1S Brushed Adventures!

Awesome micro community not limited to these guys but they're super knowledgeable and helpful!

Ariel Drach
Mark Berenbrok
Ahren Ciotti
   / deatheatercobra  
Jon Esca
NotFastEnuf
Brandon Cruz of Emax
   / 90edf  
Tomoquads.com
   / mutefpv  
FlexRC.com
   / theandyrc  
Robert Criteser
http://flybyacademy.com/
micro-motor-warehouse.com
Karl Derner
FB Group: BRUSHLESS Micro/Nano Multirotor Builders

Status of the quad:
I've now run maybe 75-100 packs through this quad. At the time of filming the first part I actually replaced the two dying motors. The new motors had significantly more power than the other two left still on the quad. It would twist all over the place on throttle. Like everyone told me, these brushed motors go bad well within 50 flights. In light of this, I really don't recommend building one of these. The flight performance looks good in my videos and handling is really good thanks to the super low weight paired with huge 2.6" props, but in reality, the lack of authority from the motors and anemic power make it pretty horrible. It's surprisingly good for a 1S brushed toy....that's not what you want to be surprised by. I would highly advise researching brushless builds or waiting for me to test a bunch of micro super light brushless stuff in search of good performance.

That being said, the quad cannot break in any crash. I've absolutely demolished this thing straight into walls and from a hundred feet. Props do not even bend up in crashes. Motors do not break. Nothing happens at all. I cut off the little Rx antenna once but I simply replaced it with another wire. I've gone through roughly 4 sets of props in ~75 packs only replacing props because they're scratched up. Super low weight doesn't break. Especially when you can't go faster than maybe 35mph.

Theory as to why this dumb thing is so fun:
When I'm flying it, I know that I'm absolutely on the very edge of its maximum performance almost the entire time. :-D It's really a challenge to make it do what I want. I also haven't got the slightest care imaginable when flying and can fly near ANYWHERE without anyone caring the slightest bit. It makes next to no noise.


Thanks to NotFastEnuf, this tune is fantastic!

Settings: BetaFlight 3.2.3
Reversed props
1068 min throttle
(It will hover at near min stick so you gotta keep moving)

PIDs:
Roll - 115, 75, 110
Pitch - 120, 78, 115

Yaw - 70, 45
Antigravity - 4.6 (VERY important)
PT 1 filter and all filters on including dynamic filtering

My rates:
Pitch/roll - 1.28, 0.75
Yaw - 1.58, 0.68

Flight time on ~430mah 1S is 2-3min depending on how hard you push it.


A note about these components. They're super janky and likely to have faults and problems. Especially these ultra cheap eachine components. Don't expect stellar life cycles from any of this stuff.

I'm not experienced in this crappy brushed area and the majority of this build was inspired by MuteFPV: https://goo.gl/8J3PJj

Racerstar 8520 motors: https://goo.gl/hJ3LwW
King Kong 65mm props: https://goo.gl/xkyKWg
Eachine AIO F3: https://goo.gl/pzonG6 (mine had no issues)
Frame: https://goo.gl/QX6Sfe (surprisingly decent)
JST connectors: https://goo.gl/Rhoi3c (I prefer this connector)

Eachine Vtx: https://goo.gl/i8ioFM (mine had no issues)
Super tiny camera: https://goo.gl/nep1dx (It's alright, but there's better)
FXT T80 camera: https://goo.gl/h1vppZ (Much better but still not fantastic)
1000 tvl camera: https://goo.gl/rA6VFU (too narrow FOV)
Eachine AIO cam: https://goo.gl/xZFsFC (Decent-ish AIO)


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