GepRC Sparrow MSX3

By Lemonc on Jul 26, 2018

3  608  0

finished and flew this before xmas.... The RCX motors seemed to be decent for 3inch and potentially good for 4in props. I wanted to build a 130 sized frame. My pal has a Japolera frame and this sparrow was similar but more affordable. The ESC was available QUICKLY for a decent price, altho it has vbat out on the connector which fried my vtx03 bc i didnt fully think that connection through when i had it all set up... :/ fortunately that didnt fry my FC!! :D I might have liked a number of other esc's but i from banga'ru but i didnt want to wait another 2-3 weeks , the US location didnt have any 20x20... *144g without battery. *Flies really well, has plenty of punch. I was able to pullout of reverse powerloop! Might try some additional props soon. 2nd day out, broke an arm right at the end near the motor. :/ was able to poot around a lil still after 'straitening' out the damage, but then my new commander googles decided to quit on me (not the batteries). lame carbon on this frame is weak. right under 250g for all those lookin into a sub 250g build* I do NOT recomend this frame bc its weak and breaks

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Part List

Frame

Banggood.com (18 builds)
Banggood.com
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Flight Controller

Micro 20x20mm Betaflight Omnibus STM32F4 F4 Brushless Flight Controller Integrated with BEC OSD (18 builds)
Banggood.com
$16.99

ESCs

20A Super Colony ESC (20x20) BLHELI_S - (MUILTSHOT) (7 builds)
Readytoflyquads.com
$32.99

Motors

4 x RCX H1407 3200KV Micro Outrunner Brushless Motor (21 builds)
Getfpv.com
$47.96

Propellers

HQ 3x3x3 Clear Blue (2CW 2CCW)
Pirofliprc.com
$2.99

FPV Camera

RunCam Micro Sparrow 2.1mm Lens
Pirofliprc.com
$29.99

FPV Transmitter

Eachine DTX03 DVR 5.8G 72CH 0/25mW/50mW/200mW Switchable VTX w/ Audio NTSC/PAL for RC Drone (9 builds)
Banggood.com
$21.99

Receiver

XSR-M FRSKY Receiver (25 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$19.49

Batteries

2 x Tattu 4S 650mah 75C w/XT30 (4 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$42.36

Batteries

3 x Tattu R-Line 4S 850 mAh 95C LiPo Battery (2 builds)
Fpvheadquarters.com
$59.97

HD Camera

GoPro HERO5 Session (303 builds)
Getfpv.com
$199.99

Misc Parts

XT30 connector set
Rotorgeeks.com
$6.74
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