Upgraded Noob

By Cotees on Oct 23, 2017

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This was a build following UAVFutures upgraded budget build. After a quick crash, did some made some important antenna changes.

First build.

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Part List

Frame

QAV210 FPV frame Mini 210mm Carbon Fiber with Motor Protection Cover Mount Seat Quadcopter Frame For Lisam LS-210 QAV210 Accesso (2 builds)
Amazon.com
$26.99

Flight Controller

F3 Flight Controller Acro 6 DOF/Deluxe 10 DOF for RC Multirotor FPV Racing Drone (85 builds)
Banggood.com
$16.05

ESCs

Racerstar RS20Ax4 20A 4 in 1 Blheli_S Opto ESC 2-4S Support Dshot150 Dshot300 for RC FPV Racing Drone (67 builds)
Banggood.com
$27.56

Motors

4X Racerstar Racing Edition 2205 BR2205 2300KV 2-4S Brushless Motor Dark Blue For 210 X220 250 280 RC Drone (5 builds)
Banggood.com
$35.06

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

Eachine 1000TVL 1/3 CCD 110 Degree 2.8mm Lens Wide Voltage 5-20V Mini FPV Camera NTSC PAL Switchable (37 builds)
Banggood.com
$10.99

FPV Transmitter

Micro 20x20mm Vtx Osd V1 40CH 5.8G 25mw-200mw Mini FPV Transimittervs Integrated OSD RHCP For F3 (3 builds)
Banggood.com
$19.43

Antenna

Crazepony 2pcs Newest Aomway 5.8G 3DBi 4 Leaf Clover Antenna RP-SMA Male with Protective Coverings for FPV Multicopter TX/RX
Amazon.com
$19.69

Batteries

Amazon.com (28 builds)
Amazon.com
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Power Distribution

Matek Systems PDB-XT60 W/ BEC 5V & 12V 2oz Copper for RC Drone FPV Racing Multi Rotor (139 builds)
Banggood.com
$4.69

Radio

LATEST Jumper 2020 T16 PRO Type-C Charge and Folding Handle OPENTX Radio Transmitter PRIORITY US SHIPPING INCLUDED (23 builds)
Heli-nation.com
$169.99

Radio

FrSky X-Lite 2.4GHz RC Transmitter w/ 18650 Battery Caps - Black or Red (64 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$121.99

Goggles

FPV Drone Parts for – FPV Quad Drone Shop – Drone Racing Store (135 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$6.99

Goggles

FatShark Dominator HDO 4:3 OLED Display FPV Video Goggles 960x720 for RC Drone (136 builds)
Banggood.com
$499.99

HD Camera

GoPro Hero5 Session, 1080p (303 builds)
Amazon.com
$230.41

Video Receiver

LaForge V4 Fatshark Module with Diversity Option - RMRC (6 builds)
Readymaderc.com
$69.99

Radio Module

FrSky R9M Transmitter Module (69 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$34.99
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Discussion

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Magus_fpv   Mar 09, 2018  

How’s the micro osd vtx workong our for ya? What pins did you connect it to?

Cotees   Mar 09, 2018 

so i have it connected to uart2 with, tx to rx and rx to tx. and i have the camera directly connected to the vtx. it was working great, but recently for some reason it takes 1 minute or so for the camera to actually send signal. Not sure if its the camera or the vtx not giving enough power to the camera.

Magus_fpv   Mar 16, 2018 

Powered through 5v and ground?

Cotees   Mar 16, 2018 

Correct. I think the VTX is going bad, it is definitely not a Innova, some Knock-Off. I just rebuilt the quad with a JB board and the camera is running great.

Dip   Jan 03, 2018  

Great! Could you let me know where did you put the 18awg ESC leads to the PDB?

Cotees   Jan 09, 2018 
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The 4in1 ESC goes directly up to where the PDB XT60 is mounted. I would not suggest mounting your XT60 to your PDB in your build. If you can, have a wire going from the PDB to the XT60, because if my battery ejects a lot of stuff will be broken. Here is a link to a pic, Sorry its crap focus. https://imgur.com/a/zDklB

Dip   Feb 11, 2018 
1

Thanks, bud & sorry for the late response!
Well, I'm never going to mount my XT60 directly to the PDB. I always use a pigtail.
Thanks again!

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