Didn’t you say you can’t fly LOS… 
Ummm… I’ll give a go, just not with my bird
“well it won’t be with my bird either” but you can be passenger… 
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Repaired my VTX Antenna on my tinyhawk freestyle 2 after a bottom plate replacement the antenna was just flopping about and was heading straight for the props to get chopped up so recreated the original mounting position with a new zip tie and new shrink tube so now it’s back to being as good as new although its had a colour change lol
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I’ve found that rerouting the VTX antenna so it pokes out of the back of the quad has resulted in a better range with less dropouts as it has less opportunity to be blocked by the frame. It’s also less likely to break in an unscheduled bouncy landing.
Nidge.
I was thinking about doing that along with shrink tubing the RX antenna to a zip tie as well. As it’s just flapping about out the back at the moment and could end up getting chopped by the props after a crash or something. But didn’t bother in the end lol
Funny you should mention that. I have some bits so just printing a frame for a 5" cruiser on Inav.
The vtx antenna will pop out the bottom for zero obstruction. I will obviously be careful landing, or design protection. I always would have thought the antenna should be at the front. So when coming home, you’re guaranteed the best signal. But obviously the camera is in the way! 
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@notveryprettyboy, I take that’s PET-G?
It will be. I’m printing in some moisture infected pla to prototype it at the moment. I’ve been through, and scrapped, two designs so far.
The madness behind my thinking is that when I fly the THFS it’s arse is usually up in the air so the VTX antenna should be viewable more often than if it were in the original position, whereby it would spend a fair bit of time obscured by the frame.
Nidge.
I never got to print mine as at the time I found my last unopened box of PLA was a Chinese con. It fizzed and popped while printing, binned and made a note of the Ebay seller…
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Tried to find mine but can’t find it, I buy from Hobby King. There own brand has been excellent so far.
I bought some PET-G the other day to try, where do you buy your PET-G from?
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Amazon at the moment. It got some for work, I print what they want and I keep the rest.
I had a free sample from these guys a couple of years back and it was top quality. They are not cheap though.
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A fair few evenings later, scraping round for bits in the house and it hovered first time tonight!
I felt a great sense of satisfaction making something that flys from spare bits.
Yeah, my soldering if naff. But I don’t care 
This is a 3d printed 5" quad using Inav, kakute f4v2, tx805 vtx with the antenna out the bottom, crossfire, 20a esc’s (bit low, but it’s all I had), bn880 gps and a cheapo fpv camera.
This one will be a cruiser, and not a stunt quad, because if it crashes, that’s it. 
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Wow, you’ve been busy, can’t wait to see it fly 
I’m just hoping I’ve got the magnetometer set up right this time 
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if not, all them bits will return back to China when it RTH.
I’ve got a box load of pre-DJI staff, you’ve inspired me to get tinkering…
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I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with. It’ll give me more ideas…
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