The Leap Frog

By ratpunter on Feb 24, 2018

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My "LeapFrog" build.
The props on here are some 3in tris I had laying around, which I used for testing.
New props are on the way as I write this, so I will update when they arrive.

It is currently untuned, will update with PID's when I am done tuning.
Since Pittsburgh is the London of the US, there has been so much rain that I have only flown once. Nonetheless, DVR will be up in a few days if possible, and if you want to see anything just comment and I will try my best!

Thanks to anyone who helped me

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Part List

Frame	TransTEC Frog Lite 218mm Carbon Fiber 4mm Arm X Frame DIY Frame Kit RC Drone FPV Racing Multi Rotor (42 builds) Banggood.com	$29.99
Flight Controller	EMAX F4 Magnum AIO FPV Stack (51 builds) Getfpv.com	$110.99
Motors	4 x Emax RS2205-2300 2205 2300KV Racing Edition CW/CCW Motor for RC Drone FPV Racing (86 builds) Banggood.com	$51.96
FPV Camera	RunCam Micro Swift 2 600TVL CCD FPV Camera (2.1mm or 2.3mm) - Orange (282 builds) Racedayquads.com	$22.95
FPV Transmitter	Crazepony Dragonfly Booster 5.8G FPV Antenna 3dBi TX/RX SMA 5CM for FPV Multicopter Amazon.com	See Site
Antenna	Dragonfly Booster 5.8G 3dBi TX/RX FPV Antenna RP-SMA/SMA (6 builds) Fpvmodel.com	$9.59
Batteries	AHTECH Infinity 4S 14.8V 1500mAh 85C Graphene LiPo Battery XT60 Support 15C Boosting Charger (81 builds) Banggood.com	$25.67

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QuadStar Drones Feb 24, 2018

I feel your lack of fly time pain. Ever since I went droniac, I've been searching for ways to hibernate thru the winter.

ratpunter Feb 25, 2018

I bought the Eachine E013 off banggood, but it is just not the same :( on the bright side, I am itching to fly, so I am going to rip nonstop

acromode Feb 08, 2018

Did you get this guy flying?

ratpunter Feb 11, 2018

just got the new motors, and I am putting them on tomorrow. I will update when I get it done

ratpunter Feb 18, 2018

Shes good to go, hover test went well

acromode Jan 30, 2018

I would definitely try to be running all of the same motors, although, that's close enough that it should at least hover, I assume. Are all the motors spinning the right direction? Did you recalibrate your accelerometer?

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acromode Jan 30, 2018

I would also try soft mounting your FC, you can put little rubber rings on either side and don't over tighten on top of them. Also are you just idling on the ground or have you tried to pop it off the ground. Sometimes your FC can freak out from getting too much noise from not soft mounting or just contact with the ground at idle

acromode Jan 30, 2018

Also i wouldn't power it up without an antenna connected to your VTx. That can fry it.

ratpunter Jan 31, 2018

I'll soft mount it, and I am aware, I just had it off for the picture

UnderDawg Jan 30, 2018

Some people are reporting having desync problems running Dshot 600 on this FC. You might try running Dshot 300 or multi-shot and see if that helps.

ratpunter Jan 31, 2018

Thank you so much, I'm on DShot600 at the moment so Ill change that

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