This FPV virus is spreading like wildfire in GADC these last few weeks!!
You kept that build quiet @Slim - share some details my man!
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Its my first build. I was watching youtube over Xmas (very bored) and came across a UAVfutures video ("Gooooddayyy!) on building a cheap $99 FPV and thought I’d have a go. Needless to say most of the parts specified were no longer available and I started having to buy/source alternatives, usually at a higher price. It has occurred to me several times it would have been cheaper to buy a Nazgul or similar, but hey, it has been a good project to do and I’ve learnt (and spent) loads. New Radio TX16s was interesting to get my head around, not to mentions Betaflight. Googles came a couple of weeks ago, so although I can’t wait to fly it, at the same time I don’t want to crash/trash or lose it. I’m already eyeing up another sub 250g build 
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Time you took off that mask and get building Rich! 
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Just make sure you have a spotter for “when” you crash it. They’ll be able to point you in the direction it crashed lol
Don’t worry about crashing it mate they’re built to be crashed lol
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F450 frame with 1000kv Motors, 3s 3600mah lipo, SimonK 30A ESC, 8x4.5 inch props.
with a self-built flight controller, the first one was an Adruino Uno with a GY-521 MPU-6050 Module 3 Axis Gyroscope + Accelerometer, the second one is an STM32 Blue Pill, with GPS, Compass and an Arduino UNO telemetry system. It would fly waypoints, had altitude and GPS hold and RTH.!
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Now that looks like a technical build lol
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I’d say that in the fixed wing world that’s the equivalent of building a V-Twin engine starting with a cube of aluminium. Very, very impressive. 
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Now this is my kinda shit!
Where do I sign up??
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Some Videos of the beast!!
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What a nice idea!
Here are the builds completed over the last 6 months (thanks, lockdown!).
- Whoops
65mm - 1s - Caddx Ant
75mm - 2s - Caddx Ant
85mm - 2s - Caddx Ant
85mm - 2/3s - RunCam Split Nano 3
95mm - 4s - Caddx Tarsier
- Freestyle
2.5 inch - 3s - RunCam Phoenix Nano
3 inch - 4s - Caddx Tarsier v2
3 inch - 4s - Runcam Hybrid 2
- Long Range
4 inch - 4s - Runcam Hybrid 2
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Wow someones been busy! Lol some awesome builds there! 
I think I’ve been bitten by the bug - after all of 3 flights with my iFlight Titan DC2 under my belt, tonight I finished building its 5" big brother for when I feel confident to step up my game a bit
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Looks awesome, they look like some pretty aggressive props you’ve got on there lol
Another digital setup, no stopping them, taking over the world 
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The props are just temporary pending delivery of some Nazgul ones - these are off my son’s old Wizard X220S
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Difficult to say, as most of the time was spent waiting for parts to arrive - if I’d had everything needed to hand it could easily have been built in an afternoon
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I look forward to a new thread, detailing the build 
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Well I finally plucked up the courage this afternoon and took “Covid-19x” out for a crash or three… First flight didn’t go well - it took 10-15mins looking for it, as spotter wasn’t paying attention. Then realised one of the receiver antenna on a zip tie was chopped down a bit. I need stronger less bendy zip ties. The second flight was better but I think I knocked Acro mode on (I had when I took googles off and looked) as it started spinning wildly, until I hit the kill switch. The result was a battered li-po. Do you guys use battery protection of some form or other as this could get expensive? The subsequent flights were slightly better - still crashed it every time though. I kept finding I would be moving my head to where the sound was coming from rather than focus on the google image. It going to take a little bit of getting use to. Blimey its quick though. No more than just under half throttle for me. I tried air mode a couple of times, but wasn’t convinced when I heard the motors suddenly start screaming, each time resulting in a crash. I called it a day when I finally broke a prop. All in all it wasn’t as bad a session as I was envisaging. Lots of lessons learnt. I need to find somewhere better to fly.
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