Icarus

By o8oCORBINo8o on Feb 12, 2018

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First ever quad build. 5" racer on a Martian II frame. I ended up replacing the standoffs that come with the frame with some shorter black ones. This helped improve the overall color scheme (original ones were purple) and also lowered the body height a little for a sleeker look. The VTX antenna is hard mounted to the carbon fiber, I plan on changing this later (and getting a better antenna) so that hard impacts won't break the frame or antenna.

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