A Clone By Any Other Name

By indus49 on Oct 11, 2017

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My first take on the 220 "Martian" clone frame, with some tried and true parts to complete the build. This is my second freestyle rig, and I want to use it as a test bed for more components.

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Part List

Frame

Crazepony Martian II RX220 FPV Racing Drone Carbon Fiber Quadcopter Frame like QAV210 etc (4MM) (90 builds)
Amazon.com
$24.99

Flight Controller

Matek F405 - OSD Betaflight Flight Controller (102 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$29.99

ESCs

4 x EMAX BLHeli lightning 20A ESC Micro Mini Electronic Speed Controller Only 5g for Racing Drone (3 builds)
Banggood.com
$48.00

Motors

4X Emax RS2205-2300 2205 2300KV Racing Edition CW/CCW Motor For RC FPV Racing Drone (86 builds)
Banggood.com
$50.99

Propellers

GEPRC 5040 V2 5 Inch 3 Blade Propeller Triblade Props Colver Prop Blue Yellow Pink For FPV Racer (19 builds)
Banggood.com
$7.54

FPV Camera

Banggood (130 builds)
Banggood.com
$15.45

FPV Transmitter

Eachine TX526 5.8G 40CH 25MW/200MW/600MW Switchable AV Wireless FPV Transmitter RP-SMA Female (120 builds)
Banggood.com
$12.92

Antenna

Eachine K-Loverleaves 5.8G 5dBi 6 Leaf Clover Antenna RHCP SMA/RP-SMA 1 Pair For FPV VTX RX RC Drone (4 builds)
Banggood.com
$10.49

Receiver

Flysky X6B 2.4G 6CH i-BUS PPM PWM Receiver for AFHDS i10 i6s i6 i6x i4x Transmitter (180 builds)
Banggood.com
$11.06

Batteries

Venom 75C 14.8V 1300mAh 4S Drone Race LiPo:Univ 2.0 Plug (7 builds)
Rcslot.com
$34.99

Power Distribution

Matek FCHUB-6S 30x30 PDB - 184A Current Sensor, 5v & 10v BEC (15 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$11.99

Radio

RadioMaster Zorro ExpressLRS (ELRS) Protocol Radio Controller (25 builds)
Newbeedrone.com
$119.99

Goggles

Skyzone SKY04X V2 OLED 5.8GHz 48CH SteadyView Receiver FPV Goggles with DVR (7 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$529.00

Video Receiver

HDZero VRX Digital HD Receiver Module (7 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$219.00

Battery Charger

ISDT Q8 500W 20A 1-8S DC Smart Charger (14 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$59.99

Soldering Iron

Hakko FX888D-23BY, 599B-02 Soldering Station with 599B Tip Cleaner, Blue/Gold (25 builds)
Amazon.ca
See Site

Tools

Mini All-In-One Hex Driver Tool (3 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$13.99

Backpack

RDQ FPV Backpack - Choose Your Version (8 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$62.29

Accessories

VIFLY ShortSaver V2 Smart Smoke Stopper Electronic Fuse to Detect and Prevent Short-Circuit and Overload, Power Switch for Recei (13 builds)
Amazon.com
$12.99

Misc Supplies

Kester 24-6337-8800 50 Activated Rosin Cored Wire Solder Roll, 245 No-Clean, 63/37 Alloy, 0.031" Diameter (7 builds)
Amazon.com
$35.87
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