

7uvoK   Mar 25, 2018  

Nice build! It's a steep learning curve at first.
Get yourself a smoke stopper.
Here is a picture of mine, between the lipo and the

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