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First FPV Drone

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Hey folks,

This is my first drone build. I'll be making an FPV drone because I'm interested in racing and I like the idea of a first-person view anyways.

Below, I'm going to list all of the components I'm thinking of buying. I'm hoping I can get some feedback on a few things:

  1. How will these parts play together? Will they fit properly and interface well?

  2. Is this drone under powered or over powered? How is my combination of frame size, motor torque, and prop diameter? I'm going for a beginner build.

  3. Have I hit a nice balance of maneuverability and speed?

  4. Is this a 'beginner' drone or would it be difficult to operate for a newbie?

  5. Anything else I should be buying for a successful build? (I already have tape, zip ties, shrink wrap, and connectors, fyi).

  6. Any other thoughts or comments would of course be welcome.

Frame: 220mm frame with perfect X configuration. PDB for 5V and 12V output. Supports up to 6 ESCs. http://amzn.to/2ff5PW9

Motors + ESC: 2204 2300KV Hobbymate motors. 440g max thrust. 15A ESCs. http://amzn.to/2gc5aXO

Control board: naze32 rev5. 6DOF flight system. http://amzn.to/2fw8w6x

Props: 5030 props. http://amzn.to/2g8utbN

Video transmitter + Camera: 5.8GHZ with 32Channels. Works on 11.1V. http://amzn.to/2g8pZSo

Battery: 2200mAH 3S battery. http://amzn.to/2fiALIb

Remote: 6 Channel, 2.4GHZ RC Remote. Comes with PPM Receiver. http://amzn.to/2fJsopC

Thanks to anyone that has time to read through this!

Best, Adam

Posted Nov 21, 2016, 5:55 AM UTC

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animalkracker•

I would go with a different board than the naze 32. The gyro doesnt work well with cleanflight or betaflight and has a weird yaw twitch. I am running a fury f3 right now and like it but might switch to the raceflight revolt. As for the props, those are cool but 3 blade have quite a bit more traction in the air thus more control. 3s 2200 is ok but a bit on the large size for racing drones. Preffered batteries are usually 1300ish 3 or 4s. Also for the pdb I recommend the maytech hubosd. It has a built in current sensor, voltage meter and timer so you can see exactly how much juice you have left in the battery.

cheers hope this helps

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getoutOP•

Thanks for the feedback. Really good to hear this stuff.

I'll get a smaller battery and I'll look at the fury f3. Having a bit of trouble finding 3 blade props that fit the motors I selected though.

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animalkracker•

Right on, here is some links to props and fcs of sorts.

https://getpropsman.com/

http://pirofliprc.com/RaceFlight-Flight-Controller_p_3589.html

http://pirofliprc.com/Fury-F3-Flight-Controller_p_3527.html

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kwaaaaaaaaa•

Any reason you are buying everything from Amazon? You could get a much better deal and more options shopping around a bit. (getfpv, banggood, MRM, readymaderc, etc). See link here on my thoughts of each seller.

Only thing I'd recommend is to get an HS1177 type camera instead of a board cam. That frame was specifically built with the HS1177 camera in mind and it'll make life easier to mount/adjust angle.

Although animalkracker says the naze32 suffers from a noisy gyro, that is mostly an issue in the rev6 board. It appears you have the rev5 board, which isn't an issue. I don't see any problem in it other than it's an old F1 board and you can buy pretty much an F3 for that price.

The transmitter you listed is the FS-T6, which is older. The FS-i6 is newer and costs the same. The FS-i6s is the latest, but it's a total redesign.

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getoutOP•

Thanks. I'll check out the other sellers.

Good catch on the camera. I'll swap it out with the HS1177. I found a Fury F3 for the same price as the naze32 so I'll just keep the Fury for now.

I'll also get the FS-i6 transmitter as you suggest.

Thanks. Adam

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