RotorX Atom 122

By usernotfound on Jun 15, 2016

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Taking some spare parts and buying more "spare parts" and making a flying "spare", aka drone #4.

Nearly complete, just have to trim frsky antennas and direct solder the vtx antenna after a few shake down flights.

227g AUW with Turnigy 850mah 3s. I think I can knock another 15-16g out of it.

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Part List

Frame

RotorX RX122 Atom
Fpvheadquarters.com
$29.99

Flight Controller

BeeRotor F3 (AIO) Flight Controller with OSD (17 builds)
Rctimer.com
$17.99

ESCs

4 x Angry Beez XM20 ESC (11 builds)
Fpvheadquarters.com
$51.96

Motors

4 x DYS BX1306 4000kv Brushless Motor (9 builds)
Fpvheadquarters.com
$35.96

Propellers

5 x RotorX RX3040 Prop
Fpvheadquarters.com
$19.95

FPV Camera

600TVL 1/4 CMOS 2.8mm 90 Degree FPV Camera PAL/NTSC 3.7-5V (6 builds)
Banggood.com
$8.89

FPV Transmitter

Angry Beez - Hawkeye 32ch 200 mw 5.8 GHz Mini VTX
Fpvheadquarters.com
$34.99

Receiver

FrSky X4R-SB Receiver (19 builds)
Fpvheadquarters.com
$26.99

Power Distribution

BeeRotor Power Distribution Board V2.0(w/ 5V,12V Out put) (11 builds)
Rctimer.com
$7.49
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Discussion

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Benwa   Jan 01, 2017  

Hey nice build there, could I ask how u managed to mount the SMA adapter? Did u need to mod the top plate?

36Ophiuchi   Jul 07, 2016  

A friend of mine is flying frame, but added on these prop guards: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1337078 Saves him some grief when flying in the parking garage.

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