The first 3 inch I have built I actually like, which is no surprise I really like how the big Floss 2 flies.
My first 3 inch was a Shendrones Hedwig. Well it flew nicely the 45 degree only CMOS cam left a ton to be desired. It was fun to run gates with and pretty stupid fast. With the advent of the micro swift (basically the camera I run on everything I can) and the lack of backward capability with the Hedwig meant I flew my CCD cam quads much more.
Hard to wrong and such a light weight cheap frame from my favorite RC website in the form of the tooth fairy. I stripped out the Piko BLX V1, the 1306, and the VTX from my Hedwig added a Spedix 20x20 20a, and a micro swift and used them to assemble. It came out at 125 grams dry and I am running 500mah/650mah 4s and 850mah 3s. It also happen to be top mount which all thing being equal I prefer as well as stretch X which I feel is for sure better running gate, and doesn't really hold you back for fun flying.
Despite the older FC and running multishot this little guy is sweet. I really like the hardware free micro cam mount included. Tall enough to easily fit a 4 in 1 + FC, and overall super simple to assemble. Super happy Will probably try another one with 1107s on 3s to see how that goes.
Frame |
HyperLite Tooth Fairy 3" Race Frame
Pirofliprc.com
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$24.99 |
Flight Controller |
PIKO BLX CleanFlight & BetaFlight Micro F3 Flight Controller Built-in PDB Buzzer Port 20X20mm For RC Drone FPV
(38 builds)
Banggood.com
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$15.99 |
ESCs |
SPEDIX IS 20A 4 IN 1 BLHELI_S ESC (DSHOT READY) 20x20 Mounting
(5 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
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$29.99 |
Motors |
2 x DYS 1306-2300KV BX Series Set of Two CW/CCW Motors
Hobbyking.com
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$42.92 |
Propellers |
3x3 DYS 3-Blatt FPV Race Propeller Blau PC Luftschraube 3030 XT30303
Premium-modellbau.de
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See Site |
FPV Camera |
RunCam Micro Swift
(192 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
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$29.99 |
FPV Transmitter |
Eachine VTX03 Super Mini 5.8G 72CH 0/25mW/50mw/200mW Switchable FPV Transmitter
(417 builds)
Banggood.com
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$12.22 |
Receiver |
LemonRX DSMX-Compatible Satellite Receiver with Diversity Antenna
(46 builds)
Airbladeuav.com
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$13.10 |
HD Camera |
RunCam 2 HD 1080P IR Blocked FOV 170° Wide Angle WiFi FPV Camera
(10 builds)
Banggood.com
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$74.99 |
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Hows the frame holding up. have you tried it with the battery bottom mount.
I can nt fly in the winter, so this quad only had about 2 weeks of flight time on it but no issue. I have never broken a 3 or 4 inch Floss(or floss like) frame, and have only ever broken 2 5 inch floss arms. I do not ever fly over concrete though.....and most of my flying is my backyard pasture which has very tall grass.
but I havent tried bottom mount battery at all.