Gnat 4 Speed

By Danballah on Sep 21, 2017

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This is an old build, but I still fly it. I built it before they started selling brushed boards with built in receivers, which is why it's separate. It was also originally on a cheap PCB frame, but it proved too flexible, and I changed it to the lantian. It's really quick, and sounds wicked ripping by. I find the JJRC props to give me the best performance. Upgrading to the higher c zop batteries (from old syma batteries) really helped too.

Broke the frame in a crash, updated to a King Kong smart 100. be Little tighter lifted a pad on the RX too, so I replaced with an rx2a pro. Still a great little flyer!

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Part List

Frame	Banggood (3 builds) Banggood.com	See Site
Flight Controller	Eachine 32bits F3 Brushed Flight Control Board Based On SP RACING F3 EVO For Micro FPV Frame (7 builds) Banggood.com	$10.99
Motors	4X Racerstar 8520 8.5x20mm 53500RPM Coreless Motor for Eachine QX80 DIY FPV Quadcopter (6 builds) Banggood.com	$15.29
Propellers	JJRC 1000A RC Quadcopter Part Propellers 1000A-06 (3 builds) Banggood.com	See Site
FPV Camera	FX798T Micro FPV Camera & 5.8GHz 37CH 25mW VTX (16 builds) Getfpv.com	$29.99
Receiver	2.4G Compatible FS-RX2A Pro Receiver for FS-I6 FS-I6X FS-I6S FS-TM8 FS-TM10 FS-I10 Transmitter (15 builds) Banggood.com	$8.66
Batteries	4X ZOP Power 3.7V 1S 550mAh 45C Lipo Battery White Plug (2 builds) Banggood.com	$11.99
Misc Parts	5 PCS Super Loud 5V Active Alarm Buzzer Beeper Tracker 9*5.5mm for RC MultiRotor FPV Racing Drone (33 builds) Banggood.com	$3.17
Misc Parts	PLA FPV Camera Mount for FX797T/ FX798T Camera (3 builds) Banggood.com	$2.19

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Propofol Sep 23, 2017

I might have to try the ZOP power batteries. I have no-name blue batteries, when I punch out the voltage drops so much the board powers down. 'Telemetry Lost' :)

Danballah Sep 23, 2017

Helped mine a lot compared to the no name batteries I had originally for my x5c, but I was just getting beeping for low battery (don't have a taranis to talk to me about it!)

Danballah Sep 28, 2017

Well the last flight with the zop batteries proved a disaster. Saying terrible now. They were so much better at first.

Got some GNB 80c 550mah 1s on the slow boat. Seems a better brand - maybe they'll be good and last

Propofol Sep 30, 2017

I was also looking at the 1S 750mAh Turnigy Graphene supposedly 65C. I love my 4S Turnigy Graphenes.

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