Affordable and Powerful - Banggood's D215mm DIY Kit -is it a WinWin or is it a big dud?
I've seen these DIY kits on Banggood for the past few months, and have been curious about how they perform. The specs show plenty of potential with some powerful hardware... it may even be overkill. I mean, I don't know how necessary it is, to have 40amp ESC's on a mini quad, but we'll see how they perform, once I get everything put together...
Is it a good idea to pick up one of these kits?
You're getting an excellent set of high performance hardware at a great price (~25% savings) over picking up these parts individually. My only gripe so far has to do with the install of the Omnibus FC. It is a little bit of a pain to install, it's not difficult, it was just time consuming and since there were no instructions I had to do some google research.
Adding to this... (as I'm typing this) I just soldered on the last motor, and I'm a little nervous about the weight... it's pretty heavy!
Realacc D215 Kit : https://goo.gl/qQK6fw
Realacc D215 Frame :https://goo.gl/t9BnEh
Racerstar BR2305S 2400KV :https://goo.gl/Gu4uUy
Racerstar RS40A 40A ESC :https://goo.gl/twguDu
OmnibusF4 V2 Flight Controller :https://goo.gl/BpXC1D
5042 3 Blade Propeller:https://goo.gl/a8mtkf
Additional Parts Required:
Depending on your budget, there are A LOT of options when it comes to cameras. I've always had great success with the Foxeer HS1177 -good price good picture. *Foxeer just released their v2 of the HS1177, I've never tried it, but it's only a few more bucks than the original.
This one is also a great option... it's supposed to be a clone of the HS1177, and is $10 cheaper.
As for the VTX, I have had great ecxperiences with these $12 TSXXX vtx's. They work great, and most of the time, they are only replaced when I break them in a crash.
Instead of picking up new hardware, I decided to cannibalize one of my crashed quads for a vtx and camera. I came away with a Runcam Swift mini, and Eachine TX526.
I've seen these DIY kits on Banggood for the past few months, and have been curious about how they perform. The specs show plenty of potential with some powerful hardware... it may even be overkill. I mean, I don't know how necessary it is, to have 40amp ESC's on a mini quad, but we'll see how they perform, once I get everything put together...
Is it a good idea to pick up one of these kits?
You're getting an excellent set of high performance hardware at a great price (~25% savings) over picking up these parts individually. My only gripe so far has to do with the install of the Omnibus FC. It is a little bit of a pain to install, it's not difficult, it was just time consuming and since there were no instructions I had to do some google research.
Adding to this... (as I'm typing this) I just soldered on the last motor, and I'm a little nervous about the weight... it's pretty heavy!
Realacc D215 Kit : https://goo.gl/qQK6fw
Realacc D215 Frame :https://goo.gl/t9BnEh
Racerstar BR2305S 2400KV :https://goo.gl/Gu4uUy
Racerstar RS40A 40A ESC :https://goo.gl/twguDu
OmnibusF4 V2 Flight Controller :https://goo.gl/BpXC1D
5042 3 Blade Propeller:https://goo.gl/a8mtkf
Additional Parts Required:
- Camera
- VTX
- Receiever
- Antenna
Depending on your budget, there are A LOT of options when it comes to cameras. I've always had great success with the Foxeer HS1177 -good price good picture. *Foxeer just released their v2 of the HS1177, I've never tried it, but it's only a few more bucks than the original.
This one is also a great option... it's supposed to be a clone of the HS1177, and is $10 cheaper.
- 600TVL 2.8mm Lens 1/3" Camera: $18.99 https://goo.gl/Wr23AX
As for the VTX, I have had great ecxperiences with these $12 TSXXX vtx's. They work great, and most of the time, they are only replaced when I break them in a crash.
Instead of picking up new hardware, I decided to cannibalize one of my crashed quads for a vtx and camera. I came away with a Runcam Swift mini, and Eachine TX526.
