I got into the hobby in 2016 when we were already spoiled with decent, cheap, carbon frames, so I felt that I'd missed out on the fun of building a wooden frame quad. I had enough spare electronics, so I went to the hardware store one weekend for a length of wood & set to work!
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Part List
Flight Controller |
AfroFlight Naze32 Rev5 Acro FunFly Controller
(25 builds)
Hobbyking.com
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$26.51 |
Motors |
4 x Turnigy Multistar 1704-1900Kv 12Pole Multi-Rotor Outrunner
Hobbyking.com
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See Site |
Receiver |
FrSky X8R 8/16CH Full Duplex Telemetry With New Antenna
(7 builds)
Banggood.com
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$36.99 |
Power Distribution |
Matek Systems PDB-XT60 W/ BEC 5V & 12V 2oz Copper for RC Drone FPV Racing Multi Rotor
(133 builds)
Banggood.com
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$4.69 |
Radio |
FrSky Taranis X9D Plus 2.4GHz ACCST Radio & X8R Combo w/ case (Mode 2)
(42 builds)
Getfpv.com
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$244.99 |
Goggles |
FatShark Attitude V2 FPV Headset System w/Trinity Head Tracker and CMOS Camera
Hobbyking.com
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See Site |
Video Receiver |
Aomway DIV006 V4 DVR 5.8G 64CH Raceband FPV Receiver Built-in DVR w/ Auto Save Function
Banggood.com
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See Site |
Radio Module |
FrSky R9M 900MHz Long Range Transmitter Module for FrSky R9 Series
(39 builds)
Banggood.com
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$61.80 |
Soldering Iron |
Hakko FX888D-23BY Digital Soldering Station FX-888D FX-888 (blue & yellow)
(7 builds)
Amazon.com
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$95.00 |
Guides & Reviews
A couple years ago I built the TransTEC Frog and since then I've been patiently waiting for another TransTEC frame to catch my eye. Fast forward to today and the TransTEC Laser S is that frame. It's a 82g racing frame that features 6mm arms, a TPU micro cam mount, 30.5mm and 20mm stack mounts and 3K carbon and 7075 hardware. My goal here was to build a high quality 6S racer at a reasonable price. I'd..
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This is the 4th installment to my popular "Wizard Killer" series, and is based on the popular Wizard X220HV 6S. As usual, the goal was to build a substantially better quad, yet come in below the retail price of the BNF kit. Here are some of the improvements: Higher quality EMAX ECO 2306 1700kv motors Foxeer's top-of-the-line Falkor mini camera Eachine 25mw-1000mw Leaf VTX with microphone Tools This..
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That motor has been discontinued, can you recommend another one?
I only used those motors because I had them spare, I wouldn't recommend them even if they were still available! There are currently a huge number of choices for motors for 5" size builds, just take a look through builds here on RB to see what's popular & within your budget. One thing to point out though is that most motors this sort of size don't come with the X-shaped mounting bracket anymore, so if you specifically want to build like that you may have to source those separately.
This is the first drone I'll be building, how do you feel about me using the Turnigy D3530/14 1100KV Brushless Outrunner Motor?? Would it work?
That motor is designed to spin something like a 12" propeller. If you're thinking about making a 5" build you want something very different! Take a look at this Flite Test article, particularly the section on motors.
https://www.flitetest.com/articles/beginner-series-power-system
Most 5" quads these days use something like a 2206 or 2305 size motor with a 2300 or 2600kv rating.