I've been eyeballing the Tinyshark frame from Falcon Multirotors for a few months. It's a 54mm carbon fiber stretch frame with an SLA printed pod. The plan is to build a 1S capable brushless that will run 500mah Hubsan sized batteries.
12/13/17 - Debating the need for a Tinyshark build from Falcon Multirotors
12/27/17 - As of this date there are no Flysky capable 1S 16x16 FC's on the market.
12/30/17 - Debate reopened as Banggood has released a new FC AIO ESC but its huge. All in One $22
http://falconmultirotors.com/tinyshark.html
1/24/18 - A 1S flight controller that will handle Ibus is available on Gearbest Gearbest 1S FC $15
1/29/18 - 1S Omnibus showed up at Kados store but OOS Omnibus 1S $19.99
1102 15000kv motors are OOS Flex RC 15000kv
2/4/18 - A 1S Flytower stack has landed at Banggood. Flytower Stack for 1S
2/8/18 - Tinyshark frames are in stock and shipping shortly. Get them while you can. I ordered one.
2/16/18 - Ordered 1102 12500kv and 2040 triblade props from FlexRC. I have to wait for the FC/ESC until CNY ends. WAAAAAH!!!
3/13/18 - My FC/ESC stack finally arrived! I did a dry fit on the Teeny1S stack and it looks like I will need to mount the ESC backwards. That is with the ESC plug facing the rear of the quad. The connector would bump into the camera mount otherwise. The Wolfwhoop camera fits the provided tray perfectly. There should be enough room under the canopy for me to add a 5mm LED.
3/19/18 - I began building this and found a few quirks regarding the spacing and arrangement of the parts I selected. As I mentioned before, the ESC from the Teeny1S stack will only fit if you install it backward. This puts the lipo pads at the bottom front of the baseplate. I chose a Red JST because that's what my batteries have.
I routed the wires through the baseplate and soldered to the ESC while they were threaded through. I put a piece of electrical tape over the joints so there's no worry of grounding to the frame. the cam tray went on the provided M2 screws and the rear screws needed an M2 nut to hold them in place. The ESC rested on top of these.
I added the front standoffs and used tweezers to snake the motor wires around. I measured them up and cut them to sit nice and tight on the pads. Room is at a premium and be sure to measure twice and cut once. I did the same with the rear motors but there was more space to work with even with the ESC cable being squeezed in there.
I did not need any of the pads on the bottom of the Flight Controller but I had to get creative with my RX/VTX wiring. Since I'm on Ibus the RX signal pad is on the right side of the FC along with the Power/Ground and OSD for the VTX. The Power and Ground I used is from the regular PPM/SBUS pads. I sticky taped the RX to the top of the FC with the antenna facing forward.
In order for the camera cable to fit I had to route them over the top of the cam boards and under the VTX antenna. Again take care as you measure and cut. Green on the Wolfwhoop camera is VIN and Yellow is VOUT.
As a final touch I took a 3mm LED off a string of Christmas lights and routed it to the 3.3v Spektrum pad on the FC. The bulb fits perfectly when laid forward over the VTX board. This was a really nice touch and very proud of this.
I installed the pod with with VTX antenna barely extending out of the hole. Then I pulled the camera lens hole around the camera. on the front of the stack I used a M2 nut and a Female-Female M2 standoff on one side so I could put an M2 screw through the top. On the other side I left the hole open and routed the RX antenna through it. The rear standoff got the provided screw from Falcon.
Maiden Flight!
Frame |
Tinyshark
(25 builds)
Falconmultirotors.com
|
$25.00 |
Flight Controller |
Banggood.com
(8 builds)
Banggood.com
|
See Site |
Motors |
FlexRC FX1102 12500kv Brushless Motor / 4PCS
(3 builds)
Flexrc.com
|
$42.00 |
Propellers |
Drone Propellers for - Drone Props
(41 builds)
Racedayquads.com
|
$3.59 |
FPV Camera |
Wolfwhoop WT07 Micro 5.8GHz 25mW FPV Transmitter and 600TVL Camera with OSD Interface for FPV Quadcopter Drone Wireless Radio Tr
(24 builds)
Amazon.com
|
$17.99 |
Receiver |
2.4G Compatible FS-RX2A Pro Receiver for FS-I6 FS-I6X FS-I6S FS-TM8 FS-TM10 FS-I10 Transmitter
(15 builds)
Banggood.com
|
$8.66 |
Batteries |
Combo: 5pcs of 3.7V 600mAh 25C LiPO Battery for UDI U818A/818A-1 2.4G 4CH RC Quad Copters
Amazon.com
|
$12.99 |
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try out a smaller battery
You think that would help any?
The smaller you go, the more it matters! It will make a difference for SURE :)
But if I go too small the mah suffers
sure, but 600mah is big for a kwad that size
Hubsan carries a 500mah, why can't this?