TomoQ Kosho 64 mm

By theGreenOrange on Oct 11, 2017

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I've never had a quad with prop guards, so I wanted to try one out for indoor ripping. This Tomoquads Kosho 64mm is set up for 1S, but has 2S capable parts just in case.

I got a 3D printer during the time I was building, so I printed up some colorful bits. It has been really fun printing up lots of TPU stuff. There isn't any room for sleeving on these tiny ones, so this helped with the bling.

The stock 20mm standoffs seememd super tall, so I dyed up some 15 mm nylon ones I had, along with some colorful o-rings which may help keep the camera steady (but mostly just look fancy). I might even switch to 10mm later.

Dyeing nylon parts is really fun and easy. 6oz hot water from the keurig coffee machine, 1g of powdered RIT dye (or 10ml liquid) and dump the parts in. 5 minutes for a hint of color, 10 minutes as shown. You can get them much darker if you want.

A fun build, and a cool frame with the floating fc design.

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Part List

Frame	Kosho コショウ A true 1S Tiny Whoop size Nano Quad Tomoquads.miiduu.com	See Site
Flight Controller	Betaflight 3.2.0 F3 16x16mm 1.7g Built-in PDB 5V BEC Current Sensor(Extra 20% Code: ROTOR) (2 builds) Banggood.com	$17.00
ESCs	16x16mm Racerstar Star6 6A Blheli_S 1-2S Dshot600 Ready 4 In 1 ESC for FPV Racing (9 builds) Banggood.com	$26.50
Motors	4X Racerstar 0703 BR0703 SE 15000KV 1-2S FPV Racing Brushless Motor (2 builds) Banggood.com	$33.99
Propellers	Rakon 40mm 3 Blade Propeller (2CW+2CCW; 1mm Shaft for 7mm) (White) BLADE Inductrix Amazon.com	$5.99
FPV Camera	CM275T 5.8G 25mW 48CH NTSC/PAL Mini VTX 600TVL FPV Camera for DIY Micro FPV Racer (7 builds) Banggood.com	$25.99
Receiver	Radiolink R6DSM 2.4G 10CH DSSS FHSS Receiver for AT9 AT9S AT10 AT10Ⅱ PPM SBUS Output (16 builds) Banggood.com	$12.47

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Discussion

Rhygin Oct 17, 2017

How does this fly in tight confines (i.e. inside a normal house) versus a "good" tiny whoop. Got going to brushed, but have been looking at this approach (this quad frame) and a Rakonheli frame that is essentially a whoop. Thoughts? Advice?

If I do this route I would have to send you some $ for the TPU parts!

theGreenOrange Oct 23, 2017

Finally got a chance to do some flying with this one. It is fun but definitely not super powerful. I haven't had a whoop before, but it seems similar to my 100mm brushed quad that spins 55mm props. But the prop guard is nice because I can chase my kids around the house with it and it won't bite them. Might go for 2S setup eventually.

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