ITS FPV Hornet

By ITSFPV on Jan 29, 2018

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My first custom build, the ITS-FPV Hornet!
Custom designed and fabricated structural components as well as some basic electronics!
Based on a QAV style of frame, this one has 3k 4mm base and 3mm upper deck, with cutouts specific to my needs. 3D printed poly-carbonate front bumper\headlight holder & Engine guards.
Two FPV cameras, one forward facing Runcam Eagle2, the other downward facing micro camera to help spot those landings!

This thing is built to be noise free, with not only 220uf caps on each of the ESCs, but a custom soft mounted PCB hosting 2200uF Caps and a 12v BEC. The idea being to be able to punch out massively without any battery lag or noise on the VTX.

I've made it really easy to fly for LOS, with massively bright 12v headlight and Lumenier full RGB LED set.

its little heavy due the carbon thickness and the large 3D parts, but all the screws and standoff are either 7075 aluminium or gold.

All Custom crimped all the picoblade , Molex and BST silicone leads ( camera, receiver, LED, etc).
The four TBS Bullet 25 amp ESC to be replaced with Holybro Tekko32 35A BLHeli_32 ESC Dshot1200 shortly.

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Part List

Flight Controller

TBS PowerCube Elite Bundle (6 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$129.95

ESCs

4 x TBS BulletProof 25A DSHOT600 ESC BLOWOUT (31 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$23.80

Motors

4 x Cobra GOLDEN Champion CP 2207/2600kV (6 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$63.80

Propellers

DAL Cyclone T5046C Tri-Blade 5" Prop 4 Pack - Choose Your Color (391 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$2.99

FPV Camera

Runcam Eagle 2 4:3 Camera (98 builds)
Hobbyrc.co.uk
See Site

FPV Transmitter

TBS Powercube FPVision (13 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$99.95

Antenna

Pagoda-2 Rev B RHCP Combat Kit (10 builds)
Farvew.com
$4.00

Receiver

FrSky R-XSR EU-LBT 16CH Ultra Mini Receiver with SBUS, CPPM and Telemetry (937 builds)
Hobbyrc.co.uk
See Site

HD Camera

Foxeer Legend 3 4K UHD Camera
Hobbyrc.co.uk
See Site

Misc Parts

Lumenier QAV-R LED Distribution Board
Getfpv.com
$4.99

Misc Parts

Diatone Tyrant 180 and 215 Mini V2 BEC Board /12V 2A
Hobbyking.com
$4.62

Misc Parts

1.5W Super Bright 12v LED Light Searchlight RC Drone Quadcopter Night Flight -UK
Ebay.com
$4.49

Misc Parts

4 x Lumenier Digital RGB Arm LED Board (12 builds)
Getfpv.com
$11.96

Misc Parts

Quad/ZMR softmount motor disks TPU 16x19 motors (set of 4) Shaped Version
Ebay.com
$2.75

Misc Parts

Screw Round Head Hex M3 x 16mm 7075 Aluminium Gold (10pcs)
Hobbyking.com
$2.42

Misc Parts

3 x M3 x 12mm - Aluminium Cap Screw Gold (4 Pack)
Impulserc.com
$6.54

Misc Parts

Lumenier Multi-functional RGB LED Tail Light (6 builds)
Getfpv.com
$16.99

Misc Parts

600TVL Mini Audio CMOS Security CCTV Wired IR Camera For Surveillance
Banggood.com
$14.10

Misc Parts

TBS-PowerCube-002 Aluminum Gold Standoffs
Helipal.com
See Site

Misc Parts

14 x Rubycon
Digikey.com
$6.02
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acromode   Jan 30, 2018  

Headlight is cool!

Currently   Jan 29, 2018  
1

Super cool! I like the landing camera idea lol

ITSFPV   Jan 29, 2018 

nearly lost a quad or two in a strong winds where I had no reference markers to land next against. A Downward facing camera resolves the problem

Currently   Jan 29, 2018 

neat!

RZFPV   Jan 29, 2018  

so do you make this frame?

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RZFPV   Jan 29, 2018 

Where do I get the parts?

ITSFPV   Jan 29, 2018 

dont sell anything at the mo, just made it for the fun.

RZFPV   Jan 29, 2018 

should think about selling it, it looks awesome, most people are looking for unique, light, strong, and inexpensive frames.

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