Quick Lee

By serrano on Sep 12, 2017

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First quad build ever, solder job isnt pretty but seems to hold up.
Done about 10-ish batteries and lots of tuning left, but it already feels better than i had expected.

Decided to skip the filter for VTX/camera and use a capacitor only - no interference in video!
Using BF 3.2 RC5 with Dynamic Filtering (0 filter on first two notches) and Anti-Gravity with 2,3 gain.

Transmitter is Taranis QX7 and goggles are Fatshark Dominator V3's.

(antenna in the photos is temporary, still waiting for the Spiros to arrive)

FPV recording from one of the very first flights (audio gets out of sync half-way through the video):

Photos

Part List

Frame

GEPRC GEP LX Leopard Gold Edition LX4 LX5 LX6 195mm 220mm 255mm FPV Racing Frame 4mm Arm (34 builds)
Banggood.com
$71.17

Flight Controller

Upgrade DYS 30.5x30.5mm F4 Pro V2 Flight Controller AIO OSD & 5V 9V 3.3V BEC & Current Sensor (140 builds)
Banggood.com
$39.00

ESCs

4 x Emax Bullet Series EMX-SC-1774 D-SHOT 30A 2-4S BLHELI_S ESC Support Onshot42 Multishot D-shot Ready (59 builds)
Banggood.com
$55.28

Motors

4x Emax RS2205S 2300KV Racing Edition Brushless Motor for RC Drone FPV Racing (164 builds)
Banggood.com
$67.96

Propellers

2 Pair DALPROP T5045C Cyclone 5 Inch 3 Blade Propeller Clover Prop Black Red Orange Green (216 builds)
Banggood.com
$3.37

FPV Camera

RunCam Eagle 2 800TVL CMOS 2.1mm/2.5mm 4:3/16:9 NTSC/PAL Switchable Super WDR FPV Camera Low Latency (98 builds)
Banggood.com
$39.99

FPV Transmitter

TBS Unify Pro 5G8 V3 (SMA) (197 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

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

FrSky R-XSR 2.4GHz Micro ReceiverDefault Title (936 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$21.99

Batteries

4S Tattu 1550mah 75C Lipo (20 builds)
Catalystmachineworks.com
$25.99

Radio

FrSky 2.4G ACCST System Taranis Q X7 16 Channels Transmitter Remote Controller White Battery and Battery Trays Not Include (263 builds)
Amazon.com
$124.99

HD Camera

GoPro HERO5 Session (302 builds)
Getfpv.com
$199.99

Misc Parts

Aluminium Electrolytic Capacitor 1.0 mF 25 VDC, 25ZL1000M12.5X20, Rubycon
Elfa.se
See Site

Misc Parts

DroneKeeper Mini (9 builds)
Nichemall.net
See Site
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JC250   Feb 18, 2018  

how is the vtx

serrano   Apr 14, 2018 

Excellent, strong and clean signal.

serrano   Jul 25, 2018 

Correction, it was bleeding all over the spectum and was disturbing everyone i flew with. Had to change it to a TBS Unify.

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