TBS Discovery

By RotorQuad Squad on Jul 26, 2016

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Technically my second build. This was just a rebuild of it to clean up some wiring... There is too much packed into this thing for not a whole lot of reason.

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Part List

Frame

TBS DISCOVERY (top / bottom plate) (3 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$74.95

ESCs

4 x HobbyKing 30A ESC 3A UBEC
Hobbyking.com
$45.64

Motors

4 x Sunnysky 2212-13 kv980
Foxtechfpv.com
$74.40

FPV Camera

RunCam PZ0420 600TVL - Mini FPV Camera - DC 5-17V
Readymaderc.com
$28.99

FPV Transmitter

ImmersionRC 5.8GHz 600mw Audio / Video Transmitter
Getfpv.com
$39.99

Receiver

Spektrum DSMX 8-Channel AR8000 Receiver (2 builds)
Amazon.com
$129.99

HD Camera

GoPro HERO3: Black Edition (4 builds)
Amazon.com
$555.96

HD Camera

GoPro HERO3: Silver Edition (2 builds)
Amazon.com
$319.99

HD Camera

GoPro HERO3: White Edition
Ebay.com
$128.00
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Discussion

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Whiffles   Jul 26, 2016  

Wow, you're just churning these things out! How often do you build?

RotorQuad Squad   Jul 26, 2016 

Im still working on uploading my personal collection haha. I work to do product reviews so I frequently have new parts and pieces coming in the door to test out and try. Im in a lull right now as I am moving but soon I hope to be back up and pushing out information at 100%

Whiffles   Jul 26, 2016 

Sounds good! BTW, I'm testing a widget that let's you embed your builds into any website as a grid. Is this something you'd be interested in trying out?

RotorQuad Squad   Jul 26, 2016 

Sure Id give it a try.

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