NEX336 Near Earth Explorer 8" Long Range Surfer!

By Charles Hidalgo on Nov 21, 2017

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This Stefan van der Ende 8" NEX336 frame is almost ready for its maiden. A few more tbs crossfire antenna placement tweaks and it will be ready. .
NEX336 8" Frame
Garilla 2514-1500kv motors
Master #AirScrew 8x4.5 and 8x6x3 props
Emax 35a esc's
Foxeer mini II
Betaflight F4 FC
Fatshark 1.3GHz vtx International version
TrueRC 1.3GHz antenna
GoPro Session.
TBS crossfire micro rx.

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Part List

Flight Controller	Betaflight F4 Flight Controller (62 builds) Pirofliprc.com	$33.99
ESCs	4 x EMAX EMX-SC-1775 Bullet Series 35A ESC(BLHELI_S) (6 builds) Getfpv.com	$59.96
Motors	4 x Garila M.hoimotor.com	See Site
Propellers	2 x MR Series - 8x4.5 Prop Set x2 Black (5 builds) Masterairscrew.com	$11.50
FPV Camera	Foxeer Arrow V3 600TVL CCD Built-in OSD Audio Metal Case (131 builds) Getfpv.com	$38.99
FPV Transmitter	Fatshark 1.3Ghz 250mW 8ch VTx for Fatshark 1G3 RX module Fpv-direct.com	$50.00
Antenna	TrueRC Singularity 1280/58 Getfpv.com	$29.99
Receiver	TBS Crossfire Micro RX V2 (287 builds) Team-blacksheep.com	$34.95
Radio	FrSky 2.4G 16CH Taranis X9D Plus Transmitter SPECIAL EDITION w/ M9 Gimbals (48 builds) Getfpv.com	See Site
HD Camera	YI Action Camera 1080P Lime Green White Black 16MP Full HD 155 degree Ultra-wide Angle Sports Mini Camera (Green/China/Camera On (3 builds) Amazon.com	$95.00
HD Camera	Gopro HERO 3+ Camera Black Edition Camera Camcorder CHDHX-302 (3 builds)	$9.00
HD Camera	Gopro HERO 3+ Camera Black Edition Camera Camcorder CHDHX-302 (3 builds) Ebay.com	$84.99
HD Camera	Adorama Adorama.com	$70.00
HD Camera	OlympusM.Zuiko Digital ED 12mm f/2 Lens (Black) (2 builds) Bhphotovideo.com	$649.00
HD Camera	GoPro HERO4 Black Edition 4K Action Camera Camcorder 32GB Bundle 10 - Newegg.com (5 builds) Newegg.com	$277.99
HD Camera	GoPro HERO5 Session (302 builds) Getfpv.com	$199.99

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Discussion

lorenzo220580 Jan 13, 2020

have you got some problem with 1.3ghz vtx and crossfire tx?noise?

Dhananjeyan Nov 26, 2017

Man You have a lot of quads. I only have one thats falling apart :(. Do you have a spare quad please i really need one.

LeRAW Nov 25, 2017

Nice craft!
What is the weight? Any info on flying time/battery? Thanks

Charles Hidalgo Nov 25, 2017

Way to many variables to give a pinpoint fly time. I will say I've been testing with two 1600mah 4s packs in parallel (see photo) and I'm getting about 5-6 minutes with an AUW of 1100g and it handles really nice and I've yet to open the throttle up to wide open. I'm doing 5s testing this weekend hopefully but I flew a small 5s 1300mah and almost got 3 minutes.

https://instagram.com/p/Bb2pOw4A0-c/

LeRAW Nov 25, 2017

Thank for the info! Is it not to heavy with two parallel batteries? I was trying to find some info in www.ecalc.ch but your motors are not there. I was asking because I am looking for a sort of "long range" drone. I am more interested in time than speed. It will be my first drone! :)

Charles Hidalgo Nov 25, 2017

It can take more weight easily. Yeah I get a lot of things to test all the time so many times I dont have a link to the components or gear. This is a great frame and so is the 316 which is the 7" version. Another great one is the 7" big corgette from Andy over at shendrones and it's available here in the USA.

metropolis Nov 23, 2017

Any links to more info on this frame?!

Charles Hidalgo Nov 24, 2017

There's probably less that a dozen here in the states and I have two. It was a very limited run. There is this 336 and a 7" 316 frame. The designer is Stefan van der Ende and his page is here on Facebook if you want to try and contact him. He resides in Spain.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/247464295652040/

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