Greetings! I am going to build my first drone with custom-selected parts. I have a good bit of experience with building drones but have mainly built RTF kits instead of selecting all my parts. I plan on this being an Ardupilot build. I hoping to get other’s opinions on any parts I should upgrade to a higher quality, parts I should keep the same, or any incompatibilities that I missed. I’d also like to note that I went for the cheaper end of products with the intention of upgrading later, but I don’t have a set budget.
- Frame: DJI F450(nylon, built in pdb, 280g)
- Motors: Racerstar BR2212(1000kv, 208g)
- Props: 1045(plastic, 20g)
- ESCs: Hobbywing Skywalker(30a, proprietary programming tool, 132g)
- Autopilot: Matek H743 Slim(7g)
- PDB: Matek PDB-XPW(BEC, might not be needed, 7g)
- Receiver: RadioMaster RP1 ELRS(2.2g)
- Battery: Pre-owned LiPo(11.1v, 3s, ~300g)
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Links
- Frame: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806172740382.html
- Motors: https://www.banggood.com/Racerstar-BR2212-1000KV-2-4S-Brushless-Motor-For-RC-Models-Airplane-p-1083190.html
- Props: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806142864879.html
- ESCs: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832682078093.html
- Autopilot: https://www.getfpv.com/mateksys-h743-slim-v3-flight-controller.html
- PDB: https://www.getfpv.com/matek-pdb-xpw-5v-12v-dual-bec-pdb-built-in-150a-current-sensor-with-xt60pw-socket.html
- Receiver: https://www.radiomasterrc.com/products/rp1-expresslrs-2-4ghz-nano-receiver