I built this to be light and quiet so I could maybe film some birds from a little bit closer. (nothing dangerous!) The Aquila is a nice frame, and the aerolites are really nice too, but the wire leaves the motor at an odd angle in relation to the foot so I had to go with this weird wire arrangement.
It was damn quiet, especially on a 3s 1100 lihv. However a very angry owl decided it was not quiet enough and silenced it for good! Ironically I wasn't trying to film any birds when the owl decided it was time for me to go. I was just flying a parking lot at night. The owl tagged the quad from above and the resulting crash broke a nickel tab on the li-ion, dinged two motors (you can guess where) and the naked gopro was...disassembled with extreme prejudice. I about shat when I saw the owl flying away from my spinning quad. I might upload some goggle dvr if I can find it again. The gopro settings we set for parking garage lighting, so I got nothing there.
I've got a twitching motor to deal with, but it will be back in the air with a peanut soon. :)
Here's some Hero 9 footage from the other day
Frame |
RushFPV STP Aquila 4" and 5" Long Endurance Cinematic FPV Drone Frame
Newbeedrone.com
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$52.99 |
Flight Controller |
HIFIONRC F7 2-6S 45A AIO FC + ESC Toothpick Flight Controller
Getfpv.com
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See Site |
Motors |
4 x Ummagawd Aerolite 2004 3500kv Motor - Silver/Gunmetal v1.2
Ummagawd.com
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$87.80 |
Propellers |
HQ Prop T5x3 Bi-Blade 5" Prop 4 Pack (1.5mm Shaft) - Grey
(8 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$2.99 |
FPV Camera |
Caddx Vista Kit
(5 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$165.00 |
Antenna |
FPV VTX Video Transmitter Antennas for - RaceDayQuads
(13 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$2.99 |
Receiver |
TBS Crossfire Nano Rx - FPV LONG RANGE DRONE RECEIVER
(1314 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
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$24.95 |
Batteries |
Flywoo 14.8V 4S 18650 3000mAh 10C Li-Ion Battery for Explorer LR - XT30
(5 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$45.99 |
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Nice build bro! whats the weight of the naked gopro with the metal front plate on? :D thanks!