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HPIguy

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Tom, here are the pics you asked for, hope this helps!

My old T8UAF (love this thing!), running on a 3s lipo pack.

Front

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Back showing the modular TX design, that's a FrSky 2.4 module in it now

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Modules looks like this

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My Flip FPV quad

Openpilot CC3D flight controller housed in a kauaicuda case
Tiger 2208 1100kv motors
DJI Opto 30a ESC's
APC 9x4.7 props
RMRC-520 FPV cam
Skylark tiny OSD w GPS RX
OpenLRS RX
Immersion 250mw 5.8Ghz video TX
IBcrazy bluebeam antennas

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A shot of all the goods

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And here's my acro quad

DJI F450 frame
Openpilot CC3D flight controller housed in a kauaicuda case
DJI 2212 920kv motors
Flycolor 30A ESCs flashed with SimonK firmware
APC 10x4.7 props
FrSky 2.4 RX

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RX mounting and antenna routing

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Internals

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My grab and go FPV setup

Case contains an RF explorer handheld RF spectrum analyzer, Archos 605 DVR, Immersion RC power distribution box, an Immersion RC 5.8ghz video RX, and all my antennas.

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It all fits in this backpack, which I leash to the tripod while flying to prevent wind blowing it over, and the pack has straps that hold the quad perfectly on the outside. I remove the props to prevent them from being snagged on tree limbs, etc while walking / hiking into wherever I'm going to fly.

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If you have any more questions, let me know, I'm more than happy to answer them if I can.
 
man you guys are making me want to do this whole FPV quad thing but I'm broke as a joke... I gotta get a bunch of bills sorted out over the next year and were supposed to start saving for a house. That is if I could stop spending money on RC stuff lol
 
Thanks HPI! I appreciate you taking the time to take the pictures. I am going to take the time to look over your F450. How long did it take you to build it? Is soldering the controllers to the board real difficult?
 
No problem Tom. The only thing soldered to the board is the ESCs and battery lead. ESCs plug into the flight controller, and it pulls power from 1 of them, you disconnect the power wires on the BECs on the rest of them. Alternatively, you can run a UBEC and power the FC that way, and remove the power lead on all the ESC plugs. The RX pulls power via the FC. Took me a couple evenings to build it.
 

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